SPIC MACAY – An Initiative
in Holistic Education
SPIC MACAY (Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music
And Culture Amongst Youth) is a non-political, non-profit, registered society
founded in 1977 by Dr Kiran Seth, a Prof at IIT-Delhi who was awarded the ‘Padma
Shri’ for his contribution to the arts in 2009.
SPICMACAY’s intention is to enrich the quality of formal education
by increasing awareness about different aspects of Indian heritage and
inspiring the young mind to imbibe the values embedded in it. For this, the
most accomplished artistes of the country render programmes of Indian classical
music and dance, folk, poetry, theatre, traditional paintings, crafts & yog
in the premises of an education institution. Focus is on the student in schools
and colleges. In 2011-12, 4600+ programmes were organised in more than 1500
institutions in 300 towns in India and 50 towns abroad impacting more than 2 million
students.
All these programmes were organised by thousands of volunteers –
students, teachers, housewives, retired people, professionals, young and old. SPIC
MACAY celebrates Nishkaam Seva - the
spirit of volunteerism – of giving selflessly without expectation.
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