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#Aasra tied up with #NMIMSCollege #IET for the #MPSTME #HackNCode Event #MentalHealthWeek #JohnsonThomas

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SVKM’s NMIMS (Deemed-to-be University) Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management & Engineering Bhakhti Vedhanth Samarth Marg, Near Cooper Hospital, JVPD Scheme, Vile Parle (W), Mumbai – 400 056 Email: iet.mpstme.info@gmail.com HACK N CODE 2.0 IET MPSTME On Campus ABOUT THE EVENT: HACK N CODE 2.0 was organized by IET MPSTME On Campus on 7thOctober 2018, starting from 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. It was a great opportunity for students from various fields like IT, Computer Science, Data Science or the ones who solely possess phenomenal coding skills and need a platform to showcase their talent. More than 160 students from all over Maharashtra participated in this event. They applied their coding skills to tackle real-life problems, hence learning the application of coding in practical life. This was another flagship event of IET MPSTME On Campus and one of the biggest in the pool of events done before. Sheer hard work and dedicated efforts were put in by the OC (...

#InvisibleHands Opening in New York on Nov. 23 & Los Angeles on Nov. 30

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Directed by Shraysi Tandon #ShraysiTandon and documentary subjects #KailashSatyarthi, #NicholasKristof and #BenSkinner INVISIBLE HANDS exposes child labor and child trafficking within the supply chains of the world’s biggest corporations, which produce some of our most loved items. The film offers a harrowing account of children as young as five years old making the products we buy and consume every day. Chilling undercover footage shows children being sold like animals to the highest bidder and others being abused by this pervasive slave labor. INVISIBLE HANDS digs deep into a modern slavery system quietly supported by some of the world’s largest companies, demanding to know why top stakeholders continue to engage in this unlawful practice. INVISIBLE HANDS is directed by Shraysi Tandon and written by Tandon and Chad Beck. The film is produced Tandon and Academy award winner Charles Ferguson, and is executive produced by Christina Weiss Lurie, Todd Dagres, Mark Wilf, and...

#AASRAHelpTalk #WorldMentalHealthAwarenessDay #HowToMakeMentalHealthAndWellBeingAPriorityInYourDailyLife #JohnsonThomas

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#aasraSuicidePrevention24x7Helpline912227546669 #BefriendersWorldwide #SamaritansUK #IASP #UN #WHO #AFSP #INFOTES #LifelineInternational #Google #Facebook #WorldMentalHealthAndWellnessAwarenessWeek #WorldMentalHealthAndWellnessAwarenessMonth #aasradotinfo "Problems cannot be solved with the same mindset that created them." - Albert Einstein #AARSAHELPTALK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0hAZYuBk5Q This video is a talk by #JohnsonThomas, Director #Aasra, On the Occasion of #WorldMentalHealthAwarenessDay on 10th October,, 2018. Topic "How To Make Mental Health And Wellbeing A Priority In Your Daily Life'' This is part of the #AASRAHELPTalk series at HELP, Health Education Library for People, the world's largest free patient education library.

#Aasra@#PillaisCollege #WorldMentalHealthDay

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#aasraSuicidePrevention24x7Helpline912227546669 #BefriendersWorldwide #SamaritansUK #IASP #UN #WHO #AFSP #INFOTES #LifelineInternational #Google #Facebook #WorldMentalHealthAndWellnessAwarenessWeek #WorldMentalHealthAndWellnessAwarenessMonth #aasradotinfo "Problems cannot be solved with the same mindset that created them." - Albert Einstein "Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they're yours" Richard Bach

Hollywood International CineFest announced its lineup for 2018: Two Indian Films Compete for Top Honors

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Hollywood International CineFest announced its lineup for 2018: Two Indian Films Compete for Top Honors Los Angeles, CA, September 28, 2018--- Hollywood International CineFest has announced its exciting line up for its 2017 festival edition. Two Indian films- #TailingPond by #SauravVishnu and #AnandhaYaz (The Harp’s Resonance) by #BShivkumar have made their way into final 5. Inclusion of films, by 1st time Indian directors attests the growing influence of Indian directors in Hollywood. “In past, an Indian youth wouldn’t have thought beyond becoming a doctor or an engineer. It is heartwarming to see the Indian youth venturing into non-tradition fields like cinema’, said Rakesh Kumar, a member of HICF selection committee. Tailing Pond is a hard-hitting documentary that investigates India’s uranium program’s human cost to Jadugora, India’s tribal people, and the government’s complicity in violating their health and human rights over decades. “If you watched Fahrenh...

Hollywood International CineFest announced its winners for 2017; in a rare feat Indian film makers win Best Feature (English) and Best Feature (Foreign)

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Hollywood International CineFest announced its winners for 2017; in a rare feat Indian film makers win Best Feature (English) and Best Feature (Foreign) Los Angeles, CA, June 29, 2017--- Hollywood International CineFest has announced its winners for 2017 festival edition. #RakeshKumar’s #AfterEverAfter won the Best Feature (English) category and #BidyutKotoky’s #RainbowFields won the Best Feature (Foreign) category. The official selection included World Premieres of Easy Money and the North America Premieres of Before The Fall (Cambodia’s entry to 2017 Oscars) & Sam Heughan’s Emulsion. “While very different from each other, there are some striking similarities between After Ever After and Rainbow Fields. Both films have a particular emotional appeal, both have a child as one of the leads and both use colors in a very cinematic way. We are very proud of these two film-makers whose art truly transcends geographical limits”, said Zack Zublena, Festival Director. To decid...

Conversations and Panel Discussions on the Future of Pure Cinema with Some of the known Minds in the Movie Industry at the Jagran Cinema Summit

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Abhishek Bachchan, Rohit Shetty, Ekta Kapoor, Nandita Das, Vikramaditya Motwane and many other cinema savants discussed and shared their views on the future of films at the Jagran Cinema Summit Conversations and Panel Discussions on the Future of Pure Cinema with Some of the known Minds in the Movie Industry at the Jagran Cinema Summit Mumbai, September 21, 2018: Celebrated filmmakers and creative marketers from across the country came together to take a deep dive into the future of cinema at the second Jagran Cinema Summit held at the Taj Santacruz. Film Critic & Festival Director, Jagran Film Festival, Mayank Shekhar also announced the opening film for JFF- the much awaited, Lady Gaga’s A Star is Born. The event began with a passionate session spearheaded by Mayank Shekhar with well renowned director Rohit Shetty who gave helpful pointers on ‘How to be the Audience’s BFF (Best Friend Forever),' something most aspiring filmmakers strive to do. “I always keep th...