“Be a student… by staying open and willing to learn from everyone and anyone.” - Wayne Dyer b.1940
As a counselor, the experience here has enriched me
Arjuna, Drona’s much loved and most proficient
with active listening and good interpersonal skills and
scholar. And the magazine has been rightly named
built a genuine interest in providing support to all my
so, as IGNOU belongs to all those pupils who have
students - no age barred!
had the courage to shed their inhibitions and moved ahead with great gusto for the only definitive goal of
I feel proud indeed to have been associated with the
achieving advanced education.
growth and progress of ICA since its inception in Kathmandu. Needless to say, that the onward march
This magazine “Eklavyan” will record the evolution
of this institution to the present state of its glory
of ICA from the time it was a thought, to the reality
could not have been without difficulties. But with
it is today. The parameters of this institution are
strong determination and unrelenting devotion, the
boundless. This issue is the harbinger of a future,
management, staff and the students have contributed
of even better years ahead. This magazine is a true
to its becoming an institution of excellence.
indicator of literacy and creative acumen. I am sure the magazine will carry the message and spirit of
According to the Hindu epic “Mahabharata”, after
everyone belonging to IGNOU.
being rejected by Drona on account of his not being of Kshatriya lineage, Eklavya gets on upon a program
As always my best wishes to all the members of ICA,
of self-study in the presence of a clay image of Drona.
who I am sure will continue with this good work.
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