The SAI International School here held its investiture ceremony on July 22 last to bestow upon the students the laurel of being the leaders of the school. DG of Police Prakash Mishra was the chief guest of the function.
The felicitation ceremony of the student council body was followed by the formal oath taking ceremony of the student senate. The head boy and head girl in their speeches affirmed their missions and solemnly pledged to keep the flag of the school flying high. School chairman Dr Bijoy Sahoo elaborated on the qualities of integrity and discipline and thanked Mishra for gracing the occasion.
Mishra in his address congratulated SAI International School for being ‘a monument of education’. He further added that the investiture ceremony in the school is an occasion for great pride. For those chosen by the school to shoulder the responsibility is not just an honour which makes you stand a step ahead of your peers, but is also a reminder that you have duties to perform, he said. He asserted that discipline is of utmost importance and should be an integral quality of every human being. He urged the student council members to be helpful as true sense of achievement comes only by helping the deprived.
Vikram Aditya Sahoo was appointed as the head boy and Soudamini Pogaru as head girl, while Vishal Aditya Sahoo was nominated as the cultural secretary (Boy) and Shrivalli Ghosh cultural secretary (girl). Hemant Gupta and Avantika Dhakre have been appointed as sports captains (Boy) and (Girl), respectively. The student council body of the school has a total of 28 members.
The function was graced by Principal Harish Sanduja, Trustee Silpi Sahoo, senior Vice Principal Nilakantha Panigrahi, Vice Principal (Secondary) Rinku Sarangi, Vice Principal (Primary) Rashmi Pandey, teachers, staff and students of the school.