2011 Ganapati Festival Mumbai to Madgaon special train

For the forthcoming Ganesh Festival, Western Railways is operating 30 special trains between Mumbai, Maharashtra and Madgaon, Goa as well as between Ahmedabad, Gujarat and Madgaon (via Vasai).




You can book tickets at Passenger Reservation Centers from 22nd July, 2011.

• Name of train: Madgaon Express
• Train No.: 09033
• Coach Berth options: AC 2-tier, AC 3-tier, Sleeper class and II class general accommodation
• Starting point station: Bandra Terminus, Mumbai
• Destination station: Madgaon, Goa
• Time of departure from Bandra(T): 23.50 hrs
• Days & Dates of Departure: Monday & Thursday, August 25th 2011, August 29th 2011, September 1st 2011, September 5th 2011, September 8th 2011, September 12th 2011. 
• Time of arrival at Madgaon: 16.30 hrs, the next day.

Return journey

• Name of train: Madgaon Express
• Train No.: 09034
• Coach Berth options: AC 2-tier, AC 3-tier, Sleeper class and II class general accommodation
• Starting point station: Madgaon, Goa 
• Destination station: Bandra Terminus, Mumbai
• Time of departure from Madgaon: 20.00 hrs
• Days & Dates of Departure: Tuesday & Friday, August 26th 2011, August 30th 2011, September 2nd 2011, September 6th 2011, September 9th 2011, September 13th 2011. 
• Time of arrival at Bandra Terminus: 13.25 hrs, the next day.

Stations at which the train will halt coming and going:
Andheri
Borivali
Vasai Road
Panvel
Roha
Mangaon
Veer
Khed
Chiplun
Savarde
Aravali Road
Sangameshwar
Ratnagiri
Adavali
Vilawade
Rajapur
Vaibhavwadi
Nandgaon
Kankavali
Sindhudurg
Kudal
Sawantwadi Road
Madure
Pernem
Thivim
Karmali

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Sharadashram Vidyamandir School of Animation

Sharadashram Vidyamandir School of Animation offers various courses in the field or animation.

Faculty

• Director: Shri V.G. Samant (Director of the Indian animation film Hanuman)

• Girish Rao

• Gayatri Bhoite

• Prashant S.

Courses offered by  Sharadashram Vidyamandir School of Animation
1. Diploma in Animation Film Making
Duration: 3 years
Eligibility: 10th pass/12th pass/Graduate in any stream
Batch timings: 9a.m.-12noon/1p.m.-4p.m. [Monday to Friday]


2. Advanced Diploma in Animation Film Making
Duration: 1 year
Eligibility: Fine Arts or Applied Arts student
Batch timings: 9a.m.-12noon/1p.m.-4p.m. [Monday to Friday]

3. Digitial Course (Maya)

Duration: 9 months
Eligibility: 10th pass/12th pass/Graduate in any stream
Batch timings: Every alternate day for 2 hours [Monday to Friday] between 9a.m. to 4p.m.

Contact Information of Sharadashram Vidyamandir Trust's School of Animation 
5th floor, Dr. Bhavanishankar Road,
Dadar (West),
Mumbai - 400028
Ph: 022-24300246
Email: bipinsamant@yahoo.com

Kamath Memorial Cricket Club coaching at Shivaji Park

Ramakant Achrekar, coach to cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar, founded the Kamath Memorial Cricket Club. Under his coaching, many youngsters have honed their cricket skills at the Shivaji Park grounds. To locate the club's coaches, all you need to do is  visit the Shivaji Park maidan in the heart of Mumbai (it is sandwiched between Dadar and Mahim).

Shyamal Music Foundation Mumbai vocal and tabla classes

Shymal Music Foundation, Mumbai conducts vocal and tabla classes for beginners as well as at the intermediate and advanced level.

1. Vocal classes - classical and light classical

• Days: Wednesday and Saturday

• Time: 4.30p.m. to 8.30p.m.

2. Tabla classes - for all levels, beginner, intermediate, advanced

• Days: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday

• Time: 4.30p.m. to 8.30p.m.

Venue of Classes:
Shyamal Music Foundation
next to Balmohan Vidya Mandir School, 
Shivaji Park,
Mumbai - 400 028

Contact Information of Shyamal Music Foundation:
9967013071 (contact person: Gargi)

Bridal Mehndi design of Lord Ganesha

This is a unique mehndi design for bridal hands. It incorporates the outline of Lord Ganesha, who is the Hindu God of good wishes, luck and prosperity.

Bridal Mehndi designs for fingers

These are images displaying bridal mehndi designs for a finger. You can also put these mehndi designs from wrist to elbow, with one design circling around the wrist and then a different design flowing down from it to the elbow, with spaces in-between (see second image below).

Floral and Leaf mehndi bridal patterns for fingers

Thick patterns

Leaf patterns

Leaf patterns

Floral and leaf patterns; smaller ones can be used on fingers 

and bigger ones on the palm

Where to get online science and maths education material in Marathi

Students studying in English-medium schools have plenty of study material available at various websites to help them for their school educational years. However, students studying in Marathi-medium schools don’t really have this Internet advantage.

The Homi Bhabha Center for Science Education (HBCSE) has come to their rescue. They have launched a website called Open Educational Resources for Schools (OER4S) which provides study material in both science and maths in Marathi for students from Class 1 to 10. Of course, this education material is merely to support the existing textbooks’ material. Professor Agarkar, the project head of HBCSE, along with his team, created contents for the students to understand the various concepts of science and maths and divided this content in 3 sections – for primary students; for upper primary students, and for secondary students, depending on their levels of study. The content includes quizzes, games, puzzles and activities, questionnaires for self-assessment, etc. Workshops will also be organised at various times of the year.

This project has been developed in collaboration with TIFR, Mumbai, Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited (MKCL) and Indian Consortium for Educational Transformation (I-CONSENT). It has been financed by the Rajiv Gandhi Science and Technology Commission (RGSTC), Govt. of Maharashtra.

In addition to helping students, the site also provided information on classroom teaching aids and projects which can be undertaken for students. This will help teachers a good deal. In addition, there are useful explanations of the concepts of science and maths for parents to understand.

A unique feature of the website is that it welcomes contributions for additional content, which will be edited by the site’s adm. before it is uploaded.

The aim of the site is thus to help students to get a good grasp of science and maths concepts in their mother tongue which will help them later when attending English-medium colleges.

Contact Inforamtion:

1. Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
V. N. Purav Road, Mankhurd
Mumbai 400 088, India
Ph: 022-2507-2100 / Fax: 022-2556-6803
Email: oer4s@hbcse.tifr.res.in

2. Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited
5th Floor, ICC Tower,
Senapati Bapat Marg,
Pune 411016, India.
Tel: 020-40114500/501
Website: Open Educational Resources for Schools