The DAV Public School, Pokhariput held its Silver Jubilee celebrations on May 1 with much fanfare.
DAV College Managing Committee president Dr Punam Suri and director (PS-II) Dr Nisha Peshin among others graced the occasion and inspired the children.
The school was started in 1992 with a meager 182 students and nine faculty members, but today the student strength has gone up to 2,500 and the faculty nearly 120. It is the only school from Eastern India to receive the Computer literacy Award from the Government of India.
The school has been known for its excellence in various fields. Ananya Sritam Nanda, who has become a national singing sensation by wearing the crown as the Indian Idol Junior –2015, is a student of the school.
The National School Sanitation Award from HRD Ministry, Government of India, Computer literacy award among all the schools of India. National Teachers Award from the President, Gold medal from the president DAV CMC , New Delhi for the cause of Education and
Rajiv Gandhi Ekta Award, Arya Samaj, Nari Shakti Samman, Nitya Nutan Sammana and Sura Tarang Awards and many more.
Master Deepraj Pandey, currently in Class XII, has been selected for the leadership Seminars at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA, to be organised in the month of July. Master Satwik Dash, presently in Class XII was adjudged as the ‘Best Foreign Delegate’ in Moscow International Model United Nations held in Moscow.
Abhisek Sahoo topped the range with 98.4 per cent and stood 2nd in the State in 2015. Abinash Pati a student of 2007 batch stood 1st in state and 2nd in National level. Deepak Ranjan Malla repeated a grand success story as he bagged All India Rank (AIR)-1 in JIPMER-2014 in PH category after grabbing the All India first rank in AIPMT this year in his category. As an icing on the cake, Arnab Panigrahi, a student of our school, who has been basking under the glory of being first in the State in AIPMT in general category, once again got the State rank – 1 in JIPMER. Asitav Sarkar and Abhisek Sahoo qualified for IIT with a good AIR. Ankita Panda won first prize in the 4th Cultural Olympiad of Performing Arts in the Singapore Repertory Theatre in the year 2014.
Ksyama Sagar Kabi, Swagat Narayan Dash and Braj Kishore brought laurels for school in CBSE National and Cluster meet respectively. Shreya Pattnaik a national badminton player grown from our school. Satwik Shuvoday and Asif Anwar brought
the glory in the field of
Kick Boxing at national level, said a release.