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In a fresh take on academics, children from different IGCSE schools are showing a keen interest in robotics workshops. As a part of their curriculum, the students are required to impart what they’ve learned to the underprivileged children from NGOs. The future world being robotics centric, Team Luminosity’s ‘Hour of Robotics’ workshop, in association with JOSH Foundation, was a maiden collaboration with hopes for more such workshops, even advanced ones. Added Audiologist-Speech Therapist Devangi Dalal, “If the children like it, then there are many more to come. JOSH Foundation, an NGO for the upliftment of children battling hearing impairment, was set up by ENT Specialist Dr. Jayant Gandhi along with Devangi Dalal, with a mission to empower differently-abled children. “We are supporting them. Science helps in the overall progress and development of the child. Even the hearing impaired kids should know how robotics and machines work,” said ENT specialist Dr. Jayant Gandhi.

Celebrity columnist and social activist Nisha JamVwal hosted a swish sit-down lunch along with a panel discussion on the subject of 'Connecting Rural India through Technology' for Detel Foundation’s and the founder Yogesh Bhatia at Bombay’s best rooftop restaurant for select friends, over a seven course gourmet lunch. Guests comprising of famed celebrities Anu Malik , actor Ranjeet, ace lawyer Mrunalini Deshmukh, maestro Anup Jalota, chef Amrita Raichand, courtier Amy Billimoria engaged in the panel discussion on the importance of technology and telecommunications in skill development and improving education in India’s tier two, tier three towns and villages.  JamVwal, looking gorgeous in a gold lamé slinky creation, shared “I believe India is not its cities but its villages and there must be rural development and women empowerment in tier two and tier three cities for the country to forge ahead. Technology, smart learning, skill development and e-education using technol

While most people chose to ring in the New Year by partying hard and traveling to holiday destinations, here is one woman who brought in 2019 by spreading smiles and giving back to society. Audiologist-Speech Therapist Devangi Dalal of JOSH Foundation, distributed digital hearing aids to 30 hearing-impaired children this New Year’s week at her clinic in Santacruz West.  Devangi Dalal, along with ENT Specialist Dr.Jayant Gandhi, has taken it upon herself to make the country free from the plague of hearing-impairment. She has been instrumental in distributing over 1000 digital hearing aids, thus far, to children from various schools across Mumbai, Nashik and Gujarat, among other cities. “The approximate price of a good hearing aid ranges from anywhere between Rs. 60,000 to Rs. 70,000. But we do not compromise on the quality. We want these kids to have nothing less than the best,” said Devangi who distributed the aids with the help of Inventia Healthcare. "The best and th

Some people just live the journey, some just break it even and then there are those who make success an addiction… one such multi-faceted talent is singer  Bishwajit   Ghosh , all set to take the music scene by storm with his romantic single, ‘Sau Fikr’, by T-series. Revered veteran award-winning composers Monty Sharma and Raju Singh launched the versatile singer’s single ‘Sau Fikr’ at The View, Andheri. Sau Fikr is a soulful song by  Bishwajit   Ghosh , starring Miss India World and Commando and Aiyaary lead Pooja Chopra and teen heartthrob Shaheer Sheikh of Kuch Rang Pyaar Ke Aise Bhi fame.  Bishwajit Ghosh ’s vocals are mesmerizing to say the least. “The composer Rohit Singh had the song with him for two years. Many singers had lent their voice to the scratch but he wasn’t happy. It was by chance that when I was doing the playback for one of his other numbers when I heard this song. I felt an instant connect. Rohit loved my voice and the rest is history,” said  Bishw