2009

January

1-11 Vidyashram School Winter holidays

12 Vidyashram School begins

14 Makar Sankranti holiday

17 Vidyashram School Parents' Workshop, Nagwa campus

26 Republic Day; Sports Day, 8 am Nagwa, 12 nn Betawar

February

4 CPE Course: Politics, Culture, & Modernity in India; 1st meeting, 7-9 pm, Nagwa campus

7 Founder's Day (Dr. Som Majumdar's birthday). Parampara concert: 7 pm, Assi ghat

9 Ravidas Jayanti holiday

23 Shivratri holiday

27 CPE Course 2nd meeting, 7-9 pm, Nagwa campus

28 BHU Science Day Poster competition, Vidyashram School classes 5-7

28 Vidyashram School Parents' Workshop, Nagwa campus

March

7 Vidyashram School Fair: Who Am I? 11am to 6 pm, Nagwa Campus

8-13 Vidyashram School holidays for Barawafat, Holi, and President's visit

28 Vidyashram School Fair: Who Am I? 1 to 6 pm, Betawar Campus

30 Vidyashram School holiday

31 Vidyashram School summer timings begin

April

1 NIRMAN Public Library's "Jimy Library" Inauguration by Sri Awadh Ram, VC of Kashi Vidyapith University. 4.30 pm, Nagwa campus

2 NIRMAN Film Studio documentary premiere of "Children Playing Gods". 7 pm, Hotel Ganges View, Assi ghat

3 Ram Navmi holiday

7 Mahavir Jayanti holiday

20-24 Vidyashram School exams

25 NIRMAN Film Studio documentary screening of "Children Playing Gods". 7 pm, NIRMAN campus

30 Vidyashram School results, Nagwa;summer holidays begin

31 Vidyashram School results, Betawar; summer holidays begin

June

Teachers' Training course begins

30 Book distribution, Vidyashram School

July

1 1st day of school!

7 Guru Purnima

8 Music workshop and poetry reading, Vidyashram School, Nagwa campus, 9-10 am

12 Nag Panchami

14 Parampara concert: 7pm, Assi ghat

22 Parents' workshop, Vidyashram School, Nagwa campus, 5 pm

24 Parents' workshop, Vidyashram School, Betawar campus, 1 pm

August

5  Rakshabandhan holiday

7 Shab-e-barat holiday

14 Janmashtami holiday

15 Independence Day Program: 8.30 am Nagwa campus, 11 am Betawar campus

21 English story-writing competition, Vidyashram School

26 Parampara Baithak, Nagwa campus 7 pm

September

5 Teachers' Day program, Vidyashram School

21, 22  Eid-ul-Fitr holidays

23-25 1st Term test, Vidyashram School

26-28 Maha Ashtami and Dussehra/Durga Puja holidays

29 2nd Term begins, Vidyashram School

October

2  Gandhi Jayanti holiday

2-28 Lewis and Clark students at NIRMAN College Courses in India