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Robert Baden-Powell, the 1St Baron Baden-Powell Monday 01 March- 07 March 2021 Mumbai TheThe Year : 2nd Editor - in - Chief Issue No. : 51 HULAHULHULAHUL TTimesimes Mr. Ravi Singh Initiative by HULAHUL Foundation WORLD NGO DAY: “THE SOCIAL GOOD FACTOR” orld NGO Day is observed on 27 FebruaryInitiative annually. It isby an HULAHULinternational Foundation NGOs in some countries are known as non-profit organizations. Trade unions and calendar day. The day was established by Marcis Liors Skadmanis. The day political parties are also sometimes considered NGOs. NGOs are classified based on the Wwas officially recognized and declared for observance in the year 2010. It level of operation and orientation. The type of activities undertaken by an NGO are referred was declared by 12 member countries of the Council of the Baltic Sea States on 17 April to as orientation. Activities may include consumer protection, human rights, health, 2010. The 12 member countries are Belarus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, development of environmentalism. The scale at which an organization works is indicated by Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Norway and Sweden. The first commemoration of the an NGOs level of operation. The levels of operation are local, regional, national and event was on 27 February 2014. international. NGOs are classified on the basis of the level of operation and orientation. The level of operation is further classified into Community-based organizations (CBOs), City- Marcis Liors Skadmanis wide organizations, State NGOs, National NGOs and International NGOs. On the other hand, Orientation is further classified into Charities, Service, Participation and Empowerment. Marcis Liors Skadmanis is a Latvian born, United Kingdoms based social entrepreneur. He is the founder of the World NGO Day, which is observed annually on 27 February. Marcis Liors World Ngo Day Celebration Skadmanis is the eldest among his siblings. Skadmanis graduated from the Turiba University in the year 2008. He has completed both The World NGO Organization follows five steps to celebrate his Bachelors and Masters in Law. In addition to it, he holds a World NGO Day. Certificate of Social Entrepreneurship from the Oxford University, ● The first and foremost objective is to spread awareness Department for Continuing Education. He worked for Blueger and about the celebration of this day. Plaude (law firms). He has received the Certificate of Appreciation from the World Bank and International Finance Corporation for his ● To cooperate with schools and universities to conduct an contribution starting from market briefings to getting electricity. event on World NGO Day especially for the students. The day Skadmanis was the Trustee of the Latvian-British Chamber of provides an opportunity for people to learn about the issues of an Commerce headquartered in Bristol in South West England. For his contribution to NGO and to learn about their local charities to their international movements. International Relations and Multinational Economic Business Development, he was awarded by Turiba University an Honorary Degree in the year 2016. Skadmanis has ● To organize activities such as sharing messages with the community through radio, TV, supported NGO and Charity Communities and has been promoting the importance of the newsletter, newspapers or online modes for raising awareness. NGO sector among the international society, especially among the younger generations of different countries. ● Hosting celebratory events to raise funds and awareness. Non-governmental Organization ● Organizing an NGO 'Exchange' event, in order to swap ideas and goods with others. The achievements of NGOs are even showcased through awards or events. Non-governmental organizations are organizations that are independent of government Conclusion involvement. NGOs are small groups of organizations found by citizens, that include associations and clubs which provide services to its members and to others. NGOs are generally non-profit organizations. Many NGOs are active in social sciences or The universal concept of World NGO Day is Celebrate, Collaborate and Commemorate the humanitarianism activities. Surveys prove that NGOs have a high degree of public trust. several NGOs across the world and also the people behind them. The World NGO Day is NGOs perform various services and humanitarian functions, they bring forth concerns of celebrated to highlight the achievements and efforts of NGOs from different sectors, to create citizens to Governments, monitor and advocate policies. Through the provision of awareness about the role of NGO in society, and to create awareness about what NGO does information, they encourage political participation. for society at local, national and international level and to provide a platform for the NGOs to discuss the issues that has been hampering their work and to share their experience and The year 2009 recorded an estimated two million NGOs in India, which are in actual knowledge among themselves. more than the number of primary schools and healthcare centres in our country. NGO is a term used most inconsistently; it is also seen as a synonym for civil society organization, that **** is any society that has been found by citizens. www.hulahulfoundation.org www.twitter.com/hulahulgrp www.facebook.com/hulahulgrp www.youtube.com/hulahulfoundation www.instagram.com/hulahul_foundation https://www.linkedin.com/in/hulahul-foundation-89964b161/ The HULAHUL Times 2 Monday | 01 March- 07 March 2021 | Mumbai NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY 2021 - “FUTURE OF STI: IMPACTS ON EDUCATION, SKILLS AND WORK” ational Science Day in India is celebrated on 28 February, every year. This day The same year he founded the Indian Academy of Sciences. The Raman Research is celebrated to commemorate the discovery of the Raman Effect by Sir C. V. Institute was established in the year 1948. He was honoured with the first Bharat Ratna by the NRaman, an Indian physicist, on 28 February 1928. Sir C.V Raman was honored Government of India in 1954, an award regarded as the highest civilian award. with the Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery in the year 1930. Raman Effect History Of The Day Raman Effect is the change in wavelength of light, when a light beam gets deflected by The National Council for Science and Technology Communication in the year 1986, molecules. When a beam of light transverses a transparent sample of a chemical compound made an appeal to the Government of India to celebrate the National Science Day on that is dust-free, a small fraction of light emerges in all other directions except that of the February 28. The event is celebrated all over the country in schools, universities, colleges incoming beam or the incident beam. This scattered light mostly is of unchanged and other scientific, academic, technical, research and medical institutions. The National wavelength. However, a very small part has wavelengths different from that of the incident Council for Science and Technology Communication announced the Institution of the light, the presence of which is a result of Raman Effect. This phenomenon is named after National Science Popularization awards on the Indian physicist Sir C. V. Raman who first published occasion of the first National Science Day, as a method such observations in 1928. It was first observed by of recognizing outstanding efforts in the field of Russian physicists Grigory Landsberg and Lenoid science communication and also popularization. The Mandelstam just a week before Raman observed it, celebration of the day involves public speeches, TV, but was named after him as he first published his radio, science exhibitions based on concepts and observations. themes, science movies, quiz competitions, debates, science model exhibitions, lectures and many such Significance Of National Science Day activities. The fundamental objective behind the celebration of Sir C. V. Raman National Science Day is to spread a message on the importance of science. This day is generally Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was an Indian celebrated as one of the major science festivals in physicist. He was mainly known for his contribution our country along with the following purposes. towards the concept of light scattering. Along with his student K. S. Krishnan, he discovered that 'the ● To spread a message about the significance of wavelength and amplitude of the deflected light the scientific applications in the routine life of changes, when it transverses through a transparent medium'. This new type of scattering of people. light was termed as the Raman effect or the Raman scattering. This discovery gave him the honour of receiving the Nobel Prize in Physics. He received the Nobel Prize in the year 1930 ● To display all the achievements, efforts and activities made in the field of science for the and was recognized as the first Asian to receive a Nobel Prize in any branch of science. wellbeing of humankind. Sir C. V. Raman was born into a Hindu Tamil Brahmin family. He completed his ● To discuss issues and to implement new methods for the development of science. secondary and higher secondary at the age of 11 and 13 respectively. He did his bachelor's degree at the University of Madras. At an age of 16, he received honours from Presidency ● To create more opportunities for citizens interested in science. College for physics. In the year 1906, while he was still a graduate student, his first research paper titled 'diffraction of light' got published. He obtained an M. A. degree the very next ● To encourage people to popularize Science and Technology. year. He joined the Indian Finance Service in Kolkata when he was 19 years old. He joined as an Assistant Accountant General. Sir C. V. Raman in Kolkata got acquainted with the first Conclusion research institute in India, the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science that allowed him to do independent research. This is where he made his major contributions in optics and The National Science Day is observed every year with a unique theme. The theme for the acoustics. In 1917, he joined the Rajabazar Science College, that was running under the previous year was “Women in Science”.
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