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The story of “Ek Sparsh” has been featured in a book!   “You Own Urself” is authored by Sharmin Ali.

YOU (“You Own Urself”) is about overcoming one’s inhibitions. It is about breaking free from physical, mental or emotional handicaps.  A journey that every individual can associate with. Y.O.U talks about trespassing the status quo and taking control of your life.

I met the author last year  at one of the stalls we had put up to market our eco-friendly products. We started talking about the need to follow our calling in life.  She interviewed us for her book about 3 months back.

Here is an excerpt from the book.

“The desire to do something for their country led Adarsh and Udaya to take a huge ‘Leap of Faith’. On returning from the US, they took a meditation course at the Vipassana meditation centre at Nagarjuna  Sagar run by SN Goenka…

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We are featured in a book!

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My friends Adarsh and Uday are featured in a book! Read more…

eksparsh's avatarEk Sparsh

The story of “Ek Sparsh” has been featured in a book!   “You Own Urself” is authored by Sharmin Ali.

YOU (“You Own Urself”) is about overcoming one’s inhibitions. It is about breaking free from physical, mental or emotional handicaps.  A journey that every individual can associate with. Y.O.U talks about trespassing the status quo and taking control of your life.

I met the author last year  at one of the stalls we had put up to market our eco-friendly products. We started talking about the need to follow our calling in life.  She interviewed us for her book about 3 months back.

Here is an excerpt from the book.

“The desire to do something for their country led Adarsh and Udaya to take a huge ‘Leap of Faith’. On returning from the US, they took a meditation course at the Vipassana meditation centre at Nagarjuna  Sagar run by SN Goenka…

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– ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗದ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿ – ಕೆ.ಬಿ.ಪ್ರಸನ್ನಕುಮಾರ್

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CIMG1888ಕೆ ಬಿ ಪ್ರಸನ್ನಕುಮಾರ್ ಅವರು ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗ ವಿಧಾನಸಭಾ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಯಾಗಿ ಸ್ಪರ್ಧಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

ಇವರು ಮೂಲತಃ ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗದವರು. ಇವರು ನವೆಂಬರ್ ೧೭, ೧೯೬೮ ರಲ್ಲಿ ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಜನಿಸಿದರು. ಇವರ ತಾಯಿ ಭಾಗೀರಥೀ ಬಾಯಿ, ತಂದೆ ಕೃಷ್ಣಮೂರ್ತಿ.

ಪ್ರಸನ್ನಕುಮಾರ್ ಅವರು ೧೯೯೮ ರಲ್ಲಿ ಮೈಸೂರಿನವರಾದ ಪಿ.ಗೀತಾಂಜಲಿಯನ್ನು ವಿವಾಹವಾದರು. ಇವರ ಪತ್ನಿ ಗೀತಾಂಜಲಿ, ಕೆನರಾ ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಉದ್ಯೋಗಿ. ಇವರ ಪುತ್ರ ಅವಿನಾಶ್ ನೋಂಪಿ ಜ್ನಾನದೀಪ ಶಾಲೆಯ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿ.

ಪ್ರಸನ್ನಕುಮಾರ್ ಅವರು ಅತೀ ಕಿರಿಯ ವಯಸ್ಸಿನಿಂದಲೇ ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರ ಮನೋಭಾವದ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ. ಹಾಗಾಗಿ ಅವರು ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿ ಜೀವನದಲ್ಲೇ ರಾಜಕೀಯಕ್ಕೆ ಧುಮುಕಿದರು. ಸಮಾಜಸೇವೆಯೇ ಅವರ ಗುರಿಯಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತರ ಹರೆಯದಲ್ಲೇ ಅವರು ಯುವ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ಸಿನ ಕಾರ್ಯಕರ್ತರಾಗಿದ್ದರು. ಆಗಿನಿಂದಲೇ ಅವರ ಸಮಾಜ ಸೇವೆ, ರಾಜಕೀಯ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ಒಡನಾಟ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭವಾಯಿತು.

ರಾಜಕೀಯವಷ್ಟೇ ಅಲ್ಲದೆ, ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ, ಧಾರ್ಮಿಕ ಹಾಗೂ ಸಾಂಸ್ಕ್ರಿತಿಕ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಇವರು ತಮ್ಮನ್ನು ತಾವು ಗುರುತಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

ಇವರು ಅಲಂಕರಿಸಿದ ಕೆಲವು ಹುದ್ದೆಗಳು ಇಂತಿವೆ

೧. ನಗರಸಭಾ ಸದಸ್ಯರು ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗ
೨. ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರು, ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗ ನಗರ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ( ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ವಿಭಾಗ)
೩. ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರು, ವಿಶ್ವೇಶ್ವರಯ್ಯ ಕೋ-ಆಪರೇಟಿವೆ ಸೊಸೈಟಿ
೪. ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರು, ಸೌರಭ ಸಾಂಸ್ಕ್ರಿತಿಕ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗ
೫. ಖಜಾಂಚಿ, ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣ ಮಹಾ ಸಭೆ, ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗ
೬. ಉಪಾಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರು, ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ ಮಾಧ್ವ ಸಂಘ, ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗ
೭. ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರು, ನಗರಸಭೆ ಗುತ್ತಿಗೆದಾರರ ಸಂಘ
೮. ಉಪಾಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರು, ರಾಜೀವ್ ಗಾಂಧಿ ಕಾರ್ಮಿಕರ ಸಂಘ
೯. ಉಪಾಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರು, ಇಂದಿರಾ ಗಾಂಧಿ ಅಸಂಘಟಿತ ಕಾರ್ಮಿಕರ ಸಂಘ
೧೦. ಎರಡು ದಶಕಗಳಿಂದ ಯುವ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಕಾರ್ಯಕರ್ತರು.

ಸಾಧನೆಗಳು

ಇವರು ೨೦೦೭ ರಲ್ಲಿ ಮೊದಲ ಬಾರಿಗೆ ನಗರ ಸಭಾ ಸದಸ್ಯರ ಹುದ್ದೆಗೆ ಚುನಾವಣೆಗೆ ನಿಂತರು. ಸಮಾಜಸೇವೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ತಮ್ಮನ್ನು ತೊಡಗಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು ಜನಪ್ರಿಯರಾಗಿದ್ದರಿಂದ, ಮೊದಲ ಬಾರಿಯೇ ಚುನಾವಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಗೆದ್ದು ಅಶೋಕನಗರದ ಮುನ್ಸಿಪಲ್ ಕೌನ್ಸಿಲರ್ ಆಗಿ ಆಯ್ಕೆಯಾದರು. ಕಳೆದ ಐದು ವರ್ಷಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಇವರು ಅಶೋಕನಗರಕ್ಕೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿರುವ ಸೇವೆ ಗಣನೀಯ. ಇವರ ಜನಸೇವೆಯಿಂದ ಸಂತುಷ್ಟರಾದ ಅಶೋಕನಗರದ ಜನತೆ, ೨೦೧೩ರ ಚುನಾವಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇವರನ್ನು ಪುನಃ ಕೌನ್ಸಿಲರ್ ಆಗಿ ಭಾರಿ ಬಹುಮತದಿಂದ ಆಯ್ಕೆ ಮಾಡಿದರು. ಒಟ್ಟಾರೆ ಮತದಾನದ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ ೩೭೩೭, ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಸನ್ನಕುಮಾರ್ ಅವರು ಗಳಿಸಿದ ಮತಗಳ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ ೨೯೧೩.

ಕೌನ್ಸಿಲರ್ ಆಗಿ ಇವರು ಸಲ್ಲಿಸಿದ ಸೇವೆಗಳು ಇಂತಿವೆ.

ಇವರು ಕೌನ್ಸಿಲರ್ ಆಗುವ ಮುನ್ನ ಅಶೋಕನಗರದಲ್ಲಿ ನೀರಿನ ಅಭಾವ ಅಧಿಕವಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಮೂರು ನಾಲ್ಕು ದಿನಗಳಿಗೊಮ್ಮೆ ನೀರನ್ನು ಬಿಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು, ಪ್ರಸನ್ನಕುಮಾರರು ಕೌನ್ಸಿಲರ್ ಆದ ಬಳಿಕ ಕುಡಿಯುವ ನೀರಿನ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಯನ್ನು ಬಗೆ ಹರಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
ಅಶೋಕನಗರದ ನೀರಿನ ಬವಣೆಯನ್ನು ಟ್ಯಾಂಕರ್ ಗಳ ಮೂಲಕ ನೀರು ತರಿಸುವುದರಿಂದ ಪೂರೈಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ೨೫ ಕಡೆ ಮಿನಿ ನೀರಿನ ಟ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಗಳನ್ನು ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಬೇಸಿಗೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ನೀರಿನ ಅಭಾವವಿದ್ದಲ್ಲಿ ನೀರಿನ ಟ್ಯಾಂಕರ್ ಗಳನ್ನು ತರಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.

ಅಶೋಕನಗರದೆಲ್ಲೆಡೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬೀದಿ ದೀಪಗಳನ್ನು ಹಾಕಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಹಾಗಾಗಿ ರಾತ್ರಿಯ ವೇಳೆ ಮಹಿಳೆಯರು, ಮಕ್ಕಳು, ವಾಹನಗಳು ಜನಸಾಮಾನ್ಯರು ನಿರ್ಭಯವಾಗಿ ಓಡಾಡುವಂತಾಗಿದೆ. ಅಲ್ಲದೆ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಆರು ಹೈ ಮಾಸ್ಟ್ ಬೀದಿ ದೀಪಗಳನ್ನು ಅಳವಡಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಇನ್ನೂ ಮೂರು ಹೈ ಮಾಸ್ಟ್ ದೀಪಗಳಿಗೆ ಮಂಜೂರಾತಿ ದೊರಕಿದೆ. ಹೀಗಾಗಿ ಅಶೋಕನಗರವನ್ನು ಬೆಳಕಿನ ನಗರವೆಂದು ಕರೆಯಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ.

ಅಶೋಕನಗರದ ಬಹುತೇಕ ರಸ್ತೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಕಾಂಕ್ರೀಟ್ ಮತ್ತು ಡಾಂಬರ್ ಹಾಕಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಹಾಗಾಗಿ ಇಲ್ಲಿನ ಸಂಚಾರ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ ಸುಸ್ಥಿತಿಯಲ್ಲಿದೆ.

ಸರ್ಕಾರದಿಂದ ಹಾಗೂ ನಗರ ಸಭೆಯಿಂದ ಬಡವರಿಗೆ, ಅರ್ಹ ಫಲಾನುಭವಿಗಳಿಗೆ ದೊರಕಬೇಕಾದ ಸವಲತ್ತು ಗಳನ್ನು ಅವರವರಿಗೇ ದೊರಕುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಈ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಕಾರ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ಅವರು ಯಾವುದೇ ರೀತಿಯ ಲಂಚ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳದೇ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಎನ್ನುವುದು ಹೆಮ್ಮೆಯ ವಿಚಾರ.

ಬಿಪಿಎಲ್ ಕಾರ್ಡ್, ಹೊಲಿಗೆ ಯಂತ್ರ, ಕಂಪ್ಯೂಟರ್, ಗ್ರೈಂಡರ್, ಸೈಕಲ್ ಗಳನ್ನು ಫಲಾನುಭವಿಗಳಿಗೆ ದೊರಕುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

ವಾರ್ಡ್ ಗಾಗಿ ಇಷ್ಟೆಲ್ಲಾ ದುಡಿದಿರುವ ಪ್ರಸನ್ನಕುಮಾರ್ ಅವರನ್ನು ವಾರ್ಡ್ ನ ಜನತೆ ಭಾರೀ ಬಹುಮತದಿಂದ ಪುನ: ಕೌನ್ಸಿಲರ್ ಆಗಿ ಆಯ್ಕೆ ಮಾಡಿದೆ.

ಹಗಲು ರಾತ್ರಿ ಎನ್ನದೇ ದಿನದ ೨೪ ಗಂಟೆಯೂ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕರಿಗೆ ಸೇವೆ ಸಲ್ಲಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಪ್ರಸನ್ನಕುಮಾರ್ ಆದರ್ಶ ರಾಜಕಾರಣಿ ಎನ್ನುವುದರಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂದೇಹವಿಲ್ಲ.

ಇವರ ಸಾಧನೆಯನ್ನು ಗುರುತಿಸಿ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಪಕ್ಷ ಇವರಿಗೆ ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗದಿಂದ ವಿಧಾನಸಭಾ ಚುನಾವಣೆಗೆ ಸ್ಪರ್ದಿಸಲು ಟಿಕೆಟ್ ನೀಡಿದೆ. ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗದ ಜನತೆ ಇವರ ಸಾಧನೆಗಳನ್ನು ಇತರ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಗಳ ಸಾಧನೆಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ಹೋಲಿಸಿ ಅರ್ಹ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಯನ್ನು ಆರಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ ಎಂಬ ಆಶಯ ನಮ್ಮದು.

ಈಶ್ವರಪ್ಪ ಅವರಂತಹ ಭಾರೀ ರಾಜಕಾರಣಿಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸೆಣಸಬೇಕಾಗಿರುವ ಪ್ರಸನ್ನಕುಮಾರ್ ಅವರ ಬಳಿ ಇರುವುದು ಒಂದೇ ಅಸ್ತ್ರ, ಅದೆಂದರೆ ನಿಸ್ವಾರ್ಥ ಸೇವೆ, ಜಾತ್ಯಾತೀತತೆ, ಹಾಗೂ ಭ್ರಷ್ಟಾಚಾರ ರಹಿತ ರಾಜಕಾರಣ ಮಾಡಬೇಕೆಂಬ ಛಲ.

ಕೆ.ಬಿ.ಪ್ರಸನ್ನಕುಮಾರ್ ಅವರನ್ನು ನೀವು ಸಂಪರ್ಕಿಸಬಹುದಾದ ಮಿಂಚೆ : prasannacouncillor@gmail.com

Prasanna Kumar K B

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K B Prasanna Kumar
K B Prasanna Kumar

K B Prasanna Kumar is contesting the 2013 Legislative Elections from Shimoga and representing Congress Party.

Here is a snapshot of his profile.

Personal Life

Mr. K B Prasanna Kumar was born on 17th November 1968. His father’s name is G.V.Krishnamurty and Mother’s name is Smt Bhagirathi Bai.  He did his education from Deshiya Vidya Shala, Shimoga popularly known as DVS.

Since childhood Prasanna Kumar was hyperactive and hardworking. As he lost his father at a very young age, he started working part time to support his family. Later he worked as Contractor and is a Class 1 PWD contractor.

He married Geethanjali in the year 1998 and is having a son Avinash.

Professional Background.

By nature he is courageous and helping. As he comes from a humble background, he can understand the needs of the less privileged group of society. Thus even before he got into Politics he was actively involved in Social Service. He joined Youth Congress at the young age of 20, and has engaged himself in all social developmental activities since then. Thus he is having a rich experience of serving people for more than two decades.

As a mirror to all his hard work, he easily won the City Municipal Elections, in the very first attempt in 2007, representing Ashokanagar Ward, Shimoga, and Karnataka State. Since then he has not left any stone unturned. He has immensely helped the people of his Ashok Nagar ward in all respects.

In his five years of service as Counsillor of Ashok nagar he has done his best to solve the problems of common people.

Some of the works he has done are as under

  1. He has solved the drinking water problem of Ashoknagar ward, Shimoga.
  2. He has arranged for 25 mini water tankers.
  3. He has got street lights fixed at all roads of Ashokanagar, that’s why this ward got the name – ‘ward of lights’
  4. Garbage maintenance was successfully implemented.
  5. SC/STs, and BPL Card holders were made to avail the benefits of all Government sponsored schemes like
    1. Free Electricity
    2. Access to Toilets
    3. Free Cycle for students
    4. Tailoring machine for women
    5. Grinders
    6. Computers and many more
    7. Scholarships for students through Government Municipal office were distributed
    8. Every morning from 5.30am till late in the night, people of Ashokanagar approach him for any grievances they have.

If you sit and watch him from morning till evening, you can observe that, he is not only working as Municipal Councilor but is also has to act as Family counselor for various problems of the poor. Thus he is affectionately called as ‘Anna’ means brother by the Ashoknagar ward people.

Owing to his success as a great brand ambassador of Congress, various other political parties did force him to join hands with them. But his devotion to Congress party and determination to help the poor and needy, and the secular mindset, never made him jump from one party to other.

Thus in the 2012-13 elections for City Municipal councilor, Prasanna Kumar won by 2536 votes as against the number of votes that were cast was 3737. The opposite candidates lost the deposit amount as they could not gain minimum number of votes required. This shows how much of popularity he has got by his hard work.

Various Positions held by K B Prasanna Kumar

  1.  City Municipal Councillor, Shimoga
  2. President, Shimoga city congress (South Block)
  3. President, Vishweshwaraiah Co-Operative Society, (Brahmin Community) Shimoga.
  4. President, “Sourabha” – A cultural organization, Shimoga.
  5. Treasurer, District Brahmana Mahasabha, Shimoga.l
  6. Vice President, District Madhva Sangha (R) Shimoga.
  7. Ex-President: Municipal Contractor’s Association, Shimoga.
  8. Vice President, Rajiv Gandhi Building workers Association
  9. Vice President, Indira Gandhi Un-Organized  Labour Organization.
  10. Started to work with Youth congress since  20  Years

MVM Hyderabad – Reviews from Parent tree

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MVM

dec 2012Hi Hemanth,

I admitted my Kid this year in MVM after checking the infrastructure, academic result of board exam, Faculty List posted on their websites and after talking with parents of MVM students. I think you can go for it.

Thanks

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may 2012

hi sreeni,

academic wise MVM is really good.No complain about that.but only factor is school timings.its too long from 8:45 to 4:00 for preprimary students.my kid is so tired after back to home.

the teachers and ayamas are caring to the students and the teachers communicate to the parents regularly through the diary.i am happy with that school.

so i am decided to change her school to kv.otherwise it is good.

thanks

ranjita

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JAN 2011

Hi

My children study in MVM. Not all that great, english is very very poor, not at all competitive, do not teach Moral science,Gk,

If you plan to put your children in IIT, then pls do not opt for this school…. not a good choice.

no good library or computer lab.

Ah!…Yes a very nice play ground in the school,good school buses … i dont rembember any thing else good…

bye

shobha

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JAN 2011

hi

even i thought of joining my kid in that school. But few of my friend’s friend kids are studying and they said they are very good in teaching morals, yoga etc.  They said only problem was frequent change of teachers. School is very good in teaching sanskirt and slokas .

thanks

RK

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Feb 2, 2011

Hi

As somebody has replied that the school is very good in teaching morals,yoga,slokas all those are true…..

but that is secondary , main thing is the education….

The two women in the reception are very rude at times…… they dont answer any of the queries over the phone….

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DEC 2010

Yes, Tipp, MVM has extra-curricular activities. I am not aware of teaching in higher classes now. It is quite an old and established school so i guess the teaching would be good. Kindly visit the school personally and ask the students after the school hours. My friend’s son is in class IX and she is saitisfied.

Regards,
Mickey

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MARCH 2011

For which class ? my daughter appeared for 1st. Test was easy, based on UKG syllabus, teacher also helped her. She cleared the exam, though we didn’t take admission.

Fees – 25K admission,

20,400 Annual (10,200 to be paid in Apr and 10,200 to be paid in Oct). Plus 10-15K transportation, depending on the distance.

Negative thing i read on parentree about MVM – communication skills of teachers are not good. Someone told me that they give lots of homework. I don’t have first hand experience though.

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FEB 2011

Hi Nit20,

MVM  is better than Academic Heights and BVB BHEL. Sanghamitra is good too.

You can prefer either MVM or Sanghamitra.

MVM is having entrance test for class 1 on 19th Feb. if interested , pl contact the school immly.

Rgds,
mickey

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DEC 2012

My daughter is in class 1st MVM.  Please find few points  –

  • The school with big building, big playground and big empire of buses. seeing which i got impressed.
  • Annual Fee is 24k + 30k (admission) which might be less than other school in the area.
  • School timings are very long. My kid starts at 7:30am and comes back at 4:45pm, which i think is toooo long for small kids. Last month after Dussherra, they have increased the timings for no reason.
  • If you are staying on the route of bus, its good. else, they won’t change the route, not even for half a km.
  • Most of the activities are for elder kids, not for younger ones.
  • Studies are more like conventional schools.
  • Teachers stability is very less.
  • If you have any problem, the management, and even principal doesn’t listen, they just says every parent has some problem, what we can do.
  • Seeing my small kid condition, many parent from my apartment dropped the idea of getting admission.

Thanks

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DEC 2012

Hi Yugk,

I admitted my kid in LKG for 2013-14 in MVM.

I was also impressed with the big building, ground, bus fleets. Two things I see which is bothering you. Long hours and Teacher instability. Most of the school will not chane the bus route. Also, principal/management will not hear every parents problems. This was expected. Apart from that any other problem you are facing? I am actually impressed about long hours as I am working mother and anyways my kid would stay in Daycare if not in school.Please let me know about studies standard.

Regards,

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Maharshi, I visited the school and enquired with few parents. Everthing is great about this school, expect for communication skills aspect.  Children dont seem to pick up enough english and converse mostly in thier mother tounges.

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I do not know about DAV Miyapur but my daughter goes to MVM (LKG). She has adjusted well to the school. The timings are rather long which was my initial concern but it looks like she sleeps for sometime at school so in the long run it turned out well. (I am a working mother so I would have had to put her in daycare anyway.)

Class sizes are small. There is no pressure on the children at all and the parent teacher interactions I had with her class teacher were very good. Communication channels are always open, whenever I have put forward any concern (by writing in her dairy) it has been promptly addressed.  She is picking up her lessons well and seems to enjoy them.

The only drawback I have seen is the tendency of the teachers to do her art and craft for her ! I would rather have her paste imperfect pictures in her scrap book than have the perfect work done by the teachers. However this I felt was a minor thing.

Otherwise I have no problems with the school.

MVM also takes all payments in cheques and issues receipts for all of them. There are absolutely no “cash payments without reciepts” as I have encountered in some other Hyderabad schools.

The transport facilities are also very good.

If there is anything specific you would like to know you can write to me in the PT mailbox

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Hi

My son is studying 1st class in MVM. Overall I am happy with this school. Few points

> gives adequate time for kids to learn – no pressure and heavy work loads and they teach the concepts well

> good in physical activities (my son always come with lot of dust on his dress and sweat which is very much required in this age :-))

>His English teacher has changed for 2-3 times. So that could be a concern as the younger kids need some time to adjust with a new teacher

> There is an opportunity for other activities like singing, story telling, essay writing etc but not sure how far they are encouraging kids to participate

> Transportation arrangements are very good

> spoken English is not upto the mark, but my son learnt to speak in Hindi (because of his north indian friends)

> parents-teachers meeting – happens with lot of crowd but teachers respond with lot of patience

I am satisfied with this school because 2 points which I have mentioned initially.

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Hi Narendra,

many kids come from KPHB and kukatpally, so I think the distance is reasonable. I prefer the commute should not be more than 20-30 mins for the kids<6 years. The buses always come on time and their routing is quite good. So I think MVM buses take the kids in minimum possible times.

Fee structure – it is quite reasonable when compared to all other schools in this area. Annual fee is 20k for 1st std. I enquired atelast 6-7 other schools in this area and all of them quoted minum 40k and upto 1.5L (even more than that).

Regarding spoken English – all teachers communicate in English only. It is usual tendency for the kids to talk among them in their mother tongue. It seems they dont bother much about it and I think it should be completely fine. We can encourage the kids to talk in english but speaking in their mother tongue is not at all a sin!  As I am not a big fan of speaking mandatorily in English, I am fine with this school. So, it is upto your preference.

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Sorry for the late reply. Was out of station.

I agree with yndvijaya completely on the first two points. My daughter is in PP1 and the total time she needs to devote to studies at home is less than twenty minutes.  Also parent teacher interactions have been very satisfying. Never felt that the teacher was not giving us adequate time.

I also want to mention that even though they give a rough menu for lunch when I asked the teacher if I can give her other alternatives she agreed as long as they are vegetarian.

About English communication, we are Bengalis and my daughter communicates with her teacher in English, she does chatter with her friend in her mother-tongue and the teacher does not discourage that  (I guessed from the feedback I got from my daughter) . That is okay for me, I believe that language is there to build bridges not to make barriers.

Also recent scientific studies show that the more languages a child is exposed too the better it is for their brain developement. Frankly I don’t mind if she picks up telegu from her school friends.

Again as mentioned by yndvijaya, fee structure is reasonable. I pay all fees by cheques (no hidden payments), one of my chief reasons for choosing this school.

A lot of people shout themselves hoarse about corruption but do not bother about combating the corruption tugging at the roots of our school education system.

Altoghther I have no big compliants about the school. Small problems may be there but I belive they are general problems which would have been there if I had chosen any other school.

Hope this helps

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I must mention that they have a very big playground which very few schools in Hyderabad can boast of. I have gone through the admission process in the school. The teacher asked my son very simple questions like his name, color of the dress he is wearing etc. This was for LKG.

I had a few questions regarding the long timings and they explained to me patiently that they allow the kids to sleep in the class and also that they give ample time for them to have breakfast and lunch.

It is more of an old style school where they also give importance to the spiritual development of the kid. They teach yoga, slokas and sanskrit is compulsory from standard 1.

Please note that they do not have the latest gizmos for teaching which may be used in other schools for example multimedia presentations etc. This is based on my observation  of the classroom and I may wrong with this point

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When I consulted MVM for admission into LKG for my younger son they assured me of admission and asked me come along with the child for a brief interview. My elder son also study there in 1st class. For 1st class admission they conducted written test for him. After the test I’m surprised how quickly they assessed my child and told me his strengths and weaknesses in the subjects.

What I experienced, the school is good. All our concerns/queries that we mention in the diary are addressed to our satisfaction many times. The teachers and staff are kind and I notice the children feel free and move along comfortably in the school. I am also very much impressed their buses are very punctual and very clean.

They allow around 40 children in a class and I feel it’s not practical for the teachers to focus on every child more closely. Parents should be prepared to spend some time teaching the children.

It can be more good if they could improve greenary and facilitate bit more play ground infrastructure.

Indian Boy wins International Championship in Group D in Bangkok

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Sharing an interesting news from the Newspaper The Hindu.

Young Harihar Prashad, who won the International Championship in Group D in Bangkok, is on cloud nine. Naturally

R. Harihar Prashad created a small sensation at the Chennai airport, when he walked out of the flight from Bangkok with a shiny 3.5ft trophy. “People stared at me; they asked me if I had won it for sports. The officers wanted to know if it was gold; they even examined it!” he laughs.

Young Harihar won the trophy for art, for his creativity, for his interesting interpretation of the topic ‘Saving the World.’ Back in the city after winning the International Championship in Group D (13 years and above) at the 9th Global Art International Competition in Bangkok, Harihar says he couldn’t believe he had won when his number was announced. “They followed a secret number system, and when my number was called out, the others from Team India started shouting my name; I simply ran to the stage to collect the trophy!” he says happily.

Read more at http://www.thehindu.com/arts/art/poster-perfect/article4181177.ece

Silver Oaks – Consolidated reviews from Parent tree

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This was posted On December 10th, 2012.

 

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Nov 20, 2010 8:29 PM  By  nitup

This school might be a good school. But they need to change their counselor. She doesn’t know how to do business. She doesn’t know the slightest etiquette even. I asked her how many kids are there in a class? And she said it’s non of your business. Then I said thank u and came back from there. I will never ever go back there. When they cann’t respect us how can they respect our kids.
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Jan 18, 2011 3:51 PM  By  EeshuChinni
  1. This school is not concentrating on Basics which is very much required for any child. They have no text books also.
    I don’t think this school is a good school for children of all ages

 
3 August 2012      Hi all,

I would like to share my experience with Silver oaks. My Daughter studied from LKG to 4th Class ( close to six years) I paid only 10000 as donation in 2006. Currently it went up to 1 lack, all most ten folds of increase.

Following are my ratings compared to other school around Miyapur

Infrastructure — 7/10
Education standards —8/10 ( Very good for lower classes)
Education standards — 6/10 ( Not good from 5th grade)
Teaching staff — 7/10
Admin staff — 3/10 (Bunch of idiots)
Management attitude towards education— 4/10 (commercial)

Thanks
Ram

 
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May 10, 2010 12:08 PM  By  ramakdl

Silver Oaks School bachupally is THE school i was looking for.The excellent Principal Mrs Sita murthy has trained her staff extremely well .She focuses on overall development in a child with a loving attitute towards a child ,since my son is in class PP1 ,children at that age need the love more than harsh method.She manages to make children Happy Learners who look forward to going to school everyday.

I am extremely happy with the administrators especially Mr Dhanunjaya who is very dynamic and full of energy and takes intrest in every child to excel, with a fatherly touch.All children like him very much.

I think Silver Oaks school is the No 1 school in Hyderabad!

 
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I went to silver oaks on saturday for my daughter.this is for  LKG admission.As it is well established school(at least in parents mind),they are in hurry to make money.There is no advisor available,only apllication vendors are there.If you ask about fee structure and academic details,they are giving in short answers.more over asking to go through their site.only they will tell you fee structure.the fee also increased drsstically compared to last year(more than 30%).If you do not buy the apllication,they will give you rude look on you.For LKG ,the fee structure as follow.

Donation:40K

Term fees:12k*

transportatioin:4.5k*3

deposit:10k

annual fee:9k

books+exam fee+uniform–10K(This is my guess)

outings+picnix etc—5k(this is als guess)

If you dont have any problems in spending money on education,then you can think of.what i have mentioned above is for LKG.

my opinion :

1) Quality of education– no idea

2) Teachers & Management–in one of the reviews,some people mentioning different opinoins.if the application vendors are teachers,my vote is negative

3) Infrastructure–too good

4) Extra Curricular Activities–might be good

5) Transportation–mentioned

6) Fee Structure–mentioned

 

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venkata123

Dec 20, 2010 6:17 PM
Hi,I went to silver oaks on saturday for my daughter.this is for  LKG admission.As it is well established school(at least in parents mind),they are in hurry to make money.There is no advisor available,only apllication vendors are there.If you ask about fee structure and academic details,they are giving in short answers.more over asking to go through their site.only they will tell you fee structure.the fee also increased drsstically compared to last year(more than 30%).If you do not buy the apllication,they will give you rude look on you.For LKG ,the fee structure as follow.

Donation:40K

Term fees:12k*3–in the earliser reply,forgot to mention ‘3’

transportatioin:4.5k*3

deposit:10k

annual fee:9k

books+exam fee+uniform–10K(This is my guess)

outings+picnix etc—5k(this is als guess)

If you dont have any problems in spending money on education,then you can think of.what i have mentioned above is for LKG.

 

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SriniHYD

Dec 28, 2010 6:33 PM

I like it! 

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Vikas is much closer to highway than Kennedy or Silver Oaks may be after Sentia. My cousin’s kid goes here for LKG. He has been happy. I am sure Acaademics will be good at Vikas nto sure how good are extra curriculars. For now i choose Silver Oaks. i am sure there will be seats at other schools (Kenndy or Sentia) even in Febrarury. last year they had seats in April too. Silver oaks has Dec 31 dead line for phase 1 that is why i put in app there now and seems to be higher demand of all schools on that road.Srini

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2.) Silveoaks: 10 year old school follow IB-PYP till class 6 and then CBSE, Fee comparatively lesser than DPS but after Admission year to year cost will be more or less same. Good feedback from parents

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The Creek

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This is just a collection of the reviews I got on the school from different sources.

  1. One of my neighbour’s kids go to creeks. As far as I know from them, it is good studies wise as well as the fees. my kid goes to Silver oaks. I feel even Silver Oaks is good..My kid has improved a lot..teachers are friendly..and one more thing is that they have specific principles like thay dont let parents spend extra money for annual days etc..they follow IB teaching techniques..so I feel it is good. I think I have spoken much about Silver oaks than creeks..anyways..I find Creeks is gud in all ways (economically also)..
  2. for long term also creek will be the best i think so as  per my knowledge
  3. greener space is good….but did u notice the building of creek….it has not concrete roof. so in summer our kids will wither to the heat.

Balapur Ganesh

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I often come across interesting news items in ‘The Hindu’ and feel like sharing with you. Because not all of you subscribe to ‘The Hindu’ and not all editions carry all the local news!

So the latest one I wondered at was about “Balapur Ganesh’ . It is not the Ganesh that makes news, but the Laddu he holds in his hand! Way back in 1994, the person who bought this Laddu got good fortune, and since then it has become a ritual to auction the Laddu and people buy the Laddu by bidding higher prices. And it is believed the Laddu brings them luck.

If the tradition continues from 1994 till date and the bidding price for the Laddu has almost reached amounts ranging to 5 lakhs, then you can imagine how much of fortune that Laddu must be bringing.

Know more about Balapur Ganesh and his Laddu at http://www.balapurganesh.com