Celebrate success: Singer Usha Uthup joined in the fifth anniversary celebrations of the NGO Parivartan on April 10. The organisation works with the underprivileged children of Titagarh, mainly helping them to learn through community-based education centres. The NGO was started in 2000 by educationists, social workers, businessmen and professionals. It has since spread as far as Siliguri.

Grow green: Little ones from TEFL International?s Behala pre-school, which opened its doors on January 16, planted saplings as part of The Good Earth programme on April 8, to learn about the environment.

Special project: The George Group of Companies, part of The George Telegraph Institute, organised a project exhibition and a student-industry interaction for the computer application department on April 8. Students made projects on cryptography, car automation, bill-maker system, college administration system and more. Among those present at the interaction were representatives from IBM, Wipro, TCS and CTS, as well as professors from CU and JU.

Toy time: A class in soft toy making at the National Institute for Creative Performance in Jadavpur, under the West Bengal State Council for Professional Education. The first batch of 20 students graduated in April, at the end of the six-month full-time course. It costs Rs 50 and invites applications from everyone.

Pictures by Sanjoy Chattopadhyaya