Mumbai: Ipsaa Daycare Private Limited – India’s leading child daycare chain – celebrated its annual family day with lots of fun, frolic and fiesta here at St Andrew’s auditorium on Sunday.

Keeping up the tradition of “getting together” in large families, the second annual family day centered around igniting imagination through theatre, music, sports and books encapsulating a plethora of activities and a gamut of emotions. The event unfolded with the chanting of a prayer,performances and a video presentation of Ipsaa.

“Ipsaa means ‘WISH’ in Sanskrit and we have always endeavoured to impart the joy of learning, of exploring new things, of understanding new emotions and experiencing new ideas to children in a secure and safe environment, which is a very important and indispensable parameter in their holistic development,” said Ms Kanchan Mittal, Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Ipsaa Daycare Private Limited.

Ms Namrata Bachani, CEO – West, Ipsaa Daycare Private Limited, defines the Indian Childcare Industry like a large Indian home for children where they get enriched and create wonderful experiences. Her motto for a woman to join back her work is what drives Ipsaa to provide the best

childcare support for working parents

The musical play, Tunni Ki Kahani, which is written and directed by Gopal Dutt (Aarambh Mumbai Productions LLP) that ignited the imaginations of children as well as parents. Theatre and getting  together has a magical effect on children’s ability to express and encourages them to engage with their imagination. The event was concluded with yet another spectacular extravaganza performance by Kooh Sports Private Limited, wherein, children and parents again got involved in the program. The proficiency with which the children displayed their skills and talents left the parents overjoyed and overwhelmed with emotions.

It was a moment of pride seeing parents getting involved with their children’s curriculum activities themselves, amid thunderous applause from the house packed auditorium. “Ipsaa Daycare every year annual function is celebrated with enthusiasm and vigor. We were surprised to see a unique quality inside so to bring out that hidden talent almost all the children of Ipsaa Daycare are brought on the stage to perform. We are very excited about the performance and very proud of our children and thanks to Mentor moms for their effort, and the cultural programme in form of theatre Tunni Ki Kahani and Katha books will be a memory to take with us home,” Dr Antalika Nag, a parent, said.

Carefully drafted activities by Ipsaa Daycare, the audience enraptured the auditorium with their message driven programs which were well thought off, prepared and presented. The event was marked with a presence of more than 600 parents as well as HR Heads of various corporate houses such as HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, Taj Hotels, ICICI Bank, Siemens, Standard Chartered Bank,Ness Digital Engineering and others were among those present at the event.

Encapsulating the essence of the event, Ms Priyanka Patil, a parent, said, “Innovative and culture focused on children and not on costumes. I appreciate all teachers and students who put together this effort.” Another parent, Ms Mallika Phansalkar added, “It was a wonderful function for children and families. Excellent effort to organise and get every child to participate. Loved this concept of an actual stage and auditorium feel.”

Ipsaa has its presence in 7 major cities – Gurugram, Noida, Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Pune, Chennai and Bengaluru – with as many as 60 centres. “We are soon expanding our footprints in other cities like Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Kolkata and Goa by providing both onsite as well as offsite solutions to any organization’s employees day-care needs across the spectrum.