SDG FEST 2020

Life is a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge ‘.Ahlcon International School celebrated the ‘SDG-Fest -2020’ on 25th September,2020  to mark the fifth anniversary of the Sustainable Development Goals , with unprecedented fervour and zeal, completely online.

 This grand ceremony was adorned by splendid presence of the Chief Guest- Shri S. N. Sahu -an ardent follower of Mahatma Gandhi and Swami Vivekananda, Guests of Honour Mr. Venugopal Dharamranjan and Rabbi Maleker, Director Ahlcon group of schools, Dr. Ashok Kumar Pandey, Principals of both the Ahlcon Schools-Mr. Sanjay Yadav and Dr. Deepak Bisht and also by the Principals of participating schools.

Even when the world had not completely come Online for the education purposes, Ahlcon International had set the precedent by organizing completely online SDG FEST, right from 2018.Since then it has been the tradition of the school  to celebrate this fest on every anniversary of the Global Goals.

Through the SDG FEST 2020, the roadmap of SDG crusadors was brought in the forefront, awareness was spread through carefully chiselled activities and communities were involved in all the competitions.In this mega event more than 40 schools ,more than 500 students, across the globe participated in numerous competitions. Students from Pre-primary till class XII submitted their online entries for myriad activities based on the SDGs. They had elevated the benchmark with their flawless performances and their thought-provoking presentations-all aligned to promote the Global Goals. SDG MEGA MARATHON was the most unique feature of the Fest which had brought 152 participants from across the world, under the umbrella of the SDGs. Mr. Puneet Duggal gave a brief of the event and the result of all the competitions were announced in the fest through a beautiful video. 

Dignitaries from Ahlcon Public School and Ahlcon International School praised this flawless presentation. HM-Primary School Ms. Anju Gupta, HM-Middle School- Ms. Sunita Rajiv and HM-Senior School Mr. Puneet Duggal and other dignitaries, blessed the young comperes of the scintillating show who had steered it so well. Principal- Ahlcon International School, Mr. Sanjay Yadav, expressed his heartfelt gratitude and satisfaction with the way these young change-makers across the globe gave everyone food for thought by their endeavour and praised the comperes of the day, Shabih Fatima, Poorva Bali,Alya Mehta , Rudransh Tuteja and Akriti Bahl.

Director of Ahlcon Schools said, ”I see 25th of September as the birth of a vision which the world envisaged 5 years ago.Now the SDGs are a part of our DNA.”Action is the need of the hour’, said the Chief guest Mr. S. N. Sahu and eminent speakers reiterated the urgency of achieving the goal by making all possible efforts to bring SDGs in every action for our planet.The Vote of thanks was proposed by the President of Student Council, Akshara Nair towards the end.