Economics Festival
Twenty schools assembled at Ryan International School, Vasant Kunj, to celeberate and participate in the inter school economics festival — Bizzare Buzz.
The chairman Ryan International Group of Institutions Dr Augustine Francis Pinto and MD Grace Pinto have always encouraged entrepreunial, business and finacial skills in the students to emerge strong in the dynamic global economy.
Honour conferred
The British School’s principal, Vanita Uppal, was presented with the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by the British High Commissioner to India, Sir James Bevan KCMG, on behalf of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II.
The OBE is a civilian honour typically awarded for distinguished public service. Uppal is the only Indian woman who is at present working to hold the honour.
Dr Nick Argent, director of The British School said: “The OBE has been conferred by the UK in recognition of Vanita’s 23 years’ service during which she has worked to promote British educational values and student achievement.”
TCS Wiz 2014 winners
Over 1,300 students from various schools in Delhi NCR participated in the TCS IT Wiz held at Dogra Hall, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi.
Sayan Chaudhry and Dhruv Khurana from Delhi Public School, Rohini won the title. The regional champion this year walked away with an iPad air each, while the runners-up represented by Bharat Kashyap and Shiven Mian from Delhi Public School, RK Puram won an iPad mini each along with a specially designed trophy and medals. The six finalists also received an array of prizes like space pack, earphones, USB pen drive, etc.
The prizes were distributed by Anil Shastri, chairman of lal Bahadur Shastri Group along with Debashis Ghosh, president, Manufacturing, life Sciences and Energy, and head TCS North.
Gyan Bharati School Annual Day Function
Gyan Bharati School, Saket held the annual function recently at its auditorium. The chief guest Prof M Aslam, VC of Indira Gandhi National Open University, along with the chairman of the School Gopal Ansal presided over the function.
The cultural programme began with 0rchestra recital — Vishwaroopini, a beautifully synchronised music composition started with the Durga Strotam.
Prof Aslam very strongly advocated that integrity, honesty, trust, tolerance and compassion are necessary to build a complete human being. He also stressed that integrity has to be beyond doubt and the trust meant expectations. He complemented the school on performance and its outstanding achievements.
The director of the school, RC Shekhar advised the parents not to give stress to the children rather support them and let them blossom.
Alumni Meet At Mdi
The MDI’s national alumni meet event kick-started with the performance of Man Goes Human. The 10-year meet which was the first of its kind in MDI was organised for the batches of 2003 and 2004.
The two-day event saw MDI alumni flying in from various parts of the world like Singapore and Dubai. It gave the alumni a platform to relive the campus life once again and reminisce about the time spend together. The event saw the alumni flexing their muscles in a friendly cricket match between themselves. The alumni could be seen roaming around the campus spending time at Jhaji's - the ever so popular canteen of MDI and recollecting their hostel stories.
The present batch of MDI felicitated the prominent alumni by putting up old photographs on display, sharing stories, old videos and performance and professors narrating class room stories were some of the activities that were organised during the event.
The night ended with the alumni lighting Chinese lanterns as a sign of the strong and prosperous bond.
Tobacco Free Initiative
Madhu Bala Institute of Communication and Electronic Media (MBICEM), affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha university (GGSIPU), organised a programme — The Tobacco Free Initiative to create awareness among students in the college. Students as well as teachers participated in the programme with greater enthusiasm.
Addressing the students, the director of MBICEM, Prof Madhu Bala Julka expressed her serious concern over bad effects of tobacco consumption and growing deaths. She called upon the young generation not to consume it as a fashion and discard it for sake of their sound health.
On the occasion, the audio-visual message of dean of All India Institute of Medical Sciences Dr PK Jukla was demonstrated. The director felicitated to seven students including Rithym Sachdeva, Nikhil Mishra, Abhishek Rana and Aastha Singhal with awards for successful winners in the painting and declamation contests.
The programme was sponsored by the GGSIPU and the World lung Foundation.