'Kaho what's Your Idea' comes to Cuttack Schools

…Somesh Mohapatra… from …S.C.B. Medical Public School…. won the city final title and will now fight it out with the winners from other cities, in the national level skills competition

IDEA Cellular, the pan-India mobile operator conducted a unique program, “Kaho What’s Your Idea” – a national inter-school skills fest, for the kids of Cuttack. ‘Kaho What’s Your Idea’ is aimed at initiating a movement which is focused at developing the school children’s all round personality, by engaging them in activities which promote Logical thinking; Weaving a story; Application of Memory skills and Real-Life skills; besides honing their General Knowledge and Current Affairs.

200 school children from schools from 20 schools across Cuttack, including St. Xaviers High School, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Steward High School, Johari Mall High School, Shishu Bharati High School, & SCB Medical Public School participated in the event. 6 students qualified for the next round where they competed against each other to win the title of “City Winner”.

…Sai Ranjan Sahoo form St Xaviers, Trisha Jyoti Mohapatra from Jawahar Navodaya, Somesh Mohapatra from SCB Medical Public School, Vaibhav Das from Steward High School, Mayank Dhrewa form Johari Mall High School, & Rekha Mala from Shishu Bharati were selected for city finals.

Somesh Mohapatra   from    SCB Medical Public School. won the city final title and will now fight it out with the winners from other cities, in the national level skills competition

The City Finals comprise of rounds like Instant Recharge, Talk Time, Third round, Key pad locked and Speed Dial which were specially designed by counselors, principals and faculty from different schools and institutes from the country, to gauge the student’s thought process and allow them to speak their mind and test themselves in a holistic manner.

School children from Cuttack enjoyed the skills test, even if not everybody turned out a winner.   

According to Mr. NN Dutta, Circle Operations Head – Orissa, IDEA Cellular, “We are delighted to engage with the bright sparks of Cuttack with our unique national inter-school skills fest – ‘Kaho What’s Your Idea’. This will provide a platform to the city children to test and hone their own skills, and also to compete with their peers from across the country”.

Idea’s ‘Kaho What’s Your Idea’ program will reach out to over 2 lakh children in 3,000 schools across 100 Indian cities, with the support of Derek O’Brien & Associates, which is also the content partner for the initiative. 

About IDEA Cellular Ltd
IDEA Cellular is India’s 3rd largest national mobile operator by revenue, with over 78 million subscribers. Using the latest in technology, Idea provides world class service delivery through the most extensive network of customer touch points. Idea is listed on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) in India.

IDEA Cellular is an Aditya Birla Group Company, India's first truly multinational corporation. The group operates in 26 countries, and is anchored by over 130,600 employees belonging to 40 nationalities. More information on the company is available at: www.ideacellular.com and on the group at: www.adityabirla.com.