Pranvi Gupta from St Mary's Presentation Convent Senior Secondary School, Gandhi Nagar, won the city final title and will now fight it out with the winners from other cities, in the national level skills competition

Jammu, 14th February, 2011: IDEA Cellular, the pan-India mobile operator conducted a unique program, “Kaho what’s Your Idea” – a national inter-school skills fest, for the kids of Jammu. ‘Kaho What’s Your Idea’ is aimed at initiating a movement which is focused at developing the school children’s all round personality, by engaging them in activities which promote Logical thinking; Weaving a story; Application of Memory skills and Real-Life skills; besides honing their General Knowledge and Current Affairs.

250 students from 25 schools, including Delhi Public School, Maharaja Hari Singh Marg, Jodhamal Public School, Channi Himmat, Bypass, Model Academy (M.I.E.R), B.C Road Jammu etc participated in the event. 6 students qualified for the next round where they competed against each other to win the title of “City Winner”.

Pranvi Gupta from St Mary's Presentation Convent Senior Secondary School; Udyan Mahajan from Delhi Public School and Karan Happa from Army School Kaluchak (Top 3 finalists) were selected for city finals.

Pranvi Gupta from St Mary's Presentation Convent Senior Secondary School, Gandhi Nagar, won the city final title and will now fight it out with the winners from other cities, in the national level skills competition.

The City Finals comprise of rounds like Instant Recharge, Talk Time, Memory card, Key pad locked and Speed Dial which were specially designed by counselors, principals and faculty from different schools and institutes from the country, to gauge the student’s thought process and allow them to speak their mind and test themselves in a holistic manner.

School children from Jammu enjoyed the skills test, even if not everybody turned out a winner.

According to Mr. Anish Roy, Chief Operating Officer, Punjab, J&K and Himachal Pradesh, IDEA Cellular, “We are delighted to engage with the bright sparks of Jammu with our unique national inter-school skills fest – ‘Kaho what’s Your Idea’. This will provide a platform to the city kids to test and hone their own skills and also to compete with their peers from across the country”.

Idea’s ‘Kaho What’s Your Idea’ program will reach out to over 2 lakh children in 3,000 schools across 100 Indian cities, with the support of Derek O’Brien & Associates, which is also the content partner for the initiative.