Bhopal, Oct 7: The annual Mowgly Festival of Children would be organized from November 3 to 5 this year at Pench Tiger Reserve in Seoni district. A total of 207 school children selected through competition and 53 female teachers would participate in it. It has been decided that Pench Tiger Reserve would be the permanent venue for this annual event and it would be held in the first week of November every year.

Principal Secretary, School Education IS Dani reviewed the preparations for this festival at a high level meeting attended by Secretary, Tribal Development JN Kansotia; Commissioner Public Instructions SN Mishra; Managing Director of the Textbooks Corporation GP Shrivastata; Managing Director of MP State Tourism Development Corporation Ashvin Lohani; Director, Public Instructions Awadh Kishore Mishra and other officers concerned.

Dani directed that the logo for the festival should also highlight the geographical identity of Madhya Pradesh and Pench. He reviewed the arrangements being made for the festival including route chart, transport plan etc. He directed to make proper arrangements to protect the children in the event of rains. As part of cultural activities, famous play of Bhartendu Harishchandra " Andher Nagari Choupat Raja" would be staged at the festival.

The process of selecting children for participation in the festival is in progress. The school level essay competition is now over and block level competition is going on. The students selected through it would take part in district level quiz competition and 204 winners would participate in the festival at Pench. Students of 5th to 12th class of all the schools are taking part in these competitions. The children finally selected for participation would be sent the invitation in the form of "Letter of Mowgly".

The Mougly festival is being organized by School Education, Tribal Development, Biotechnology and Biodiversity Departments, EPCO and Scouts and Guides.

Intl Edn meet on Oct 18

By Our Staff Reporter

Bhopal, Oct 7: As many as 550 children between ages 16 and 18 years and studying in 60 schools of 20 countries would exchange views at a six-day Round Square International Education Conference, on the subject Vasudeva Kutumbakam, to get underway at Indore on October 18.

''Fifty of the participants will be from India. A Round Square general body meeting, also on the cards during the event, will discuss several issues and elect new members,'' Daly College Principal Sumer Singh told reporters here today. The event would be formally inaugurated on October 19 by Round Square President King Constantine II of the Hellenes (Greece).

Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia would deliver the keynote address and inaugurate the Dhirubhai Ambani Auditorium at the Reliance Group's Neeta Mukesh Ambani Complex. Jodhpur's former king Maharaja Gaj Singh, Jaipur's Princess Diya, Kota's Raja Brijraj Singh, Indore's Maharani Usha Rani, Prince Richard Holkar, former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh, MP Jyotiraditya Scindia and Germany's Prince Niko Becker are expected to take part.