Press Release
Delhi Education minister launches
BSES’ Bijli Gyan Abhiyan
Delhi Power & Education
Ministers release BSES’ Audio-Visual CD on Energy Conservation
Energy Conservation initiative
targeting thousands of students across 500 schools, Winners to get exciting
prizes & interaction opportunity with Delhi CM, Education Minister &
Power Minister
- Arvinder Singh Lovely, Delhi Education
Minister launches BYPL’ Bijli Gyan
Abhiyan – targeting thousands of students across 500 schools
- Dr A K Walia, Delhi Power Minister releases
BSES’ Bijli Gyan CD – an Audio-Visual on Energy Conservation and an integral part of Bijli Gyan Abhiyan
- Initiative aims to educate and sensitise students on the entire gamut
of electricity generation, transmission and distribution – laying special
emphasis on Energy Conservation
- Audio Video CD carefully conceived and
scripted with professional help – in a manner that will be appealing to
the young impressionable minds.
- Audio Video CD will be screened in
schools. This would be followed by 3 rounds of a QUIZ
- Bijli
Gyan Abhiyan will select 6 winners from Government,
Private and JJ schools
- Cash prizes of Rs 15,000, Rs 12,500
& Rs 10,00 will be given to those coming 1st, 2nd
& 3rd
- Winners along with their parents,
school Principal and one co-ordinator/ Vice Principal will be invited for
a meal with the Education Minister / Power Minister
- Winners and their Principals will have
an opportunity for interaction and group photograph with the Delhi Chief Minister, Smt Sheila
Dikshit
- Initiative will be initially launched
in BYPL areas of East and
Energy Conservation is the need of the hour. And awareness
about it is the key. And the best method of spreading awareness about this
growing international concern is to catch them young. Addressing this objective
and to further broad base its emphasis on Energy Conservation, BYPL has
conceived Bijli Gyan Abhiyan – a mammoth
initiative targeting thousands of students across 500 schools in East and
Central Delhi.
Shri Arvinder Singh Lovely, Hon’ble Minister for
Education, GoNCTD launched BYPL’ Bijli
Gyan Abhiyan at the Delhi Secretariat Conference Room today. During the
function, Dr A K Walia, Hon’ble Minister for Power, GoNCTD and Shri Arvinder
Singh Lovely, Minister for Education released BSES’ Bijli Gyan CD – an educative Audio Visual on energy conservation and
an integral part of Bijli Gyan Abhiyan.
Those present on the occasion included School Principals, Vice Principals, Teachers,
senior government and BSES officials.
“The contents of the professionally made 10 minute long
Audio Visual (AV) CD have been carefully chosen and scripted by professionals –
taking help from both BSES and Industry experts - in a manner that will be best
understood and appreciated by young and impressionable minds”, said a BSES
official.
Besides covering topics like Power outages and its
reasons, Power shortage and its reasons, Power theft and the immediate need of Energy
conservation, the audio visual also covers topics on international concerns
like Global Warming, Rising Co2 emissions and Generation of
Electricity through renewable resources. The film also outlines simply everyday
measures that a person can adopt to alleviate many of these concerns.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Arvinder Singh Lovely
said “I congratulate BYPL for taking up this initiative. It was the need of the
hour. Electricity is a very scarce resource and we need to use it optimally.
Children have a receptive mind and we must harness their potential to ensure
that our future generations learn how to use resources properly”.
On his part Dr A K Walia said “Hopefully most of the
schools in East and
“Bijli Gyan
Abhiyan – yet another important Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative of BSES towards energy conservation aims
to sensitise thousands of students across 500 schools in East and Central Delhi
about the entire gamut of energy generation, transmission and distribution,
giving special emphasis on energy conservation, said Arun Kanchan, CEO BYPL.,
Adding “The entire initiative is based on a partnership with the participating
schools. The format of the program has been meticulously designed to make it
appealing and fun to the students – the intended target audience”
Detailing the concept, Arun Kanchan said “To drill
down the message to the intended recipients, BYPL will be following a
participative approach with the schools. Firstly Bijli Gyan Audio Visual CD will be gifted in all the enlisted
schools – both private and government in East and
Thereafter three rounds of quizzes will be conducted for
the students based on the Bijli Gyan AV
on Energy Conservation. Finally six students from Government, Private and JJ schools
will be declared winners from amongst thousands who are expected to
participate”.
- First Round. Based on the Bijli Gyan CD, schools in partnership with BYPL will conduct a
written quiz in their respective premises. Two top scorers from each of
schools will qualify for the second round
- Inter-School (Second) Round. Another written quiz will be conducted
at a BYPL location. Thirty top scorers in this round will quality for the
third and the final round.
- Final (Third) Round. The Final oral round will be organized
by BYPL in an auditorium amidst hundreds of cheering students, teachers
and principals. This gruelling round, also based on BSES’ Bijli Gyan AV on Energy Conservation,
will witness a total of six winners from Government, Private Schools and
JJ Schools) – emerging as winners.
- Prizes. BYPL will
give a total of six cash prizes of Rs 15,000, Rs 12,500 and Rs 10,000 – to
those coming first, second and third respectively and schools of the victorious students
will also be awarded a trophy each.
BYPL plans to make winning a memorable and a cherished
moment for the winners, their parents and their schools. Winners, their school
Principals, Vice Principal, one coordinator and their parents will get an
opportunity to have a meal with Shri Arvinder Singh Lovely, the Hon’ble
Minister for Education. That’s not all. After this the winners along with their
School Principal’s will get an opportunity for a one on one interaction and a group photograph with the Hon’ble Chief
Minister of Delhi Smt Sheila Dikshit, who has graciously consented to interact
with the winners.
According to a BSES spokesperson “Energy Conservation is a way of life
at BSES. Bijli Gyan Abhiyan is a
natural progression of BSES’ initiative where it has been educating school
children and RWAs alike about the need to conserve power. Even through Synergy
– its bi-monthly newsletter that goes to its 23 lakh customers, newspaper
inserts and pamphlets distributed at melas from time to time, spreading the
message of energy conservation.
BSES,
Delhi’s premier power distribution company, is committed to ensuring quality
and reliable electricity supply to all its consumers.
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