St. Teresa's Institute of Education

Inter-school and Inter-collegiate festival - Planit-E

Names of Staff Members who supported
Date	1st /2nd December 2017
Faculty	Arts
Department/Committee	Education
Co-ordinator name	Dr. Giselle D'souza Dr. Cindrella D'Mello
Time	8.30 AM to 03.30 PM
Venue	St. Teresa's Institute of Education - Campus
Activity for Class/Group with Total Number of Attendees	Organised for Schools and Colleges across Mumbai. B.Ed. student-teachers. Total number of attendees - 1200
Nature: Indoor/Outdoor	All Mumbai Interschool/Intercollegiate Environment based Festival.
Name & details of Resource Person	50 Resource People
Dr. Sr. Tanuja Waghmare Dr. Giselle D'souza Dr. Joan Lopes Dr. Sheela Philip Dr. Cindrella D'mello Dr. Cerena D'Cunha Mrs. Reshma Rodrigues Mrs. Shakuntala Nighot Mrs. Colleen Fernandes Mrs. Sharmila Vaz Mrs. Delicia Pinto Mrs. Prabhavati Mr. Sanjay Gurav Mr. Lakshman Garje Mr. Anthony D'souza
Names of Students who Supported	99 B.Ed. Student-Teachers of both the B.Ed. batches.

Objectives for conducting Activity
Topic/Subject of the Activity	All Mumbai Interschool/Intercollegiate Environment based Festival.
To create awareness about important environmental issues. To alert society to the need for environmental conservation. To tap the creative thinking of the student fraternity to evolve ingenious solutions to safeguard the environment. To reach out to the less fortunate by adding a social dimension to the Fest. (Street Children) To train student-teachers in their role as entrepreneurs.
Methodology
It is a two day environmental festival which included 12 competitions all based on themes relating to the environment. Schools and Colleges compete on separate platforms and three Awards each are presented to the Best School and College participating at the event. There is networking between the student fraternity, academia, industry, environmental NGO's media and corporates who participate in the fest as a part of their CSR.
Outcome
The youth showcased their creativity, ingenuity and critical thinking skills as they endeavoured to prove their concern for environmental protection. Helped student-teachers to nurture their entrepreneurial skills.