Half Marathon and Planting of Tree Sapling as a part of E-Week 2009

The E-Week 2009 at Indus World School of Business, Greater Noida kicked off today with a marathon starting from the campus. 50 odd participants from 8 colleges around Knowledge Park took part in the event, the theme for which was ‘Go Green’. The Marathon was flagged off by Kalpana from NEN. The participants took pledge prior to the start of the marathon promising to work and excel for the development of the society. The 5 Km marathon was run in the right spirit with participants spreading awareness of ‘Go Green’ by means of placards and banners. The finishing point of the event was at the new campus of IWSB where the construction of ‘Green Campus’ of IWSB is under progress. The marathon which witnessed a lot of fun, excitement and enthusiasm saw Ashish Shulk from ITS,Greater Noida coming first, Navdeep Dalal from IWSB securing the second and Pushpendra Kumar from Skyline College bagging the third place. The winners would be felicitated with cash awards worth Rs. 15000 at the closing ceremony of E-Week at YMCA on the 12th of February 2009. A tree sapling was planted by the winners at the new campus of IWSB which marked the end of the marathon event. The next few days of E-Week at IWSB will have the following events where students from across Knowledge Park are expected to participate.

Events Coming up
8th Feb 2009 : Junkyard Wars – Creativity with waste and Role play competition
10th Feb 2009 : Shodhyatra – Grassroots to Global Search and Promotion of Sustainable Green technology and traditional knowledge in rural areas
11th Feb 2009 : Global E-Summit
12th Feb 2009 : Entrepreneurial Boot Camp, Launch of Entrepreneurial museum, Micro Entrepreneur Summit, Prize distribution and Closing ceremony

- Arif Hassan