JD Institute celebrates World Elder’s Day

New Delhi,3rd October, 2015: JD Institute of Fashion Technology who has been a distinctively eminent name in the design fraternity of India for two and a half decades organized a cultural programme on World Elder’s Day. The programme was held at Safdarganj Club,New Delhi on 2nd October,2015 to facilitate the senior citizens of our country.

The main aim of the programme was to make the world see the energy and enthusiasm a senior citizen has even at the age of 60.

Students of JD Institute of Fashion Technology prepared a play named ”Unity in Diversity”. The play depicted the vision of an artist in a dream sequence who sees India as a place with unity in diversity.

The most different thing about this play was performed by the senior citizens displaying the enthusiasm and the energy they have despite often being ignored by the society in the daily course of their lives.

Ms.Rupal Dalal,Director of JD Institute of Fashion Technology says,” The main aim behind this initiative was to make people realize the responsibilities they have towards the senior citizens of our society. We all have the responsibility towards the lives of elder people to make their life better and happy by analyzing all the problems affecting their life. We all need to understand that if seniors are not mentally healthy, they get physically affected and an illness can lead to depression.”

Jediiians played an important role in conceptualizing the whole event. The students of JD institute brought joy and happiness among the elders as they felt special, because this event was celebrated for recognizing the importance and value they have in our lives.

World Elder’s Day was established on 14th of December in the year 1990 by the United Nations General Assembly. It is celebrated every year to make certain the welfare of elder persons as well as to enroll their significant involvement in the society to get promoted from their knowledge and ability. The Plan of Action on Ageing was adopted by the World Assembly on ageing to encourage the society development for all ages. The day is celebrated worldwide to examine issues, promote public awareness and focus on which type of behavior can help older men and women throughout their life.

Mr.Rc Dalal, ExecutiveDirector of JD Institute of Fashion Technology says,” Through this initiative we intend to bring today’s youth closer to elders. In today’s world, the ageing body finds relief but not the weary mind, with this initiative we aim to bring a change in the society, a change in the way people look at the senior citizens of our society.”

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Day Care Centre makes Senior Citizens more Active and Rejoice

Indore, May 20: Being Responsible was started Day Care Centre Situated at Pioneer Institute premises, Mahalaxmi Nagar, Indore for senior citizens to provide creative facilities like computers, internet, libraries, games, recreations and much more. The senior citizens of the vicinity also responded equally and started coming here for involving themselves in activities arranged at day care center.

The center is being visited by experts in different fields, from time to time, like, Health solution provider, Writers, Musicians etc and recently visited by representatives of Ranbaxy Laboratories, the leading medicine manufacturers of the country to explain the importance of calcium and other vitamins in old age. The senior citizens heard him patiently and noted the tips provided on the subject.

Atul Malikram, President being responsible, who was happy to see changes in life styles of senior citizens, reacted his happiness as “I am very happy to see that all the veterans coming here have shown curiosity in learning new subjects of the modern age, and we at day care centre try to provide maximum facilities to them. We have been successful in our endeavors till now, and are confident to continue with the same spirit in future also.”

“If a person after retirement does not make himself busy in some activities, then possibilities of diseases, loneliness etc could not be avoided. When I came here and understood the purpose of opening of the center, I was impressed and resultantly I became a regular member of the center. Now not only me, but other members of the center also feel afresh and more energetic.”

-Said Mr. Jogendra Singh Gambhir, a Senior Citizen member of Day Care Center


“One may ask me as to what necessitated me to start this platform with being responsible, so for the question raisers, my simple answer is that the senior persons require more attention, and look at those, being responsible is only Organisation, who can understand them and their requirements. Day Care Centre is aimed to serve senior citizens through Library, Audio /video systems, computers, internet and games, The centre at present will be open between 3.00 to 5.30 p.m., where the members of centre will be engaged in different activities.”

-Said Dr. Mona Tanwar, Director Pioneer Institute.

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