(07th JUNE, 2021; 4:00 PM TO 5:30 PMTTTNTH)

INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF:

“I AM A GLOBAL CITIZEN”

CHIEF GUEST OF THE DAY:

MR. RANOJ PEGU

(EDUCATION MINISTER, GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM)

MASTERS OF THE CEREMONY:

1. AYANTIKA KUNDU
2. SATYAJIT CHATTERJEE

‘THERE IS NO BE A PLAN B…BECAUSE THERE IS NO PLANET B’- BAN KI-MOON (FORMER SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS)

            WITH THI WONDERFUL THOUGHT THE MASTERS OF THE CEREMONY STARTED THE EVENT BY WELCOMING EVERYONE. AFTER THIS, THE PRAYER WAS HELD. ALL THE GUESTS, BSG OFFICIALS, AND PARTICIPANTS WERE WELCOMED TO THE EVENT AFTER THE PRAYER.

MR. CHANDRAJEET SAIKIA (STATE CHIEF COMMISSIONER, BHARAT SCOUTS AND GUIDES, N.F. RAILWAY) CONVEYED THE WELCOME MESSAGE AND IN HIS SPEECH HE:

• WELCOMED ALL THE GUESTS AND DIGNITARIES IN THE EVENT
• GAVE A BRIEF INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT AND THE MAIN FOCUS OF THIS EVENT IN THE UPCOMING DAYS.

THE CHIEF GUEST OF THE DAY JOINED THE EVENT AND ALL THE MEMBERS STOOD UP FOR THE GENERAL SALUTES FOR THE GUESTS.

NEXT, MR. M.A. KHALID (ADDL. CHIEF COMMISNOR, BSG) DELIVERED THE OPENING REMARKS AND GAVE A BRIEF INFORMATION ABOUT:

• THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS.
• ROLE AND ACTIONS OF SCOUTS IN ACHIEVING THE GOALS.

MR. A.K. ABSAR HAZARIKA (STATE CHIEF COMMISIONER, ASSAM) DELIVERED THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE SCOUTS FROM THE N.E REGION AND ASSAM. HE ALSO FOCUSED ON THE WORK DONE BY THE INDIVIDUAL ASSOCIATIONS TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE.

THEN THE CHIEF GUEST OF THE EVENING, DR. RANOJ PEGU WAS INVITED TO THE SPOTLIGHT FOR THE DECLARING THE EVENT OPEN BY LIGHTING THE VIRTUAL LAMP. HE FIRSTLY THANKED ALL THE DIGNITARIES AND SHARED HIS EXPERIENCE OF SCOUTING WHEN HE HIMSELF WAS A STUDENT. HE CLAIMED THAT THE THEME ‘I AM A GLOBAL CITIZEN’ REMINDED HIM OF A SONG’S LYRICS BY DR. BHUPEN HAZARIKA.

NEXT, MR. PGR SINDHIA (SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE BHARAT SCOUTS AND GUIDES AND STATE CHIEF COMMISIONER, KARNATAKA STATE) WAS WELCOMED TO THE SPOTLIGHT FOR HIS BLESSINGS. HE WISHED ALL HIS BEST FOR THIS EVENT AND FOR THE GROWTH OF SCOUTING. HE ALSO WISHED THE BEST FOR THE GROWTH OF SCOUTING IN ASSAM UNDER THE POLICIES OF RANOJ PEGU SIR AS THE EDUCATION MINISTER.

MR. R.K KAUSHIK (THE DIRECTOR OF THE BHARAT SCOUTS AND GUIDES) ALSO CONGRATULATED EVERYONE FOR THE SUCCESS VISIBLE FROM THE FIRST DAY. HE ALSO EXTENDED HIS GRATITUDE TO EACH AND EVERY MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZATION.

THE FIRST INPUT OF THE SERIES OF THE EVENT WAS DELIVERED BY MR. MADHUSUDAN AWALA, COMPRISING ALL THE INFORMATION ON THE SDGS THROUGH A SLIDESHOW/PRESENTATION. HIS INPUT INCLUDED:

• WHAT ARE SDGS AND THEIR IMPORTANCE?

• GOAL 2030 BY THE UNITED NATIONS AND HOW SCOUTS CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVE IT.

• WHAT IS ‘SCOUTS FOR SDGS’?

• HOW WILL SCOUTS FOR SDGS WORK?

• WHY SHALL WE PROMOTE SCOUTING AND SDGS?

• HOW CAN WE TRIGGER THE YOUTH WHEEL OF CHANGE?

HE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE SDGS HUB AND www.scout.org. AND FINALLY, ABOUT THE NETWORK O CHANGE FORMULATED IN THE WORLD.

AFTER THESE INPUTS THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE QUIZ WERE SHARED AND THE MASTER OF THE CEREMONY STARTED THE QUIZ. THE PARTICIPANTS ATTEMPTED THROUGH www.slido.com AND ALL THE PARTICIPANTS HAD ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN THE QUIZ. I GOT THE 23rd IN THE QUIZ.

DURING THE LAST MINUTES, MADAM DARSHANA PAWASKAR (JIONT DIRECTOR GUIDES, THE BHARAT SCOUTS AND GUIDES) EXTENDED THE VOTE OF THANKS TO ALL THE MEMBERS, DIGNITARIES, GUESTS, AND THE MASTERS OF THE CEREMONY. SHE ALSO GAVE THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE NEXT DAY’S EVENT.

AND NOT LONG AFTER THIS, THE WONDERFUL EVENT’S FIRST DAY CAME TO AN END. AS PER GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS, I SUBMITTED THE REPORT FOR THE DAY ON www.scout.org