Action2020 - 8th UnConference |
Sunday, 28 July 2013
Eighth Unconference of Action 2020 - A brief report
8th UnConference of Action 2020 was held on Saturday the 27th July 2013 at Corporation School, Panagal Park, T Nagar from 2PM to 5 PM. Around 45 delegates representing 25 groups participated and shared their experiences.
Presently Action 2020 is implementing two common projects. 'Vidhyodhaya' project is being implemented in Corporation Schools at MMDA11 and Adyar, besides at Govt. High School at Kannagi Nagar. Akilan, Gayathri, Poornima and Vinod briefed the delegates about their projects. Since Action 2020 has got permission from this year to run the Vidyodhaya Project at Corporation School, CIT Nagar, they also requested volunteers who can spare two hours a week with the children.
Prime Point Srinivasan, Convenor of Education Loan Task Force (ELTF) briefed the activities of the second project of creating awareness about education loan. He also requested the delegates to create awareness about education loan among students in their area.
The delegates shared their individual activities. They also offered lot of suggestions to take Action 2020 to next level.
Bhavnesh of Shreyan Foundation suggested that Action 2020 can take up the environmental cause and also tree planting. He has offered to be the Convenor of this new project. If implemented, this will be the third common project of Action 2020.
A new core team was formed. Next UnConference will be held in January 2014.
As suggested by members, a new Facebook Group will be formed in the name of Action 2020 and all the active groups and individual members will be invited to be part of this new group.
For more details contact Mr Aum Murugan, Convenor, Action 2020 at aummurugan@gmail.com
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Sunday, 7 July 2013
A TV interview on IBA/RBI guidelines on Education Loan
Kalaignar Seithigal Channel (Tamil) telecast a panel discussion on 'Education Loan' today (7th July 2013). Ms Tamizharasi Shivakumar, one of the popular TV news anchors, conducted the show. In this panel discussion, Srinivasan, Convenor of ELTF participated and answered the questions from the viewers live.
In this show, he has talked about the procedures to be followed, the role of banks and students, flexible repayment schedule for the education loans, interest subsidy, payment of quarterly interest, getting loan for management quota students, etc. Please watch this show. (40 minutes).
This video can also be viewed from
Thursday, 4 July 2013
Platinum Jubilee edition (75th) of ezine PreSense:launched
We are pleased to release the Platinum Jubilee (75th) edition of ezine PreSense. This edition was launched by youngsters /students on 23rd June 2013 simultaneously at Chennai, Coimbatore and Motihari (Bihar) in the presence of youngsters. This edition is dedicated to Indian youth.
On 29th June 2013, our cartoon editor Triambak Sharma handed over the CD containing the past PRince cartoons to Dr Raman Singh, Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh during the Cartoon Festival.. The Chief Minister watched a short video presentation on the cartoon character PRince and appreciated the efforts.
This edition broadly contains the following:
1. Platinum Jubilee edition launch report and photographs;
2. Interesting story of cartoon character PRince;
3. Milestones in the journey of ezine PreSense - An interesting case study;
4. PRince cartoon.
The ezine with interesting contents and photos may be downloaded from (pdf 900k)