"Pankha Fijai"- Song Dedicated to Teenagers

"Always aim to reach the moon because if not moon, you will at least land on the stars. "

To teenagers who aimed really high and want to follow their dream has been discouraged saying we are too small in age to think about it. When we fall at times may be at exams, we are judged saying we have poor future and it's high time we plan to do something thinking for our future.

The very confusing and critical age called teenage is one of the exciting and vital moments of our life. The dreams, aspirations, ambitions, initiation, involvements of teenage has most of the time limited only in school/college or small sections in media and never been in the front cover.

However, recently we could see all nation celebrating the achievements of u-19 football team in SAFF games and yes, it was indeed covered in front cover of all media. Well, this also proves that teenagers can do anything regardless of their age limit.

However, facing and challenging all these perceptions and judgement of the society, we have amazing teenagers doing fantastic works following their passion and their dream.

Here is the song dedicated to teenagers reflecting emotions of teenagers. This song is composed by 19 year old, Aashish Pokharel and female vocal by Alina Prajapati. The video is directed by Shishir Khati and a production by Glocal Pvt. Ltd. to launch in Glocal Teen Hero Award Ceremony. The sole reason for that event is to give teenagers a platform to showcase their talent. 13-19 years old teenagers who have been excelling in any other activities except school, college curriculum are eligible to apply for it.

Everyone in this world is capable of doing something really amazing. This video tries to show an introvert boy who aims to fly and tries something for that aim every single day. He follows his passion no matter what. He wants to fly and he will fly one day for sure.In the video, the story of a teenage boy who want to live his dream.

Bipana Sharma, 17 selected as first Glocal Teen Hero 2015

In strategic alliance with Ministry of Youth and Sports, GlocalKhabar organized the event Glocal Teen Hero 2015 where Bipana Sharma aged 17 from Nawalparasi is selected as first Glocal Teen Hero 2015. The award was given by chief guest, Hon’ Purusottan Poudel, Minister of Youth and Sports.

The event was co-sponsored by Honda, sponsored by Panchakanya Group, supported by Worldlink, Jenya, Magazine partner Business 360, hospitality partner Hotel Annapurna, live broadcasted by Himalaya TV.

Among 98 applications, top 6 was selected by the panel of jury on the basis of their initiation, innovation and achievements. Those 6 finalist were then interviewed individually on the basis of their personality, domain knowledge and vision. It is a platform for Nepali Teenagers aged 13-19 years who are involved, initiator and achiever beside their school/college curriculum.

The winner of GlocalTeen Hero 2015 will also be recognized as Brand Ambassador of Glocal Pvt. Ltd. And will also be given the opportunity of Job shadowing amazing personalities and a documentary about her.

The 6 teenagers were Aditya Khadka, 15 – a film-maker, Avaneesh Yadav, 17 – an entrepreneur, Bipana Sharma-a child right activist, Ravi Mandal, 17 -an app developer, Samprada Chapagain, 18 –a social activist, , Swastik Ghimire, 17- a writer.

The panel of jury consisted of Mr. Anil Keshary Shah, CEO of Mega Bank, Hon. Gagan Thapa, CA Member, Mr. Narottam Aryal, Executive Director of King’s College, Ms. Sambriddhi Rai, Singer/ artist, Saurav Jyoti Director of Jyoti Group.

“To recognize the best amongst these exceptional teens, it is a privilege to be a part of the Glocal Teen Hero 2015” said Anil Keshary Shah, one of the jury for Glocal Teen Hero 2015.

The event was followed by song release from Glocal Pvt. Ltd. – “Pankha Fijai”, song dedicated to teenagers sung by Alina Prajapati and Aashish Pokharel. The music video was directed by Shishir Khati.

“Glocal, when we started we were all below 20, we have a lot of teenagers working at Glocal today as well. We can see that there were 98 competitive applicants, 1 Hero, but there are still lot of other teenagers doing amazing. Age is just a number. We have examples for that statement here with us today, the finalists and all those 98 amazing teenagers.” Said Asish Thakur, Executive Director of Glocal Pvt.Ltd

The award ceremony of Glocal Teen Hero 2015 was held at Annapurna Hotel and was witnessed by 100+ personalities of Nepal from different walks of life such as diplomats, politicians, film stars, entrepreneurs, youth leaders and many more.

The sole purpose of this event is to motivate the Nepalese teenagers to follow their dreams and to develop an entrepreneurial and social thinking for the sustainable development of our nation.

3rd National Call for Astronomy Olympiad Logo Competition 2015!

Nepal Astronomical Society (NASO) is pleased to announce 3rd National Call Astronomy Olympiad Logo Competition 2015- Nepal today! With the success of our logo competition in 2013 and 2014 which provided hundreds of designers to share their creativity with us, we are looking forward to more creations this year from both science and non science background enthusiastic people. Interested amateur/professional designers can submit their logo/s to info.naso[at]gmail.com by 5:00 PM, Friday, September 25, 2015.

What is Astronomy Olympiad Logo Competition?

It is an annual competition run by NASO in order to provide national platform for creative designers and promote astronomy Olympiad program in Nepal. The best logo will be used as a logo as an official logo of the National Astronomy Olympiad- Nepal of the Olympiad year. For e.g. the best logo from 2013 logo competition was the official logo for first National Astronomy Olympiad 2014- Nepal.

Who can participate in the Competition?

Anyone who wants to share their creativity with us wish to get national and international exposure can submit their work following the rules and regulations provided by the organizer.

What are the rules and regulations of the competition?

Please carefully read and follow the bellow mentioned rules and regulations in order to submit your work for the competition.

• The logo must include the following themes: ASTRONOMY, EDUCATION & NEPAL and should reflect Third National Astronomy Olympiad 2016
• Maximum of three designs can be submitted by a person. Submitted designs must contain the original idea/creation of the designer. Logos must be created in full colour in JPG formats. The logo specification is width 600 pixels
• Each design must contain a description of no more than 200 words. Design without description will not be accepted for the competition
• The deadline for submission is 5:00 PM, Friday, September 25, 2015. Submission after the deadline will not be entertained.
• The submission must be done through email: info.naso[at]gmail.com
• The decision of the evaluation committee will be final. The copy-write of the selected logo will be of NASO only

 What are the benefits of participating in the competition?

• The best three logos will be awarded cash prize of NRs 5,000/-, NRs 1000/- and NRs 500/- respectively as well as certificates
• Winners will get global exposure which may be instrumental for their career development

Selected designers will be contacted via telephone, so please make sure you provide us your contact number/s while submitting your works to us.

Looking forward to welcome your creations! Lets share our ideas, lets share our creation to global astronomical community!