Events

02 May 2020|Noida | Amity University, Noida

Early Talent Identification deliberated upon during webinar at Amity University

A webinar on ‘Innovations in Sports and Physical Education’ was conducted by Mr. Sujit Panigrahi, CEO - Sequa Fitness & Technology Private Limited where he discussed how Physical Education (PE) and sports is now an integral part of education with a mandatory class in every school. Talking about the life of famous cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, Mr. Panigrahi shared how his talent was identified at an early age. “Identification of talent at an early age, ideally between 6-8 years, is an integral aspect of PE. Like China picked children 12 years before the Beijing Olympics and groomed them. We should look to do the same as teachers and identify talent early,” shared Mr. Panigrahi. He also spoke about how fitness for all and physical literacy along with active lifestyle and sports outcome are some of the key results of PE that requires a structured approach. “StructuredPE and community Coaching Program (PE teachers and community sports development program is needed. Fitness and skills assessment for talent identification at block/district/state/national level; perform evaluation, sports science, nutrition, psychology andathlete and coach development programs are the need of the hour,” stated Mr. Panigrahi. He also laid emphasis on creating similar programs for coaches to have a balance in the impartment of PE. Talking about resources in schools about Space; Time; Equipmentand People in schools, he suggested innovations including organizing small area games; engaging all children; using available equipment and have sports and games that subject teachers can also teach. A webinar on ‘Solar Energy Development in India’ was conducted by Dr. Arun K Tripathi, Director General, National Institute of Solar Energy where he talked at length about the various solar power schemes under the solar power mission and the journey of the mission till date. Talking about the challenges in the solar energy segment, Dr. Tripathi said, “The major challenges include cost and availability of Land; Grid Instability; Non Cooperation by Distribution Agencies; Higher Cost of Funds; Quality of Solar Panels and Equipment; Cleaning of Solar Panels and Waste disposal”. He further added that while small and medium industries could do with cleaning ofsolar panels once a week, bigger industries in regions with more dust, need this cleaning to happen more than once in a week for better results. He also shared about the various schemes and initiatives being run in the sector. A webinar on ‘What’s next after 10+2’ was conducted by Prof. Vinoth Kumar P, Assistant Professor, Amity Global Business School. He shared how students are often in doubt and take professional help in choosing their career path through career counselling. He advised students to work according to their goals and attain their dreams. He also advised students to focus on people and social skills along with academics as organizations of the present and future look for the workers possessing these skills. He asked students to formulate a habit of reading newspapersand work according to their pace and skills rather than getting into a rat race. Another webinar on Managing ‘COVID 19 -The Bhilwara Model’ was conducted by Mr Rohit Kumar Singh (IAS), Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Medical health & Family Welfare, Government of Rajasthan. Talking about the globally appreciated Bhilwara Model in containing COVID-19, Mr. Singh shared how they were able to containthe virus in a city that was sitting on an explosion waiting to happen. “We worked almost 24/7 to have things in order and put our best foot forward in preventing the spread of COVID-19. We can test 10,000 samples in Rajasthan now as we have upgraded our infrastructure. Trace, test, and treat principle was done in Bhilwara. Health authorities and district administration pulled up their socks and made a concrete containment action plan based on travel history of the citizens & their stay in the past one month,” shared Mr.Singh. Ruthless containment was the key of the Bhilwara model averred Mr. Singh. “Act early & quickly and act aggressively is a must to deal with this crisis. Demarcation of containment zone based on the number of cases resulted positive in the area. Urban areas of Bhilwara were made no movement zone and we did aggressive testing in the region to contain the spread,” shared Mr. Singh.