pune students of sanskriti school were introduced to the police kaka initiative at a recent literary event the school had recently organised the second edition of the childrens literature festival for grades v and vi it was an initiative to facilitate interaction between the authors and students by way of book readings storytelling and creative writing sessions the event was inaugurated by commissioner of police rashmi shukla who expressed views about how books are game changers in a childs life she then introduced the students to the police kaka safety initiativerustom dadachanji author of awardwinning book ravana refuses to die conducted a storytelling session on his book on how to overcome challengesawardwinning author anushka ravishankar unravelled the joy of reading factor in students she also narrated a chapter from her book moin and the monsterawardwinning journalist jerry pinto had the children in splits as he mimicked and joked about daily school life he explained the importance of grooming their writing skills and developing original ideas he advised students to practise writing a diary and reading every daythe last session was conducted by shatrujeet nath author of the vikramaditya series he discussed various careers that could be pursued by children founder trustee devyani mungali delivered the vote of thanks and advised the students to increase their reading potentialncps chess tourney pune districtlevel under14 chess tournament for boys and girls was recently organised at vidya pratishthans nanded city public school ncps in association with pune chess association as many as 246 students participated in the tournament in four categories under8 under10 under12 and under14 years chess champion akanksha hagawane was the chief guest at the prize distribution ceremony vihan dawda under8 arnav nanal under10 mihir sarvade under12 and aum chordia under 14 bagged the first prizes in the respective categoriesrahul bhande from ncps received the fifth prize in the tournament in the under14 categorythe programme was held under the guidance of principal nila kharosekar chairman rajendra konde and ketan khaire from pune chess association and sachin parte in charge of the tournamentscience gallery in dsk a science gallery on discoveries and inventions was recently inaugurated at dsk school by vicepresident uma panse the event was attended by principal sundari jaishankar teachers and studentsstudents showcased various discoveries of noted scientists from 1700 to 2017 in the gallery