Griffins International School Commemorates Satyajit Ray Birth Centenary
Kolkata, 12th May 2021: Griffins International School, Kharagpur celebrated the birth centenary of Satyajit Ray, the legendary filmmaker, writer, composer, lyricist, and illustrator in a unique way.
The students of Griffins International School recreated some of the legendary characters like ‘Feluda’, ‘Professor Shonku’, ‘Gupi Gayen’, ‘Bagha Bayen’, ‘Apu and Durga’ to commemorate the 100th Birth anniversary of the creati ve genius Satyajit Ray. A short video was made with all the performances.
During this pandemic, children are confined to their homes but they enthusiastically participated in online rehea rsal and enjoyed the creative journey on the digital platform.
Mrs. Sarbari Brahma, Principal, Griffins International School, said, “The legendary Satyajit Ray has written several books for children and made many films which are both entertaining and principled. We always inspire our students to know this towering personality through his creations. Our children paid their tribute to the legend by recreating the famous characters.”
The little Gupi Gayen (Samparka Manna of class V) and the little Bagha Bayen (Ayan Das of class six) were visibly delighted and they said, “We are missing our school very much. But celebrating the birth anniversary of Satyajit Ray was a great excitement for all of us. We have thoroughly enjoyed playing the roles of Gupi Gayen and Bagha Bayen.”
Mr. Abishek Yadav, Chairman, Griffins International School, commented, “This pandemic has posed many challenges in front of us. But we could not let go the occasion of birth centenary of Satyajit Ray. We are happy that technology has he lped us overcome many obstacles and our students commemorated the birth anniversary of the legend on digital plat form and made us proud.”
About Griffins International School
Griffins International School, Kharagpur (GIS) is promoted and managed by Govind Behari Yadav Trust with its registered office at Kharagpur- West Bengal. The school was founded with a vision to be a learning school that ignites inquisitive minds to innovate and inspire others.
Mr. Abishek Yadav, a chemical engineer from IIT Kharagpur and a versatile entrepreneur, is at the helm of the in stitution. His dream of developing & nurturing the young minds to become successful, responsible, and ethical leaders of tomorrow was the guiding principle behind the establishment of GIS, with a state-of-the-art infrast ructure, sprawling across 14 acres of land.
GIS is setting a new benchmark for a world class school education system with a “Safety First” approach and ro bust infrastructure for a New India with 24 hours CCTV surveillance and the school buses fitted with CCTV & latest GPS systems.
The school with a lush green campus provides an enabling environment for every child to excel while enjoying wi th Art Studio, Swimming pool, Indoor & Outdoor games, Music Studio, Robotics lab, Amphitheatre, and Apple ed ucation programme.
For further information please visit: https://griffinsinternationalschool.in/
