Number of Schools: 15
Number of Participants: 140
Chief Guest(s) and Experts: Mr. Mahesh Pandya Sir, Mr. Param Shah Sir
Principal Nivedita Chakravarti Ma’am, Dr. Jwalin Patel Sir
Dr. Megha Bhatt Ma’am, Ms. Keren Nazereth Ma’am, Ms. Renu Pokarna Ma’am, Mr. Kumar Manish Sir, Dr. Bharat Patel Sir
Chairpersons:
Greener City– Nishita Agarwal, Blossom Mehta
Waste Management– Ananya Lokre, Vikrant Ahuja
Social Inclusivity– Jisha Tindwani, Vyom Shah
Animal Welfare– Meihika Arya, Nandini Singh
Civic Responsibility– Siya Gopalani, Neev Bhambhani
Event Presidents:
Khushi Sheth , Akshat Limgavkar
Introduction
The MCCxAGS conference will be held on October 4-5 at Apple Global School, Ahmedabad.
This event offers students a platform to ideate, engage, and take leadership roles in shaping the future of their city.
Delegates will represent themselves as responsible citizens of Ahmedabad, working collaboratively to address key urban challenges such as waste management, animal welfare, greener city initiatives, and social inclusion.
Through council-based deliberations, problem-solving workshops, and interactive sessions, participants will move beyond discussion to actionable solutions that directly connect with the realities of urban life.
In addition to councils, the conference will also feature orientation sessions, interviews with organizers, and reflective segments that highlight the vision behind MCC. Delegates will have the opportunity to interact with peers from across Ahmedabad, exchange diverse perspectives, and learn how student-led initiatives can drive real change in urban spaces.
The conference is organized by Apple Global School in collaboration with the TIDE Foundation, bringing together innovation, youth leadership, and civic responsibility under one roof.
Animal Welfare
The Animal Welfare Committee is focused on promoting compassion and responsible care for animals among Ahmedabad’s students. It will explore ways to support animal well-being and encourage ethical treatment.
- Identify issues affecting stray, domestic, and wild animals in Ahmedabad.
- Explore humane, policy-driven, and community-led solutions.
- Implement action plans to improve animal safety, health, and coexistence.
Social Inclusivity
The Social Inclusivity Committee works to ensure every resident of Ahmedabad is respected, represented, and heard, tackling social challenges through collaborative strategies that promote unity and equal opportunity.
- Identify barriers to social inclusion in Ahmedabad
- Discuss ways to promote equity and representation
- Propose community-driven approaches for inclusivity
Waste Management
The Waste Management Council focuses on finding practical solutions to improve how waste is handled in Ahmedabad. It will explore ways to reduce waste, promote recycling, and ensure proper disposal.
- Examine current waste management issues in Ahmedabad
- Explore practical methods for reduction, reuse, and disposal
- Propose scalable and sustainable waste solutions
Greener City
The Greener City Council, part of the Model City Council, invites students to tackle Ahmedabad’s sustainability challenges by developing practical, actionable solutions for a greener city.
- Assess key challenges to preserving and expanding Ahmedabad’s urban greenery.
- Develop innovative, sustainable, and community-driven strategies.
- Initiate impactful action plans.
Civic Responsibility
The Civic Responsibility Committee promotes active, responsible participation among Ahmedabad’s students, fostering a culture of accountability and engagement to drive meaningful impact.
- Map issues related to civic apathy in the city
- Investigate causes of low participation among students
- Build actionable plans to increase civic involvement and ownership
Youth for Paws Initiative
The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves
– Dr. Jane Goodall
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Youth For Paws is a youth-led initiative advocating ethical, humane, and responsible approaches to animal welfare. Together, as student initiatives, we aim to promote practical and compassionate solutions for community and stray dogs through awareness and dialogue.
As youth, we wish to appeal for ethical solutions for stray dogs that focus on coexistence, compassion, and long-term thinking rather than cruelty or removal.
We stand for:
• Ethical and humane solutions
• Coexistence over conflict
• Sustainable, long-term approaches
Selected Artwork
“Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.”
– Oscar Wilde
Write-Ups
Of a familiar memory she was bereft,
Hovering in the air that her wings swept;
Floating just a few feet higher with no time to gloom,
Hovering above the handpicked people in the room.
Dodging the roof, balancing herself on the thin air,
Waving at the larger, shrunken figurines present there;
With the lift of her heels she would rise up standing,
And with the touch of her toes, en pointe, a safe landing.
Standing on the porch, proud of her fluttering venture;
This was only a glimpse of her mystical adventures.
She grew older and found her old, crinkly pages,
A human being, she had become since ages;
Retrieved a piece of her past scribed on paper,
And read a vivid description of her first little caper.
An interesting tale she’d once dreamt about;
She giggled in her humanly grown up voice,
She had believed she could fly, funny choice,
Yet her childhood dream felt peculiarly real;
A hoax by the mind, what a feeling to feel.
The blurred line between a misty memory, being hazed;
And being nostalgic about an unreal past, she was crazed.
Anything could happen in her world of ‘make-believe’,
Yet the world convinced her she dreamed, how naive;
Ironically, a source of magic who did not believe in it,
And so her wonder turned into dust, decaying in her own spirit.
-Khushi Sheth
“A morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs”
(The Secret History – Donna Tartt)
We say ‘you only live once’,
We write our own stories,
Exemplify our own glories;
Until they turn into lies so white,
Until its blinding light blurs your sight;
Do we see them for what they are?
Instead of rocks do we see stars?
Seeing the beauty in cruelty is afterall an illusion,
From childhood escapades, to teenage delusions;
We idealise, idolise, romanticise,
And grave horrors, we normalise;
The prettiest of our vices,
Still come with prices;
We drown in the view, lost,
Mesmerised but at what cost?
By Khushi Sheth
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