AAI UPDATE CSR Activities

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e have had a busy time the last few months. There was the Annual Day WCelebrations – and it was indeed a wonderful opportunity for all our youngsters to showcase their talent. In addition to the colourful extravaganza, we honoured a few outstanding sportspersons and personalities, who have been a beacon of light and inspiration for all of us. While the show will remain in our memories – at least till the one that takes place next year – it gives me great pleasure to inform all our mem- AAI moves to train urban slum youth bers and the AAI family that we have tied up s a CSR initiative, Airports Authority of CDC SETUP with the NIIT Foundation to set up Career India (AAI) & NIIT Foundation, a not- The location for the CDC will be identified Development Centres or CDCs. These centres will Afor-profit organisation, is setting up with the help from AAI. A CDC typically con- provide skills to those who do not have the career development centres (CDC) across tains the following: Education area – a class opportunity or the means for such training. India. To begin with, AAIwould like to set up room, a machine room; front office and stu- Simply put, we will be opening the gates to the the first CDC in partnership with NIIT in the dents’ waiting area; and, library/reading room youth of urban slums to come forward and be New Airport Colony, Vileparle (East), The target population for the flagship productive and useful. The first centre will be set Mumbai. course – Multimedia and advance IT -- is the up in Mumbai and we hope to put up more NIIT Foundation (previously known as urban slum youth in the age group of 18 to within the next year. TNI), a not-for-profit organisation, sets up 25 years who have completed 10th (12th As for skill training, I am reminded of what CDCs (since August 2008) within urban slums preferable) and want a job. our Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh said on to provide employability skills to slum youth The target audience for Basic IT, English I- the occasion of the prize distribution ceremony that help them gain employment in formal Step is students currently in school and of the Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in industry such as Retail and require supplementary training to Public Administration. BPO. develop or improve skills in Giving away the awards, our Prime Minister AAI will cover the initial set- computers and English. pointed out that there was a need to “re-fashion up and operation costs for our Civil Services as effective instruments for the CDC for at least a period of three years KEY BENEFITS delivery of services and as agents of improved after which the unit would become self-sus- º Learn skills that can get them employment governance is an ongoing process. The aim,” he tainable. About 500 students would be given in organised sector such as retail and any said, “should be to evolve new and imaginative training per annum. The students would be emerging sectors during the course of the solutions for the problems facing us. Success from economically weaker sections residing project; would, to a large extent, depend upon a cultural in the nearby areas. º Improve confidence and develop per- change in the Civil Services. Excessive caution, NIIT will bring the following benefits to the sonality; reliance on precedents and following the beaten table: º Improved education/employment oppor- path have to give way to innovation and inven- º World class training material created tunities; and tiveness and to trying out new methods.” specifically for our target audience º Contribute to family growth. Those words for the Civil Services are appli- º Tie-ups with corporates for placement A Memorandum of Understanding will be cable to all of us. We should think out of the box º Certification programme for faculty and signed with NIIT to open such centres in 55 to usher in “new and imaginative solutions for the centre heads cities in the next five years. In this financial problems facing us”. Kalyanmayee’s members º Systems and processes to run the CDC year, upcoming Career Development Centres have been doing that over the years and we efficiently will be starting at Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai, have no reason to stop. Let’s make a firm com- º Industry recognised NIIT Yuva Star Ahmadabad, Calicut, Bhubaneswar, Guwahati, mitment that we will overcome and fight on. Certification for the students. Allahabad, Varanasi and Behrampur (Orissa).

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he Airports Authority of India cele- without granting ingress to complacency. this has been possible because of the brated the 16th Annual Day on April Undoubtedly, it is an optimist who sees dynamic leadership of our Chairman, Mr V P T30, 2011 at Siri Fort Auditorium with a opportunities in adversity. It is an established Agrawal, a ‘visionary’ and ‘perfectionist’ who great show entitled, “The Flight of Life”, fact that the Airports Authority of India, over is creative, full of passion, with a zeal to per- which was the theme of the annual day’s form. The sense of well-being of the work celebrations. ANNUAL DAY 2011 force under him is always dear to him. Life is a journey loaded with gratifications The annual day also celebrated Indian and associated impediments. The challenge the years, has risen on every occasion and aviation turning 100 and relived the historical is to successfully face the impediments up faced the challenges beyond the call of its moment while starting a new chapter in the front, to ensure that we achieve excellence duty. There can be no two opinions that all history of Indian aviation.

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» RADIANCE OF LIFE - A NEW BEGIN- NING was presented by SOUTHERN REGION, CHENNAI UNIT which won them the trophy for Best Costumes. » VIGOUR OF LIFE- SPLURGE OF COLOURS was presented by NORTHERN REGION, DELHI UNIT which won them the trophy for the 13 Best Visuals, Colours and Use of Stage. » ETERNITY OF LIFE – GOD was pre- sented by ALLAHABAD REGION which won them the Best Overall Performance of the evening. » RHYTHM OF LIFE – TANTALISING SOUNDS was presented by NORTH EASTERN REGION, GUWAHATI UNIT which won them the Best Music and Sound. 14 15 » HARMONY OF LIFE - SYMPATHY AND COMPASSION, MISCHIEF AND FUN was presented by WESTERN RIOT OF REGION, MUMBAI UNIT which won them the prize for the Best Choreography. COLOURS » BOND OF LIFE - UNITY IS STRENGTH was presented by EASTERN AND REGION, KOLKATA UNIT which won them the award for the Best Theme AWARDS and Concept.

1. Dharmendra shares a moment with Sania Nehwal; 2. Chairman V P Agrawal (in the middle) with Dharmendra and Jija Mahadevan Hari Singh; 3. Mrs Agrawal, President Kalyanmayee, welcoming Dharmendra; 4. Lighting of the lamp by the dignitaries; 5. Dharmendra talks to the audience; 6. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Sania Nehwal and Chairman V P Agrawal; 7. Dharmendra poses for a 18 16 photo with Chairman; 8. Dharmendra presents an award to Sughand Agrawal for designing the beautiful Kalyanmayee trophy; 9. A question from the compere; 10. The ace shooter with the star; 11. Mr G D Gupta receiving the Chairman's Award for CSR work; 12. Mrs. Kusum Das receiving the Chairman’s Award for CSR work; 13. Mrs Archna Agrawal being honoured for her immense contribution for Kalyanmayee; 14. Dharmendra presents a trophy to Jija Mahadevan Hari Singh; 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19. Glimpses from the cultural programme put up by 19 17 the different units of AAI.

The annual day started with fanfare with General, Kalyanmayee, AAI. A beautiful film covering 100 years of the arrival of the guests. The guests of hon- The function started with the lighting of civil aviation was shown to the audience. our included yesteryear’s superstar and leg- the lamp by the dignitaries. Chairman AAI, Mr President, Kalyanmayee, Mrs Archna endary actor Dharmendra, Rajyavardhan V P Agrawal welcomed the guests. That was Agrawal adressed the guests and apprised Singh Rathore, Indian shooter who won the followed by the presentation of trophies for them about Kalyanmayee’s activities. All the first individual silver medal for the country in excellence in sports and excellent CSR work. guests of honour were honoured by AAI for the 2004 summer Olympics, Saina Nehwal, The cultural programme that followed was a the valuable contribution in their respective ace badminton player and Mrs Jija riot of colours and light and the children fields. Vote of thanks was given by Member Mahadevan Hari Singh, Ex-DGP(Police), from the different regions put up perform- (HR), Mr K K Jha after the presentation of tro- Karnataka and Ex-CVO/Founder Secretary ances on different themes. phies to the different groups.

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Keeping the AAI family together

KNOWLEDGE BANK: Superstar Dharmendra (second from left) releases AAI Update during the Annual Day celebrations. Others on the stage are Mrs Archna Agrawal (extreme left), ace Olympic shooter Mr Rajyavardhan Singh, Ms Jija Mahadevan Hari Singh and AAI Chairman Mr V P Agrawal. Parenting workshop discusses problems of teens

nitiated by Ms Archna Agrawal, President, Adolescence, the transitional stage of understanding child and teen psychology – Kalyanmayee, a parenting workshop, development between childhood and adult- why they behave as they do, handling I‘Understanding child and teen psychology’ hood, represents the period of time during teenage issues, positive discipline and bring- was organised at Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan, New which a person experiences a variety of bio- ing out the best in your child followed by Delhi for the employees of AAI. The workshop logical changes and encounters a number of case studies and question-answer rounds. was conducted by Dr Swati Yashwant Bhave, emotional issues. Adolescence can be The session was participative, interactive and Executive Director, AACCI (Association of specifically turbulent as well as a dynamic well-attended. Adolescent and child care in India; period in one’s life. It has been identified as Participants of the workshop appreciat- www.aacci.in) and Senior Visiting Consultant at a period in which young people develop ed and thanked President, Kalyanmayee for Indraprastha Apollo Hospital New Delhi. abstract thinking abilities, become more choosing such a sensitive topic. They also Dr Swati Bhave is a pediatrician and was aware of their sexuality, develop a clearer suggested more such workshops in other Associate Professor of Pediatrics in Grant sense of psychological identity, and increase locations like RHQ, Residential Colony. In the Medical College Mumbai (1981-89) and their independence from parents. interactive session, employees discussed Professor of Pediatrics in BJ Medical (1989-91). The workshop was well conducted and their problems with the doctor. This work- She trained in USA in adolescent medicine in covered most of the topics related to par- shop genuinely helped participants to 2001 and is an office bearer in many interna- enting teenage children: strengths and weak- understand teen issues logically and medical- tional adolescent health associations and also ness of parenting, different types of parent- ly. In future, more workshops will be con- the WHO committee of Adolescent Health. ing and parenting skills, teen age parenting, ducted at CHQ, RHQ (NR).

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