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Sagar Sahni, a student of class X of the
prestigious Inter-College, Omkarananda Saraswati Nilayam,
Muni-ki-Reti, Rishikesh, was one of the 92 students selected by
the ICSE, New Delhi, to represent India in a Cultural Exchange
Programme, Japan East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and
Youths (JENESYS), organised by the Japan International
Co-operation Centre (JICE), the Ministry of Human Resource
Development and Embassy of Japan. He was the only student to be
selected from and representing this Uttarakhand State.
On reaching Tokyo on 19th May 2010, the
students were taught some Japanese words and a speech on Japan was
given by Professor Hizu Mori Yama of Wasuda University. The
students were taken around the Edo Tokyo Museum, where they saw
ancient pieces of Japanese History and Culture. Sagar Sahni
visited Hikamani, Hikaminishi and Kaibar High School and
interacted with the students. He visited Hyogo Emergency
Management and Cleaning Centre, where he was made to experience
Earthquake and Fireflow which were made artificially. He went to
Hikamani Clean Centre where he was told about their waste
management. He was also taken to Tanbaryu Fossil Excavation where
he saw the fossil of the Dinosaur, Chiitan.
He came back to Rishikesh on 29th May 2010.
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Sagar Sahni of
Omkarananda Saraswati Nilayam (right),
the only
selected student from Uttarakhand,
is being welcomed
in Japan. |
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