Mumbai: Ryan International Group of Institutions hosted the 7th IAFA ceremony at Doordarshan Sahyadri Mumba on 29th October 2015. Ryan’s IAFA is an ad film making competition where students from the age of 11 to the age of 21 years can express their ideas, thoughts and views in a very special way by making a one minute Public Service Message Ad film.

Our Jury Members Shri Kiran Shantaram, Dr. Batra, Bharat Dabholkar, Dr. BhupendraAvasthi, Kiran Juneja, Ram Jawhrani, Arun Samuel and Shri Mukesh Sharma ADG Doordarshan, viewed the ads and selected the winners.

The winners were from all over the country, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Noida, Bengaluru, Indore and Mumbai to name a few. Special Cash Awards are given to the young students to encourage them to pursue their media dreams. Rajiv Jalnapurkar (CEO Ramoji Rao Studio) who was present for the award ceremony expressed, “I feel proud and was surprised with kind of work children are doing and in the future I can see that good filmmakers will be coming out from Ryan Schools.”

Our Award Partners are

Shri Kiran Shantaram - Dr. V Shantaram Award for Best Ad Film

Dr. Mukesh Batra – Dr. Batra Award – Health and Beauty (11-13 age group)

Shri Arun Samuel – Wings Awards in two categories –Women’s Empowerment (11-13) and Water Conservation (11 – 13)

Shri Ram Jawhrani - Sahyog Foundation Award –Environment (17-21)

And

Dr. B S Avasthi – Surya Mother & Child Care Award – Child Nutrition (11-13)

Many esteemed luminaries attended the grand finale to present the awards to the winners. DG Police MeeraBorwankar, Rajiv Jalnapurkar-CEO Ramoji Film City, Roop Kumar Rathod, NeelaSatyanarayan, ArunaRaje, Mahesh Samat-CEO Epic Channel and Shaina NC.

The 7th Ryan's IAFA grand award distribution ceremony will be telecast on Doordarshan –our Broadcast Partner Sahyadri on the occasion of Children's Day, 14th November.

"By conducting the Ad film contest, we at Ryan TV provide the young talents who are interested in film making a platform to showcase their ideas and creativity at a young age. Through this initiative, children voice their opinions about society by using media as a very effective tool." Said Madam Grace Pinto Managing Director Ryan International Group of Institutions.