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21 volumes of ‘The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi’ will now be digitised by three veteran Gandhians. Navjivan Press printed a 100 volumes of CWMG. 79 volumes were reprinted and sold in the market whereas the rest were never reprinted and not available in the market. Six volumes were printed with initiative of Central Government and Vidhyapith. These 21 volumes will carry 50000 pages and expected to be completed in three years time. Original works of Mahatma Gandhi will be preserved which cannot be edited. The work will be carried by Gandhian author Tridip Suhrud and Dina Patel, daughter of Professor C N Patel, who was deputy chief editor of CWMG compiled by K Swaminathan.

4,000 radiologists from across the country will rally for the girl child in Ahmedabad on Republic Day. The walk would be held as part of the national conference of Indian Radiological and Imaging Association from January 23 to 26. The doctors have organised a special walk for Save the girl child movement reiterating their commitment not to perform sex determination tests so as to improve the sex ratio of girl child in the country. The conference aims to provide a common platform for radiologists and students from sub-specialities to come together and share their knowledge and views. over 188 research papers would be presented in the conference where advances of radiology in diagnosing diseases of almost all parts of the body would be discussed in detail .

Over 1,000 nonresident Gujarati (NRG) delegates from 20 countries are participating in three-day World Gujarati Conference and Exhibition at Ahmedabad Education Society Ground.  Beginning Friday, the event is being hosted by Vishwa Gujarati Samaj (VGS) and intends to enable better networking for business. The conference scheduled for 22nd January will celebrate the golden jubilee of Gujarat , which was carved out from Bombay state on May 1, 1960. A B2B meet is also focused during the event. The three-day event is meant to bring non-resident Gujaratis living across the globe on a common platform to discuss various aspects of Gujarat and its culture. The Samaj is also recognising the success and contribution of the NRGs and as such, four NRGs will be awarded during the ceremony. It is expected, in May, Gujaratis across the world will celebrate by hosting programmes in their respective cities, with a grand finale to be hosted by Gujarati Samaj in New Jersey and New York. Participants at the exhibition vary from Gujarat Tourism booth to gems and jewellery, clothes, Khadi, Travel companies, Banks and a special cell jointly set up with Business Women's wing of GCCI with over 40 women entrepreneur participating at the event.

Gujarat International Finance Tech (GIFT) City project spread over more than 500 acres has kicked off in the Koba-Raisan stretch of Gandhinagar. A 250-ft wide road connecting GIFT with the Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar highway would be constructed in the next 18 months. The entry to GIFT City would be punctuated by 300-ft wide circles. 4000 residential units are being constructed in the area. However, due to melt down, GIFT project was standstill for some time which is hoping now for global and domestic financial giants to set up their back-offices here, giving the immense pool of manpower available for the financial sector in Gujarat.

Reliance World presents its annual  National Digital Elocution Competition 2010 for students  in the age group of 10-15 years (Junior Category V-VII class and Senior Category VIII-X class). Launched on 20th January 2009, the competition is in association with Godrej Sara Lee’s “Good Knight Naturals” Cream. Topics for the Junior Category will be 'The Best Day of my Life/Prevention is better than cure' and for the Seniors, 'What's the future, Naturals or chemicals?'/What makes a better student, Cramming or understanding?' With a nominal fee, NDEC 2010 registrations will be carried out across all 221 RW’s nationally across 100 plus Cities. The idea is to provide a platform to children where they can voice their opinion and showcase their elocution talent besides winning prizes and scholarships. Students are given the opportunity to match their elocution skills on a platform that integrates cutting edge technology and interactivity. 

RW’s will drive registration of school children for NDEC through local store marketing activities and existing children’s database. The school children record a 2 minute speech on a selected topic. The video recording will be judged and evaluated by a panel of judges on the basis of defined criteria. Access for Video recording on the NDEC Portal is through the user id & password that is allocated to each participant at the time of Online registration. The verified videos will be online for voting from 25 Jan to 17th February and parents, teachers, relatives, friends or surfers can vote for their favorite video. 26 Semi finalists will be selected, out of which 3 will be eligible winners after evaluation by Judges. Check Reliance World 2009 Winners and watch for student entries for voting.

International Kite Festival 2010 (20th festival) takes off Sabarmati River Front in Ahmedabad. Organized by Gujarat government and Tourism Corporation of Gujarat, the event had participants over 7500 students from 100 municipal schools of Ahmedabad who performed Yoga and Surya Vandana at the inaugural on 11th January. The CM conveyed the message of love for environment and told people to celebrate the festival safely and take care to prevent injury to humans and birds. Over a 100 foreign kite flyers marked their presence who flew colorful, innovative kites. Theme pavilions, Handicrafts and Swarnim Gujarat pavilions are interesting places for visitors. Some of the main attractions of the festival are flying of colourful kites from different countries, Water sports, parasailing, para-jumping, handicraft market, food court, adventure sports, and kite painting. The festival will culminate Jan 14.

Mount Carmel School which received Best School Award in 2008, takes the initiative to start Open Book system to produce smarter students. Students no more need to mug up lessons but have an option to refer the book in subjects like social studies, science and English while answering examination questions. As per a newspaper report, the school authorities refrain to opine their voice for this initiative.

Traffic will be a part of school curriculum from next year beginning from class IV as per the Government decision. The City Traffic Police celebrated Traffic week in January. At a traffic Interactive session organized by GCCI and Ahmedabad Traffic Consultative Committee, policy makers, Industrialists and Ahmedabad Traffic officials discussed traffic issues in the city, earlier on Tuesday, 5th Jan. Mr. J P Gupta, Transport Commissioner  (person behind City Disaster management), Mr. Mohan Jha, Police Commissioner, Mr. Anarwala, Dy. Commissioner of Police answered the queries and discussed on issues related to Traffic. Innovative Education vans will be introduced in 10 districts in Gujarat on a pilot project basis and the van will have audio visual facility, printed material and traffic awareness displays. It will conduct half day sessions in schools for creating awareness. The curriculum in schools will inculcate the understanding of traffic rules and regulations. The back pages of text book will be used for putting mandatory and precautionary traffic signs and signages. The Department is also focusing on drivers, road traffic and education. Plans for automated test for drivers of heavy vehicles will be done periodically as well as streamlining the RTO facilities.

It has been announced that from the next academic year, students will be taught animation story format to make easier and happier classroom learning. Gujarat State is geared to upgrade the system to ensure that academic learning is interesting and beneficial to students. Primary school teachers are trained in the use of multimedia and students of classes V, VI and VII will be in first phase projects to learn multimedia in academics. Implemented in Government schools, the project will be further focused for private schools as well. The state government will provide technical support and other electronic gadgets will be part of school development. Subjects like English, Maths, Science and Social studies will have prime teaching through multimedia animation.

Annual Digambar Jain Samaj Convention is held on January 9 at Gandhinagar. More than 3000 delegates from different parts of the world and abroad are expected to attend the convention on 'Role of Jain community in nation building.' Gujarat CM Narendra Modi and other Ministers will be attending the event like every year.

Saptak Music festival is being celebrated in town from 1st January to 13th January. Held every year to welcome the new year, this event is hosted by a Public Charitable Trust which runs the Saptak School of Music. The show presents the best talents in classical music and keeps alive the bygone music with presentations by music maestro specialized in the field. These artists are world class masters in music who perform on Saptak stage every year. Instruments like Sarangi and Pakhawaj are played and various Ragas and folk music is presented by artists. Having won a landmark in cultural events, the festival draws huge crowds as it issues no tickets but is sponsored by membership of well wishers and business houses. This year, the festival is in fond memory of Tabla Triumvirat Pt. Samta Prasad, Ustad Alla Rakha and Pt. Kishan Maharaj. The festival is in two breaks this year with 1st part 1-13 January at Kashiram Hall near University area and the 2nd part will be 19-21 January at AES Post Graduate Institute of Business Management near IIM.

NID (National Institute of Design has anounced a series of one day program on 'Industrial Design Registration and Protection to be held at five places in the city starting from January 16. In Pune on January 23, Bangalore on February 13, Delhi on March 13 and Kolkata on March 20. The sessions are open for creative design professionals and innovators. These programmes are being jointly offered with office of Controller general patents, designs and trademarks, GOI. Participants can register at Institute's website.

Ahmedabad roller skaters shine at National Championships and brought back laurels to the city. The 55th National Roller Skating Championships were held in Delhi from December 24 to 29.  Three city school girls  who were coached by  Ms Jyotika Desai won the medals. Aashna Shah (St Xavier’s Loyola Hall; two gold medals in Under-19 category); Devanshi Dalal (Zydus School for Excellence; two goldmedals in U-17); Mishri Parikh (AIS; two golds in U-11); Sohani Shah (Mount Carmel; one silver, one bronze)and Ruhi Shethwala (St Kabir; one silver).

On New Year, Swarnim Gujarat celebrations began with all party politicians in Gujarat, taking a vow to celebrate golden jubilee of Gujarat’s foundation on May 1 this year. Nearly 550 past and present MLAs and MPs out of 750 living in different corners of the state were welcomed with flowers in the Assembly. In the event organized jointly by the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress,it has been an “event to be remembered”. A specially installed swarnim clock began ticking in the assembly podium, and CM Narendra Modi, accompanied by Madhavsinh Solanki and Keshubhai Patel, unveiled portraits of eight CMs and five late speakers. Chief Minister Narendra Modi appealed to all political sections in the state to “rise above party politics” for the state’s development. Modi urged them to take a united stand on the issue of state’s development in the same spirit as was done on the issue of constructing the Narmada dam decades ago. He said, “We can take the state on the march towards development only by following the Narmada spirit.” Supporting the resolution, Opposition leader Shaktisinh Gohil, however, said the credit for development of Gujarat could not go to any individual. He added, all Gujaratis, including those living abroad, had a role in the development.

The two leading media houses of India and Pakistan - The Times of India and the Jang Group - have come together to develop a stronger Track 2 in the diplomatic and cultural relations between India and Pakistan. "Aman ki Asha: Destination Peace" looks beyond the confines of a 62-year-old political boundary to the primal bonds that tie together the two peoples.[ Read more ]

A week long Kankaria Carnival has turned to be a grand success to farewell 2009 and welcome 2010. More than 15 lakh persons have participated in the carnival that started on December 25. Sponsorship of Rs 50 lakh were received for events and activities organised at carnival. More than 165 organisations and 15,000 children participated in the mega event. 

The BRTS of Ahmedabad has been nominated for the 2010 Sustainable Transport Award to be conferred on January 12 in Washington DC. Ahmedabad will compete with BRTS systems in Cali city of Columbia, Curitiba city of Brazil, Guadalajara city in Mexico and Johannesburg in South Africa. The BRTS systems were chosen by a select group of independent institutions like ITDP, EMBARQ, gtz, ICLEI, UITP and UNDP. Municipal Authorities will be participating in this four day long 89th annual meeting of TRB (Transport Research Board) where the conference attracts more than 10,000 transportation professionals from around the world. A session on 'Arrangements for managing and operating Bus Rapid Transit System' will be attended by AMC Mun. commissioner IP Gautam and standing committee chairman, Asit Vora.

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