The 32nd Annual Day of the Madhuram Narayanan Centre for Exceptional Children was celebrated in the Assembly Hall of the P-H Mortensen building on December 12th, 2021. Mr N Kumar, President of Bala Mandir, was the Chief Guest for the day. The theme of the day was ‘Animals’, and the […]
VIKALPA LAB 10th Dec 2021
An interesting initiative taken up in the Satyamurthi High School was the creation of the Vikalpa Lab. The Lab is a workspace where young minds can give shape to their ideas through hands-on do-it-yourself mode of learning, which will increase their creativity and innovation. The main objectives of the initiative […]
Training Programs in Bala Mandir Research Jan-Mar 2021
“The BMRF team took up two training projects in the quarter from January to March 2021, with the NGOs SOS Village and Suraksha (based out of Nagercoil), in addition to its long-running Gummidipundi project. The training programmes were conducted completely online.” The SOS programme focused on capacity building training for […]
BM 72nd Anniverssary March 2021
“Due to the lockdown, the Balu Sir Summer Camp was held in the Bala Mandir Home, from May 3rd to May 15th. This is held annually in memory of Mr Vishy Gaitonde, fondly known to the children as Balu Sir. The Camp began with an inauguration held on May 3rd. […]
Balu Sir Summer Camp May 2021
“Due to the lockdown, the Balu Sir Summer Camp was held in the Bala Mandir Home, from May 3rd to May 15th. This is held annually in memory of Mr Vishy Gaitonde, fondly known to the children as Balu Sir. The Camp began with an inauguration held on May 3rd. […]
Kamaraj-Day-July-2021
“During this quarter, Bala Mandir celebrated the birth anniversaries of one of its Founders through Education Day (on July 15th for Sri Kamarajar). Usually this is celebrated as an organisation-wide function – but due to the pandemic, functions were held in the Children’s Home, and the other units also conducted […]
Independence Day Aug 2021
“India’s 75th Independence Day was celebrated across the different units of Bala Mandir in various ways.” “In the Home in Chennai, a series of activities were conducted on August 13th and 14th focusing on language and arithmetic. The activities were anchored by Ms Hemamalini and Ms Veena and were conducted […]
Founders Day Sept 2021
“Bala Mandir celebrated the birth anniversary its Founder Smt Manjubhashini on the September 24th. Usually this is celebrated as an organisation-wide function – but due to the pandemic, functions were held in the Children’s Home, and the other units also conducted events internally to remember the Founders.”