The regional directorate of DAV institutions, Odisha, Zone-1 here organised a felicitation ceremony at the DAV Public School, Chandrasekharpur for the students of class XII, those who secured excellent positions in the CBSE examinations and various entrance tests.
School and Mass Education, Science and Technology Minister Badrinarayan Patra was the chief guest on the occasion who inaugurated the ceremony. He gave away the prizes to the students and the faculty members who topped the list of the zone with highest percentage of marks along with the toppers of various All India Entrance Examinations like JEE Advanced (IIT), NEET, AIIMS, JIPMER, NISER etc.
The zone toppers of Science, Commerce and Humanities were also felicitated. The meeting was presided over by the Regional Director, Dr KC Satapathy.
Assistant Regional Director Deep Gambhir coordinated the programme and Dr Sujata, Principal, DAV Pokhariput proposed vote of thanks.
Among the others, the Chairmen of DAVs, Madan Mohan Panda, Sarat Chandra Mishra, Krushna Chandra Nayak and Dr Pradip Kumar Rout were present.
DAV Unit – 8, DAV Pokhariput and DAV Chandrasekharpur were awarded as 1st, 2nd and 3rd Best schools respectively for scoring highest school average.