Monday 30 October 2017

Giving back to society is Pure Delight!

With the objective of giving back to society, Goel Ganga Group has established the Goel Ganga Foundation (GGF), a not-for-profit body that is committed to:

•       Providing high quality education to all strata of society
•       Setting up and running spiritual centers
•       Empowering cultural growth and conservation
•       Working for the preservation of the environment
•       Creating beauty, harmony and peace in the world.


With over two decades of service, the Foundation has championed a number of social causes to mark its prominence in varied spheres. The Foundation not only instills confidence in citizens but also provides support to eco-social activities, free education to the needy, especially the girl-child; construction of tenements in slum areas; sports, arts and culture, welfare-aided programs and recreational arenas.

With its firm belief in giving back to the society, this month the Foundation has come forward and experienced some of the biggest Pure Delight moments. Take a look!

Gandhi Jayanti Celebrations:


On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, the 2nd of October, our school, GG International School organized a blood donation camp. It was great seeing so many people volunteer for such a great cause. 1st October being Senior Citizens day, the school had also organized a free health check-up camp for senior citizens - the jewels of our society! We were so glad to see such humongous efforts by Team GGG put together into creating a healthier society!

CBSE Cluster Boys Football Tournament 2017 - 18


The GGF strives to promote the importance of sports in day-to-day life, we feel so proud to say that our school GG International School organized the first ever CBSE Cluster Boys Football Tournament 2017 - 18 in Pimpri. We were enthralled to see 85 schools from across Maharashtra and Goa participate enthusiastically in the tournament!


SurSangam- A musical delight!


Keeping the spirit of our Indian culture alive, the GGF organized a musical event - SurSangam, at Yashwantrao Chavan Natya Gruha in Kothrud.
With music sensations like Rahul Deshpande and Saleel Kurkarni and their euphoric performances, the evening was made an unforgettable one! It feels great to have made everyone's Diwali a musical one!


We're also proud of the Foundation for it's achievements this year which add a feather on its hat.



GG International School received the award for the No.1 Ranked School In Co-Curricular Activities at the Maharashtra School Merit Awards 2017-18.
Mrs. Sonu Gupta, Director of GGIS and the Chief Mentor of GGF and Mrs. Bharti Bhagwani, the Principal of GGIS received the award.


It was a very proud moment to see the Chairman and Founder of GGF, Mr. Jaiprakashji Goel, being honoured with the Agrasen Sanman on the occasion of Agrasen Jayanti 2017 for his dedication and tireless work towards creating a better society.


Striving hard towards women empowerment Mrs. Geeta Goel, Director, GGF4Her and Member, GGF, was honoured with the ‘Nari Shakti’ award by the former President, Mrs. Pratibha Patil. Her efforts towards creating a safe and healthy environment for women were highly appreciated at this memorable event. 


All of us at the Goel Ganga Group feel extremely honored to receive such esteemed awards! We congratulate all the awardees for their undying effort and hard work which inspires all of us at the Goel Ganga Group. 

Looking forward to many more such noble and ground shaking ventures this year.




























Thursday 19 October 2017

A Diwali For All!



Diwali is one of those festivals appreciated and loved by everyone, as it comes with radiance and holidays! People all over the nation get busy making plans with their families and friends and go shopping for beautiful clothes.

Although, the fact remains that little children and young adults enjoy celebrating this beautiful festival with fire crackers even TODAY! In spite of knowing their harmful effects on environment and on animals, families encourage this act in the name of celebration.


Why indulge in this mass pollution and severe health related threat, when this festival can be celebrated in the most memorable way?

Diwali arrives every October to remind everybody that you have been missing out on so many important things like, playing with grandchildren, meeting relatives, meeting old friends, covering distances to get see your parents or for the matter of fact, just taking a long break from the usual hustle -bustle!
Can we not celebrate this year's Diwali this way?

Here are a few points that you all can opt for -

·      Decorate your house beautifully. Decide cleverly and use DIY ideas to decorate each corner of your house! Be creative.

     













      

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       Make someones Diwali special, for instance buy clothes for your maid or gift her child!


Manage to contribute to orphanages and to those who are unable to celebrate. Plant more trees around you.





          Call your family and friends over and have a great time with food, conversations and real bonding.

Embrace this Diwali with warm hearts and huge smiles! We all need to change our ways of celebrating festivals keeping in mind the health of others and ourselves.
Make this year's Diwali Pure Delight and an unforgettable one! Let this be a trend for the next year!





Wednesday 4 October 2017

The Benefits of Strength Training!

Today’s Goel Ganga Group blog, we bring you the benefits of strength training, from our fitness expert at GCube, Madhavi Ghosh.
Strength training is an exercise where you build your muscles up to peak performance, because no one likes a person who can’t lift a book without cramping his arm.


Strength training can increase bone, muscle, tendon, and ligament strength. See what I mean? STRONG! However, the biggest benefit of Strength Training is improved joint function and it also reduces your susceptibility to physical injury. Strength Training increases bone density, increase in metabolism, and in turn increased fitness. With a balanced program of exercise which includes alternate Weight Training and Cardio Exercises one can have improved cardiac function (in other words, your heart is in tip top condition), and improved lipoprotein (which is a fancy word for fat and cholesterol) lipid profiles, including elevated HDL, “good” cholesterol, as it were.
Strength training is primarily an anaerobic activity.


One of the more common goals is to increase strength by lifting heavy weights. Other goals such as rehabilitation, weight loss, body shaping, and bodybuilding are also achieved through a proper Strength Training Regimen.
Even while training at a lower intensity (training loads of circa 20-RM), anaerobic glycolysis, or as we mortals call it; the digestion of sugar in the absence of Oxygen, is still the major source of power. At higher loads, the muscle will begin to use all muscle fibers possible, both anaerobic (fast-twitch) and aerobic (slow-twitch), in order to generate the most force.
Most men can develop substantial muscles; (blessed testosterone hormone by men) while women lack the testosterone to do it, but they can develop a firm and “toned” physique, and they can increase their strength by the same proportion as by men.
Strength training workouts elevate metabolism for up to 14 hours following 45-minutes of vigorous exercise which in turn also reduces your body fat percentage. Muscle is denser than fat, so someone who builds muscle while keeping the same body weight will occupy less volume; if two people weigh the same and are the same height but have different lean body mass percentages, the one with more muscle will appear thinner, fitter and toned.


Source: wildermanphysicaltherapy

And so, train hard for 2-3 days minimum per week to stay fit, stay strong, because if you don’t, no one else will.
Now that you know the grandeur and greatness of strength training, stop reading this article, switch off your electronic devices and begin to weight-lift. Preferably with weights. If you don’t have weights substitute it with other objects such as… cushions or really, really heavy pens.

And where better to train, than in GCube - Undri’s ONLY Family Fitness Centre at our project Ganga Glitz!  Call 020-41420000 for details about the many different activities you can find here!