Activities

	Activities
	1. As a first step in achieving its main objective, FACD organized Group Art Exhibition by deaf at The Taj West End on 8th and 9th of August 2004. About 15 deaf artists were present on the occasion. This maiden event was a moderate success.

	2. As a second step, on the occasion of International Deaf Day which was celebrated all over the world, FACD held painting demonstration by deaf artists on 26.09.2004 on the pavement of M.G Road in order to bring out the hidden talents to one and all and also draw attention to some demands/kinds of assistances from Government of India, Government of Karnataka, Corporates, Bank, Industries etc. Deaf artists painted on a long 75 meters canvas cloth. Their paintings depicted their plights as well as their reasonable expectations / demands from the Govts/Society.

	3. FACD is proud to inform that the foundation was invited to join Bangalore International Art Festival, held from 17th October 2004 to 22nd October 2004 at the pavement of M.G Road. One of our artists Shri Ganesh was selected to join International Art Exhibition, held at KSCA during Indo-Australia Test Series and also at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat. He was the only one to sell the works even though there were other reputed names. About 10 deaf artists showed their works at the fest.

	4. Another interesting program was our deaf artists were invited to join Bangalore Art Festival- Bangalore Habba 2004, held from 5/12/2004 to 12/12/2004 at M.G Road. We were also invited to participate in one day Chitra Sathe on 26-12-2004, organized by Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat, Bangalore.

	5. We received an invitation to celebrate World Disabled Day, held on 22nd and 23rd January 2005 and exhibit our paintings at The Golden Palms, Hotel & Spa. About 12-15 deaf artists displayed their paintings. This programme was organized to encourage our deaf artists by showing their hidden talents/skills to one and all, especially business people, members, foreigners-tourists etc. who helped them by purchasing their paintings and enabled them to have good earnings. Film star Sanjay Khan inaugurated the exhibition and appreciated our foundation for organizing good programme and also our artist for their best talents.

	6. Three major events viz i) Inauguration of One day group art exhibition by professional deaf artists, ii) Launching of website and iii) Launching of free class for animation for deaf artists were organized at The Taj Residency Bangalore. These three events are important mile stones for FACD. Smt. C. Triveni, GEM artist inaugurated the exhibition while Sri. K N Srinivas, founder president of Vinivinc Group of Companies launched the website. Sri Ashish Kulkarani, animation specialist launched free class for animation. Sri S Chetan Managing Director of ANTS studio (P) Ltd was special chief guest. Website is useful for exchanging information, programs etc to improve activities of our foundation, especially art and culture. Free coaching classes for animation will enable poor and middle class deaf persons to learn animation and take up as profession for their lively hood.

	7. 5 Deaf persons –Miss Priya Drashini, Miss Archana T S. Miss Gayathri, Miss Lekha, Sri Praveen have been selected to undergo training in animation at ANTS Studio (P) Ltd (from 5-02-05 onwards for 6 months on every Saturday between 2pm & 4pm). Teachers of ANTS Studio (P) Ltd are kind, friendly, co-operative and enthusiastic. Sri Chetan MD is very helpful. Next batch will be announced shortly.

	8. On the occasion of the International Women’s Day, our foundation organized a felicitation programme for deaf women who have outstanding ability in various fields such as dance, curriculum, painting, teaching etc. A one day group art exhibition by professional deaf women artists was also organized at The Capitol, Bangalore. 5 deaf women from different deaf organizations were selected and honoured. They are 1) Gowroo Somanna, Best deaf business woman of the year 2004 - 2005. 2) Jyothy, Best deaf teacher of the year 2004 - 2005. 3) Mrs Rekha Chitra Kumar, Best deaf social worker of the year 2004 -2005. 4) Mrs Rajni, Best deaf artist of the year 2004 - 2005 & 5) Ms Namratha Best deaf dancer & Best deaf IT student of year 2004 - 2005. Mrs Nandini Alva, artist, Foundation for Arts inaugurated the exhibition while Mrs Usha. A. Narayan, Partner, PriceWater House honoured deaf women.

	9. In Occasion Of World Mother Day, World Family Day, World Environment Day And Also 1st Anniversary Of our Foundation, A Three Day Group Art Exhibition Day was held at Gallerie Mantram from 03-06-05 to 05-06-05 About 10 Professional Deaf Artists exhibited their paintings relating to mother, family and environment to one and all. About 250 visitors saw our exhibition and appreciated us for organizing such an excellent programme.

	10. On the Occasion of 1st Anniversary of our Foundation, Free Film Show "Magic Ajji" (Kannada Film) for deaf school children was arranged on 30 -06-2005 @ Triveni Theatre, Bangalore @ 10.00A.M. The Show was sponsored by Shri. Subbaraju, producer of this film. Child Cine Actor Shri Tejas had agreed to join deaf children for the show. Inauguration took place. About 500 deaf children from 15 deaf Schools in Bangalore, attended the show & enjoyed. Shri.Subbaraju promised that he would select some deaf children to be the child actor / actress for his next film.

	11. Foundation for Art & Culture for deaf (R), Bangalore presented an exhibition of paintings depicting Lord Ganesha and Lord Krishna in various forms by professional deaf artists, held at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan from 10-09-2005 to 12-09-2005. Shri Ajay Kumar, I.P.S, Commissioner of Police and Mrs. Antoninette Lopez, iVolunteer, were the guests of honour. Shri Suresh, Director (Programme and project) and Shri Ashok Kumar, A.O.of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan were special chief guests. About 8 deaf artists took part in this exhibition.

	12. Mantram Art Foundation invited us to take part in The Art Village Festival, held at Chinnaswamy Stadium from 23/09/2005 to 25/09/2005. Our professional deaf artists exhibited their paintings . More than 1,000 persons visited the exhibition and appreciated our talents very much. One of our artists Mrs. Rajni was invited to light the lamp during the inauguration of this festival along with another VIP.

	13. Foundation for Art & Culture for Deaf (R) organised Handwriting competition for hearing-impaired students for various standards (both Kannada & English) on the occasion of Children’s Day on 24.11.2005 at R.V. Teachers College, Bangalore. As many as 100 students From 10 schools in the city participated. of late, majority of people, particularly students use gadgets like computer, cell phone, simputer ect to communicate with others. Our handwriting skills are gradually deteriorating. In order to encourage them to retain /develop their handwriting skills, Foundation had organised this first of its kind event

	14. Our hearing impaired artists were invited for a ten day art exhibition in connection with Habba festival-2006, held at M.G. Road, Bangalore for which the response was excellent. Miss Archana Apte and Rajni demonstrated Tatto & Portrait skills in front of huge audience who appreciated them for their fine, quick and extra ordinary skills.

	15. Puniya Publishing (P) Ltd. headed by Dr.Poonam.S.Kohli, Managing Director and Foundation for Art & Culture for Deaf (R) jointly organised Releasing book “LUCIFER” on 21.12.2005 at Raj Bhavan, Bangalore where Governor of Karnataka Shri Chaturvedi released the book- A book of poems, written by poet Shri Bashish Namit relating to paintings of our artists which is the first of its kind in the world.

	16. One day Chitra Santhe-2006 was held on 25.12.2005 at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat where our hearing impaired artists took part in.

	17. As part of world Disabled Day, Best Hearing Impaired Student Award Ceremony to felicitate hearing impaired students in recognition of their outstanding achievements in various fields like Art, Sports, Culture, Curriculum etc was organised at Royal Orchid Central on 7.1.2006. 10 Students from different hearing impaired schools, art colleges and other colleges were selected for the award. Apart from this, one day group art exhibition by professional hearing impaired artists of about 10 was held at the same venue which also played host to the award function. Shir Ramalinga Reddy, Minister for Primary & Secondary Education, Smt Sumalatha Ambarish, film actress and Shri K.Balachandra, Managing Director, ADC Krone were the chief guest at the award function.

	18. On occasion of International Women's Day, Best Physically Challenged Women Award ceremony to honour selected physically challenged women like hearing impaired, visually impaired, mentally retarded, cerebral palsy etc in recognition of their outstanding achievements in various fields like sports, adventure, social service, art etc was held on 09-03-06 at Nayana Auditorium, Kannada Bhavan, Bangalore. Smt. Pramila Nesagari, Ex. MLA & Senior Advocate was special chief guest and gave awards Apart from this, 3 days group art exhibition by professional hearing impaired women artists was held at Chitra Art Gallery, Kannada Bahavan, Bangalore from 9-3-06 to 11-3-06. Smt. Shreen Malini, Art Promoter inaugurated the exhibition.

	19. On the occasion of 2 nd anniversary of late Mrs. Rashida S Nassur who was hearing impaired woman and affectionately called as Mehandi woman and also 2 nd anniversary of the foundation, foundation organised mehandi competition for hearing impaired girls/women, expressing our fond remembrances of such great artist. We felt, to encourage the hearing impaired girls/ women by exposing their hidden talents to one and all, is the correct way of paying homage to the eminent personality on 22-06-06 at Kannada Bhavan along with felicitation ceremony to honour selected hearing impaired students who have scored above 60% in SSLC & PUC exams, held in April, 2006. As a token of appreciation & encouragement to the meritorious hearing-impaired students in curriculum, awards were given to 12 individuals with the motive of recognizing and highlighting their excellent achievements in their studies to the society. Mrs. Tejaswini Ananth Kumar, Trustee and CEO – Adamaya Chetana Trust and Shri V. Lakshminarayana, Managing Director, Nirman Shelters [B] Pvt. Ltd were special chief guests and gave awards.

	20. On Occasion of International Deaf Day and Indo-Nepal Friendship Day, our Foundation For Art and culture for Deaf(R) Organised a week long group art exhibition by professionals hearing impaired artists from Nepal and Karnataka held at Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore from 26th to 30th of September, 2006 and also painting demonstration by selected professional hearing impaired artists from Nepal and Karnataka held on 26th evening at Spencer’s Super Market, M.G. Road , Bangalore. About 13 hearing impaired artists(3 From Nepal And 8 from Karnataka) took part in this gala Art Festival by exhibiting their paintings. New friendship, exchange of ideas especially art and culture, export and iImport of paintings etc would be helpful to both of these countries. At Venkatappa Art Gallery we had more than 1000 Visitors because of Dasara holidays after visiting Museum, nearby Venkatappa Art Gallery and they appreciated our artists' achievements . At Spencer's Super Market, M.G.Road we had more than 500 Spectators who enjoyed by attending our painting demonstration.

	21. Foundation for the Arts (AFFA) had invited our hearing impaired artists to take part in 10 day art exhibition held in connection with Bengalooru Habba 2006 from 3.12.06 to 10.12.2006 at St.George's Square, Cubbon Park, Bangalore for 4 days and then at Palace Ground for 3 days. The stalls were put up by Foundation for Art & Culture for Deaf® (FACD). The stalls had on display greeting cards with batik work done by artist Anuradha. Also on display were works of our other artists Rekha Chitrakumar, Ganesh Shetty and Archana Apte. More than 25,000 persons visited our exhibition and conveyed their appreciations.

	22. As part of FACD's fund raising efforts, AFFA had organised an auction of paintings donated by famous artists like Raghava, S.G.Vasudeva, Nethra etc at the Taj West End Hotel, Bangalore. However, many corporates that selected the paintings have not yet collected them and paid auction money to AFFA or FACD. This is disappointing to us.

	23. Felicitation Ceremony to honour selected hearing impaired students in recognition of their outstanding achievements in various fields was organized by FACD at Kannada Bhavan on 28.2.2007. Nine hearing impaired students from various deaf schools were selected to receive our awards. Special programmes i.e. "Krishna" dance programme was performed very beautifully by hearing impaired students of R.V. Integrated school for hearing impaired, Bangalore. Also group art exhibition by professional hearing impaired artists was organised . Shri Chandrasekhar, M.L.A. representing Basvangudi Constituency in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly and Smt.Rani Satish, Ex-Minister for Kannada & Culture were present on this occasion.

	24. On occasion of International Women's Day, Felicitation ceremony to honour selected physically challenged women in recognition of their outstanding achievements in various fields was organised on 18.3.2007 at The Chancery Hotel, Bangalore. 5 selected physically challenged women were honoured. Apart from this, Group art exhibition by professional hearing impaired women artists was organised. Shri. Katta Subramanya Naidu, Minister for Industries gave awards while Smt Kavitha Lankesh, Film Director & Celebrity attended our exhibition. Both of them spent nice time with all of us for nearly one hour and appreciated our FACD for organising very enjoyable programmes.

	25. We are proud to announce that FACD has completed 3 years of its purposeful and eventful existence. We sincerely convey our heartfelt thanks to those who were kind to support us since 3 years. We sincerely pray and hope that with everyone's blessings we will continue to serve hearing impaired persons, especially in the area of Art & Culture.

	26. On the occasion of 3rd anniversary of our foundation, our Foundation for Art and Culture for Deaf organised felicitation ceremony to honour 15 hearing impaired students who have scored above 60% in SSLC exams held in April 2007 on 24th of June, 2007 at 4.00 pm at Indian Institute of World Culture, Bangalore. As a token of appreciation and encouragement to the meritorious hearing-impaired students in curriculum, awards were given to about 15 individuals, with the motive of recognising and highlighting their excellent achievements in their studies to the society. Education Minister Shri Shankara Murthy and Shri Mahantesh, Managing Trustee, Samarthanam Trust for the disabled were our special chief guests.

	27. World Federation of the Deaf had invited our hearing impaired artists to attend 15th World Congress for Deaf held at Madrid, Spain from 16-07-07 to 22-07-07. Government of Karnataka had agreed to sponsor for their participation but at the last moment, they could not obtain visa from Embassy of Spain, New Delhi and were advised to cancel their visit to Spain.

	28. 0n 07th Feb, 08 our Foundation was asked to sponsor hearing impaired students to the world famous Disney Magic show performed by artists from the USA. The event that was free for the hearing impaired was scheduled at Koramangala indoor Stadium. About 110 hearing impaired students from various hearing impaired schools in Bangalore attended and enjoyed wonderful programme.

	29. On 07th March 08 was observed as the International Women's day. On this occasion, a felicitation ceremony was held to honour six physically challenged women in recognition of their outstanding achievements in various fields. A group art exhibition by hearing impaired women artists was also organised at the Hotel Grand Ashok, Bangalore. Dr. Shalini Rajneesh, IAS, Secretary, Dept of Child and Women, Government of Karnataka and Mrs. Devika Muthukrishnan, Regional Director, Reserve Bank of India were our special Chief Guests. This is fourth time in succession that we had organised such a delightful programme which was enjoyed by one and all.

	30. FACD organized a Free Swimming Camp for the benefit of Hearing-impaired children of Bangalore in the age group of 5 to 13. This event was held jointly with and Jyothi Kendriya Vidyalaya (JKV) in close association with Sindia Swimming School (SSS). Jyothi Aquatic Center (JAC) shosted the event in their Swimming pool located in Kanakapura Road, Bangalore. The Camp was conducted from the 11th Apr to 04th May 2008 in which 15 students participated. Expert Coaches were arranged solely for coaching the participants who cannot get to hear the splash of pool/river water in their life. Obviously, it was indeed a tough task for the Coaches. Such a bold & risky initiative exclusively for the benefit of Hearing impaired has been arranged for the first time in Karnataka. The objective was to instill a sense of self-confidence, boldness, and fearlessness besides safety-consciousness in the minds of Hearing Impaired. Out of 14 schools in Bangalore meant for the Hearing Impaired only one School viz R V Public School for Deaf had deputed their students for participation. FACD places on record R V School’s initiative & enthusiasm. Camp-concluding ceremony was held on the 04th May. Shri Amit S Kiran, CEO of Sports Management Private Ltd, was the Special Chief Guest on the occasion. Certificates were distributed to the participants. Shri Saran lauded the efforts of FACD and had special word of appreciation for Mr. Lokesh who, though himself a physically challenged, coached the participants. Shri Sindia, Chief Coach of JAC promised to select one or two participants for intensive coaching so that they can participate in the Swimming Competition in future. s Camp was a great success and all the participants enjoyed the event.

	31. Feliciatation ceremony to honour deaf students who scored 60% and above in SSLC exams held recently was arranged on 11/08/2008 @ Kannada Bhavan. A total of 17 deaf students like RV school for deaf, Sheila kothavala school for deaf, Amrutha vani kannada school for deaf all from Banagalore and Rotary west school, Mysore were awarded. Shri Ravi Subramanya, Basavangudi MLA and Shri B.C Ganesh, Cheif Accountant of Nirman shelters were present on the occasion

	32. On the Occasion of “The World Disabled Day”, Foundation for Art and Culture for Deaf ® Organized a 5 day Group Art Exhibition by selected Professional deaf artists from across India commencing on 05th Dec at Venkatappa Art Gallery, Bangalore. On this Occasion, a felicitation ceremony was arranged to honour the Best Teachers from among the Deaf schools in Bangalore. About 13 deaf artists( one each from Rajasthan, Mumbai, Poducherry, Delhi, three from Chennai, and six from Karanataka) participated in the Art Exhibition. More than 2,000 Vistiors attended our exhibition. Shri Subir Hari Singh, Principal Secretary to the Department of Kannada and Culture, Government of Karanataka was our Special Chief Guest. He spent nearly two hours with all of us. we all enjoyed the programmes.

	33.On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of our Foundation,a felicitation ceremony was organised to honour few selected physically challenged women in recognition of their achievements in various fields. A group Art Exhibition by selected professional deaf artists was also held on 8th of April,2009 at The Chancerry Hotel,Bangalore.7,the awardees were present to receive the awards. Miss sanjanaa, a film actress was present on this occasion.She presented the awards and inaugurated the Art Exhibition.Her presence was attractive.She said that she was proud of their achievements.She appreciated the talents which are truly wonderful gifts given by God.She congratulated the winners and also ,the Foundation for organising such a beautiful function.She felt that such programme was far better than film star awards/Nites etc that are conducted frequently these days.

	34.We were invited to attend 9th international workshop on resource mobilisation,organised by IWRM ,U.K. which was held from 25th to 28th of june,2009 at infosys convention.also,our 5 professional deaf artists were invited to exhibit their paintings during these period.about 250 delegates-both from foreign countries and india attended workshop and appreciated our deaf artists very much.

	35. A Felicitation Ceremony was held on the 08th of September at Nayana Auditorium, Kannada Bhavan, Bangalore to honor 10 hearing impaired students who had scored 60% and above in SSLC exam held in April, 2009. Five candidates from Bangalore, one from Tiptur, and remaining four from Mysore were present to receive the awards. The Minister for Medical Education Shri Ramachandra Gowda, noted Kannada Cine Actor Shri Srinivas Murthy, and Ms Lakshmi Nair, PR and Promotions Executive of Titan Industries were present on the occasion.They all praised us for the excellent team work. Shri Gowda promised to recommend the State Government, the cases four candidates for sponsorship in the World Expo for Deaf to be held at Las Vegas, USA in July, 2010. Shri Srinivas Murthy appreciated the efforts of FACD in organizing the beautiful function and congratulated all the members of FACD.

	36. On the occasion of the World Disabled Day, Foundation for Art and culture for Deaf, Bangalore, in association with Punya Publishing celebrated International Disabled Day on 7th of December, 2009 at Raj Bhavan, Bangalore at 5.00 p.m. On this occasion, we organised an Interactive Seminar on inclusive education for the disabled where principals and teachers of deaf schools attended. Also,interesting programmes like story presentation (mime show by deaf students of R.V.School for Deaf,V V Puram, painting demonstration by our professional deaf artists relating to education and A Group Art Exhibition by professional deaf artists were arranged.


	37. On the occasion of International Womens Day which was celebrated all over the world on 08th of March 2010, Foundation for Art and Culture for Deaf (FACD) organised a grand function to felicitate six physically-challenged women in recognition & appreciation of their outstanding achievements in various fields. The Felicitation Ceremony was held at the Royal Orchid Central, Bangalore. The First lady of Karnataka Smt Prafullatha, wife of His Excellency Shri Hans Raj Bhardwaj, the Governor of Karnataka, Smt Girija Lokesh, Kannada Cine/TV actress, Miss Roopa Iyer, Kannada Film Director and Actress, Shri Hullas Jain, Helmite Products(India) were the chief guests on the occasion to honoured awardees. A few interesting programmes were held like (a) Bharatha Natyam dance by Miss. Deepika Reddy, a hearing-impaired person (b) Break dance by Shri C.Chandan, a hearing-impaired student of R.V.Deaf School and (c) A Group Art Exhibition by selected professional deaf artists of Karnataka. About 100 persons attended the function and enjoyed the evening. Smt Prafullatha praised dancers and artists for their excellent performance. Smt Roopa Iyer assured that she would direct & produce a film on the hearing impaired shortly.Smt Girija Lokesh appreciated the work being done by FACD through organising very wonderful programmes.

	38. A Felicitation Ceremony to honour deaf SSLC and Diploma toppers was held on 18th August,2010 at the Indian Institute of World Culture,Bangalore. About 15 deaf students - 5 toppers in SSLC from Mysore and 1 from Bangalore besides 9 Diploma toppers (all from Mysore) were honoured. On this occasion,a Fancy Dress Competition for deaf schools was also organised. About 11 deaf schools deputed their deaf students to take part in this competition. 3 deaf schools viz., JSS, Vagadevi and Samarthnam Trust annexed overall championships for various categories/ standards respectively. Shri Shankarmurthy,Chairman,Legislative Council, Govt of Karnataka, Shri Sadhashiva,Chairman,Finance & Taxation,BBMP,Bangalore and Ms.Rajeshwari Varmbally (CSR), Titan Industries Ltd,Bangalore graced the occasion with their presence.

	39. On the occasion of Udaya Kirana (navollaasa) - RECON -2010 (regional conference),hosted by Vasavi Club, Banashankari, Bangalore, we, the Foundation for Art and Culture for Deaf (FACD), Bangalore, were invited to exhibit our Art Works at Woodrose Club,Brigade Millenium,Bangalore on 19th of September,2010. Besides, the selected deaf schools students from JSS Deaf school, Smarthnam Trust for the Disabled and Vagadevi School for Deaf gave dance performances.Sri Rajiev, a deaf artist and Shri A.K .Umesh,Director, FACD gave skit programmes. All the above interesting programmes were enjoyed very much by about 250 delegates. Many delegates extended their support by buying the art works. Mrs. Anuradha,Mrs.Radha, Shri Rajiev, Ms Supriya and Shri Ravi Kumar - all deaf artists – were present at Art Exhibition. Latest talents and skills of all these physically challenged persons were appreciated by the delegates.


	40. The silent poetry…. The 7th World Kannada Cultural Convention - 2010 was held on 27th and 28th of November 2010 in Singapore. This mega event was jointly organized by Kannada Sangha, Singapore and ‘Hrudayavahini’, a Kannada monthly publication. Nearly 2,500 k. Kannadigas had taken part in this two day conference. The organizers of this event had invited FOUNDATION FOR ART AND CULTURE FOR DEAF[R] to take part in this event. FOUNDATION FOR ART AND CULTURE FOR DEAF[R] is a non- profitable NGO working for the welfare of the deaf artists and differently abled people. The professional deaf artists Mr. RAJEEV, Mrs ANURADHA and Mr RAVIKUMAR along with the director of FACD Mr. A.K. UMESH took part in this two day conference. The paintings of these deaf artists attracted the appreciation and attention of many celebrities like actor Shivrajkumar, Mukhyamantri Chandru, flute artist Praveen Gorkhindi and the State ministers. They were all were amazed looking at the beautiful art work. The common folk of Singapore visited the art exhibition and bought the art works of these artists. The celebrities, the people at the conference and the visitors encouraged the deaf artists. It was a great source of help for the deaf artists. Thus, the deaf artists succeeded in establishing their work overseas. Art alone has the capacity to speak for itself and in such cases it speaks for the artist also. Art is definitely not the bread of life but it surely is the wine. Art is the silent poetry…


	50. International Women’s Day was celebrated on 20.03.2011 at the Chancery Hotel, Bangalore. On this occasion, a Felicitation Ceremony was arranged to honour physically challenged women in recognition of their outstanding achievements in various fields for the year 2010-11. Eleven women were identified by FACD selected for honour. A Group Art Exhibition was also organised by selected professional deaf artists. Both the events were conducted in a grand manner. Mr B.N.VijayaKumar, MLA, Jayanagar Constituency, Bangalore, Mr Srinagar Kitty, Kannada Cine Actor and Mrs Suchitra Vedanth, PhD., Director, Mahila Samakhya, Karnataka were the special Chief Guests. About 100 persons attended the function and enjoyed both the events.

	51. FACD organised “Honour the Achiever” Ceremony on 21st of July, 2011 at Kannada Bhavana, Bangalore to honour the deaf students who scored above 60% in SSLC exams held this year. Deaf students from various parts of Karnataka like Gadag, Mysore, Koppal, Haveri and Bangalore were chosen for awards this year. For the past eight years, FACD has been conferring such awards to merit-oriented candidates belonging to the deaf category every year. The objective is to primarily motivate the meritorious students and also to highlight their merit and achievements to the society at large. The Dance competition was so enthralling that the Judges of the event could not but adjudge three schools teams for 1st Prize!!! Three 1st prizes were given to three different school teams!! Shri P N Sadashiva, Area Corporator, Shri Chandru, Kannda film Director and Cine artiste, Shri Naga Sekhar, Kannada film director were present on the occasion and distributed awards to deaf SSLC toppers and prizes to deaf dancers Shri Chandru, Kannada film actor and director appreciated deaf dancers for their beautiful performances and promised to select few of them for his next silent film project and congratulated deaf SSLC toppers. Two other chief guests also enjoyed our function especially dance programmes.


	52. On the Occasion of Teachers Day i.e. on 05th sept 2011, deaf students participated in a Cycle Rally organisied by FACD. The Cycle Rally was Deaf students' expression of affection & gratitude to the teachers of the deaf schools who (Unlike Teachers of Regular Schools) put in extra-ordinary efforts to teach deaf children. Their expression was so Loud & Clear!!!! It was in Appreciation of Appreciation to the teaching Community as well. About 25 Deaf students selected from various deaf schools and 40 members of "GO GREEN" took part in the rally. The five km 'Circular' rally began from Bal Bhavan in Cubbon Park winding it's way into MG Road, Ulsoor Lake ending in Bal Bhavan. Mrs. Nisha Millet, International Swimmer & Arjuna Awardee flaged off while Shree. K.S. Nagaraj, F.C.A. & Shree. "GO GREEN" Roa (Prabhakar Rao) C.M. were special chief guests. R.V. School for Deaf, Shathshrunga School for Deaf & Hamsadhwani School for Deaf are some of the schools that deputed their students for the Rally. The Participants, Guests, Organisers as well as Pedestrians or Motorists enjoyed the Rally. The print or electronic media gave an extensive coverage of this Unique Event.

	53. Kannada Sangha, Bahrain had extended their invitation to FACD on the occasion of their 08th Vishwa Kannada Cultural Meet. It was a two-day event. It was a great pleasure and privilege for FACD to have been invited for such international event. FACD accepted the Kannada Sangha's (Bahrain) invitation and took part in the wonderful Meet. Our Paintings were displayed at the Meet. Prominent personalities like Cine Actor Sri Puneeth Kumar and the State cabinet Minister Sri Mukhya Mantri Chandru attended the grand function. Everyone including Dr Dodda Ganesha had a word of praise for the Art work that FACD had displayed in the Meet It was a proud moment for FACD. We feel greatly honoured to participate in the event.
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