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Connect Broadband’s Little Picasso Initiative

National Tele24 News

Vinay Kumar

Chandigarh

Corporate Calendar 2019 of Connect Broadband, features paintings of children from across India. Digital & Offline Contest The Little Picasso 2019 on the theme of celebrations of various festivals was launched last year on digital platform, attracting participation of 850 children from diverse socio-economic backgrounds. The 12 winning entries from Kolkatta, Meerut, Ratia and Panipat in Haryana, Chandigarh and across Punjab, were selected by a four-members jury comprising renowned artists including Ravindra Sharma and Bharti Sharma, co-founders of RSAA, Sikander Singh and Nikita Mahendru. Children visualized the celebrations and envisioned the future of India in their paintings. Connect Broadband has been working with children on various fronts especially the NetChamp Programme under which children are being sensitized across various schools in Punjab and Chandigarh to protect them against internet frauds and malicious sites. More than 10,000 children in 35 schools have been reached in the last six months and the company intends to reach out to at least20 more schools in another two months

January; Shaveti (13) from Patiala on Lohri; , February: 7 years old Shakti from Ambala, on Basant Panchmi
March: Jatin Batra (14) from Meerut on Holi, April:Harmanpreet Singh (15) Bathinda, on Baisakhi

May:Ansh Viraj Singh (13 years) on Buddha Purnima, June: Philip Francis (15 years) from Kolkata on Eid-ul-Fitr, July, Gauri (12) from Patiala on Van Mahotsav, Aug: Martin Gomes (15) from Kolkata on Independence Day, Sep: Sagar Dogra (9) from Mohali on Ganesh Chaturthi, Oct: Saanvi Malik (15), Panipat on Diwali
Nov: Ajay Singh Ratia (15) on Gurpurab, Dec: Martin Gomes (15), Christma