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SPPE Inter-school Painting Competition, Colour Splash-8 Held at Centre for Excellence on 29th January 2009 at 9.30 a.m.

It was to bring about an attitude of care and concern for the immediate surroundings that the Society for Promotion of Professional Excellence (SPPE) embarked on an ‘awareness for environment’ journey for agents of change, the young citizens, almost eight years ago. The inter-school painting competition, Colour Splash is one such effort organized annually at the Centre for Excellence.

Children of all ages love to paint. They paint their surrounding as they see it; not only what is immediately perceived but also what is visible to their inner selves. Painting with children is a powerful medium and a great way to teach them how to think out-of-the-box, to experiment, learn cause and effect and think about sustainable practices to preserve and conserve natural resources.

We are very happy that the Tinplate Company of India Ltd. (TCIL) partnered the SPPE in this noble effort and are grateful to Mr. Bushen Raina, Managing Director, TCIL, for so graciously sponsoring the event for the third time.

Ours is called a ‘throw-away’ society and we probably deserve that label. We happily and eagerly purchase goods displayed so prominently in malls and departmental stores but are reluctant to accept the consequences of getting rid of packaging waste. Moreover, we are running out of space to put our trash and garbage. Tin packaging, on the other hand, is environmentally friendly and is the only alternative to the use of ‘plastic’ and environmental degradation it causes. Its attribute of being reduced and reused, helps to conserve our natural resources and therefore Tin is rightly called ‘green packaging’.

In keeping with the theme of ‘Tin’, Mr. Bushen Raina, the chief Guest on the occasion, announced the subject of the painting competition to approx. 400 participants- The senior group had the option to paint “Building a Green World with Tin” or “Managing our Packaging Waste” The junior group was given the task of painting “A poster banning the use of Plastic or “A visit to a food store” Mr. Raina inaugurated the event by releasing colourful balloons and painting a few strokes on a canvas.

Our panel of Judges who will evaluate the entries are Mr. Krishna Mahato, a Senior Instructor of Jamshedpur School of Art. He is a specialist in sculpture and oil painting. Mr. Rajesh Bajpayee has been teaching at JSA for the last twenty years. He specializes in commercial work and abstact paintings. Mr. Public Biswas is a famous stage decorator and an outdoor media specialist.

Topics for SPPE Inter-school Painting Competition- Colour Splash
Senior group- “Building a Green World with Tin” OR “Managing our Packaging Waste”
Junior group Paint a poster “Banning the use of Plastic” OR “A visit to a food store”