Delhi Public School, Bokaro, celebrated its 27th birthday on Wednesday. The day was marked with felicitations and jubilations as awards and trophies were presented to the meritorious and talented students.
Winner of NSO, coveted International rank 2, Anshuman Jha of Class VIIIB received a certificate, medal and a cheque of `25,000, while Shivansh of Class IXD secured the International rank III (third) in NCO (National Cyber Olympiad) and received a certificate, a medal and a cheque for a sum of `10,000, on the occasion.
The winners (DPS Cricket Team) of the 16th Inter-School and Fourth Ramshrey cricket tournament received their prizes, certificates and the team and their teacher, IP Singh handed over the trophy for the school to the Director Dr Hemlata S Mohan.
The Director and Chief learning Officer later on announced her pride in acknowledging the creativity of wonder children like Ankit Jha of Class IX for authoring two books on politics and hacking, Balakrishna and Akshit Mishra for outstanding performance in cricket.
The event was graced by the benign presence of the chief guest, Anutosh Maitra, CEO BSl and the guest of honour, Manjula Maitra, president Mahila Samiti, Bokaro.
Mohan expressed humble pride and satisfaction in the successful running of the three parallel organisations 27years old DPS, 14 years old Deepansh and 7 year old Koshish in harmony. She expressed her joy for the day being Wednesday which is dedicated to nature, as on this day everyone at DPS call each other with a plant name they have associated themselves with, as a pledge to conserve environment.
The cultural programme comprising a dance presentation by the students of Deepansh and an Odissi dance by the students of DPS also showcased.
later, Maitra, CEO BSl, released a newsletter, a brochure and the Web Pagelink-Green Brigade, an attempt of the school to invite solidarity towards the earnest concern and spread of the Green Campaign. It was a significant moment when the chief guest and the guest of honour Manjula Maitra presented certificates to the candidates of Koshish — A vocational Training Centre for underprivileged women for a course in embroidery, uniforms and school bags to the students of Deepansh Shiksha Kendra and certificates of felicitation to all the 120 students who secured 10 CGPA in Class X examination this year.
A cash prize of `2000 each was awarded by the school to the sports stars, namely, Navin Kumar, Atindra, Rohan Sarkar and Abhishek Jha for their exceptional performances in the CBSE Cluster Atheletic Meet held at Varanasi in December 2013.
The chief guest spoke about the football World Cup, Maria Sharapova, launch of PSlV at Sriharikota and a release of a book authored by Krishnamurty. He told the students to strengthen themselves for the world and life beyond school life.