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STUDENT EDITORSSTUDENT EDITORSSTUDENT EDITORSSTUDENT EDITORSSTUDENT EDITORSAnujnath Purohit XI BAshutosh Pathak XI AMeet Parikh XI ASohana Bakshi XI CAkshay Rathi XI BLabdhi Deliwala XI CDipasha Mukherji XI A

STSTSTSTSTAFFAFFAFFAFFAFFEnglish Section:Mrs. Sushil BatraMrs. Marykutty VergheseMrs. Namrata MahendraMrs. Nilanjana Sarkar

Primary Section:Mrs. Jaishree SharmaMrs. Jaishree Patil

Hindi Section:Mrs. Sadhana ChhabraMrs. Mamta Jain

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Visualisation:Khyati Shukla XIA

Mr. Biswajyoti MahantaMr. Avijit Dutta

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ACCOLACCOLACCOLACCOLACCOLADESADESADESADESADESBhavan’s VBhavan’s VBhavan’s VBhavan’s VBhavan’s Vadodara among India’s most high pradodara among India’s most high pradodara among India’s most high pradodara among India’s most high pradodara among India’s most high profile schoolsofile schoolsofile schoolsofile schoolsofile schools

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Public School, Vadodara, has been ranked No.1 in Vadodara, No.17among the top schools in Western Region and No.59 on all India basis, according to a surveyconducted by Education World (September 2008 issue), in respect of India’s 250 most respectedschools in 15 cities countrywide with reference to 12 parameters of balanced educationprovision. India’s most respected schools survey is conducted for Education World by theDelhi- based market research & opinion polls agency Cfore (Centre for forecasting & research)which specialises in appraisal of educational and other institutions at the national level. Therespondents were a carefully chosen mix of parents, principals, teachers and educationists in 15cities across India.

The evaluation parameters were academic reputation, co-curricular education, competence offaculty, sports education, individual attention to students, value for money, leadership, manage-ment policy, parental involvement, infrastructure provision, quality of alumni, honesty / integrity andselectivity in admissions.

It is a matter of great pride for us that our school is placed among the Top Ten with reference toCompetence of Faculty, Sports Education, and Honesty and Integrity (transparency indealing with school functioning especially with students and parents).

The high rating that the school has received from public bears testimony to the fact that ourendeavours are being recognised.

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The school is committed to its responsibiltiy to society and makes all

efforts to contribute its mite to social causes. Our school has won the

FIRST PRIZE for the 3rd consecutive year for

maximum contribution on the Armed Forces Flag Day.

Mr Hemant Kumar, Principal I/c attended the special function at the

Governor’s House in Gandhinagar on 8th December, 2008, at which

the school was honoured by His Excellency Governor of Gujarat

Shri Naval Kishore Sharma.

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Every year brings something new. This yearhas been no different. There have been changesin the school, not too radical but not too subtleeither. One such change was the setting up ofa Resource Room for teachers. This resourceroom will enable the teachers to do some of theirimportant tasks, especially those related to com-puter.

This year, the school has introduced a newsubject Graphic Design for the students ofClass XI in keeping with the demand of thetime and for their holistic development.

The next was the readjustment in the systemof refreshments. Now, students are servedsnacks in the morning short break. This changehas found a way into most of the students’

hearts and has been appreciated by one andall.

Our school management has alwayspersevered for better. Several committees,including School Management Committee,were constituted to facilitate smooth function-ing of the school.

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We were deeply honoured by the visit of HisHoliness Shankaracharya of KanchiKamakoti Peetam on June 11, 2008. Heblessed our new Staff Training Centre bylighting the lamp and chanting the mantras. Hisdivine presence lent an auspicious start to theinception of the Training Centre.

WWWWWelcome to Bhavan’selcome to Bhavan’selcome to Bhavan’selcome to Bhavan’selcome to Bhavan’sWe warmly welcome the following staff to our fold:

Smt. Mamta JainShri Mahindrasinh Vihol

Smt. Namrata R. MahendraSmt. Devasena SubbianSmt. Neelanjana Sarkar

Smt. Rajashree A JambekarMs. Priti Y Parmar

Smt. Sonal S SharmaSmt. Jaishree J PatilMs. Monica R Sehgal

Ms. Harshida V UtekarSmt. Shalini R VermaSmt. Pamela S GhoshMs. Noopur J Solanki

Shri Mukeshsinh ShekawatShri Dipak Parmar

Smt. Savita BhardwajSmt. Swati Sharma

Shri Anish PillaiSmt. Deepali Bhalerao

Ms. Darshini Shah(Counsellor)Shri Haritkumar Dave(office)

YEAR 2008-2009 IN RETROSPECTYEAR 2008-2009 IN RETROSPECTYEAR 2008-2009 IN RETROSPECTYEAR 2008-2009 IN RETROSPECTYEAR 2008-2009 IN RETROSPECT

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MERIT CERTIFICATESMERIT CERTIFICATESMERIT CERTIFICATESMERIT CERTIFICATESMERIT CERTIFICATESA total of 10 students of our school received the CBSE Merit Certificates for falling in the bracket of0.1 % of successful candidates in the All India Secondary School Examination and All India SeniorSchool Certificate Examination 2008.

Of the 10 students, 7 bagged the certificates for their excellent scores in Science, Social Studiesand IT at Secondary level and three received for Biology at the Senior School level.

X XShubhra Ruparel 100 I.T. Khyati Shukla 99 S.S.Abhilash Nair 100 I.T. Ashutosh Pathak 99 ScienceThrishna Menon 100 I.T. XIIReema Baxi 100 S.S. Rishabh Handa 99 BiologyDrishti Khatri 99 S.S. Sapan Shah 99 Biology

Dyutee Dawda 99 Biology

Shikshan Bharati has honoured Shubhra Ruparel, Abhilash Nair, Thrishna Menon and ReemaBaxi for scoring the highest marks at AISSE.Ashutosh Pathak was awarded a merit certificate and a cash prize by GAIL India for being amongthe top five in the city, in Hindi in Class X Board Examination.

BOARD RESULTS - 2008BOARD RESULTS - 2008BOARD RESULTS - 2008BOARD RESULTS - 2008BOARD RESULTS - 2008AISSE (Class X)AISSE (Class X)AISSE (Class X)AISSE (Class X)AISSE (Class X)

Rank Name of the Students Percentage Marks(600)I Drishti Khatri 94.33% 566II Ashutosh Pathak 94.16% 565III Khyati Shukla 94.00% 564

AISSCE (Class XII) ScienceAISSCE (Class XII) ScienceAISSCE (Class XII) ScienceAISSCE (Class XII) ScienceAISSCE (Class XII) ScienceRank Name of the Students Percentage Marks(500)

I Agrim Gupta 95.00% 475II Rishabh Handa 94.20% 471III Abhinav Achreja 92.80% 464

AISSCE (Class XII) CommerceAISSCE (Class XII) CommerceAISSCE (Class XII) CommerceAISSCE (Class XII) CommerceAISSCE (Class XII) CommerceRank Name of the Students Percentage Marks(500)

I Abhishek Jain 87.00% 435II Rahul Khudai 83.00% 415III Sagar Mehta 82.80% 414

Brief Result AnalysisBrief Result AnalysisBrief Result AnalysisBrief Result AnalysisBrief Result AnalysisPARTICULARS X XII XII

SCIENCE COMMERCE

NO OF STUDENTS APPEARED 122 85 37NO OF STUDENTS SCORING 90% AND ABOVE 12 6 0NO OF STUDENTS SCORING BETWEEN 80% AND 90% 33 17 7

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ADIEUADIEUADIEUADIEUADIEU

We bid farewell to the following six membersof the Bhavan’s family who have retired aftercontributing their best to it :

One of our oldest teachers, Mr. S. M. Desai,Coordinator of Senior Section, servedBhavan’s for 39 years. His soft-spoken wordsand calmness under any provocation won theconfidence of all his colleagues.

Mr. C.M. George retired after having put in 35years of service, most of which was devoted tosetting up the present day well- equipped Biol-ogy Lab.

Ms. Snehlata Surana was with us for 33 years.She was a hardworking teacher and dischargedher duties sincerely.

Mrs. S. Mane had a long innings of 21 years.She retired as the Coordinator of K.G section.

Mrs. Sunanda Ekbote served the school for 21years. Her gentle behavior endeared her to thestudents and her colleagues.

Mrs. Chetna Parikh worked in the school for 20years. As a member of the administrative staff,she discharged her duties efficiently and sin-cerely.

We also bid adieu to:

Mr. V. S. Gopinath, Principal.

Mrs. Vidya Shirdish, Vice Principal

Mrs. Purnima Gupta, Mrs. Roshini Biju,Mrs. Deepali D’Souza – teaching staff.

Mr. Shailesh Shah, member of the administra-tive staff.

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Mr. Hemant Kumar has taken over asPrincipal-in-charge of the school. We wish himall the best for his future endeavours.

Mrs. Daksha Desai has been promoted asHeadmistress of the Primary Section. Underher leadership, teachers and students of thesection will surely be motivated to work forgreater achievements.

CongratulationsCongratulationsCongratulationsCongratulationsCongratulations

We congratulateMr. Dinanath Dhindholkar on tying the nuptialknot. We wish him all joy and happiness in hismarried life.

Mr. B. Mahanta on being blessed with an an-gelic daughter.

Long Service Awards

Mrs. Sudha Sethi, Mr. Sanjeev Pendse andMrs. Shobhana Nigotkar were presented withLong Service Awards for having completed 25years of service to the school.

Teacher Awardees

Dr. Anjali Dhar received the ParyavaranDronacharya Award from ICWESSAR. Shewas also awarded a Gold Medal by MIFEE forcreating environmental awareness in theschool.

Smt. Mamta Jain was awarded the ‘RashtraBhasha Bhushan Puraskar’ by MahatmaGandhi Hindi Prachar Sanstha.

Mr. Jagdish Jangid was adjudged the Best QuizCoordinator for conducting the AustralianChemistry Quiz, 2008.

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Our school maintains an enviable track recordin academics and as usual academics contin-ues to be our prime concern and top priority.Our Board results for Std. X and XII have beenoutstanding. Drishti Khatri of Std. X secured the1st position with 94.33%. Agrim Gupta with 95%and Rishabh Handa with 94.2% stood 1st and2nd respectively in Vadodara city in the Std. XIIscience stream Board examination. AbhishekJain stood first in XII commerce with 87% marks.

A total of 10 students were awarded certificateof merit by CBSE for their outstanding perfor-mance in the Board exams and for being amongthe top 0.1% of successful candidates in Std. Xand XII examinations this year.

Shubhra Ruparel, Abhilash Nair and ThrishnaMenon secured cent % marks in IntroductoryInformation Technology and Reema Baxi se-cured the same in Social Science. They havealso been honored by Shikshan Bharti for scor-ing the highest marks in Std. X Board Exams.Ashutosh Pathak was awarded a merit certifi-cate and a cash prize by GAIL India for beingamong the top five in Hindi in Std. X Board Ex-amination in Vadodara city.

Education world surEducation world surEducation world surEducation world surEducation world surveyveyveyveyveyIt gives me immense pleasure to announce thatBhartiya Vidya Bhavan’s Vadodara has beenranked 1st in the city, 3rd in Gujarat for the sec-ond consecutive year and 17th among the topschools in Western Region and 59th in the coun-try on the basis of a survey conducted by “Edu-cation World”, the Human Development Maga-zine in its September 2008 issue. EducationWorld surveyed more than 125 Day Schoolson 12 different parameters and our school isamong top 10 schools all over India in 3 pa-rameters: faculty competence, honesty / integ-rity (transparency in dealing with school func-tioning especially with students and parents)and sports education.

Dr. Alpan Raval, an Associate Professor ofMathematics and Computational Biology at theClaremont Colleges in California, Mrs. Raval,Shri S. Seshadri, our Director, Shri D.S Dalal,Registrar, Esteemed guests, Members of theManaging Committee of our school, respectedparents, Old students, Colleagues and my dearstudents, It gives me immense pleasure to wel-come you all for our annual day.

We are extremely happy to have in our midst,Dr Alpan Raval, a distinguished old studentwho passed out of the school in 1985. He hadconsistently maintained a high academic recordthroughout his schooling and his name figuresin our roll of honour. Moreover, he had secured1st rank among CBSE schools in Gujarat in Std.XII Board Examination. He pursued his educa-tion and completed his M.Sc. 5 year integratedprogramme in Physics from the prestigious IITKanpur and later did his Ph.D. in TheoreticalPhysics from University of Maryland, USA,where he secured 1st rank among 60 Ph.D. can-didates. He has a number of achievements tohis credit and some of them include his beingthe recipient of Faculty Research ExcellenceAward, Keck Graduate Institute. He hasauthored about 30 referred publications in In-ternational journals. Apart from discovering asimple major cause of variations in evolution-ary rate of genes within higher organisms, Dr.Raval is also a co-investigator on the prestigious5 million Dollar US National Science Founda-tion Research grant award for studies at thefrontiers of Integrative Biological Research.

All these awards conferred on him bear a testi-mony to his being an academician par excel-lence and his presence has certainly added atouch of grandeur to the occasion.

May I now present a brief report of some of theachievements of the school?

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Our school has been the co-coordinating cen-tre for both AIEEE and GATE for 5 consecutiveyears.

Sports round upSports round upSports round upSports round upSports round upWe are also proud to announce that in thesports arena school features 8th in the countryaccording to the Education World Survey.Sports and games are the bedrock of disciplineand hence great emphasis is laid on theseactivities in the school. Therefore games havebeen made compulsory from this year for thestudents up to Std. VIII and optional for thestudents from Std. IX to XII.

Some of our sports achievements are asSome of our sports achievements are asSome of our sports achievements are asSome of our sports achievements are asSome of our sports achievements are asfol lowsfol lowsfol lowsfol lowsfol lows1. Ambica Batas our ace skater, showed her

mettle at the District level Skating Competi-tion by bagging 3 Silver medals. She willbe participating at the School Games Na-tionals at Chandigarh. She was awarded Rs4500/- by Shri. Narendra Modi, Chief Min-ister of Gujarat, on Women’s Day and alsowon the Rajya Ramat Veer Award of Rs2500/-. She has been nominated for SardarPatel Award for excellence in sports for the3rd consecutive year.

2. Sagar Hastak of Std. XI bagged 4 Gold med-als in the U-19 CBSE West Zone SwimmingChampionship and was awarded individualchampionship. He also bagged 1 Bronzemedal in 100 mts free style in the U-16 cat-egory in both the IPSC Nationals and CBSENationals.

3. Dhrumil Gandhi of Std. IX was selected forthe Gujarat U-16 Football team to play inthe All India National Mir Iqbal Football Tro-phy.

4. 28 schools participated in CBSE West ZoneTennis Championship and our school’s U-19 team comprising Rushi Amin, KavitMehta, Bruhad Mankad and Nakul Naik wasthe champion and will participate in CBSENational Tennis Championship. Rushi Amin

and Kavit Mehta have been selected for theU-19 IPSC Tennis team to represent inSGFI games. Bruhad Mankad is selectedin the U-17 for the same.

5. Kandarpa Makwana of STD VI received ascholarship of Rs. 5500/- from Sports Au-thority of Gujarat for Excellent performancein swimming.

6. 17 schools participated in the The Mayor’sCup U-16 Inter School Football tournamentand our school emerged victorious. DhrumilGandhi, Amogh Godbole, Abhishek Shah,Aman Shah and Soham Pendse from theteam have been selected to play for theBaroda District Football team.

7. Rushali Jaiswal and Aastha Shah of Std.IX played for Baroda U-19 Basket-Ball teamin the youth Basketball Championship inwhich Baroda team became champion. Inthe CBSE Cluster Basketball TournamentZeel Gandhi was awarded the PromisingPlayer of the Tournament.

8. Era Moghe of Std. VIII and ShashwatBulusu of Std. VII were selected for Barodadistrict U-14 Basketball team in whichBaroda District team became Champions.

9. Dimpi Thakkar of Std. VII won both the Goldand Silver medals in the open Baroda Skat-ing Competition in the U-14 category.

10.Prabhav Thakkar and Anand Bhuwa of Std.V won the first and second position respec-tively in the 10th Open Baroda District Ka-rate Championship organized by AlkapuriOfficer’s Club.

Extra curricular activitiesExtra curricular activitiesExtra curricular activitiesExtra curricular activitiesExtra curricular activitiesCo-curricular activities are the hall-mark ofpublic schools and keeping with this trend, ourschool provides a platform to the students invarious activities, through Inter House compe-titions which were held in conformity with thewell-planned school calendar. In addition to theIntra School contests students are also encour-aged to participate at Inter School level.

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Our school was adjudged the best in the WestZone Science Exhibition conducted on 4th and5th August by CBSE. The model for WaterManagement for Modern Vadodara presentedby Std IX students comprising Abhishek Kahar,Aaditya Jain, Manthan Joshi and Ujjwal Shahenabled them to qualify for the next round atNational level in the category of WaterManagement.

Shrey Bhat of Std. X received 1st prize in theO.P Jindal Poetry Writing Contest.

Our team consisting of Shaurya Singh of Std.VIII and Rohini Singh of Std. X bagged 1st prizein the Quiz Competition conducted by VadodaraManagement Association.

In a written quiz under the programme ‘Savethe Earth’ organized by ICWESSAR, JayatiBhatt of Std. X topped the Senior Category andbagged a gold medal. Out of 200 students whotook part, 114 scored distinction grade. Theteacher-in-charge Dr. Anjali Dhar received thePariyavaran Dhronacharya Award.

The team comprising Niyati Khamar of Std. VIand Suraj Pandya of Std. VII stood first in MaggiGood Food Quiz organized for Std. 6th and 7th.

Iken scientifica 2008, a Pan-India event usingthe latest technology was organized in ourschool.

Our school organized the 13th Interschool GitaRecitation Competition and emerged as thewinners. As we were the host school, the tro-phy was lifted by Reliance School, which stoodsecond in the contest.

As a part of our Green Drive, more than 250students from primary and middle section withthe help of their teachers planted saplings on31st July in our school campus. It was spon-sored by Bombardier. Shri Rajeev Jyoti, Man-aging Director of Bombardier also participatedin the programme and planted a sapling.

Along with the academic excellence, inculcat-ing human values in the future nation buildersis of paramount importance. Hence, Bhavan’shas instituted C. Subramaniam award, a spe-cial award for the best character in 3 catego-ries and a certificate for harmonious behaviour.This is with a view of grooming the wholesomepersonality of a child.

The school takes its responsibility towards thewelfare of the society at large seriously. Likeevery year, this year too, students put their bestfoot forward and collected a sum of Rs. 14,210/- for Global Cancer Concern Society. For the3rd consecutive year the school won the 1st prizeand an appreciation certificate for the maximumcontribution on the Armed Forces Flag Daywhich is held to commemorate the services ofthe martyrs who died serving the nation. Thisyear, the Governer of Gujarat will be honouringour school for its outstanding contribution to thecause, and for donating the highest sum in thestate, at a special function on Armed ForcesFlag Day, to be organized on 8th December inGandhinagar.

Visit to Nani NaroliVisit to Nani NaroliVisit to Nani NaroliVisit to Nani NaroliVisit to Nani NaroliWith a view to encourage the upcoming school,our institution deputed the members from dif-ferent departments to Bhavan’s Academy,GIPCL, Nani Naroli where an interactive ses-sion was arranged with the staff to familiarizethe Board question paper style and tips weregiven to the students of the board classes toinstil confidence in them. Following this, thestudents of Nani Naroli stayed in our campustill the end of April and had intensive coachingsessions to prepare them for their Board exami-nations.

The school has also proposed to host IPSC andCBSE activities in our school.

The school as the facilitator of civic activities,has decided to throw open its doors to the resi-dents of Baroda for the various cultural activi-ties at a nominal charge.

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VisitorsVisitorsVisitorsVisitorsVisitorsWe were deeply honoured by the visit of hisHoliness Swami Jayendra Saraswati,Shankaracharaya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam,on June 11, 2008. He blessed our newStaff Training Centre by lighting the lamp andchanting the mantras.

School has been a host to distinguishedspeakers who enlighten the students onvarious issues related to their well-being.

Career Counselling sessions are also held fromtime to time to assist the students to be awareof the various avenues available.

TTTTTours & Tours & Tours & Tours & Tours & TripsripsripsripsripsTours and trips are an important facet of ourschool routine. We are committed to inculcatea good general awareness, inter-personal skillsand poise and hence regular trips and yearlytours are conducted which also offers them awelcome change. During Diwali vacation stu-dents from Std VI to IX went on an educationaltour to Madhya Pradesh visiting Bhopal,Jabalpur, Kanha National Park and other his-torical places.

The hostel students took a breather from theirhectic schedule to visit Patan and Diu. Theyvisited snehalaya, an old age home and or-phanage to give back something of intangiblevalue to the society. They distributed sweetsand gifts and played games with the childrenwhich brought a smile to their faces and alsoturned out to be a reinvigorating experience forour students.

CelebrationsCelebrationsCelebrationsCelebrationsCelebrationsWhile our school is one of the pioneers in tech-nological advancement and modernization, ithas not forgotten its roots and thus celebratesfestivals like Navratri, Ganesh Chaturthi andJanmastami with great zest and fervour. It alsopaid homage to the unsung heroes who freedout country by celebrating Independence Daywith great enthusiasm.

Principal’s ConferencePrincipal’s ConferencePrincipal’s ConferencePrincipal’s ConferencePrincipal’s Conference

Regional Conference of Bhavan’s schoolsPrincipals of central and western zone was heldin our school campus in which principals of 9schools participated. Various issues includinginteractions of schools at common platformwere discussed. Shri Seshadari, the Directortook a session on Conflict Management and Igave a presentation on IT implementation inschools

It is important for teachers to continuouslyreevaluate their skills and upgrade their knowl-edge according to the need of the times. Therehave been certain changes in the NCERTsyllabus in Social Science, Mathematics andHindi and accordingly Mrs Mamta Jain,Mrs. Namrata Mahendra and Mrs. Anita Tripathiattended an orientation programme organizedby CBSE for Master Trainers on the use of newTextbooks.

Mrs. Tejashree Somani attended CBSE Math-ematics orientation programme at Udaipur. Aseminar on empowering the teachers to en-gage the students in learning Mathematics forStd. VII to Std. XII was attended by Mrs. SujataPagedar and Mrs. Devasena. Workshop onLearning disability and Learning difficulty wasattended by Ms. Darshini Shah. Mr. JayeshChaturvedi, Mrs Sonal Sharma and Mr.Prashant Desai attended a two day symposiumon Open Source Software. Mrs. Sandhya Vigand Mrs. Sheetal Nijhawan attended a two dayWorkshop on “Developing a Need based Cur-riculum”. A 3 day workshop held in our schoolon Transformation conducted by Dr. B. M.Palan was attended by our teaching staff. Work-shop on Contextualising material was attendedby Mrs. Jayshree Sharma.

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Our Std. VI to IX students participated in a ModelRocketry workshop in our school. XerxesDaruwala, Zeel Gandhi, Vivek Rajan, GuljanSewani, Harsh Thakkar, and AnandrajGaekwad attended a Personality Developmentprogramme.

We congratulate Mrs. Daksha Desai who hastaken charge as Headmistress of the JuniorSchool consisting of classes from Nursery to V.

We deeply mourn the death of Shri S M Parekh,Principal Emeritus, Director of Education,Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s and ShikshanBharati and the Chairman of Governing Bodyof our school. His 62 years of unstintingservice, organizational skills and above all hisdeep sense of humility will be cherished by all.May his soul rest in peace.

It is with a heavy heart that we report theuntimely demise of Mr. Kiritbhai. He tirelesslyserved the school for 14 years. We pray to Godto give the members of his family the strengthto bear their irreparable loss.

3. I extend my appreciation and thanks to theDistrict Administration and Local Policewithout whose cooperation and assistancewe could not have worked so smoothly.

4. We are also grateful to the MunicipalCorporation, the Collectorate, the Electric-ity Board for their help and support. Weexpect their continued cooperation in futurealso.

5. We thank CBSE and Gujarat EducationDepartment for their help and support.

6. Last but not the least I thank the entireteaching and non teaching staff of all cat-egories for their unstinting dedication andconstant efforts.

7. Thank you once again for being with us thisevening.

1. I take this opportunity tothank well wishers, oldstudents, parents of ourstudents for their implicitfaith in the institution andcontinued support andgenuine concern towardsthe progress of the school.

2. I am also grateful to themembers of the print andthe electronic media forthe excellent coveragebeing provided to theschool.

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Meet: We are all aware of your achievements.What role did the school play in your success?Dr. Raval: If truth be told, I was not geneticallypredisposed to become a biologist. I evenmanaged to fail in one of my maths exams!However, all the teachers were extremelycaring and supportive. It was they who mademe realize my potential. Passing through thesecorridors of knowledge, I have gainedenormous experience. I am what I am, allbecause of Bhavan’s.

Ashutosh: What were some of your favouritethings about school when you were a studenthere?Dr. Raval: In my opinion, the best thing aboutBhavan’s is the freedom it gives to its students.The freedom to discuss problems other than

Ashutosh: Sir, I’m sure the students would be

excited to know more about your subjects ofresearch and your work in the field of Compu-tational Biology….if you could throw some lightupon it.Dr. Raval: My work centres around thesynthesis of Biology and Mathematics. I am apart of the Human Genome Project which hasgenerated a lot of interest recently. Basically,our job is to analyze DNA structure and itsmathematical aspects aided by computers.

Ashutosh: Sir, you graduated from the schoolin 1985. What changes did you notice whenyou stepped into the school today?Dr. Raval: The school hasn’t undergone a dras-tic change, but sure,there are a lot more facili-

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ties now. We didn’thave a computer labthen.

Meet : After such a longtime, what are the as-pects that you find un-changed in the school?Dr. Raval: Well, the stu-dents are ever so politeand courteous. The

spirit has not changed at all. This was exactlythe atmosphere when I was here.

Ashutosh: You must have participated in theAnnual Day Function during your time here.How do you feel at being invited as the ChiefGuest today?Dr. Raval: I don’t remember actually participat-ing in the function. It feels very strange beingaddressed as a Chief Guest. But I’m certainlylooking forward to it.

those of the curriculumwas a great facet notmany schools in thecountry provide. Also,there was no bullying atall which I liked verymuch.

Meet: Sir, being an alum-nus of the school, whatmessage would you liketo convey to the present

batch of students?Dr. Raval: I would like to advise all students tofollow their dreams with steadfast determina-tion, enthusiasm and zeal. It does not matterwhich field you choose, you must excel in what-ever you take up. And success is one percentdetermination and ninety nine percent perspi-ration.

Ashutosh and Meet: Thank you , Sir, forsparing some time for us.

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Bhavan’s has stepped forward to lend ahelping hand to streamline the various intrica-cies involved in the smooth functioning of theupcoming Bhavans’ Academy, GIPCL, NaniNaroli. In its formative years, Mr. Mayur Desaiwas deputed to help them get over teethingtroubles.

Mr. Simon George was deputed as Principal-in-charge for four and half months in the sameschool.

Mrs. Sushil Batra, Mr. Simon George,Mr. Jayesh Chaturvedi, Mrs. Rani Garg,Mrs. Tejashree Somani and Dr. Anjali Dhar fromthe school staff were deputed to GIPCLBhavans, Nani Naroli, on 4th April, 2008, toguide and prepare the students of their firstbatch of Class X for AISSE 2008-09.

Following this, the same students stayed on ourcampus from 25-30th April for coaching sessionswith the teachers to update themselves with the

Regional Conference of Bhavan’s School Principals –Regional Conference of Bhavan’s School Principals –Regional Conference of Bhavan’s School Principals –Regional Conference of Bhavan’s School Principals –Regional Conference of Bhavan’s School Principals –Central and WCentral and WCentral and WCentral and WCentral and West Zoneest Zoneest Zoneest Zoneest Zone

Our School was the venue for the Regional Conference of Principals of Bhavans’ Schoolsof Central and Western Zone. Nine Principals attended the conference held on 28th and 29th

August, 2008. There were intense discussions on various issues related to schools such ascomprehensive evaluation, Interschool competitions and cultural programme, Interschooltournaments, Olympiad Camp, work shops and Shikshan Bharati’s ranking of schools.

Shri S. Seshadri, the Director, gave a power point presentation on management ofconflicts. It was followed by discussions on case studies involving conflicts based on real lifesituations in schools .He invited the Principals to make use of the training centre facilitiesavailable at our school to conduct their training programme and workshops. The conferenceenabled them to plan out an effective programme of action for the next academic year.

WWWWWorkshop on children with special needsorkshop on children with special needsorkshop on children with special needsorkshop on children with special needsorkshop on children with special needsA workshop on ‘Children with special needs’ was organized by Shri. S. Seshadri, theDirector, for principals, teachers and counsellors of Bhavan’s schools in the Central andWest Zone from 4th - 6th December, 2008.

It was inaugurated by Shri A.K Sinha , Principal of Delhi Public School, Harni, Vadodara, who,in his address, appreciated that schools are now more open and sensitive towards needs ofspecial children. He emphasized that Bhavan’s is a culture and a movement with a mission toacquaint educators with simple yet essential strategies that would help children with learningdisabilities, and emotional and behavioral problems in classroom.

The workshop was conducted by Dr. Shruti Bhargava, Faculty of Home Science, MSU,Vadodara, Mrs. Vasthala Sharma, Special Educator, Mumbai, and Dr. Sudipta Roy, Dept.ofPsychology, M.S. University, Vadodara. They focused on the role of teachers in dealing withchildren having special needs. On the last day of the workshop, Mr. Rakesh Saxena , Director,Sikshan Bharati ,addressed the school assembly motivating the young minds and laudingthe efforts taken by the school for organizing such workshops.

Bhavan’s Role in upcoming schoolsBhavan’s Role in upcoming schoolsBhavan’s Role in upcoming schoolsBhavan’s Role in upcoming schoolsBhavan’s Role in upcoming schools

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latest learning methodology. Tips were givento instil confidence in them.

We wish them all the very best for theirforthcoming Board Exams.

Mrs. Nirmala Ganesh and Mrs. TejashreeSomani were deputed for evaluation of teach-ers of GIPCL Bhavan’s on 20th January,2009.They were accompanied by the DirectorMr. Seshadari and the Principal Mr. HemantKumar.

A group of six Class XI students of Bhavan’sSchool, Nadiad, stayed on our campus andattended classes from 12th - 16th February,2009. The objective of their visit was to seekguidance on CBSE paper style, practical examand examination pattern with respect to the mainsubjects in the commerce stream. They inter-acted with the students of commerce batch foran update of various reference books andsample papers.

Promoting Professional GrowthPromoting Professional GrowthPromoting Professional GrowthPromoting Professional GrowthPromoting Professional GrowthThe evolving changes in education requireteachers to update themselves on how toenhance teaching strategies and how to effec-tively apply them in classroom situations. Forthis purpose, the teaching staff of our schoolregularly attends workshops , seminars andorientation programmes.

Principal I/c. Mr. Hemant Kumar attendedConference of Principals of Sahodaya Schoolscomplexes organised by CBSE in Bhopal from12th December to 18th December 2008. From27th December to 29th December 2008, he wasat the Scindia School, Gwalior, where heattended the 69th IPSC Annual Conference ofPrincipals. He also visited Bhavan’s RajajiVidyashram, Chennai, from 27th January to 2ndFebruary, 2009.

Stress Management and Self-Stress Management and Self-Stress Management and Self-Stress Management and Self-Stress Management and Self-Development ProgrammeDevelopment ProgrammeDevelopment ProgrammeDevelopment ProgrammeDevelopment ProgrammeA three-day workshop on “tranceformation” aHolistic Stress Management and SelfDevelopment Programme was organized for all

the teachers of the school in April 2008. It wasconducted by Dr. B.M. Palan, M.D. , D. Clin ,Hypno. (U.S.A).

The programme focused on the need to trans-form our life style, habits and attitudes in theface of changing times and circumstances. Itcomprised the basic theoretical concepts anduse of various techniques to develop positivethinking and healthy attitudes which reflect onone’s personal life and professionalperformance.

The entire programme was an enrichingexperience for the teachers.

Open Source Software SymposiumOpen Source Software SymposiumOpen Source Software SymposiumOpen Source Software SymposiumOpen Source Software SymposiumA symposium on Open Source Software wasorganized by the Computer Centre of M.S.University in association with Vibrant GNU andLinux User Group on 12th and 13th April 2008.Mr Jayesh Chaturvedi, Mrs. Sonal Sharma andMr. Prashant Desai from our school took part inthe symposium. Topics such as My SQL data-base administration, Anti-spam protection, highavailability and high performance clustering, etcwere discussed. They also configured the mailserver. It was an enriching experience for allthe participants.

Online Learning Portal forOnline Learning Portal forOnline Learning Portal forOnline Learning Portal forOnline Learning Portal forMathematicsMathematicsMathematicsMathematicsMathematicsA seminar to empower the teachers to engagestudents in learning Mathematics for std. VI toXII was organized on 5th July, 2008 at VidyaniVidyalaya, Vadodara by GOCAN (Educationand Immigration Consultants Pvt. Ltd.) andMMSE (Education Pvt. Ltd.). Mrs. SujataPagedar and Mrs. Devasena from our schoolparticipated in the seminar. The resourceperson Dr. Manmohan Sharma (Ex. Professor,Ohio University, USA) briefed the participantson online learning portal for Mathematics, whichis the world’s first and America’s best learningportal which is now in India. It providesautomatically graded and recorded instantfeedback, making it possible to improve theprogress of students.

Orientation Programme by NCERTOrientation Programme by NCERTOrientation Programme by NCERTOrientation Programme by NCERTOrientation Programme by NCERTMrs. Mamta Jain, Mrs. Anita Tripathi,

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Mrs. Namrata Mahendra and Mrs. JayshreePatel from our school participated in an Orien-tation Programme for TGTs and PRTs throughTeleconferencing. It was organized by NCERTfrom 16th July to 2nd August, 2008, at KendriyaVidyalaya No-1, Sector 30, Gandhinagar,Gujarat. The presentation was organized todiscuss new textbooks with respect to thesalient features. Participants from differentschools held discussions on finding method-ologies to enrich the curriculum with the aim toprovide overall development of children.

Social Science TSocial Science TSocial Science TSocial Science TSocial Science Text Bookext Bookext Bookext Bookext BookDevelopment by NCERTDevelopment by NCERTDevelopment by NCERTDevelopment by NCERTDevelopment by NCERTMrs. Anita Pathak, Mr. Simon George,Ms. Namrata Mahendra and Mr. MahendraVihol attended a three-day workshop on bookspublished by NCERT, in New Era School from26th - 28th September, 2008 . Shri ArvindSardana, a member of the Textbook Develop-ment Committee, briefed the participants oncontent and layout of various chapters indifferent books of Social Science.

CBSE Orientation ProgrammeCBSE Orientation ProgrammeCBSE Orientation ProgrammeCBSE Orientation ProgrammeCBSE Orientation ProgrammeMrs. Tejashree Somani took part in RegionalLevel CBSE Mathematics OrientationProgramme for Secondary School Teachers atSt. Paul Senior Secondary School, Udaipur, on13th and 14th November, 2008.

AAAAASSET Evaluation and AnalysisSSET Evaluation and AnalysisSSET Evaluation and AnalysisSSET Evaluation and AnalysisSSET Evaluation and AnalysisAll the teachers of the primary section partici-pated in a workshop conducted by Ms. UmaOza at our school on 19th April, 2008, for evalu-ation and analysis of ASSET Examination.

VVVVValue Educationalue Educationalue Educationalue Educationalue EducationMs. Madhu Kalia and Ms. Sindhu Stanleyattended a seminar on Value Educationorganized by the Ramkrishna MissionVivekananda Memorial on 19th April, 2008.

Ms. Rajshree Jambekar and Ms. SavitaBharadwaj attended a seminar on Value

Education organized by Ramkrishna MissionVivekananda Memorial on 28th June, 2008 .

Contextualizing LanguageContextualizing LanguageContextualizing LanguageContextualizing LanguageContextualizing LanguageMs. Jaishree Sharma participated in a work-shop on contextualizing language, integratingthe four skills in pair and group work. It wasconducted by Ms. Julie Ciancio at PrinceAshokraje Gaekwad School in May, 2008.

Programmes on Learning DisabilityProgrammes on Learning DisabilityProgrammes on Learning DisabilityProgrammes on Learning DisabilityProgrammes on Learning DisabilityMrs. Swati Ghosh and Ms. Darshini Shahattended a workshop on ‘Learning Disability’on 12th July,2008 at Science CommunityCentre, Ellora Park. Mrs. Sudipta Roy, lecturerin Psychology, MS University, was the spokes-person.

Mrs. Savita Bhardwaj, Mrs. Sujata Murlidharand Mrs. Ashwini Jhatte attended a three dayworkshop on ‘Learing Disabilities.’ It was con-ducted in our school from 4th-6th December,2008.

FFFFFun in Tun in Tun in Tun in Tun in Teaching English Languageeaching English Languageeaching English Languageeaching English Languageeaching English LanguageMrs. Swati Ghosh and Mrs. Shaila Yardiparticipated in a workshop on ‘Fun in teachingEnglish Language’ on 2nd January, 2009 atHotel Revival, Vadodara. It was conducted byMrs. Seema, Principal DLF Public School,Delhi.

New English Language TNew English Language TNew English Language TNew English Language TNew English Language Teaching Courseeaching Courseeaching Courseeaching Courseeaching CourseMrs. Namrata Mahendra attended a workshopon ELT organised by Pearson Education, NewDelhi, on 20th February, 2009, at Hotel SuryaPalace, Vadodara. The occasion also markedthe launch of IMAGES, the new ELT course bythe author Dr. Vasanthi Vasudev.

InvestitureInvestitureInvestitureInvestitureInvestitureThe Investiture ceremony for the new officebearers for the year 2008-2009 took place onJuly 12, 2008, in the school assembly. The oathof office was administered to the officebearers, House Captains and Prefects. HouseIncharges and the respective House Teachersdid the honours of presenting the badges to theHouse Prefects.

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Head Boy YASH JHAVERI

Dy. Head Boy SIDDHARTH PATEL

Head Girl HITESHI ACHARYA

Dy. Head Girl REEMA BAXI

Sports Captain (Boy) KISHAN JAISWALDy. Sports Captain (Boy) SMARTH CHHADHASports Captain (Girl) KANISHKA AGARWALDy. Sports Captain (Girl) ANUSHKA GODBOLEGeneral Secretary (B) MEET VORAGeneral Secretary (G) AHANA BANERJEE

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Captain GARIMA PANDEY SHIVAM SHAH POOJA AGARWAL RAHUL PANDITVice Captain PARIDH PATEL SAGAR HASTAK ANUJ PARLIKAR ADITYA SHAHSports Captain VARAD PAGEDAR AYUSH VELAGA SUPREET KAUR AKSHAY SHAH

1-A Aniket R.Ghosh Priyanshu D Parikh Vineet P.Modi Kavya D.Patel1-B Praharsh Sharma Gautam Ingle Sanjana Ahuja Akshat Jethi1-C Stuti Joshi Paramjit Deshmukh Harakh. Jadiya Arya Shingari2-A Akanksha Iyer Preet Shah Yash Amin Vraj Desai2-B Pratham Lalwani Abhinav Menon Aayushi Shah Palash Goel2-C Vaishnavi Limaye Smit Patel Meet Chauhan Samarth Shah3-A Rishabh V.Desai Abhinav J.Chaturvedi Hetasvi R.Dani Durga R.Kulkarni3-B Hardik P.Shah Nairuti M.Patel Krish A.Thakkar Prem P.Patel3-C Kalpan Shah Jacksis Kodia Mallika Shingari Sripriya Bulusu4-A Manan K.Katwala Vanshika B.Patel Ananya D.Nachankar Rutvik R.Panchal4-B Tarandeep Singh D Swanni Maahir Panchal Tanish Bokadia Hiral Amin4-C Megha M.Patel Shaileja K.Patel Yash Pancholi Afzal A.Parmar5-A Nishtha N.Shah Siraj R.Deraiya Dhrumil I.Patel Ayush N.Panchal5-B Dhruv S.Jaiswal Janvi M.Shah Smriti H.Purohit Geet S.Patel5-C Prashant Punjabi Nidhi A.Patel Richa J.Desai Prabhav J.Thakkar6-A Nandini Thakkar Jaysheel Patel Vibhor Govil Dewang Gandhi6-B Santy Sebastian Hetvi Vyas Anvita Kapoor Sunayana Yadav6-C Kevin Shah Arfat Bilakiya Shivani Ramnani Niki Joshi7-A R.Shrimati Ankush Biniwala Simron Atthwal Pushti Gajjar7-B Aarushi Chaudhary Mrudang Vansadia Madhura Randive Krushik Patel7-C Varun Vyas Aditya Parikh Sheel P.Shah AnshikaBhatnagar8-A Chetas Shah Parth M.Patel Meen V.Purohit Aarti Tahiliani8-B Tathagat Chokshi Shreya Mathur Roshan Patel Tanvi Shah8-C Sneh Patel Abhik Nijhawan Nayanika Raj Kaashvi Udwani9-A Ashish Upadhyay Gopal Bhatt Dhrumil Gandhi Tejashaw Vardhan9-B Arijeet Bhattacharya Ravi Kukadia Ujjwal Shah Divya Aggrawal9-C Yogi Patel Rahul Chaudhary Pallav Shah Paramveer Channa10-A Meet Patel Aashna Patel Shrey Bhat Krishna Trivedi10-B Sajan Patel Arunima Girotra Kamal Bhandari Harsh Nisar10-C Ronit Modi Archana Mahadevan Akanksha Gore Hemang Mistry11-A Meet Parikh Aditya Goyal Ashutosh Pathak Dipin Kasana/

Rishabh Singh11-B Amishi Patel Aarsh Thakkar Unnati Gandhi Hrishit Parikh11-C Aditya Dubey Sohana Bakshi Devashree Tawade Adit Shah12-A Marmeek Kosambia Shail Shah Suruchi Shah Divyesh Shah12-B Valmik Patel Apramita Deshpande Paritosh Dhiman Nilay Langde12-C Vivek Rajan Manushi Parikh Anantraj Gaekwad Mansi Dangarwala

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Interschool Gita RecitationInterschool Gita RecitationInterschool Gita RecitationInterschool Gita RecitationInterschool Gita Recitation

Inter School Gita Recitation Competition washeld in our school on 30th July 2008, in whichtwelve schools participated. The Chief Guestwas Dr. R.T .Vyas, Director, OrientalInstitute, Vadodara. The school team compris-ing Shaurya Singh, A. Divya, Kaashvi Udwaniand Pooja Kagarana of Class VIII C won the1st position, but as we were the host school,the trophy was awarded to the runners-up teamfrom Reliance School , IPCL , Vododara.

CBSE Science Exhibition 2008CBSE Science Exhibition 2008CBSE Science Exhibition 2008CBSE Science Exhibition 2008CBSE Science Exhibition 2008The school team comprising Abhishek Kahar,Manthan Joshi,Ujjawal Shah and Aditya Jainof Class IX participated in CBSE Regional Sci-ence Exhibition 2008 held in St. Paul’s Schoolat Udaipur on 4th and 5th August 2008. They wonlaurels for the school as their project ‘WaterManagement for Modern Vadodara’ in the cat-egory of ‘Water Management’ won the 1stPrize. They qualified for the National LevelExhibition.

Inter School PInter School PInter School PInter School PInter School Poetroetroetroetroetry Wy Wy Wy Wy WritingritingritingritingritingShrey Bhat of Class X A participated in InterSchool Poetry Writing Contest held at Smt.Vidya Devi Jindal High School, Hissar, onAugust 7, 2008, in which he secured the1st position. He was awarded a trophy and acertificate.

Inter School Science andInter School Science andInter School Science andInter School Science andInter School Science andEnvironment QuizEnvironment QuizEnvironment QuizEnvironment QuizEnvironment QuizRishul Naik of X B and Arijit Bhattacharya of IXB participated in the Inter School Science andEnvironment Quiz which was organised byRajmata Krishna Kumari Girls Public School,Jodhpur on 14th August 2008.

All India Essay WAll India Essay WAll India Essay WAll India Essay WAll India Essay WritingritingritingritingritingIn commemoration of United Nations Interna-tional Youth Day, an All India Essay WritingCompetition was held in our school on 14th

August, 2008, on the topic “Truth isCourage”.Students from Classes IX, X and XIparticipated in the same.

Rashtrabhasha Hindi SulekhanRashtrabhasha Hindi SulekhanRashtrabhasha Hindi SulekhanRashtrabhasha Hindi SulekhanRashtrabhasha Hindi SulekhanPratiyogitaPratiyogitaPratiyogitaPratiyogitaPratiyogita‘Mahatma Gandhi Hindi Prachar Sanstha,Pune, had organised “Rashtrabhasha HindiSulekhan Pratiyogita” in which 415 studentsfrom Classes VI to IX participated.

The following students received the‘Adarsh Vidyarthi’ Awards :

1. Prita Amin VI2. Yeshna Arya VII3. Saloni Verma VIII4. Siddharth Bhagat IX5. Vatsala Kaul X

The school received the ‘Adarsh PaathshalaPuraskar’.

ICWESSAR QuizICWESSAR QuizICWESSAR QuizICWESSAR QuizICWESSAR Quiz

Indian Council for Wildlife and EnvironmentalStudies for South Asian Region (ICWESSAR)organised a written quiz under the programme‘Save The Earth’ in which Jayati Bhatt, a ClassXI student of our school, bagged a Gold Medal.114 of the 200 students who participated,scored distinction grade.

YYYYYoung Aoung Aoung Aoung Aoung Achieverchieverchieverchieverchiever ’s Awar’s Awar’s Awar’s Awar’s Awarddddd

Miss. Shivani Ramnani of Std VI-C has beenawarded the ‘Young Achievers Award’ for herrare achievement and overall proficiency in thefield of Sports, Education, Arts and Culture by

ACHIEVEMENTS OF STUDENTS INACHIEVEMENTS OF STUDENTS INACHIEVEMENTS OF STUDENTS INACHIEVEMENTS OF STUDENTS INACHIEVEMENTS OF STUDENTS ININTERSCHOOL COMPETITIONSINTERSCHOOL COMPETITIONSINTERSCHOOL COMPETITIONSINTERSCHOOL COMPETITIONSINTERSCHOOL COMPETITIONS

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Polo Club on Children’s Day. She was awardedthe 1st Prize in Group Dance Competition –Nrityanjali - organized by Lions Club – AllBaroda Level on 22nd August 2008. She alsowon the 1st Prize in Group Dance Competitionat All Gujarat Dance Competition held on18th October, 2008.

WWWWWorld Heritage World Heritage World Heritage World Heritage World Heritage Weekeekeekeekeek

The Archaeological Survey of India celebratedWorld Heritage Week from 19th to 25th

November, 2008 at Qutubuddin MohammadKhan’s Tomb (Hazira).In this context, manycompetitions were organized at Inter Schoollevel. Sohana Bakshi and Ashutosh Pathak ofClass XI won the 1st prizes in Debate andEssay Writing Contest respectively. MahimaKharbanda of Class X, Anjali Sikdar and NiravAfinwala of Class XI secured the 2nd prizes inEssay Writing, Drawing and Music Competi-tions respectively.

TCS IT WIZ 2008 Quiz ContestTCS IT WIZ 2008 Quiz ContestTCS IT WIZ 2008 Quiz ContestTCS IT WIZ 2008 Quiz ContestTCS IT WIZ 2008 Quiz Contest

Regional Level TCS IT WIZ 2008 QuizContest was organized by Tata ConsultancyServices at Ahmedabad on 24th November2008. 1200 students constituting around 600teams from 70 schools participated in this megaevent. 6 teams comprising 12 students from ourschool participated in it.

After the elimination round, 6 teams wereselected for the finals. Our Class XI studentsMeet Parikh and Anujnath Purohit qualified forthe final round and secured the 4th position.Each of them received a participation certificatealong with prizes worth Rs.6000.

Selection of our students forSelection of our students forSelection of our students forSelection of our students forSelection of our students forresearch by scholars from Americanresearch by scholars from Americanresearch by scholars from Americanresearch by scholars from Americanresearch by scholars from AmericanUniversityUniversityUniversityUniversityUniversityHet Kandoi (II), Shlok Singh Swanni, DeveshGianchandani, Yeshna Arya (VII), KaashviUdwani (VIII) and Nilay Kandoi (X) of our school

were selected for the prestigious researchprogramme conducted by Dr. David Berner andDr. Michael Frank of University of California –San Diego and Massachusetts Institute of Tech-nology (MIT), USA. UCMAS, the number oneAbacus and Mental Arithmetic Institute in theworld, helps children to achieve all rounddevelopment in Arithmetic.

Six children of our school were selected out of35,000 students enrolled at UCMAS Gujarat.Out of these students, Kaashvi Udwani andNilay Kandoi were selected for the secondround. It is a matter of great pride for the schoolthat Devesh Gianchandani won the runner-upaward in the H2 Category of the 5th All GujaratUCMAS Abacus And Mental ArithmeticCompetition held in the city on 13th and14th December,2008.

Iken ScientificA 2008Iken ScientificA 2008Iken ScientificA 2008Iken ScientificA 2008Iken ScientificA 2008

Axiom Education, an innovator in educationsolutions, conducted its City Final Round ofIken ScientificA 2008 Competition for 1,200 cityfinalists on 4th January 2009 at our school. IkenScientificA is a first of its kind National Scienceand Technology Competition organized for stu-dents from Classes V to VIII.

The competition was held in three rounds- theschool level, the city level and the nationallevel.In the competition held at city level, five out ofthe eight final winners from Vadodara were fromour school. They are Dhruv Jaiswal (V B),Brijesh Patel (VI A), Dhwanit Vispute (VII B),Aayushi Parikh (VIII C) and Arundhati Kadam(VIII A).

The National Final Round was held in Mumbaion 31st January, 2009. Four of our studentsshowed unwavering brilliance in this round.Aayushi Parikh was declared the ‘Iken StudentIcon of India’. She received a Gold Medal, aCrystal Trophy, a laptop,10000 kens, a certifi-cate and a trip to Singapore.

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Brijesh Patel bagged the 2nd Position in hiscategory.He received a silver medal, a laptop,a Crystal Trophy and 4000 kens.

Dhwanit Vispute and Dhruv Jaiswal andArundhati Kadam won a Silver Medal each, intheir category.

LiterarLiterarLiterarLiterarLiterar y-y-y-y-y-FFFFFestestestestest12 students of our school participated inInterschool Literary-Fest organized at DelhiPublic School on 27th January, 2009. It wasan on-the-spot competition covering variouscategories like poetry writing , story writing andsit-and-draw.

Shreya Mathur and Shaurya Singh of Class VIIIparticipated in poetry writing. Shreya Mathurbagged the 2nd position. Ashutosh Pathak andMeet Parikh of Class XI participated in storywriting while Kelly Mistry (Class IX), ManaliTendulkar (Class VIII), Nishita Shah andUdeshi Basu (Class VII) took part in sit- anddraw competition.

Science Exhibition and PaperScience Exhibition and PaperScience Exhibition and PaperScience Exhibition and PaperScience Exhibition and PaperPresentationPresentationPresentationPresentationPresentationFive students of our school participated in theInterschool Science Exhibition and Paper Pre-sentation Competition held at New Era school.Dhwanit Vispute and Anupam Gogoi of ClassVII, and Kaashvi Udvani and Aashka Shindeof Class VIII and IX took part in the exhibition atLevel 1 and 2 respectively.

Ashutosh Pathak of Class XI secured the3rd position in the Paper Presentation Compe-tition at Level 3.

Inter School ElocutionInter School ElocutionInter School ElocutionInter School ElocutionInter School Elocution

Celebration of Oil and Gas ConservationFortnight 2009 was held at ONGC.In order tobring about mass awareness, an InterschoolElocution Competition was organised on27th January, 2009. Two of our studentsDipasha Mukherjee and Isha Hazari of ClassXI A ranked 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Competitions organised by ComputerCompetitions organised by ComputerCompetitions organised by ComputerCompetitions organised by ComputerCompetitions organised by ComputerSociety of IndiaSociety of IndiaSociety of IndiaSociety of IndiaSociety of IndiaComputer Society of India, Vadodara Chapter,celebrated Computer Day at Institution ofEngineers, Vasvik Bhavan, Ellora Park,Vadodara, on 8th and 9th February, 2009. Onthis occasion, many competitions like QuizContest, Group Discussion, Product Presenta-tion, Poster Presentation and IT Implementa-tion were organized for students of variousschools and colleges. Our school teamcomprising Suhrd Joshi and Prarabdh Saxenaof Class X C delivered a presentation on“I-Phone 3G” and won the 1st prize for ProductPresentation Competition.

Meet Parikh of Class XI C bagged the 1st prizein Group discussion and Nitesh Sisodia ofClass XI C won the 3rd position.

Flower Arrangement Competition byFlower Arrangement Competition byFlower Arrangement Competition byFlower Arrangement Competition byFlower Arrangement Competition bySOCLEENSOCLEENSOCLEENSOCLEENSOCLEENNamita Deliwala and Manali Tendulkar of ClassVIII C of our school won the 1st and 2nd prizesrespectively in the Flower ArrangementCompetition organized by SOCLEEN on7th and 8th February, 2009.

Inter School DebateInter School DebateInter School DebateInter School DebateInter School Debate

An Interschool Debate was held at NalandaInternational School, Vadodara, on the topic‘India Needs a Strong Dictatorship’. ManthanJoshi of Class IX C and Gopal Bhatt of ClassIX A participated in this event.

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Maggi Good Food Quiz was organised in ourschool on 7th November, 2008 for classes VIand VII. The quiz comprised of six teams hav-ing two members each. Questions were askedon a variety of topics ranging from GeneralKnowledge to Sports. Niyati Khamar and SurajPandya of Classes VI A and VII A respectivelyhit the bull’s eye and were adjudged thewinners.

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The following are the winners of theC Subramanian award for excellence incharacter instituted by the Bharatiya VidyaBhavan.

Std VI – VIII group - Shaurya SinghStd IX – X group - Krishna TrivediStd XI – XII group - Pooja Aggrawal

Shri Pranlal Devkaran Nanjee Award forexcellence in Harmonious behaviour 2007-08- Arunima Girotra

The achievers of Academic Excellence for theyear 2007-08 are as follows

Std I - Rahul JadavStd II - Sakhi PatelStd III - Rutvik PanchalStd IV - Vishrut JetlyStd V - Vibhor GovilStd VI - Deblina Dutta

The winners of KC Mahindra Scholarshipsinstituted by KC Mahindra Education Trust forexcellence in Academics are :

Std VII - Aangi ShahStd VIII - Akshay MendirattaStd IX - Mahima Kharbanda

Karan Jagtiani is the winner of the best allround student of the year and the KC MahindraTrust Scholarship for excellence in Academics.

Agrim Gupta a consistent academic performeris the recipient of the The SMT SAKARBENAMBALAL PATEL PRIZE instituted byShri Navneetbhai Patel. THE PRATIK DALALMEMORIAL PRIZE instituted by Mrs & Mr.UdayDalal. THE ADITYA KUMAR BULUSU MEMO-RIAL PRIZE instituted by the Bulusu family Forsecuring the 1st position in Class XII boardexamination. He also bagged the SHRINARENDRA PARIKH MEMORIAL PRIZEinstituted by students of Class 12,1987-88batch and the RAJIV AGA EDUCATIONTRUST SCHOLARSHIP –for being 1st inMaths. He has also won the AGA EDUCA-TION TRUST SCHOLARSHIP for standing firstin Computer Science.

His academic excellence has enabled him towin the K C MAHINDRA TRUST SCHOLAR-SHIP too.

Rishabh Handa stood second in Std XII BoardExamination in the Science Stream and getsthe SMT.SAKARBEN AMBALAL PATELPRIZE. He also receives the SHRIKRISHNAMURTI MEMORIAL PRIZE forexcellence in Biology.

Advait Nair has been awarded the ADITYAKUMAR BULUSU MEMORIAL PRIZE & theV D TREASURER MEMORIAL PRIZE forstanding first in Chemistry. His flair for Math-ematics helped him to secure the RAJIV AGAEDUCATIONAL TRUST SCHOLARSHIP andTHE SHRI NARENDRA PARIKH MEMORIALPRIZE for Mathematics.

Dyutee Dawda has won the SHRIKRISHNAMURTHY MEMORIAL PRIZE forexcellence in Biology.

Sapan Shah also shares the SHRIKRISHNAMURTHY MEMORIAL PRIZE forexcellence in Biology.

Anand Mahadevan receives the SHRINARENDRA PARIKH MEMORIAL PRIZE andthe RAJIV AGA EDUCATION TRUST SCHOL-ARSHIP for securing the highest marks in Math-ematics in Std XII Board Examination. He wasalso the recipient of the SHRI SUBRAMANIANAWARD for excellence in Character for the year2006-07.

Abhinav Achreja won the A K V RAO MEMO-RIAL PRIZE and RAJIV AGA EDUCATIONALTRUST SCHOLARSHIP for excellence inPhysics. He also won the PRATIK DALALMEMORIAL PRIZE instituted by Mrs. andMr. Uday Dalal for excellence in ComputerScience.

Abhishek Jain’s excellent performance in theStd. XII Board Examination in the CommerceStream enabled him to win THE PRAHLAD

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SADASHIVRAO MOGHE PRIZE instituted byJanmajay Moghe and the SHRICHANDRAKANT MAGANLAL DESAI PRIZEinstituted by Shri Anil Desai for standing over-all first in the Std.XII Board Examination in theCommerce Stream. He also bagged theMAKARPURA INDUSTRIAL ESTATE COOP-ERATIVE BANK PRIZE for scoring the high-est marks in Accountancy and Mathematics, hiselected subject.

Rahul Khudai has won the SHRICHANDRAKANT MAGANLAL DESAI PRIZEfor securing the overall second position in theCommerce Stream.

Ankita Ray is the winner of the MAKARPURAINDUSTRIAL ESTATE COOPERATIVEBANK PRIZE for excellence in Economics.

Shalin Patel’s expertise in Business Studieshelped him to secure the MAKARPURAINDUSTRIAL ESTATE COOPERATIVEBANK PRIZE and the SHRI PRADIP MULEYMEMORIAL PRIZE.

Drishti Khatri receives the K C MAHINDRASCHOLARSHIP and the DR. & MRS BHATT

ACADEMIC PRIZE for securing the overall firstposition in Std.X Board Examination. Her skillin Mathematics helped her to win theSMT RUKMINIBEN SHAH MEMORIAL PRIZEinstituted by Mr.& Mrs.P K Shah and the RAJIVAGA MEMORIAL PRIZE for excellence inMaths.

Ashutosh Pathak bagged the DR. AND MRS.BHATT ACADEMIC PRIZE for securing thesecond position in Std. X Board examination.He also receives THE RAJIV AGA EDUCA-TION TRUST SCHOLARSHIP and theSHRI SUDHIR KUMAR CHAUDHARYMEMORIAL PRIZE instituted by Mrs BimlaChaudhary for scoring the highest marks inscience. He also won the Rajiv Aga EducationTrust Prize for excellence in Hindi.

Salila Chandorkar’s linguistic abilities helpedher to win the K C THOMAS MEMORIAL PRIZEfor excellence in English.

THE BUNDY SCHOLARSHIP has beenawarded to Rohit Surve of Std X.

THE G B PATEL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPhas been awarded to Saurabh Pawar ofStd VII.

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AWAWAWAWAWARDEESARDEESARDEESARDEESARDEESINTERHOUSE COMPETITIONS (2008-2009) – SENIORSINTERHOUSE COMPETITIONS (2008-2009) – SENIORSINTERHOUSE COMPETITIONS (2008-2009) – SENIORSINTERHOUSE COMPETITIONS (2008-2009) – SENIORSINTERHOUSE COMPETITIONS (2008-2009) – SENIORS

DATE EVENT POSITION NAMES CLASS HOUSE

18th July English Poetry 1st Shaurya Singh VIII C Nanak

Recitation 2nd Parth Joshi VIII A Kabir

3rd Kaashvi Udwani VIII C Vashisht

19th July English Essay Writing 1st Ashutosh Pathak XI A Nanak

2nd Rahul Pandit XII B Vashisht

3rd Charoo Iyer X B Kabir

25th July Hindi Essay Writing 1st Ankit Chare VI B Kabir

2nd Mitravind Patnaik VI B Nanak

3rd Shivani Ramani VI C Vashisht

3rd Aarjav Majamdar VII C

3rd Surabhi Tripathi VII C

9th August English Essay Writing 1st Shreya Mathur VIII B Kabir

2nd Shaurya Singh VIII C Nanak

3rd Aangi Shah VIII A Nanak

21st November Maths Quiz 1st Shachee P. Shah VII C Janak

1st Aatman Desai VI A Janak

1st Rohith R VIII A Janak

1st Sneh Patel VIII C Janak

2nd Aarjuv Majmundar VII C Kabir

2nd Hetvi Vyas VI B Kabir

2nd Shaurya Singh VIII C Kabir

2nd Shweta Sarkar VIII A Kabir

3rd Mahiraj Sinh VII C Vashisht

3rd Nikhil Kala VI A Vashisht

3rd Kaashvi Udwani VIII C Vashisht

3rd Aarti Tahiliani VIII A Vashisht

9th January English Poetry Writing 1st Shaurya Singh VIII C Nanak

2nd Shreya Mathur VIII B Kabir

3rd Shrenik Panchal Kabir

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AAAAAustralian Chemistrustralian Chemistrustralian Chemistrustralian Chemistrustralian Chemistry Quizy Quizy Quizy Quizy Quiz

The Royal Australian Chemical Instituteconducts Australian National Chemistry Quizin an attempt to help the students in enhancingtheir analytical thinking and interpreting skills.The Quiz was organized in our school on10th September, 2008. About 432 students fromClasses VII to XI took part in this quiz.

The division toppers are :

Class 7 : Udeshi Basu and Henika PatelClass 8 : Kaashvi UdwaniClass 9 : Akshay MehndirattaClass 10 : Suhrd JoshiClass 11 : Ashutosh Pathak

Mayank Singh of Class XII is one among theIndian Plaque Winners of ANCQ-2008. Our stu-dents have bagged the maximum number ofcertificates with respect to the other city schools.The school has received an award ofexcellence.

International Informatics Olympiad 2008International Informatics Olympiad 2008International Informatics Olympiad 2008International Informatics Olympiad 2008International Informatics Olympiad 2008

The International Informatics Olympiad 2008was organized on 24th September, 2008, in ourschool. A large number of students participatedin it. Out of the 500 students selected for thesecond round at National level, 23 studentswere from our school.

53 of our students won Class Toppers medals,out of which 15 are Gold, 20 Silver and 18Bronze.

The final round was held on 16th January 2009in our school. Akshay Mendiratta (Class IX),Harsh Nisar (Class X) and Mayank Singh(Class XII) ranked among the first 100 at Inter-national level. Krishna Trivedi, Charoo Iyer,Naman Govil, Harsh Nisar of Class X andMayank Singh and Marmeek Kosambia ofClass XII are among the top 5 students in thestate.

Green OlympiadGreen OlympiadGreen OlympiadGreen OlympiadGreen OlympiadThe Green Olympiad 2008 was held forClasses IX and X on 27th September, 2008. 152students of the school appeared in the exam.

AssetAssetAssetAssetAssetASSET test was conducted in our school from4th to 10th November, 2008, in English, Maths,Science, Social Studies and Hindi for ClassesIII to X.

The results are as follows:The results are as follows:The results are as follows:The results are as follows:The results are as follows:36 students achieved Creditable Performanceand 12 Distinguished Performance.

Aashka Shinde of IX C and LaxmikantUpadhyay of VII C achieved OutstandingPerformance in English and Sciencerespectively.

All India National EnvironmentalAll India National EnvironmentalAll India National EnvironmentalAll India National EnvironmentalAll India National EnvironmentalTTTTTalent Searalent Searalent Searalent Searalent Search Examinationch Examinationch Examinationch Examinationch ExaminationAll India NETSE was conducted in our schoolon 15th November, 2008, for the students ofClasses VI to XI under three groups A, B and Crespectively. 496 students appeared inthe exam. It was sponsored by MallinathInternational Foundation for Earth andEnvironment.

Poojan Thakkar of Class VI A won a SilverMedal in the written exam. Our school won the‘Best School Award 2008-09’.

National Science OlympiadNational Science OlympiadNational Science OlympiadNational Science OlympiadNational Science OlympiadScience Olympiad Foundation, the premiereScience, Maths and I.T. institution in Indiaconducts National Science Olympiad through-out the country. The 11th N.S.O. was conductedin our school on 20th November, 2008, forClasses III to XII. About 899 students appearedfor this examination. The following studentsranked first in their respective sections:

OLOLOLOLOLYMPIADS , QUIZ AND OTHER EXAMSYMPIADS , QUIZ AND OTHER EXAMSYMPIADS , QUIZ AND OTHER EXAMSYMPIADS , QUIZ AND OTHER EXAMSYMPIADS , QUIZ AND OTHER EXAMS

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Class III : Prem PatelClass IV : Tathya ShindeClass V : Dharini SomaniClass VI : Rushab JinwalaClass VII : Vidushi PurohitClass VIII : Ishan SutharClass IX : Shivendra SinghClass X : Suhrd JoshiClass XI : Meet Parikh (Biology)Class XI : Isha Hazari (Maths)Class XII : Shail Shah (Biology)Class XII : Abhishek Iyer (Maths)

Meet Parikh of Class XI and Shail Shah of ClassXII secured the 47th and 93rd rank respectively,at the All India level.

National Standard ExaminationNational Standard ExaminationNational Standard ExaminationNational Standard ExaminationNational Standard ExaminationNSE was conducted by Indian National Olym-piad body on 23rd November, 2008, in whichShail Shah and Valmik Zinzuwadia of ClassXII qualified in Biology group and MayankSingh, also of Class XII, qualified in Astro group.They were among the top 300 students of thecountry selected for the second level.

Shail Shah and Valmik Zinzuwadia wereranked among the only 5 students selected fromthe Western Zone. The students are invited byINO to Homi Bhabha Centre of ScienceEducation, Mumbai, for the second levelexamination.

International Olympiad ofInternational Olympiad ofInternational Olympiad ofInternational Olympiad ofInternational Olympiad ofMathematics 2008Mathematics 2008Mathematics 2008Mathematics 2008Mathematics 2008

International Olympiad of Mathematics 2008was held on 11th December 2008 for ClassesVI to XI. It was organized by MathematicsOlympiad Foundation (NGO) New Delhi.

The Second International Mathematics Olym-piad for Classes III to XII was held on 8th Janu-ary, 2009. It was conducted by Science Olym-piad Foundation.

Mathematics Olympiad conducted by DelhiAssociation of Mathematics Teachers forClasses IX to XII was held on 8th February,2009.

CelebrationsCelebrationsCelebrationsCelebrationsCelebrationsThe great philosopher Aristotle once said, “Cel-ebration is a time to get together with the spiritof oneness.” We, at school, too believe in unityin diversity and celebrate various functions andoccasions.

JanmashtamiJanmashtamiJanmashtamiJanmashtamiJanmashtami

Janmashtami marks the birth of Lord Krishna.This holy festival was celebrated in our schoolwith full zest, energy and vigour. Students as-sembled at Kala Bhavan and sung hymns andprayers. After the prasad was distributed, the‘matkis’ were broken. Indeed, the ‘matki phod’made the celebrations all the more special. Thefun and gaiety made the event a memorableone.

NavratriNavratriNavratriNavratriNavratriNavratri is one festival that is extra special toall youngsters and is looked forward to withgreat eagerness. Our school did its share inmaking this year’s Navaratri celebrations morememorable. The school organized a ‘garbaprogramme’ by Rishabh Group on 28th Septem-ber, 2008. The three-hour long festivity startedby seeking the blessings of Maa Amba andcontinued with the parents and students danc-ing to the melodious music and rhythms in theircolourful and traditional attire. The programmewas enjoyed by students, parents and teach-ers alike and everybody had a gala time.

Ganesh ChaturthiGanesh ChaturthiGanesh ChaturthiGanesh ChaturthiGanesh ChaturthiWith zeal and zest, this year too the studentsand teachers celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi. Theidol of the Elephant Lord was placed in KalaBhavan and ‘Aarti’ was performed daily. Thestudents prayed to the Almighty for theirwelfare and then took ‘prasad’. On the day ofvisarjan, when Lord Ganesha is returned toelements, the students, with much fanfare,escorted the idol to the main gate, from whereHe was taken for immersion.

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Independence DayIndependence DayIndependence DayIndependence DayIndependence DayThe students, infused with the spirit of patrio-tism, saluted the tricolor when unfurled. Theirpatriotic songs charged the atmosphere withlove for one’s country. Mr. Hemant Kumar,Principal I/c. in his speech emphasized theimportance of independence in our lives andguided us to identify our roles as responsiblecitizens of the country.

TTTTTeachereachereachereachereacher ’s Day’s Day’s Day’s Day’s DaySeptember 5 outshone other working days atour school. Classes XI and XII took to teachingin classes. They decorated the porch, staff-room and the lobby with cards, streamers andribbons. The student- teachers accompaniedthe actual subject teachers to their respectiveclasses .

Both outdoor and indoor games were arrangedfor teachers, of which the cricket match betweenthe staff and students was a roaring success.

After a scrumptuous lunch, teachers proceededto the auditorium for the cultural programme.Shri S.M.Desai, Coordinator Senior Section,who has retired, was felicitated.

Students painstakingly adorned their class-rooms and display boards for the occasion.Classes IV B, VIII C and XI A were adjudgedthe best decorated classes.

Children’s DayChildren’s DayChildren’s DayChildren’s DayChildren’s DayChildren’s Day, that marks the birth anniversaryof the first prime minister of independent India– Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, was celebrated withgreat enthusiasm. A special assembly was con-ducted and the students who had won acco-lades in sports at the state and national levelswere honoured. Shri Seshadri, our Director andmentor, advised the students to stay healthy andfocus on academics to ensure a bright future.

Republic DayRepublic DayRepublic DayRepublic DayRepublic DayRepublic Day was celebrated on 26th January.After the hoisting of the tricolour, Mr Seshadri,

spoke about youth empowerment. He called forscientific and technical development.

The choir group sang patriotic songs, strikingthe patriotic chord in each heart. Studentspeaker Ashutosh Pathak focused on self-reli-ance in his speech. He urged the students toplay a pro-active role in the development of thecountry and appealed to all to shun prejudicesand work towards three P’s i.e. Progress, Pros-perity and Peace.

Basant PanchamiBasant PanchamiBasant PanchamiBasant PanchamiBasant PanchamiOn 31st January, 2009, the boarders and teach-ers assembled at the school temple to mark thecelebration of Basant Panchami. Throughprayers, we invoked Goddess Saraswati, anepitome of knowledge and wisdom, to blessand guide us to lead a virtuous life.

TTTTTrrrrree Plantationee Plantationee Plantationee Plantationee Plantation‘Tree Plantation Day’ was observed in schoolon 31st July, 2008. Around four hundred sap-lings were provided by the prestigious Bombar-dier & Co. Ltd. These saplings were planted inthe football ground by students of Class V andin Panchvati by Class VIII. However, before theactual activity commenced, a heartfelt pledgewas taken by Mr Rajiv, M.D. Bombardier & Co.Ltd., Mr S. Seshadri, Director, BVB, teachersas well as students, to forever protect and nur-ture the saplings planted by them. We hope tosee a greener campus, as well begun is halfdone!

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Annual DayAnnual DayAnnual DayAnnual DayAnnual Day

Our school celebrated the Annual Day on28th November 2008. Dr. Alpan Raval,Assistant and Associate Professor, Mathemat-ics and Computational Biology, ClaremontGraduate University and Keck GraduateInstitute, California and an alumnus of theschool was the Chief Guest for the function.

The programme began on an auspicious notewith a Vedic Invocation. Our Director ShriSeshadri welcomed the gathering. After thepresentation of the Annual Report, Dr. Ravalgave away prizes to the deserving students. Inhis address, he recalled the school days withnostalgia and spoke of the special role playedby his alma mater in shaping his career.

The Cultural Programme was based on‘Vibrant Gujarat’. Jester ‘Vidushak’, in exhila-rated spirit, cheered the audience and with‘Rangla’ and ‘Rangli’ took us on a journeythrough Gujarat. The Cultural and socialaspects reflected in the various dance formsbore reminiscence to the bygone era, wheredances like ‘Prabhatyo’, ‘Matrji ni Mandavani’and ‘Adi dance’ demonstrated the spiritualaspect of Gujaratis; others like ‘Hudo’ and‘Dandia’ showcased their social connected-ness. The scene depicting the earthquake andthe state rising from the tragedy was a fittingtribute to the resilient spirit of the people ofGujarat. The programme also reminded us ofthe legendary sons of the soil like MahatmaGandhi, Sardar Patel and Dhirubhai Ambaniwho have left their footprints on the sands oftime. Overall, the programme enthralled one andall.

Annual ExhibitionAnnual ExhibitionAnnual ExhibitionAnnual ExhibitionAnnual Exhibition

The Annual Exhibition on 27th Novemberdemonstrated the talent and creativity of the stu-dents. Prof. S.M. Joshi, the Pro-ViceChancellor, M.S. University, inaugurated the

exhibition. Models, projects and crafts undervarious sections highlighted the scientifictemper and ingenuity of our students.

The Physics section was adorned with prize-winning models from different West-Zoneschools under the aegis of Bhavans. Students,accompanied with their teachers, eloquentlyexplained the working models, thus preparingground for exchange of ideas and programmes.Model of a Robot and generation of clean fueldeserve a special acknowledgement. In theBiology section, a replica on knee surgery andits replacement and repair was highly appreci-ated. The project on the burning issue - globalwarming acted as a torch bearer towards thegloomy condition of our environment.

The Computer section attracted many visitorsand guests. The exhibits were prepared usingprograms like Q Basic, C++, Powerpoint,Excel and HTML. Demonstration on ethicalhacking left everyone spellbound.

The Chemistry section displayed projects onThermodynamics, Chemical Equilibrium,Reverse Osmosis and Chemical Sunset. Theexperiment on fortune telling was a big drawamong visitors.

The Social Science faculty drew inspiration fromVibrant Gujarat and showcased models on eco-nomic and cultural achievements of the state.Models of the Nano Car Factory, Narmada Damand replica of a Garba ground with dancerswere praised by all.

Our school’s very first Graphic Design exhibi-tion drew in rave responses from visitors. A 3Dstructure of our school campus made by thepioneering students of class XI in Blender wasliked by one and all.

Our school ranks 8th in the country inSports Education. Various sports kits,equipments and accessories were displayed forsports enthusiasts.

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Annual Sports DayAnnual Sports DayAnnual Sports DayAnnual Sports DayAnnual Sports DayThe most awaited event for the high spiritedBhavanites is the Annual Sports Day, which,this year, was celebrated on January 25th 2009.Mr Atul Srivastava, Sr. Divisional SecurityCommissioner,Vadodara, presided over thefunction. Master Dishant Shah, National Bas-ketball player, was the Guest of Honour. Theprogramme commenced with the students of thefour Houses marching past the gathering withthe NCC squads lending a spectacular lead.

After the welcome speech by the Principal I/c.Mr Hemant Kumar, the athletes took oath andthe Chief Guest declared the Annual AthleticMeet Open.

Mr Sanjay Thakur, the Sports Incharge, readout the Sports Report which highlighted theachievements of the athletes and also bore tes-timony to our emphasis on physical education.

Nursery and KG classes flagged off the day’sevents with the balloon race and lezium race.Events like tricycle race, ring race, sack raceand hockey race were conducted amid cheer-ing applause from the guests.

High pitch of excitement was seen when par-ticipants from different Houses took to 100mindividual and 400m relay races. A game ofmusical chairs for parents and teachers enliv-ened the programme and made the participantsfeel like a child again !

The audience applauded the impressive dis-play by children of Classes IV and V andClasses VI and VII on Rang De Basanti andChak de India respectively.

This was followed by prize distribution for vari-ous sports activities.

In his speech, the Chief Guest congratulatedone and all for their unflinching support and en-thusiasm. He laid emphasis on traditions andvalues and urged the children to be dedicatedand sincere in all their undertakings.He waspresented a memento by the Director,Mr Seshadari.

The grand closing ceremony brought an end toa fun-filled exciting morning.

AashirAashirAashirAashirAashirvachanamvachanamvachanamvachanamvachanam

Ashirvachanam,Valedictory function for theoutgoing Class XII was solemnized onFebruary 20, 2009.

Dr. Anil Kane, Former Vice-Chancellor, M.S.University, Vadodara, presided over thefunction.The school bid adieu to the out-goingstudents with love and blessings.The ceremonycommenced with the traditional exhortation tothe students from the Rig Veda.It was read outin Sanskrit and English.

In his address, Dr.Kane emphasised that weshould have ideals in our lives.He encouragedus to lead an upright life and to be truthful in allour undertakings.

Later, the students expressed their gratitudesto their parents and teachers in true Indianstyle.They were presented with gifts from theschool and the students of Class XI.Thefunction ended with a Valedictory dinner.

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Funfair 2009 charged the air with excitementas it was revived after a gap of eight years!Various stalls for games,food and entertainmentwere set up by the students with the help of theirteachers. While youngsters made a beeline fortattos and badges, others were drawn towards“Delhi Chaat Express” and “Soda Corner.”

The center stall was the cynosure of all eyesas it had something in the offing for one andall.The sportive played Housie , the light-hearted got a taste of home-made chocolatesand the playful demanded songs on request.

As the evening progressed the excitement tooreached a feverish pitch. Amusement rides forkids drew a large crowd.As all good thingscome to an end , so did the FunFair. Enthusi-asts now look forward to FunFair-2010 !.

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Demonstration on Ethical HackingDemonstration on Ethical HackingDemonstration on Ethical HackingDemonstration on Ethical HackingDemonstration on Ethical HackingA lecture on Ethical Hacking along with a livedemonstration was given by Mr Ankit Fadia, theworld renowned computer security expert, on18th November, 2008. Students were enthralledby his live demonstration on hacking. Theywere taught to secure their computers by ap-plying “six point program”. They were alsomade aware of the latest cyber crimes commit-ted worldwide. It was an extremely beneficialand interesting lecture, one which the studentsenjoyed immensely.

Guidance from Expert MathematicianGuidance from Expert MathematicianGuidance from Expert MathematicianGuidance from Expert MathematicianGuidance from Expert MathematicianMr Ajeeth Prasath Jain, Principal, Bhavan’sChennai, visited our school as a part of theCompetitive Evaluation Team. He has won theprestigious National Best Teachers’ Award andis a subject expert for Class X for CBSE in thesouthern region.He took a full day session forClass X students and gave them detailed infor-mation on the blue-print of the question paper,the marking scheme and useful tips to optimizetheir performance in the forthcoming BoardExam.

Gearing Up for Guinness –Gearing Up for Guinness –Gearing Up for Guinness –Gearing Up for Guinness –Gearing Up for Guinness –A demonstration of reverse drivingA demonstration of reverse drivingA demonstration of reverse drivingA demonstration of reverse drivingA demonstration of reverse drivingMr. Gajanand Dhumad, an aspirant for anentry in the Guinness Book Of World Recordsfor reverse driving, demonstrated his skill on theschool’s sprawling grounds, driving in standardMaruti 800 vehicle fitted with self- made reversegear. His performance earned a huge applausefrom the students and the staff.

Oral Health ProgrammeOral Health ProgrammeOral Health ProgrammeOral Health ProgrammeOral Health ProgrammeColgate Palmolive India, sponsored NationalSchool Oral Health Program in coordinationwith K.M Shah Dental College and Hospital andIndian Dental Association, Vadodara branch,in our school for Classes VI to XII As a part ofthe program, oral health education and teethbrushing techniques were demonstrated andbaseline data related to oral hygiene practicesand dentition status were collected so as to helpplan further oral health programs for schoolchildren.

TALKS AND DEMONSTRTALKS AND DEMONSTRTALKS AND DEMONSTRTALKS AND DEMONSTRTALKS AND DEMONSTRATIONSATIONSATIONSATIONSATIONSAwareness on CancerAwareness on CancerAwareness on CancerAwareness on CancerAwareness on CancerA talk on Oral Cancer was given on 23rd

August, 2008, by Mr. J.A.Raj, Deputy Directorof Global Cancer Concern, which is a wellestablished and committed NGO working in thefield of cancer care. Students were particularlymade aware of the ill-effects of consumption oftobacco in the form of smoking, gutka etc.A talk on cancer was given by a representativeof Cancer Aid Society for a nationwide cancercontrol programme . Students were made awareof the symptoms of the disease and ways tocombat it.Practical tips were given on variousfood items rich in anti-oxidants.The talk wasmade so easy that even the young studentscould understand it.

Prospects in PharmacyProspects in PharmacyProspects in PharmacyProspects in PharmacyProspects in PharmacyThe science section of Class XI attended a talkgiven by Dr. Upadhyay, Principal, SigmaCollege of Pharmacy. He acquainted thestudents with the basics of the course and thevarious drugs in use. He also highlighted thefuture prospects for students of Pharmacy. Thetalk was interesting and informative.

Importance of Science in SocietyImportance of Science in SocietyImportance of Science in SocietyImportance of Science in SocietyImportance of Science in SocietyMr. Mayur Sathe, a chemical engineer and amember of Marathi Vigyan Parishad, talked tothe students of Classes IX and XI on‘The Importance of Science in Society’ on17th January, 2009. The discussion sessionwas accompanied by a slide show. Thequestion-answer session gave a chance to thestudents to broaden their horizon.

BOOK FAIRSBOOK FAIRSBOOK FAIRSBOOK FAIRSBOOK FAIRSBook exhibitions are held annually in ourschool to inform the students of various kindsof reading material available and to inculcategood reading habits in young learners.This year several book fair were organizedby Addone Publishing Group, ScholasticPublications and Maneesh Book Depot.Students, teachers and parents were invitedto attend these bookfairs which includedbooks on various subjects.

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Community SerCommunity SerCommunity SerCommunity SerCommunity ServiceviceviceviceviceOur school realises its social responsibilities,and attempts to sensitize the students towardssocial issues. Our students have always risento the occasion and come forward to lend a will-ing hand for collecting funds for any socialcause.

The school collected a sum of Rs 8,145 for theKutch Vikas Trust. This organization works forproviding developmental service to society andruns a school,an old age home,a physiotherapycentre and a number of hospitals. It also orga-nizes eye camps, training and rehabilitation

programmes for handicapped people,treeplantation programs and construction ofhomes for earthquake affected people of Kutch.

A sum of Rs. 14,210 was collected by thestudents from Classes VI to VIII for GlobalCancer Concern and was handed over toto its Deputy Director Mr. J.A Raj, in the schoolassembly.

For the 3rd consecutive year the school won the1st prize and an appreciation certificate for themaximum contribution, amounting toRs. 30,554 on the Armed Forces Flag Daywhich is held to commemorate the services ofthe martyrs who died serving the nation.

Air ShowAir ShowAir ShowAir ShowAir ShowAn air show was hosted by Air Force Station,Vadodara, on 7th April, 2008. Class X and XIIstudents had a taste of fine mid-air aerobic skillsof Suryakiran Fighter Planes. A team of pilotsdisplayed various formats from hollow, diamondand delta formation to creating heart shapesand rays of rising sun in the sky. It was followedby one display by paratroopers and another ofAir Force ground equipment. The students en-joyed the show and some were motivated tojoin the armed forces.

M.S. University and VM.S. University and VM.S. University and VM.S. University and VM.S. University and VadodaraadodaraadodaraadodaraadodaraMuseumMuseumMuseumMuseumMuseumClass XI students of Graphic Design coursevisited the Faculty of Fine Arts, M.S. University,and the Sayaji Baug Museum on 2nd January,2009 as a part of their curriculum. The objec-tive was to get hands-on experience . Theylearnt about the different painting techniqueslike lithography and etching. They felt that go-ing around the museum was like going backinto the history. The exquisite paintings left thestudents spellbound. In all, it was an enrichingexperience for the future artists and designers .

Shri Mudra Nidhi Coin MuseumShri Mudra Nidhi Coin MuseumShri Mudra Nidhi Coin MuseumShri Mudra Nidhi Coin MuseumShri Mudra Nidhi Coin MuseumThe Educational Trip to Shri Mudra Nidhi CoinMuseum near Ajwa Gardens on 31st Decem-ber, 1st, 2nd and 5th January for Classes VI, VII,VIII and IX respectively was a learningexperience for the students. The museum is thecountry’s first private coin museum tocontribute to preservation of numismaticsheritage of India. It displays coinage of 2600years dating from 6th century B.C. to modern daycredit – cards. Children were made aware aboutthe culture and history of our country as depictedin the coins.

The Museum also promotes coin collection asa hobby among young children.

TTTTTrip to Science City - Ahmedabadrip to Science City - Ahmedabadrip to Science City - Ahmedabadrip to Science City - Ahmedabadrip to Science City - AhmedabadStudents of Classes VIII and IX visited ScienceCity – Ahmedabad on 9th and 11th February,2009 respectively. They saw various modelsof rockets and space ships in ‘Hall of Science’and ‘Hall of Space’ and working models of windmills, solar panels, bio-gas plants, hydroelec-tricity and an oil rig in the Energy Park. Studentsenjoyed watching 3D movies ‘Cyber World’and ‘Deep in the Sea’.

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Nature is a storehouse of beauty whichfascinates man and is a source of joy andhappiness. Our school gives ample opportuni-ties to students to experience and enjoy thebeautiful bounty of nature.

Classwise tours, treks and camps wereorganized, in association with NEEDS, inorder to impart nature education and spread themessage of conservation.

AAAAAdventurdventurdventurdventurdventure Camp to Jayalgare Camp to Jayalgare Camp to Jayalgare Camp to Jayalgare Camp to JayalgarhhhhhAn adventure camp to Jayalgarh inUttarakhand was organized for the students ofClasses IX and XI from 27th April to 5th May,2008.

The students were overjoyed trying out someof the exciting water sports such as river raft-ing, kayaking bridge slithering, rock climbing,rapelling etc.

FFFFForororororest Camp - Girest Camp - Girest Camp - Girest Camp - Girest Camp - GirGir forest is dry, deciduous ,scrub and tropicalthorn forest. Students of Class VIenjoyed this extravaganza in the premises ofSakkarbaug Zoo, Junagadh, from 6th - 9th

TOURS, TREKS AND CAMPSTOURS, TREKS AND CAMPSTOURS, TREKS AND CAMPSTOURS, TREKS AND CAMPSTOURS, TREKS AND CAMPSFebruary, 2009. Activities that were carried outin these four days and three nights programmeincluded forest trekking, bird watching, plantidentifications and discussion on importantenvironmental issues . These ‘wild’ holidayswere an enthralling experience for all thestudents which brought them close to ‘MotherNature’. Students also visited the world famousSomnath Temple.

Heritage THeritage THeritage THeritage THeritage TourourourourourStudents of Class VII went on a heritage tour toModhera, Patan, Zainabad (Little Rann ofKutch) and Nal Saraovar, from 6th to8th February, 2009.

Heritage tour to Madhya PradeshHeritage tour to Madhya PradeshHeritage tour to Madhya PradeshHeritage tour to Madhya PradeshHeritage tour to Madhya PradeshStudents of Classes VI to IX were given anopportunity to explore the fascinating MadhyaPradesh in all its myriad forms from 4th to 11thOctober, 2008. Bhopal situated on the site ofan 11th century city , Bhojpal, was the idealbase for discovering the rich historical and cul-tural legacy of the state. Other places includedthe famous monuments at Sanchi , MarbleRocks at Bhedaghat , Dhauandhar Falls andKanha National Park.

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Bhavan, specially decorated for the occasion.This was followed by puja and distribution ofprasad. The idol was later submerged in theTarsali lake five days later in keeping with thetradition.

On Janamasthmi, boarders of both the hallsassembled in Kala Bhavan for the ceremonialpuja. After this, they enjoyed making thepyramids for the Matka breaking ceremony.

All the boarders and teachers of the schoolassembled in the school temple for “ SaraswatiPuja” to celebrate Basant Panchami. On the eveof New Year, the boys enjoyed a campfire inthe school campus.

Such celebrations portray Bhavan’s as theupholder of Indian culture and Bhavanites asthe care -takers of the rich cultural heritage.

“A home away from home” perfectly suits thehostels of our school. The House Masters havea great responsibility, that of looking after thechildren in the hostel. Here, the students learnto be independent and shoulder responsiblity.

Every Saturday, the students immerse them-selves in temple activities, where they take partin debates, bhajans and discussions on gen-eral knowledge topics.

This year, all the hostel students visited “DonBosco Snehalaya”, Vadodara, a home for or-phan children. They spent the whole eveningplaying games and sharing their experiences.As a token of their love, they collected clothes,stationery items and shoes for them.They alsolearnt about social and economical problemsfaced by the orphans.

On the eve of Ganesh Chaturthi, the idol ofVignaharta Lord Ganesha was installed in Kala

Education is not merely imparting knowledgebut also the nurturing of young individuals andcreating a condusive environment to thedevelopment of well-rounded personality.Activities in this section are planned to provideample opportunities to children to develop anddisplay their talent.

The new session 2008-2009 began on apromising note. Mrs.Daksha Desai, Coordina-tor of Classes III to V, took charge as Head-mistress of Classes Nursery to V. Under herable leadership, various activities like parentalinvolvement, field trips, celebration of festivals,puppet shows, magic shows etc. wereconducted .

Good values are imbibed from our immediatesurroundings. Students of Class V attendedregular sessions conducted by Mrs. andMr. Gupta who oriented the children towardsdeveloping moral values.

A medical check- up was conducted for all thestudents of the section.

Child-oriented, interactive parent-teachermeetings were held during the year asscheduled.

Students of the section enthusiastically partici-pated in the Annual Day celebration anddisplayed their creativity and innovative ideasin the Exhibition. The Rangoli Competitionrevealed the artistic skills of the participants.Apart from this, many other competitions wereheld as scheduled.

The various activities organised in the NurserySection for the tiny-tots were based on sea-sons, festivals, shapes, colours and storytelling.Emphasis was given to use innovative ideas,be it the race in Red Indian outfits or the danceusing rain gear. A unique feature seen this yearwas the presence of grandparents in class-rooms which was a source of delight for boththe child as well as the grandparents.

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interactive sessions between parents andteachers. All the festivals were celebrated withgreat enthusiasm. The events were colourful asthe little ones were attired in traditionalcostumes. Various competitions like lemon andspoon race, feeding the monster and storytelling etc. were organized to the delight of thelittle ones.

Educational TEducational TEducational TEducational TEducational Tours and Tours and Tours and Tours and Tours and TripsripsripsripsripsTours and trips are not mere outings for thestudents but also meaningful learningexperiences which help to develop theirinterpersonal relationships outside the fourwalls of a classroom.

This year, the students of Classes IV and V weretaken to Champaner - a World Heritage Siteand Gujarat’s place of pride.

Students of Classes I, II and III visited Fazalpurravines, while students of KG I and KG IIvisited a zoo, plant- nursery and Gujarat FunWorld.

For nursery classes, field trips to Lal Bagh,Haveli, Palace, More Mega Mart & Roses Nurs-ery were organized to give firsthand experienceto the children.

Parental InvolvementParental InvolvementParental InvolvementParental InvolvementParental InvolvementChildren eagerly await the parental involve-ment activities which are a regular feature inKG & primary sections. Parents share their

made by the students from KG to Std.V. Theaim of these activities was todevelop a bond between them, their familymembers and friends and to express theirgratitude towards their parents . Variousactivities were also conducted to developtheir creativity, team spirit and interpersonalrelationship.

Convocation for KG IIConvocation for KG IIConvocation for KG IIConvocation for KG IIConvocation for KG IIOrganising a convocation for the tiny tots is adream for KG teachers, as after Kindergartenthey are ready for the rigours of formaleducation.

The convocation ceremony for senior KGstudents was held on 27th February, 2009 in theschool auditorium. The programme com-menced with shloka recitation by the students,followed by lighting of lamp by the Chief Guest,Dr. Leena Mehta.

Students wore black gowns along with a capand resembled graduating scholars. Their littlefriends from Nursery and KG I bade them fare-well by presenting a lively stage show.

Parents of KG children were also present forthe ceremony and took pride in the achieve-ments of their wards as citations were read outfor each student. At the end of the programme,the students were awarded diplomas and werepresented with books.

creative ideas with children through ac-tivities. The items prepared during suchactivities are displayed through an exhi-bition.

As a part of the parental involvement,Mrs. Darshini Shah, Counselor of ourschool, conducted sessions for parents onparenting and raising high E.Q. in children.The aim of these sessions was to makeparents aware about the communicationstyle they use with their children and itsimpact on them. Various items like wallhangings, card- making, envelop- making,autograph book, photo frame etc. were

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SR Name of the Class Name of the Organised Award/ DateNO. Students Competition by Prize

1 Tathya Shinde IV B 10th National Science Baroda Science Cash 24thOlympiad Olympiad Foundation Price February, 08

212 Rank Rs 250/-

2 Dharini Somani V B 10th National Science Baroda Science Cash 24thOlympiad Olympiad Foundation Prize February, 08

433 Rank Rs 250/-

3 Antrit Saxena V B Gujarat State Ranking SSTA Runner 15-23Tennis Tournament - The Orange Academy Up Trophy February, 08Ahmedabad Ahmedabad City

Tennis Foundation

4 Antrit Saxena V B Open Baroda Sandeep Balbhavan, Runner 25-21Modi Memorial Tennis Baroda Up Position May, ‘08Tournament Balbhavan,Baroda

5 Prabhav Thakkar V C 10th Baroda District Baroda District IInd 12-13Karate Championship Karate Association Prize July, ‘08Alkapuri Officers Club

6 Anand M Bhuva V C 10th Baroda District Baroda District IInd 12-13Karate Championship Karate Association Prize July, ‘08Alkapuri Officers Club

7 Parth B Patel IV A 10th Baroda District Baroda District IInd 12-13Karate Championship Karate Association Prize July, ‘08Alkapuri Officers Club

8 Shalin Shah V A Initial Communication Trinity College Distinction February, ‘08Skills Exam, Ahmedabad - London

9 Antrit Saxena V A Gujarat State Ranking SSTA Runner 17th-21st

Tennis Tournament - The Orange Up Oct ‘08Ahmedabad Academy (under 10)

Ahmedabad CityTennis Foundation

10 Devansh Gupta V B Open Baroda Tennis Balbhavan, Semi 23rd-30th

Tournament, Baroda Baroda Finalist Nov ‘08

11 Dhruv Jaiswal V B Iken Scientific A Axiom Ed Pvt. Ltd. Top in 0.1% 4th

Baroda, BVB and selected Jan ‘09for Nationals

12 Het Kandoi II A UCMAS Mental UCMAS Runner up 6th-13th

Mathematics 7th Term June ‘08(National), Chennai

13 Tathya Shinde IV B 11th National Science Science Olympiad FIRST 20th

Olympiad, Baroda Foundation School Nov ‘08

14 Vishrut Jetly V C 11th National Science Science Olympiad SECOND 20th

Olympiad, Baroda Foundation School Nov ‘08

15 Dharini Somani V B 11th National Science Science Olympiad FIRST 20thOlympiad, Baroda Foundation School Nov ‘08

16 Prem Patel III B 11th National Science Science Olympiad FIRST 20thOlympiad, Baroda Foundation School Nov ‘08

17 Pamisa Hastak IV B U-12 South Zone 50m Sports Authority Bronze 18th

Swimming Competition of Gujara Medal Feb ‘09Surat

18 Sampada Nanoty IV B Shoto Kan – Karate Shotokal Karate Bronze 25th

Championship, Baroda Federation Medal Jan ‘09

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ACHIEVERS OF KG1-(A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG1-(A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG1-(A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG1-(A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG1-(A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)Sr. Name Class Competetion Date PositionNo.

1 Harya Sheth KG1-A Feeding The Monster 9/4/2008 1st

2 Maharddh Desai KG1-A 2nd

3 Kasvi Gandhi KG1-A 3rd

4 Nerissa Shah KG1-A Colouring 9/4/2008 1st

5 Kashvi Gandhi KG1-A 2nd

6 Yash Shah KG1-A 3rd

7 Jaival Shah KG1-A Red Indian Race (Boys) 3/7/2008 1st

8 Ronik Bokadia KG1-A 2nd

9 Maharddh Desai KG1-A 2nd

10 Akshat Govil KG1-A 3rd

11 Dolly Jangid KG1-A Red Indian Race (Girls) 3/7/2008 1st

12 Kriyanshi Patel KG1-A 1st

13 Parthi Shah KG1-A 2nd

14 Saanvi Sikka KG1-A 3rd

15 Aakriti Goenka KG1-A Memory Game 16/7/2008 1st

16 Arjun Sharma KG1-A 2nd

17 Hasya Sheth KG1-A 2nd

18 Kriyanshi Patel KG1-A 3rd

19 Yash Shah KG1-A Frog Race (Boys) 30/7/2008 1st

20 Het Patel KG1-A 2nd

21 Nimit Shah KG1-A 3rd

22 Dolly Jangid KG1-A Frog Race (Girls) 30/7/2008 1st

23 Khushi Uttamani KG1-A 2nd

24 Ishani Patel KG1-A 3rd

25 Ishani Patel KG1-A clay modelling 30/7/2008 1st

26 Dolly Jangid KG1-A 2nd

27 Nerissa Shah KG1-A 3rd

28 Akshat Govil KG1-A Lemon and Spoon Race (Boys) 20/8/2008 1st

29 Maharddh Desai KG1-A 2nd

30 Ronik Bokadia KG1-A 3rd

31 Ishani Patel KG1-A Lemon and Spoon Race (Girls) 20/8/2008 1st

32 Kashvi Gandhi KG1-A 2nd

33 Kriyanshi Patel KG1-A 3rd

34 Kashvi Gandhi KG1-A Rhyme Recitation 17/09/2008 1st

35 Tanmay Wani KG1-A 2nd

36 Nerissa Shah KG1-A 2nd

37 Priyanshu Bhoite KG1-A 3rd

38 Abhinav Verma KG1-A 3rd

39 Hasya Sheth KG1-A Fancy Dress 12/11/2008 1st

40 Nerissa Shah KG1-A 2nd

41 Prisha Barot KG1-A 3rd

42 Saumya shah KG1-A 3rd

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ACHIEVERS OF KG1-(A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG1-(A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG1-(A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG1-(A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG1-(A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)Sr. Name Class Competetion Date PositionNo.

43 Kashvi Gandhi KG1-A Drawing 26/11/2008 1st

44 Nerissa Shah KG1-A 1st

45 Hasya Sheth KG1-A 2nd

46 Kavya Dave KG1-A 3rd

47 Saumya shah KG1-A 3rd

48 Hasya Sheth KG1-A Show And Tell 3/12/2008 1st

49 Nerissa Shah KG1-A 1st

50 Ishani Patel KG1-A 2nd

51 Riti Shah KG1-A 3rd

52 Maharddh Desai KG1-A Calligraphy 17/12/2008 1st

53 Kashvi Gandhi KG1-A 1st

54 Saumya shah KG1-A 2nd

55 Aakriti Goenka KG1-A 3rd

56 Ishani Patel KG1-A 3rd

57 Hasya Sheth KG1-A Story Telling 29/12/2008 1st

58 Jaival Shah KG1-A 2nd

59 Abhinav Verma KG1-A 3rd

60 Kushal Sharma KG1-A 3rd

1 Bansari Choksi KG1-B Feeding The Monster 16/4/2008 1st

2 Heer Patel KG1-B 2nd

3 Saachi Garg KG1-B 3rd

4 Sneh Shah KG1-B Colouring 23/4/2008 1st

5 Abhay Shinde KG1-B 2nd

6 Shaan Garg KG1-B 3rd

7 Nisarg Patel KG1-B Red Indian Race (Boys) 3/7/2008 1st

8 Aaditya Patel KG1-B 2nd

9 Abhay Shinde KG1-B 3rd

10 Saachi Garg KG1-B Red Indian Race (Girls) 3/7/2008 1st

11 Heer Patel KG1-B 2nd

12 Prithvi Patel KG1-B 3rd

13 Bansari Choksi KG1-B Memory Game 16/7/2008 1st

14 Bhagyesh Bhatt KG1-B 1st

15 Nisarg Patel KG1-B 2nd

16 Prithvi Patel KG1-B 3rd

17 Rashi Gupta KG1-B 3rd

18 Aditya Patel KG1-B Frog Race (Boys) 30/7/2008 1st

19 Sneh Shah KG1-B 2nd

20 Harsh Amin KG1-B 3rd

21 Nisarg Patel KG1-B 3rd

22 Krishna Pandya KG1-B Frog Race (Girls) 30/7/2008 1st

23 Vidhi Patel KG1-B 2nd

24 Heer Patel KG1-B 3rd

25 Prithvi Patel KG1-B 3rd

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ACHIEVERS OF KG1-(A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG1-(A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG1-(A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG1-(A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG1-(A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)Sr. Name Class Competetion Date PositionNo.

26 Sneh Shah KG1-B Clay Modelling 6/8/2008 1st

27 Prithvi Patel KG1-B 2nd

28 Vidhi Patel KG1-B 3rd

29 Vidhi Patel KG1-B Lemon And Spoon (Girls) 20/8/2008 1st

30 Bansari Choksi KG1-B 2nd

31 Harishree Kagrana KG1-B 3rd

32 Aditya Patel KG1-B Lemon And Spoon(Boys) 20/8/2008 1st

33 Vishwam Parmar KG1-B 2nd

34 Saumil Vangani KG1-B 3rd

35 Varun Patel KG1-B Rhyme Recitation 17/9/2008 1st

36 Bhagyesh Bhatt KG1-B 2nd

37 Sahil Shrivastav KG1-B 3rd

38 Krutarth Pandya KG1-B 3rd

39 Bhagyesh Bhatt KG1-B Fancy Dress 12/11/2008 1st

40 Sneh Shah KG1-B 2nd

41 Varun Patel KG1-B 3rd

42 Vikramaditya Chauhan KG1-B 3rd

43 Sneh Shah KG1-B Drawing 26/12/2008 1st

44 Varun Patel KG1-B 2nd

45 Diya Shah KG1-B 3rd

46 Sahil Shrivastav KG1-B Show And Tell 3/12/2008 1st

47 Shubhag Baluni KG1-B 2nd

48 Harsh Amin KG1-B 3rd

49 Bansari Choksi KG1-B 3rd

50 Nisarg Patel KG1-B Calligraphy 17/12/2008 1st

51 Kawan Vyas KG1-B 2nd

52 Sneh Shah KG1-B 2nd

53 Shree Ram Verma KG1-B 3rd

54 Krishna Pandya KG1-B 3rd

55 Sahil Shrivastav KG1-B Story Telling 29/12/2008 1st

56 Varun Patel KG1-B 2nd

57 Bhagyesh Bhatt KG1-B 3rd

58 Bansari Choksi KG1-B 3rd

59 Nainam Shah KG1-B 3rd

1 Maurya Patel KG1-C Feeding The Monster 16/4/2008 1st

2 Jainam Kashyap KG1-C 2nd

3 Tanya Sharma KG1-C 3rd

4 Nikhilraj Sharma KG1-C Colouring 23/4/2008 1st

5 Khushi Sikka KG1-C 2nd

6 Shreyansh Singh KG1-C 2nd

7 Jainam Kashyap KG1-C 3rd

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ACHIEVERS OF KG1-(A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG1-(A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG1-(A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG1-(A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG1-(A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)Sr. Name Class Competetion Date PositionNo.

8 Shrushti Rajyaguru KG1-C Red Indian Race (Girls) 3/7/2008 1st

9 Suhani Patel KG1-C 2nd

10 Mehnaaz Amiri KG1-C 3rd

11 Nikhilraj Sharma KG1-C Red Indian Race (Boys) 3/7/2008 1st

12 Maurya Patel KG1-C 2nd

13 Vedank Vansia KG1-C 3rd

14 Anoushka Nair KG1-C 1st

15 Asmi Shah KG1-C 1st

16 Shrey Patel KG1-C 2nd

17 Jansi Purohit KG1-C Frog Race (Girls) 30/7/2008 1st

18 Suhani Patel KG1-C 2nd

19 Diya Patel KG1-C 3rd

20 Shreyansh Singh KG1-C Frog Race (Boys) 30/7/2008 1st

21 Vedank Vansia KG1-C 2nd

22 Samarth Patel KG1-C 3rd

23 Arjun Rathi KG1-C Clay Moulding 6/8/2008 1st

24 Bhagirath Thakur KG1-C 2nd

25 Shrusti Rajyaguru KG1-C 3rd

26 Vedank Vansia KG1-C 3rd

27 Khushi Sikka KG1-C Lemon and Spoon Race (Girls) 20/8/2008 1st

28 Mehnaaz Amiri KG1-C 2nd

29 Tanya Sharma KG1-C 3rd

30 Shreyansh Singh KG1-C Lemon and Spoon Race (Boys) 20/8/2008 1st

31 Samarth Patel KG1-C 2nd

32 Vedank Vansia KG1-C 3rd

33 Darshan patel KG1-C 3rd

34 Jainam Kashyap KG1-C Rhyme Recitation 17/9/2008 1st

35 Shrushti Rajyaguru KG1-C 1st

36 Aryan Khandelwal KG1-C 2nd

37 Arjun Rathi KG1-C 2nd

38 Nikhilraj Sharma KG1-C 3rd

39 Dev Patel KG1-C 3rd

40 Shrushti Rajyaguru KG1-C Fancy Dress 12/11/2008 1st

41 Bhagirath Thakur KG1-C 1st

42 Asmi Shah KG1-C 2nd

43 Anoushka Nair KG1-C 2nd

44 Khushi Sikka KG1-C 3rd

45 Ujjwal Pardeshi KG1-C 3rd

46 Nikhilraj Sharma KG1-C Drawing 26/12/2008 1st

47 Ujjwal Pardeshi KG1-C 2nd

48 Mehnaaz Amiri KG1-C 2nd

49 Shrushti Rajyaguru KG1-C 3rd

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ACHIEVERS OF KG1-(A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG1-(A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG1-(A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG1-(A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG1-(A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)Sr. Name Class Competetion Date PositionNo.50 Anoushka Nair KG1-C Show And Tell 3/12/2008 1st

51 Suhani Patel KG1-C 2nd

52 Shreyansh Singh KG1-C 3rd

53 Shreyansh Singh KG1-C Calligraphy 17/12/08 1st

54 Rathang Paudit KG1-C 2nd

55 Ujjwal Pardeshi KG1-C 2nd

56 Anoushka Nair KG1-C 3rd

57 Jainam Kashyap KG1-C 3rd

58 Arjun Rathi KG1-C Story Telling 29/12/2008 1st

59 Suhani Patel KG1-C 2nd

60 Jainam Kashyap KG1-C 3rd

61 Shreyansh Singh KG1-C 3rd

ACHIEVERS OF KG-II (A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG-II (A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG-II (A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG-II (A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG-II (A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)Sr. Name Class Competetion Date PositionNo.

1 Prisha Dalal KG-2A FEEDING THE MONSTER 16/4/08 Ist2 Shivika Talegaonkar KG-2A 2nd3 Safal Patel KG-2A 3rd

4 Shreyansh Srivastava KG-2B FEEDING THE MONSTER 16/4/08 1st5 Tithi Patel KG-2B 2nd6 Pavan Pandya KG-2B 3rd

7 Somaan aqil KG-2C FEEDING THE MONSTER 16/4/08 1st8 Satyajeet Thakor KG-2C 2nd9 Manan Uttekar KG-2C 3rd

1 Prisha Dalal KG-2A COLOURING 23/4/08 1st2 Vidhi Shah KG-2A 2nd3 Yash Seth KG-2A 3rd

4 Aryan Saxena KG-2B COLOURING 23/4/08 1st5 Vasu Patni KG-2B 2nd6 Anjali Thakkar KG-2B 3rd

7 Yash Lokwani KG-2C COLOURING 23/4/08 1st8 Hemil Suthar KG-2C 2nd9 Aishwarya Iyer KG-2C 3rd

1 Kesar Nadar KG-2A RED INDIAN RACE 3/7/08 1st2 Tirth Patel KG-2A 1st3 Dhara Srivastav KG-2A 2nd4 Hardik Panwar KG-2A 2nd5 Prisha Dalal KG-2A 3rd6 Ajan Muthuraj KG-2A 3rd

7 Muskan Lalwani KG-2B RED INDIAN RACE 3/7/08 1st8 Vinit Patel KG-2B 1st9 Devanshi Solanki KG-2B 2nd10 Dev Patel KG-2B 2nd11 Tithi Patel KG-2B 3rd12 Tushar Sarswat KG-2B 3rd

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ACHIEVERS OF KG-II (A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG-II (A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG-II (A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG-II (A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG-II (A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)Sr. Name Class Competetion Date PositionNo.

13 Vratika Khaire KG-2C RED INDIAN RACE 3/7/08 1st14 Vaidit Patel KG-2C 1st15 Prachi Rao KG-2C 2nd16 Kunal Das KG-2C 2nd17 Miti Gandhi KG-2C 3rd18 Rohnit Doshi KG-2C 3rd

1 Vidhi Shah KG-2A MEMORY GAME 16/7/08 1st2 Jash Shah KG-2A 2nd3 Shivika Talegaonkar KG-2A 3rd

4 Krishna Gupta KG-2B MEMORY GAME 16/7/08 1st5 Krish Shah KG-2B 2nd6 Shreyansh Srivastava KG-2B 3rd

7 Rohnit Doshi KG-2C MEMORY GAME 16/7/08 1st8 Vratika Khaire KG-2C 2nd9 Aishwarya Iyer KG-2C 3rd10 Manan Uttekar KG-2C 3rd

1 Kesar Nadar KG-2A FROG RACE 30/7/08 1st2 Tirth Patel KG-2A 1st3 Prisha Dalal KG-2A 2nd4 Maan Bhagat KG-2A 2nd5 Ananya Nair KG-2A 3rd6 Ajan Muthuraj KG-2A 3rd

7 Sunetra Ghosh KG-2B FROG RACE 30/7/08 1st8 Tushar Sarswat KG-2B 1st9 Dhimahi Mehta KG-2B 2nd10 Rishabh Parmar KG-2B 2nd11 Tithi Patel KG-2B 3rd12 Harshit Soneji KG-2B 3rd

13 Vratika Khaire KG-2C FROG RACE 30/7/08 1st14 Dhruv Shah KG-2C 1st15 Krisha Dagli KG-2C 2nd16 Kunal Das KG-2C 2nd17 Aishwarya Iyer KG-2C 3rd18 Anand Thakkar KG-2C 3rd

1 Shrey Gupta KG-2A CLAY MODELLING 6/8/08 1st2 Param Soni KG-2A 2nd3 Ananya Nair KG-2A 3rd

4 Sunetra Ghosh KG-2B CLAY MODELLING 6/8/08 1st5 Ketan Parmar KG-2B 2nd6 Dhwani Rangwala KG-2B 3rd7 Gungun Kasera KG-2B 3rd

8 Disha Mewada KG-2C CLAY MODELLING 6/8/08 1st9 Vedant Patel KG-2C 2nd10 Neel Shah KG-2C 3rd11 Ishan Kulkarni KG-2C 3rd

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ACHIEVERS OF KG-II (A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG-II (A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG-II (A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG-II (A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG-II (A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)Sr. Name Class Competetion Date PositionNo.

1 Vidhi Shah KG-2A RHYME RECITATION 17/9/08 1st2 Avantika Gupta KG-2A 2nd3 Mugdha Soni KG-2A 3rd4 Ananya Nair KG-2A 3rd

5 Jinesh Patel KG-2B RHYME RECITATION 17/9/08 1st6 Rushat Panchal KG-2B 2nd7 Krishna Gupta KG-2B 3rd8 Sunetra Ghosh KG-2B 3rd

9 Prachi Rao KG-2C RHYME RECITATION 17/9/08 1st10 Aishwarya Iyer KG-2C 2nd11 Vratika Khaire KG-2C 3rd12 Yash Shah KG-2C 3rd

1 Shrey Gupta KG-2A FANCY DRESS 11/12/08 1st2 Yugam Patel KG-2A 2nd3 Vidhi Shah KG-2A 3rd4 Ayushi Shah KG-2A 3rd

5 Vasu Patni KG-2B FANCY DRESS 11/12/08 1st6 Yash Panchal KG-2B 2nd7 Dhey Patel KG-2B 3rd8 Anjali Thakkar KG-2B 3rd

9 Yash Shah KG-2C FANCY DRESS 11/12/08 1st10 Dhruv Shah KG-2C 2nd11 Hansika Sadhnani KG-2C 2nd12 Miti Gandhi KG-2C 3rd

1 Ayushi Shah KG-2A SHOW AND TELL 12/3/08 1st2 Avantika Gupta KG-2A 2nd3 Prisha Dalal KG-2A 3rd4 Vidhi Shah KG-2A 3rd

5 Kamya Parikh KG-2B SHOW AND TELL 12/3/08 1st6 Vasu Patni KG-2B 2nd7 Meet Patel KG-2B 3rd8 Shreyansh Srivastava KG-2B 3rd

9 Aishwarya Iyer KG-2C SHOW AND TELL 12/3/08 1st10 Vratika Khaire KG-2C 2nd11 Yash Shah KG-2C 2nd12 Neel Shah KG-2C 3rd13 Miti Gandhi KG-2C 3rd

1 Prisha Dalal KG-2 A CALLIGRAPHY 17/12/08 1st2 Vidhi Shah KG-2 A 2nd3 Shrey Gupta KG-2 A 3rd

4 Tithi Patel KG-2 B CALLIGRAPHY 17/12/08 1st5 Muskan Lalwani KG-2 B 2nd6 Vasu Patni KG-2 B 3rd

7 Manan Uttekar KG-2 C CALLIGRAPHY 17/12/08 1st8 Aishwarya Iyer KG-2 C 2nd9 Dhruv Shah KG-2 C 3rd

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ACHIEVERS OF KG-II (A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG-II (A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG-II (A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG-II (A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)ACHIEVERS OF KG-II (A, B, C) COMPETITIONS (2008-2009)Sr. Name Class Competetion Date PositionNo.

1 KESAR NADAR KG-2A DRAWING 24/12/08 1ST2 SHREY GUPTA KG-2A 2ND3 MUGDHA SONI KG-2A 3RD

4 ANJALI THAKKAR KG-2 B DRAWING 24/12/08 1ST5 VASU PATNI KG-2 B 2ND6 JINESH PATEL KG-2 B 3RD

7 DISHA MEWADA KG-2 C DRAWING 24/12/08 1ST8 MANAN UTTEKAR KG-2 C 2ND9 MITI GANDHI KG-2 C 3RD

1 KESAR NADAR KG-2A STORY TELLING 29/12/08 1ST2 SOHAMSINH CHAUHAN KG-2A 2ND3 YUGAM PATEL KG-2A 3RD4 PARAM SONI KG-2A 3RD

5 SHREYANSH SRIVASTAVA KG-2 B STORY TELLING 29/12/08 1ST6 SUNETRA GHOSH KG-2 B 2ND7 YASH PANCHAL KG-2 B 3RD

8 DHRUV SHAH KG-2 C STORY TELLING 29/12/08 1ST9 VRATIKA KHAIRE KG-2 C 2ND10 PRACHI RAO KG-2 C 3RD

ACHIEVERS OF INTERHOUSE COMPETITIONSACHIEVERS OF INTERHOUSE COMPETITIONSACHIEVERS OF INTERHOUSE COMPETITIONSACHIEVERS OF INTERHOUSE COMPETITIONSACHIEVERS OF INTERHOUSE COMPETITIONSCLCLCLCLCLAAAAASSES I TO V -2008-09SSES I TO V -2008-09SSES I TO V -2008-09SSES I TO V -2008-09SSES I TO V -2008-09

Sr. Name Class Competition Date Position/ Prize HouseNo.

1 VINEET MODI IA CLAY MODELLING 7/4/2008 1 st NANAK2 ANIKET GHOSH IA 2 nd JANAK3 ALAN MATHEW IA 3 rd VASHISHT4 NIDA AMIRI IA CONSOLATION JANAK

1 NAMRA SHAH IB CLAY MODELLING 7/4/2008 1 st KABIR2 RISHI SEHGAL IB 2 nd JANAK3 BHAVANSHI MEHTA IB 3 rd KABIR4 DEV BHATIA IB CONSOLATION JANAK

1 ARYA SHINGARI IC CLAY MODELLING 7/4/2008 1 st VASHISHT2 PRATHAM JANGID IC 2 nd NANAK3 SACHIN BAJAJ IC 3 rd NANAK4 OISHANU DUTTA IC CONSOLATION VASHISHT

1 PREET SHAH IIA CLAY MODELLING 7/4/2008 1 st KABIR2 ADNAN GHONIYA IIA 2 nd JANAK3 ANIRUDHA SHUKLA IIA 3 rd KABIR4 DHRUV PARMAR IIA CONSOLATION VASHISHT

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1 PRATHAM LALWANI IIB CLAY MODELLING 7/4/2008 1 st JANAK2 ABHINAV MENON IIB 2 nd KABIR3 ARCHITA KHOSLA IIB 3 rd JANAK4 TIRTH SHAH IIB CONSOLATION KABIR

1 SAMARTH SHAH IIC CLAY MODELLING 7/4/2008 1 st VASHISHT2 ASHNA CHOUDHARY IIC 2 nd KABIR3 DIYA ACHARYA IIC 3 rd KABIR4 HARSH JAIN IIC CONSOLATION JANAK

1 STUTI JOSHI IC SHOW AND TELL 21/4/08 1 st JANAK2 VAGISHA PUROHIT IA 2 nd NANAK3 ANIKET GHOSH IA 3 rd JANAK4 RACHIT SHAH IA 3 rd KABIR5 ATHARVA LIMAYE IA CONSOLATION VASHISHT6 RISHI SEHGAL IB CONSOLATION JANAK7 ARYA SHINGARI IC CONSOLATION VASHISHT

1 ADARSH VERMA IIB SHOW AND TELL 21/4/08 1 st KABIR2 SOUMYADEEP GHOSH IIA 2 nd VASHISHT3 JAINISH BHAVSAR IIB 3 rd VASHISHT4 PRARTHANA MERCHANT IIA CONSOLATION JANAK5 VAISHNAVI LIMAYE IIC CONSOLATION JANAK

1 HETVI SHAH 1A DRAWING 30/6/08 1 st JANAK2 PRIYANSHU PARIKH 1A 2 nd KABIR3 ATHARVA LIMAYE IA 3 rd VASHISHT4 VAGISHA PUROHIT IA CONSOLATION NANAK5 VINEET MODI IA CONSOLATION NANAK

1 KRIPA JETHWANI IB DRAWING 30/6/08 1 st JANAK2 DEV BHATIA IB 2 nd JANAK3 BHAVANSHI MEHTA IB 3 rd KABIR4 PRAHARSH SHARMA IB CONSOLATION JANAK5 VAISHNAVI RAJYAGURU IB CONSOLATION VASHISHT

1 ARYA SHINARI IC DRAWING 30/6/08 1 st VASHISHT2 RIDDHESH PANCHAL IC 2 nd JANAK3 PARAMJIT DESHMUKH IC 3 rd KABIR4 VIDHI PATEL IC CONSOLATION VASHISHT5 HARAKH JADIA IC CONSOLATION NANAK

1 SOUMYADEEP GHOSH IIA DRAWING 30/6/08 1 st VASHISHT2 PREET SHAH IIA 2 nd KABIR3 RIDDHI GAEKWAD IIA 3 rd KABIR4 R. SAIKUMAR IIA 3 rd JANAK5 PRARTHANA MERCHANT IIA CONSOLATION JANAK6 ADITI DHAPRE IIA CONSOLATION VASHISHT

1 ROHIT BHOSALE IIB DRAWING 30/6/08 1 st KABIR2 PRATISHTHA SINHA IIB 2 nd VASHISHT3 RAHUL JADAV IIB 3 rd NANAK4 ADITYA PUNJABI IIB CONSOLATION VASHISHT5 HARSHVARDHAN PATEL IIB CONSOLATION VASHISHT

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1 SAMARTH SHAH IIC DRAWING 30/6/08 1 st VASHISHT2 DIYA ACHARYA IIC 2 nd KABIR3 AASHNA CHOUDHARY IIC 3 rd KABIR4 SMIT PATEL IIC 3 rd KABIR5 KRINA MEHTA IIC CONSOLATION NANAK6 JWALYA OZA IIC CONSOLATION VASHISHT

1 VAISHNAVI PATEL I A ENGLISH 21/7/08 1 st KABIR2 YACHI PATEL I A HANDWRITING 2 nd KABIR3 PARMI MITHAWALA I A 3 rd NANAK4 ANIKET GHOSH I A 3 rd JANAK5 MAHEK RAMNANI I A CONSOLATION JANAK

1 KRIPA JETHWANI I B ENGLISH 21/7/08 1 st VASHISHT2 DEV BHATIA I B HANDWRITING 2 nd JANAK3 PARTHRAJ VELLURI I B 3 rd VASHISHT4 JESAL PARMAR I B 3 rd KABIR5 NITIKESH SHAH I B CONSOLATION KABIR

1 HARAKH JADIYA I C ENGLISH 21/7/08 1 st NANAK2 ARYA SHINGARI I C HANDWRITING 2 nd VASHISHT3 VRAJ PATEL I C 3 rd NANAK4 TASMAY BEDADE I C 3 rd JANAK5 RIDDESH PANCHAL I C CONSOLATION JANAK

1 AAYUSHI SHAH IIB ENGLISH 21/7/08 1 st NANAK2 ARCHANA KOTHARI IIB HANDWRITING 2 nd KABIR3 HIMNISH DHAR IIB 3 rd JANAK4 PRAXITA RAMANI IIB 3 rd VASHISHT5 RAHUL JADAV IIB CONSOLATION NANAK

1 DIYA ACHARYA IIC ENGLISH 21/7/08 1 st KABIR2 MAHEK GANDHI IIC HANDWRITING 2 nd VASHISHT3 NITYA MEHTA IIC 3 rd KABIR4 HARSH JAIN IIC 3 rd JANAK5 ARYAN SRIVASTAVA IIC CONSOLATION

1 SOUMYADEEP GHOSH IIA ENGLISH 21/7/08 1 st VASHISHT2 ADITI DHAPARE IIA HANDWRITING 2 nd VASHISHT3 SAGAR JAIN IIA 3 rd JANAK4 NISHI SANGHAVI IIA CONSOLATION VASHISHT5 HARNIMRAT KAUR IIA CONSOLATION NANAK

1 ANIKET GHOSH I A HINDI RECITATION 28/7/08 1 st JANAK2 VAISHNAVI RAJYAGURU I B 2 nd VASHISHT3 ARYA SHINGARI I C 3 rd VASHISHT4 KAVYA PATEL I A 3 rd VASHISHT5 HETVI SHAH I A 3 rd JANAK6 DEV BHATIA I B CONSOLATION JANAK7 APRAJITA SHAHI IC CONSOLATION JANAK

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Sr. Name Class Competition Date Position/ Prize HouseNo.

1 ADARSH VERMA IIB HINDI RECITATION 28/7/08 1 st KABIR2 DIYA ACHARYA IIC 2 nd KABIR3 HET KANDOI IIA 3 rd KABIR4 VAISHNAVI LIMAYE IIC 3 rd JANAK5 PRARTHANA MERCHANT IIA CONSOLATION JANAK6 JAINISH BHAVSAR IIB CONSOLATION VASHISHT7 KRISH PATEL IIA CONSOLATION KABIR8 HAZAL PUNJABI IIB CONSOLATION JANAK

1 ANIKET GHOSH IA ENGLISH RECITATION 4/8/2008 1 st JANAK2 APRAJITA SHAHI IC 2 nd JANAK3 RISHI SEHGAL IB 3 rd JANAK4 DEV BHATIA IB 3 rd JANAK5 ARYA SHINGARI IC CONSOLATION VASHISHT6 PRIYANSHU PARIKH IA CONSOLATION KABIR

1 DIYA ACHARYA IIC ENGLISH RECITATION 4/8/2008 1 st KABIR2 SOUMYADEEP GHOSH IIA 2 nd VASHISHT3 JAINISH BHAVSAR IIB 3 rd VASHISHT4 DEREK STANLEY IIB 3 rd KABIR5 DRISHTI JANI IIA CONSOLATION NANAK6 NADIA AMIRI IIC CONSOLATION NANAK

1 VINEET MODI IA RAKHI MAKING 11/8/2008 1 st NANAK2 SANAL ABRAHAM IA 2 nd NANAK3 ATHARVA LIMAYE IA 3 rd VASHISHT4 MAHEK RAMNANI IA CONSOLATION JANAK5 HARSH SHARMA IA CONSOLATION JANAK6 ALAN PHILIPS IA CONSOLATION VASHISHT

1 AKSHAT JETHI IB RAKHI MAKING 11/8/2008 1 st VASHISHT2 VANSHAL BOKADIA IB 2 nd NANAK3 GAUTAM INGLE IB 3 rd KABIR4 VIRAJ PATNI IB 3 rd NANAK5 DHRUV SAWANT IB CONSOLATION JANAK6 MAUNAL PATEL IB CONSOLATION VASHISHT7 PEARL PATEL IB CONSOLATION JANAK

1 PARAMJIT DESHMUKH IC RAKHI MAKING 11/8/2008 1 st KABIR2 PRATHAM JANGID IC 2 nd NANAK3 NISHTHA SHAH IC 3 rd JANAK4 TUSHYA GANDHI IC CONSOLATION KABIR5 OISHANU DUTTA IC CONSOLATION VASHISHT6 ZEEL PANCHAL IC CONSOLATION KABIR

1 VINEET MODI IA COLLAGE (GANPATI) 1/9/2008 1 st NANAK2 HETVI SHAH IA 2 nd JANAK3 PRIYANSHU PARIKH IA 3 rd KABIR4 ANIKET GHOSH IA CONSOLATION JANAK

1 KRISH CHAVDA IB COLLAGE (GANPATI) 1/9/2008 1 st NANAK2 SAMARJEET SHINDE IB 2 nd KABIR3 YASH SHAH IB 3 rd KABIR4 SALONI GUPTE IB CONSOLATION VASHISHT

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1 VIDHI PATEL IC COLLAGE (GANPATI) 1/9/2008 1 st VASHISHT2 STUTI JOSHI IC 2 nd JANAK3 NISHTHA PATEL IC 3 rd JANAK4 PRANJAL SINGH IIA 1 st JANAK5 MOXESH SHAH IIA 2 nd KABIR6 DEV SHARMA IIA 3 rd VASHISHT7 BRIJ PATEL IIA CONSOLATION NANAK

1 HIMNISH DHAR IIB COLLAGE (GANPATI) 1/9/2008 1 st JANAK2 BHAVI DESAI IIB 2 nd NANAK3 PALASH GOYAL IIB 3 rd VASHISHT4 ANIKET DAVE IIB CONSOLATION NANAK

1 HARSH JAIN IIC COLLAGE (GANPATI) 1/9/2008 1 st JANAK2 KUSH SHAH IIC 2 nd VASHISHT3 AASHNA CHAUDHARY IIC 3 rd KABIR4 MAHEK GANDHI IIC CONSOLATION VASHISHT

1 ANIKET GHOSH IA STORY TELLING 8/9/2008 1 st JANAK2 VAISHNAVI RAJYAGURU IB 2 nd VASHISHT3 STUTI JOSHI IC 3 rd JANAK4 ARYA SHINGARI IC CONSOLATION VASHISHT

1 PRANJAL SINGH IIA STORY TELLING 8/9/2008 1 st KABIR2 MAHEK GANDHI IIC 2 nd VASHISHT3 JAINISH BHAVSAR IIB 3 rd VASHISHT4 SOUMYADEEP GHOSH IIA CONSOLATION VASHISHT5 VAISHNAVI LIMAYE IIC CONSOLATION JANAK

1 ARYA SHINGARI IC FANCYDRESS 3/12/2008 1 st VASHISHT2 ANIKET GHOSH IA 2 nd JANAK3 PRAHARSH SHARMA IB 3 rd JANAK4 APARAJITA SHAHI IC 3 rd JANAK5 DEV BHATIA IB CONSOLATION JANAK

1 HIMANI PATEL IIA FANCYDRESS 3/12/2008 1 st NANAK2 AAYUSHI PANDYA IIA 2 nd KABIR3 AASHNA CHOUDHARY IIC 3 rd KABIR4 HAZAL PUNJABI IIB CONSOLATION JANAK5 FURQUAN AMIRI IIA CONSOLATION JANAK

1 SAMARTH TRIVEDI IA CHRISTMAS CARD 8/12/2008 1 st NANAK2 NAMAN KODWANI IA MAKING 2 nd VASHISHT3 VASHNAVI PATEL IA 3 rd VASHISHT4 DHARMRAJ CHAUHAN IA CONSOLATION NANAK

1 PEARL PATEL IB CHRISTMAS CARD 8/12/2008 1 st JANAK2 SANSKRUTI ROHILLA IB MAKING 2 nd JANAK3 SAMARJEET SHINDE IB 3 rd KABIR4 DEV.N.BHATIA IB CONSOLATION JANAK

1 PRATHAM JANGID IC CHRISTMAS CARD 8/12/2008 1 st NANAK2 STUTI JOSHI IC MAKING 2 nd JANAK3 VISHAL BAGGA IC 3 rd KABIR4 ARYAN BHARAMBE IC CONSOLATION KABIR

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1 HARNIMRAT KAUR IIA CHRISTMAS CARD 8/12/2008 1 st NANAK2 PRARTHANA MERCHANT IIA MAKING 2 nd JANAK3 VRAJ DESAI IIA 3 rd VASHISHT4 ISHA SHAH IIA CONSOLATION NANAK

1 ROHIT BHOSALE IIB CHRISTMAS CARD 8/12/2008 1 st KABIR2 TIRTH SHAH IIB MAKING 2 nd KABIR3 BHAVI DESAI IIB 3 rd NANAK4 RUDRESH PATEL IIB CONSOLATION KABIR

1 DIYA ACHARYA IIC CHRISTMAS CARD 8/12/2008 1 st KABIR2 AASHANA CHAUDHARY IIC MAKING 2 nd KABIR3 VAIDHEHI NANDANIA IIC 3 rd VASHISHT4 ARYAN GARG IIC CONSOLATION JANAK

1 VASHNAVI PATEL IA HINDI HANDWRITING 16/1/09 1 st VASHISHT2 RACHIT SHAH IA 2 nd KABIR3 HIMANI SHAH IA 3 rd VASHISHT

4 SOLONI GUPTE IB HINDI HANDWRITING 16/1/09 1 st VASHISHT5 VAIDEHI MEHRA IB 2 nd NANAK6 DEV BHATIA IB 3 rd JANAK

7 VIDHI PATEL IC HINDI HANDWRITING 16/1/09 1 st VASHISHT8 HARAKH JADIYA IC 2 nd NANAK9 STUTI RAY IC 3 rd VASHISHT10 OISHANU DUTTA IC CONSOLATION VASHISHT

1 SOUMYADEEP GHOSH IIA HINDI HANDWRITING 16/1/09 1 st VASHISHT2 ISHA SHAH IIA 2 nd NANAK3 YASH JADIYA IIA 3 rd NANAK

4 JAINISH BHAVSAR IIB HINDI HANDWRITING 16/1/09 1 st VASHISHT5 PALASH GOYAL IIB 2 nd VASHISHT6 RITIK BOKADIA IIB 3 rd NANAK

7 DIYA ACHARYA IIC HINDI HANDWRITING 16/1/09 1 st KABIR8 AASHANA CHAUDHARY IIC 2 nd KABIR9 NITYA MEHTA IIC 3 rd KABIR

1 PRAHARSH SHARMA IB PATRIOTIC SONG 19/1/09 1 st JANAK2 ALLAN MATHEW PHILIPS IA 2 nd VASHISHT3 STUTI JOSHI IC 3 rd JANAK4 BHAVANSHI MEHTA IB CONSOLATION KABIR

1 DIYA ACHARYA IIC PATRIOTIC SONG 19/1/09 1 st KABIR2 ADARSH VERMA IIB 2 nd KABIR3 VAISHNAVI LIMAYE IIC 3 rd VASHISHT4 ADITI DHAPARE IIA 3 rd VASHISHT5 ABHINAV MENON IIB CONSOLATION KABIR6 SOUMYADEEP GHOSH IIA CONSOLATION VASHISHT

1 VINAYA IYER IV C POETRY (HINDI) 2/7/2008 1 st JANAK2 DHARINI SOMANI V B 2 nd VASHISHT3 JANVI SHAH VB 3 rd KABIR4 JAY SHAH VC 3 rd KABIR

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1 DHARINI SOMANI V B POETRY (ENGLISH) 23-7-08 1 st VASHISHT2 JANVI SHAH VB 2 nd KABIR3 VINAYA IYER IV C 3 rd JANAK

1 TATHYA SHINDE IV B G. K. QUIZ 30-7-08 1 st VASHISHT2 DHARINI SOMANI V B 1 st VASHISHT3 RUTVIK PANCHAL IV A 1 st VASHISHT4 GEET PATEL VB 1 st VASHISHT5 ANTRIT SAXENA VB 1 st VASHISHT6 MAITREYA KULKARNI VA 1 st VASHISHT

1 KRUSHANG PATEL VB G. K. QUIZ 30-7-08 2 nd NANAK2 SALONI GOVIL VB 2 nd NANAK3 PRANAV NAIR VB 2 nd NANAK4 SHALIN SHAH VA 2 nd NANAK5 VISHRUT JETLY VC 2 nd NANAK6 ABHISHEK PATEL VC 2 nd NANAK

1 DEVANSH GUPTA VB G. K. QUIZ 30-7-08 3 rd KABIR2 SIRAJ DERAIYA VA 3 rd KABIR3 SIDDHARTH MEWADA VA 3 rd KABIR4 JAY SHAH VC 3 rd KABIR5 NIDHI PATEL VC 3 rd KABIR6 MAAHIR PANCHAL IV B 3 rd KABIR

1 AYUSH PANCHAL VA RANGOLI 13-8-08 1 st VASHISHT2 MARDVI PATEL VB 2 nd JANAK3 CHITRAL SHAH III A 3 rd JANAK4 KOMAL PAWAR VB 3 rd KABIR

1 DHARINI SOMANI V B DECLAMATION 20-8-08 1 st VASHISHT2 NIDHI PATEL VC (HINDI) 2 nd KABIR3 VISHRUT JETLY VC 3 rd NANAK4 SALONI GOVIL VB 3 rd NANAK

1 DHARINI SOMANI V B MONO ACTING 6/8/2008 1 st VASHISHT2 PRABHAV THAKKAR VC 2 nd VASHISHT3 SAMPADA NANOTY IVB 3 rd VASHISHT4 SMRITI PUROHIT VB 3 rd NANAK

1 SONAKSHI BHOMIK III B CRAFT 5/11/2008 1 st VASHISHT2 SWAPNIL PAL IIIC 2 nd JANAK3 KAHAN PATEL IIIB 3 rd NANAK

4 VRAJ KOTWALA IV B CRAFT 5/11/2008 1 st VASHISHT5 ANIRUDH PATEL IVA 2 nd JANAK6 ANUSRIYA HAZRA IV C 3 rd KABIR

7 KHUSHALI KAGRANA V B CRAFT 5/11/2008 1 st VASHISHT8 ATHULYA NAIR VC 2 nd JANAK9 JANVI SHAH VB 3 rd KABIR

1 MRUNMAYEE KULKARNI IIIA MUSIC 12/11/2008 1 st KABIR2 PAMISA HASTAK IVB 1 st NANAK3 SAMPADA NANOTY IVB 2 nd VASHISHT4 AAN PATEL IVB 3 rd KABIR

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5 JANVI SHAH VB MUSIC 7/1/2009 1 st KABIR6 KHUSHALI KAGRANA V B 1 st VASHISHT7 MARDVI PATEL VB 2 nd JANAK8 HIRAL PARIKH VC 3 rd JANAK

1 SAMRIDDHI III A DECLAMATION (ENG) 19-11-2008 1 st VASHISHTCHAKRABORTY

2 DHARINI SOMANI V B 1 st VASHISHT3 STUTI THAKUR III A 2 nd NANAK4 SHALIN SHAH VA 2 nd NANAK5 NISHANK ANAND VA 3 rd KABIR6 KAMYA TANDON IVB 3 rd JANAK

1 SPANDAN DASGUPTA III B ESSAY WRITING 3/12/2008 1 st VASHISHT2 VINAYA IYER IV C (ENG) 1 st JANAK3 VISHRUT JETLY VC 1 st NANAK4 CHITRAL SHAH IIIA 2 nd JANAK5 AMBRUNI MURLI IIIC 2 nd JANAK6 SHAILEJA PATEL IVC 2 nd KABIR7 NISHANK ANAND VA 2 nd KABIR8 TATHYA SHINDE IVB 2 nd VASHISHT9 DHARINI SOMANI V B 2 nd VASHISHT10 SAPTARSHI PATEL IVB 3 rd JANAK11 JANVI SHAH VB 3 rd KABIR12 SIRAJ DERAIYA VA 3 rd KABIR13 PARTH KARKHANIS IV C 3 rd VASHISHT

1 JANVI SHAH V B GROUP DANCE 24-12-08 1 st KABIR2 KOMAL PAWAR V B 1 st KABIR3 NIDHI PATEL V C 1 st KABIR4 MAHIMA RATHVA V B 1 st KABIR5 PRAVINA KACHARE V C 1 st KABIR6 JANKI BHAT IV B 1 st KABIR7 SAKSHI SANGHVI IV B 1 st KABIR8 HENA PATEL V A 1 st KABIR

1 SMRITI PUROHIT V B GROUP DANCE 24-12-08 2 nd NANAK2 MUDRA PATEL V B 2 nd NANAK3 RICHA DESAI V C 2 nd NANAK4 SALONI GOVIL V B 2 nd NANAK5 RAVISHA GUPTA V C 2 nd NANAK6 MANUSHI SHAH IV B 2 nd NANAK

1 DHARINI SOMANI V B GROUP DANCE 24-12-08 3 rd VASHISHT2 PRERNA GUPTA IV C 3 rd VASHISHT3 SAMPADA NANOTY IV B 3 rd VASHISHT4 VASHANVI PATEL IV C 3 rd VASHISHT5 VRUTANGINI SHAH IV B 3 rd VASHISHT6 MANIKA DILLON V C 3 rd VASHISHT7 KRINA THAKKAR V C 3 rd VASHISHT8 KHUSHBOO PATEL V C 3 rd VASHISHT9 HARISHREE BHATT V A 3 rd VASHISHT10 RAGINI MISHRA IV B 3 rd VASHISHT11 KHUSHALI KAGRANA V B 3 rd VASHISHT

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1 GURUPREET SINGH V A MATHS QUIZ 31-12-08 1 st NANAK2 RUSHIT PATEL V B 1 st NANAK3 VISHRUT JETLY V C 1 st NANAK4 ANANYA NACHANKAR IV A 1 st NANAK5 MEHUL SINGH IV B 1 st NANAK6 YASH PANCHOLI IV C 1 st NANAK7 SHARDOOL PATEL V A 1 st VASHISHT8 DHARINI SOMANI V B 1 st VASHISHT9 PRABHAV THAKKAR V C 1 st VASHISHT10 PREET PATEL IV A 1 st VASHISHT11 RUTVIK SHAH IV B 1 st VASHISHT12 PREET PATEL IV C 1 st VASHISHT

1 SIRAJ DERAIYA V A MATHS QUIZ 31-12-08 2 nd KABIR2 DEVANSH GUPTA V B 2 nd KABIR3 ANIKET CHAFEKAR V C 2 nd KABIR4 JAY MODI IV A 2 nd KABIR5 MAAHIR PANCHAL IV B 2 nd KABIR6 RAKSHIT PATEL IV C 2 nd KABIR

1 SANCHIT DALANIA V A MATHS QUIZ 31-12-08 3 rd JANAK2 RAHUL SHAH V B 3 rd JANAK3 ATHULYA NAIR V C 3 rd JANAK4 PARTH PATEL IV A 3 rd JANAK5 SAPTARSHI PATEL IV B 3 rd JANAK6 VINAYA IYER IV C 3 rd JANAK

1 SALONI GOVIL V B ESSAY WRITING 21-01-09 1 st NANAK2 VANSHIKA PATEL IV A (HINDI) 2 nd KABIR3 MEGHA PATEL IV C 3 rd JANAK4 RUSHI PATEL III A CONSOLATION KABIR5 SRIPRIYA BULUSU III C CONSOLATION VASHISHT

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Games are the bedrock of discipline.Theyinculcate co-operation, perseverance and teamwork An effective way to ensure a sharp mindand a healthy body is to invovle students insports and hence ample opportunities are pro-vided to encourage the students to participatein games .

We are very proud to announce that in Gamesand Sports arena our school features 8th in thecountry, according to a survey conducted byEducation World.

To develop sportsman spirit and leadershipquality,the senior students are given theresponsibility of captaining the four Houses,namely Janak, Kabir, Nanak & Vashisht , andorganizing various events.

Our outstanding achievers in the sports arenahave won laurels for themselves and the schooland we are immensely proud of them. Theywere awarded prizes on Annual Sports Day fortheir commendable performances.

An overview of their achievements in the sport-ing events at State and National levels followsas under:

SAGSAGSAGSAGSAGAR HAAR HAAR HAAR HAAR HA STSTSTSTSTAKAKAKAKAK

Sagar Hastak, studying in Class XIth (Sc.), hassuccessfully participated in various swimmingcompetitions. These are:

1. Gujarat State Aquatic Championship heldat Ahmedabad on 24th and 25th May, 2008.

A Silver medal in 100mts FreestyleA Bronze medal in 50mts BackstrokeA Bronze medal in 100mts BackstrokeA Bronze medal in 200mts BackstrokeA Bronze medal in 200mts Freestyle

2 Baroda District Swimming Selection held atVadodara on 5th August, 2008.

A Gold in 50mts FreestyleA Gold in 100mts FreestyleA Gold in 100mts Backstroke

3. All India IPSC Swimming meet held atPatiala, Punjab, from 5th to 7th September,2008.

A Bronze medal in 100mts Freestyle.

4. School Games State Level SwimmingCompetition held at Navsari from 11th to14th September, 2008.

A Silver medal in 50mts FreestyleA Silver medal in 100mts Freestyle

5. C.B.S.E. West Zone Swimming Competitionheld at Amravati, Maharashtra, from 17th to21st September, 2008.

A Gold medal in 50mts BackstrokeA Gold medal in 100mts FreestyleA Gold medal in 100mts BackstrokeA Gold medal in 200mts Backstroke

Best Swimmer TBest Swimmer TBest Swimmer TBest Swimmer TBest Swimmer Trrrrrophy for U-16 Boysophy for U-16 Boysophy for U-16 Boysophy for U-16 Boysophy for U-16 Boys

6. C.B.S.E. National Swimming Competitionheld at Vadodara from 1st to 4th November,2008.

A Bronze medal in 100mts Freestyle

7. National School Games held at Pune,Maharashtra, from 4th to 9th January, 2008.There he represented Gujarat in thefollowing events :-

50 mts Freestyle100 mts FreestyleGujarat Water Polo Team

SPORTS ROUND UPSPORTS ROUND UPSPORTS ROUND UPSPORTS ROUND UPSPORTS ROUND UP

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AMBIKA BATASClass : IX B

Year Event Venue Position/ Medal

2008 School Games Baroda Rink 1 : GoldFederation Rink 2 :Silverof India [SGFI] Road : Silver(District Level)

2008 SGFI Ahmedabad Rink 1 : Silver(State Level) Rink 2 :Silver

Road : Silver

2009 SGFI Chandigarh Rink 1:Gold(National Level)

2008 Roller Skating Ahmedabad Rink 1:SilverFederation Rink 2:Silverof India [RSFI] Road :Bronze(State Level)

2009 RSFI Faridabad Rink 1:Silver(National Level) Rink 2:Silver

AAAAAchievementschievementschievementschievementschievements• Awarded a Scholarship of Rs. 4800 on

Women’s day ( 7th March ) by the ChiefMinister of Gujarat ,Mr. Narendra Modi

• Received ‘Rajya Ramat Veer Puraskar’ ofRs. 2100/- on 26th Januaury, by the Minis-ter of Agriculture ,Gujarat, and the Collectorof Baroda

RUSHI AMINClass : XI C

DATE EVENT AGE POSITION/GROUP MEDAL

12/10/2008 CBSETO WEST ZONE15/10/2008 H.G. GOLD

INT. SCHOOL U-19 MEDALMANPUR, TEAMABU ROAD, EVENT

20/10/2008 ALL INDIA. U-19 GOLD(IPSC) TEAM MEDAL

EVENT

23/10/2008 RAJKUMAR U-19 GOLDCOLLEGE, INDIVIDUAL MEDALRAJKOT

25/10/2008 INTER DIST. U-19 THIRDSCHOOL TEAM PLACEGAMES EVENT

DATE EVENT AGE POSITION/GROUP MEDAL

27/10/2008 ST. MARY’S U-19 SELECTEDSCHOOL, TEAM FORRAJKOT. EVENT NATIONALS

29/11/2008 I.T.F JR, BOYS ROUND-03/12/2008 GUWAHATI, U-18 OF 16

INTER-NATIONALS

12/12/2008 CBSE U-19 BRONZENATIONALS, TEAM MEDALB.V.B EVENTNAGPUR.

23/12/2008 SCHOOL BOY’S SILVERGAMES U-19 MEDAL,NATIONAL, (TEAM ROUNDSGFI, DELHI EVENT) OF 16(TENNIS) (INDIVIDUAL)

KAVIT MEHTAClass : XI C

DATE EVENT AGE POSITION/GROUP MEDAL

12/10/2008 CBSE U-19 GOLDto WEST ZONE TEAM MEDAL15/10/2008 H.G. INT EVENT

SCHOOLMANPUR,ABU RD.

20/10/2008 ALL INDIA. U-19 GOLD(IPSC) TEAM MEDAL

EVENT

3/11/08 I.T.F JR BOYS U-18 FINAL8/11/08 COLOMBO (SINGLES) QUALI-

SRI LANKA FYING ROUND

29/11/2008 I.T.F JR, BOYS QUARTERGUWAHATI, U-18 FINALSASSAM DOUBLES

04/12/09 I.T.F. JR, BOYS FIRST09/12/09 KENYA U-18 ROUND

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BRUHAD MANKADX C

Sr. Event Age PositionNo Group

1. Baroda Open Tennis U-16 WinnerTournament singles

2. Baroda Open Tennis U-16 Runner-UpTournament singles

3. Baroda Open Tennis Men’s Semi-finalsTournament singles

4. CBSE West Zone Tennis U-19 WinnerTournament

5. CBSE All India Tennis U-19 ThirdTournament

6. IPSE Tennis U-17 Semi-finalsChampionship

TTTTTeam Achievementseam Achievementseam Achievementseam Achievementseam AchievementsFFFFFootBallootBallootBallootBallootBallMayorMayorMayorMayorMayor ’s Cup Champions’s Cup Champions’s Cup Champions’s Cup Champions’s Cup Champions In the U-16 Inter School Football Tournamentheld at Rosary School from 9th to 24th August,2008, our school team defeated RelianceSchool by 2-1 goals in the final. Dhrumil Gandhi, Amogh Godbole, Aman Shah,Abhishek Shah and Soham Pendse of ClassIX were selected for U-16 Baroda FootballTeam and played in the State Tournamentwhich was held at Gandhinagar from 28th to31st August, 2008. Dhrumil Gandhi of Class IX A was selected tobe a part of the U-16 Gujarat Football Team toplay in the National for Mir Iqbal Hussein Tro-phy held at Mahilpur (Punjab). School U-14 Football Team was adjudgedRunner-up in the Baroda District Subroto CupFootball Tournament held at IPCL SportsComplex. Basket BallBasket BallBasket BallBasket BallBasket Ball • The School U-19 Basketball Boys Team

emerged Runner-up in the CBSE ClusterTournament.

• Rushali Jaiswal and Aastha Shah of Std IXplayed for Baroda in the under-19 Basket-ball Team at the Youth Basketball Champi-onship in which Baroda Team became theChampion.

• Era Moge and Shashwat Bulusu of Std VII

were selected for Baroda District under-14Basketball Tournament in which BarodaDistrict Team were declared theChampions.

CBSE ClustersCBSE ClustersCBSE ClustersCBSE ClustersCBSE Clusters Our school U-19 Basketball Team participatedin CBSE Clusters which was held at G.P.SBaroda from 24th to 26th October, 2008 . Theybagged the Runners-up position.

TTTTTennisennisennisennisennis The School Tennis Team became Championsin the CBSE West Zone Tennis Championshipheld at H.G International School, Abu Road. The School Tennis Team were declared the AllIndia IPSC Tennis Champion at Raj KumarCollege, Rajkot and Rushi Amin got individualchampionship in the U-19 category. Rushi Amin and Kavit Mehta were selected forIPSC U-19 team and Bruhad Mankad for U-17boys Tennis Team to play in the S.G.F.I.National Games. School U-19 Tennis Team won the Bronzemedal in the CBSE National TennisChampionship held at Nagpur.

SwimmingSwimmingSwimmingSwimmingSwimming Kandarpa Makwana She participated in the Open Gujarat Sea–Swimming Competition held on 4th January,2009, at Porbandar in the Arabian Sea andsecured 2nd position in 500 mts. She was the silver medalist in the U-12 SouthZone (Gujarat) Swimming Competition orga-nized by Sports Authority Of Gujarat at Surat.

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SkatingSkatingSkatingSkatingSkating Dimpi ThakkarWon Gold and Silver Medals in the OpenBaroda Skating Championship in the U-14Category

Ridhi BatasShe was selected for Baroda District U-12 toparticipate in the Straight Skating Champion-ship held at Ahmedabad. Other SportsOther SportsOther SportsOther SportsOther Sports Prabhav Thakkar of Class V won theSecond position in the Open Baroda KarateChampionship. Kavit Thakkar of Class X got Second positionin the All Gujarat Kung-Fu Competitionorganized by the Baroda District on 12th July2008. Avani Belapurkar of Class VIII won the Firstposition in the U-14 Girls Inter School CarromCompetition organized by Urmi School on12th July 2008. Rajveer Aggarwal of Class VIII won the Firstposition in the Open -Baroda KarateChampionship. Anuj Garg of Class VIII bagged the Silver medalin 5th International Karate Championshiporganized by All India Wado-Kai, Karate DoAssociation.

PRIZES GIVEN ONPRIZES GIVEN ONPRIZES GIVEN ONPRIZES GIVEN ONPRIZES GIVEN ONANNUAL SPORTS DAANNUAL SPORTS DAANNUAL SPORTS DAANNUAL SPORTS DAANNUAL SPORTS DAYYYYY2008-092008-092008-092008-092008-09

SGFI (School Games FSGFI (School Games FSGFI (School Games FSGFI (School Games FSGFI (School Games Federation ofederation ofederation ofederation ofederation ofIndia) National Games PlayersIndia) National Games PlayersIndia) National Games PlayersIndia) National Games PlayersIndia) National Games Players

TTTTTennisennisennisennisennis (All India IPSC Campion, CBSE ClusterChampion & SGFI National games players)

1. KAVIT MEHTA2. RUSHI AMIN3. BRUHAD MANKAD SkatingSkatingSkatingSkatingSkating (SGFI National games Silver Medal 1st, RSFINational Games Bronze Medalist & Winner ofGujarat Women’s Scholarship of SportsAuthority of Gujarat) AMBIKA BATAS

SwimmingSwimmingSwimmingSwimmingSwimming (All India IPSC & CBSE National BronzeMedalist & SGFI National Games Player) SAGAR HASTAK State/National level players. TTTTTennisennisennisennisennis (All India IPSC player and CBSC ClusterChampion) NAKUL NAIK Basket BallBasket BallBasket BallBasket BallBasket Ball (Student who played for U-14 Baroda BasketBall Team and Emerged as Champion)1 ERA MOGE2 SHASHWAT BULUSU (Students who played for District YouthBasketball Championship & Emerged asChampion)

1 RUSHALI JAISWAL2 ASTHA SHAH

FFFFFootballootballootballootballootball (Student who played for U-16 Gujarat Footballteam in the All India MIR-IQBAl Football Tour-nament at Manipalpur, Punjab.)

DHRUMIL GANDHI (Students who played for U-16 Baroda Foot-ball Team in the State Football Tournament atGandhidham.)

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Best NCC Cadet of the YBest NCC Cadet of the YBest NCC Cadet of the YBest NCC Cadet of the YBest NCC Cadet of the Yearearearearear SGT. AKSHAY VERMA

Best Athlete (Boy) (Winner of inter house longjump & Sliver Medal in 200 MTS.)

CHIRAG VASANIBest Athlete (Girl) (Winner of Interhouse 200MTS. 400 MTS & & Long Jump) KANISHKA AGRAWAL

Sportsperson of the YSportsperson of the YSportsperson of the YSportsperson of the YSportsperson of the Year (Boy)ear (Boy)ear (Boy)ear (Boy)ear (Boy)

SAGAR HASTAK

Sportsperson of the YSportsperson of the YSportsperson of the YSportsperson of the YSportsperson of the Year (Girl)ear (Girl)ear (Girl)ear (Girl)ear (Girl) AMBIKA BATAS Champion House - Kabir

AMOGH GODBOLESOHAM PENDSEABHISHEK SHAHSAGAR NARANG

KarateKarateKarateKarateKarate (Bronze Medalist in the Asia Pacific KarateTournament). ANUJ GARG

SwimmingSwimmingSwimmingSwimmingSwimming (Runner Up in the Open Sea Swimming(500 MTS) held at Porbandar) KANDARPA MAKWANA

SkatingSkatingSkatingSkatingSkating (Bronze Medalist in the State SkatingChampionship).

RIDDHI BATAS

(U-19 Boys Basketball CBSE Cluster RunnersUp 2008).

1. KARAN JAGTIANI2. VIVEK RAJAN3. SHIVAM SHAH4. YASH JHAVERI5. ZEEL GANDHI6. AAYUSH VELAGA7. DEVANG SHAH8. AKSHAY RATHI9. AADIT DESAI10. NEEL SHAH11. AMEY NASHIKKAR12. PALLAV SHAH

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HOUSE REPORTSHOUSE REPORTSHOUSE REPORTSHOUSE REPORTSHOUSE REPORTS

JANAK HOUSEJANAK HOUSEJANAK HOUSEJANAK HOUSEJANAK HOUSE

Motto : Service Before SelfHouse Captain : Garima PandeyDeputy House Captain : Paridh PatelSports Captain : Varad Pagedar

Class Appointees :-Class Appointees :-Class Appointees :-Class Appointees :-Class Appointees :-

VI – A : Nandini ThakkarVI – B : Sebastin SantyVI – C : Arafat BilakhiyaVII – A : R. SrimatiVII – B : Aarushi ChaudharyVII – C : Varun VyasVIII – A : Chetas ShahVIII – B : Tathagat ChokshiVIII – C : Sneh PatelIX – A : Ashish UpadhyayIX – B : Arijit BhattarcharjeeIX – C : Yogi PatelX – A : Meet PatelX – B : Sajan PatelX – C : Ronit ModiXI – A : Meet ParikhXI – B : Amishi PatelXI – C : Aditya DubeyXII – A : Megha RaoXII – B : Valmik PatelXII – C : Vivek Rajan

School Head boy : Yash JhaveriSchool Vice - Head boy : Siddharth Patel

Our house ‘Janak’ represented by the ‘Green’colour which signifies advancement, renewaland progress . The motto of the Janakians,“Service Before Self” emphasizes our teamspirit, human values and social concern.

Trying to recall all the experiences, memoriescame flooding to our minds, so numerous, itbecomes difficult to hold on to them and penthem down. Everyday was a learning experi-ence, leading to unbound growth in more waysthan one. The guiding spirit behind being ourever-smiling revered teaching staff whichincludes Ms. Deepika Sehra (House in-charge),

Mrs. Anita Pathak, Mrs. Rupal Lad, Mrs. AnjaliDhar, Mr. Sanjay Thakur, Mr. M Sekhawat,Mrs. S Batra, Mr. J Jangid and Ms.Namrata.

Some of the memorable achievements in XIIthboard exams include :-

1. Agrim Gupta, a consistent academic per-former stood first in the city with 95% marks(Science).

2. Rishabh Handa bagged the secondposition in Baroda with 94.20% marks(Science).

As far as academics are concerned, Janakiansare fortunate to have outstanding achievers whohave brought laurels to the house with their glo-rious achievements. Anujnath Purohit and MeetParikh of std. XI participated in TCS IT-WIZ andbagged fourth position after successfully com-peting with 600 teams from all over Gujarat. TheComputer Society Of India had organised vari-ous competitions at school level in which MeetParikh stood first in Group Discussion andAnujnath Purohit excelled as one of the final-ists in the same. Neerav Afiniwale of std. XI withhis enchanting voice, bagged the second posi-tion in a singing competition organised by Ar-chaeological Survey Of India (ASI). In the Inter– House events, our house clinched the firstposition in Mathematics Quiz. The team con-sisted of Rohith R. , Sneh Patel, Aatman Desaiand Shachee Shah.

Our house also excelled in various games andsports this year. We bagged the third positionin Sr. Boys Interhouse Football And BasketballMatch – ups. In Badminton, Garima Pandey ofstd. XII, a Janakian, emerged victorious in Sr.Girls Category. Our Sr. Boys Cricket teamemerged as runners–up in Interhouse Cricketmatches.We also have some exceptional individualachievers in sports : -

1. Rushi Amin of std. XI was rewarded thesilver medal in SGFI National Games inLawn Tennis. He also represented Gujaratstate in U-19 Tennis doubles.

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2. Amogh Godbole of std. IX played for U-16Football Team in the State level tournamentheld at Gandhinagar.

3. Yash Jhaveri of std. XII and Akshay Rathiof Std. XI played for U-19 Basketball Teamand our team emerged as runners – up inCBSE Cluster Basketball Tournament.

The untiring and earnest efforts of all haveJanak House the most prestigious and soughtafter one.

“Freedom from fear is theFreedom from the burden of ages, bendingyour head, breaking you back, blindingyour eyes to the beckoning call of the future.”

We hope to shine in all spheres with ourcontinued hard work , undaunted spirit andenthusiasm in thenew session.

Deepika SehraHouse- in-charge

KABIR HOUSEKABIR HOUSEKABIR HOUSEKABIR HOUSEKABIR HOUSE

“““““TTTTTAMAAMAAMAAMAAMASO MA JYSO MA JYSO MA JYSO MA JYSO MA JYOTIR GOTIR GOTIR GOTIR GOTIR GAMAAMAAMAAMAAMAYYYYYAAAAA”””””The Kabir house is named after the great mys-tic philosopher and poet of ancient India andhis morals and values are the guiding force ofKabirites. The ‘Yellow’ colour which representsthe house stands for glow, light and vitality andhence our motto “From Darkness to Light”. TheKabirites are ever charged and electrified tobring the glory of the school to the highest peakof progress and prosperity through efficiencyand effective leadership.

Among the appointed house authorities are :-

4. House Captain : Shivam Shah(XII-B)

5. Deputy : Sagar Hastak House Captain (XI-A)

6. Sports Captain : Aayush Velaga(XII-B)

7. Class PrefectsVI-A : Jayshil Patel

VI-B : Hetvi Vyas

VI-C : Kevin Shah

VII-A : Ankush Biniwale

VII-B : Mrudang Vansadia

VII-C : Aditya Parikh

VIII-A : Parth Patel

VIII-B : Shreya Mathur

VIII-C : Abhik Nijhawan

IX-A : Gopal Bhatt

IX-B : Ravi Kukadia

IX-C : Rahul Chaudhary

X-A : Aashna Patel

X-B : Arunima Girotra

X-C : Archana Mahadevan

XI-A : Aditya Goyal

XI-B : Aarsh Thakkar

XI-C : Sohana Bakshi

XII-A : Shail Shah

XII-B : Aishwarya Joshi

XII-C : Manushi Parikh

Kabir house is proud of its best academicians,athletes and players who have not only excelledin Inter House events but have also broughtlaurels to the school at district, state andnational level.

4. Khyati Shukla (XI-A) scored 94% marks inclass X Board Examinations and secured3rd rank in school as well as 8th rank inVadodara City. She has also received a Cer-tificate of Merit from C.B.S.E. for beingamong top 0.1% of successful candidatesin Social Science.

5. Abhishek Jain who scored 87% marks inclass XII Board Examinations, Commercestream secured 1st rank in school.

6. In the athletic events, Kabirites gave a dash-ing performance. Jaydeep Gorasia(XI-C)won 1st position in Senior boys 200 mts racewhereas Chirag Vasani (XII- C) was 1st in

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Senior boys 400 mts race. Khyati Shukla(XI-A) stood 1st in Discus Throw.

7. Coming to the highlights, Sagar Hastak(XI-A) ,who is referred to as ‘Michael Phelps’of the school was adjudged as the SportsPerson of the Year(boys) for his remarkableperformance in Inter House as well as stateand national level events. He was the win-ner of Inter House Cross Country, Cycling,1500 mts and 800 mts races. At GujaratState Aquatic Championship, Ahmedabadhe won a silver medal and 4 bronze med-als in various events. He also bagged abronze medal in All India I.P.S.E SwimmingMeet held at Patiala, Punjab. At C.B.S.EWest Zone Swimming Competiton held atAmravati, Maharashtra , he bagged 4 goldmedals in 4 different events and wasawarded Best Swimmer trophy for his bril-liant performance. He represented Gujaratin 50 mts Freestyle, 100 mts Freestyle andwas a part of the Gujarat Water Polo Teamat S.G.F.I National Games held at Pune,Maharashtra. He truly is the golden boy ofour school and a proud Kabirite.

8. Ambika Batas(IX-B), another precious jewelof our house is the winner of ‘Khel RatnaAward’ and received Rs. 4800 from C.M.Narendra Modi for excellence in skating.She was also nominated for ‘Sardar PatelKhel Award.’ She represented Gujarat inS.G.F.I National Games held at Chandigarhand won a gold medal. She was adjudgedas the Sports Person of the Year(girls) forher remarkable performance this year.

9. Anuj Garg (VIII-C) won a gold medal inKumite and a silver medal in Kata catego-ries in 11th All India Wado Karate Champi-onship -2008 held at Gujarat Refinery,Vadodara.

10.Apart from this, Kabir House secured 1stposition in Senior boys Football, Senior boysVolleyball, Senior Boys Cricket and JuniorBoys Volleyball events.

Overall it has been an extraordinary and mostcherishing year for Kabir House which slowlyand steadily has scaled a new height ofsuccess. The Kabirites have been consistentand committed to bring synergy to their thoughts,words and action and we promise to be sturdyin the years to come.

At the end of the year it was a moment ofjubilation as we ran towards the stage to lift thetrophy meant for “THE CHAMPION HOUSE”

Samta PandyaHouse- in-charge

NANAK HOUSENANAK HOUSENANAK HOUSENANAK HOUSENANAK HOUSE

Motto : Unity is StrengthHouse Captain : Pooja Aggrawal Sports Captain : Supreet ChaddhaDeputy House Captain : Anuj Parlikar

Class PrefectsClass PrefectsClass PrefectsClass PrefectsClass Prefects

VI A : Vibhor GovilVI C : Shivani RamnaniVII B : Madhura RandiveVIIIA : Meen PurohitVIIIC : Nayanika RajIX B : Ujjval ShahX A : Shrey BhatX C : Akanksha GoreXI B : Unnati GandhiXII A : Kanishka AggarwalXII C : Anantraj GaekwadVI B : Dimpi PatelVII A : Simran AtthwalVII C : Sheel ShahVIIIB : Roshan PatelIX A : Dhrumil GandhiIX C : Pallav ShahX B : Kamal BandariXI A : Ashutosh PathakXI C : Devashree TawadeXII B : Rachit Shah

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Nanak House is named after the great SikhSaint Guru Nanak. The blue colour of vastoceans, seas and sky indicating peace andcongruity is our colour. We follow the teach-ings of Rig Veda which says “Unified be yourhearts; common be your intentions ; perfect beyour unity” and have succeeded in our effortsof holding the blue flag high.

Memorable achievementsMemorable achievementsMemorable achievementsMemorable achievementsMemorable achievementsOur House Captain, Pooja Aggrawal won theShri Subramanian Award for excellence incharacter. Ashutosh Pathak brought honour toour house by standing second in our Schooland fourth in the City in the CBSE X BoardExamination held in March 2008 He also stoodfirst in both the Heritage ASI essay writingcompetition and Inter House English EssayWriting Competition. He was also awarded amerit certificate and cash prize for being amongthe top five in Hindi in Baroda city by Gail In-dia. Ashutosh Pathak, Abhilash Nair andThrishna Menon were the recipients of the0.1% merit certificate for being among the topcandidates in the CBSE Examination inScience and I.T. Shrey Bhat proved his mettleby winning the first position in the O.P.JindalEnglish Poetry Writing Contest.

Akshay Verma, Ujjwal Shah and Aditya Jainwon the first position in the CBSE West ZoneScience Exhibition. Akshay Verma was alsoadjudged the Best NCC Cadet of the year2008-09. Kannishka Aggarwal won the BestAthlete of the Year Award. Dhrumil Gandhi wasselected to play for the All India National “MirIqbal Football Trophy” a part of the GujaratU-16 team. Kavit Mehta our tennis ace repre-sented the IPSC Tennis team in SGFI games.Kshitiz Singh, Aditya Pendse, Aashka Shinde,Abhishek Shah, Pallav Shah, Trusha Sondkar,Chaitanya Shah, Devarsh Tanna, SaurabhDawer, Saumya Vig and Sidharth Bhosle areour Sports persons who have brought laurelsto the school playing various games at theInter School level.

Our graceful dancer Shivani Ramnani won theyoung Achiever’s Award for her overall profi-

ciency in the field of Sports, Education, Arts andCulture. With united effort the Nanakites hopeto perform better in all fields in the coming years.

Mrs. Leela JacobHouse- in-charge

VASHISHT HOUSEMotto : Wisdom coupled

with tolerance

House Captain : Rahul Pandit

Deputy House Captain : Aditya Shah

Sports Captain : Akshay Shah

Class PrefectsClass PrefectsClass PrefectsClass PrefectsClass Prefects

VI – A : Dewang GandhiVI – B : Sunayana YadavVI – C : Niki JoshiVII – A : Pushti GajjarVII – B : Shail PatelVII – C : Aanshika BhatnagarVIII – A : Aarti TahilianiVIII – B : Tanvi ShahVIII – C : Kaashvi UdwaniIX – A : Tejashaw VardhanIX – B : Divya AggarwalIX – C : Paramvir Singh ChannaX – A : Krishan TrivediX – B : Harsh NisarX – C : Hemang MistryXI – A : Dipin Kasana &

: Rishabh SinghXI – B : Hrishit ParikhXI – C : Adit ShahXII – A : Divyesh ShahXII – B : Nilay LandgeXII – C : Mansi Dangarwala

“Wisdom coupled with tolerance”, these mightseem like big and heavy words at the outset,but it is these very words that epitomizeprogress in life.

Possessing intelligence & wisdom is a prereq-uisite for success, moreover persisting with yourideas and beliefs irrespective of the obstaclethat come in your way & being unfazed by criti-cism from others will ensure that you will leada satisfying & well balanced life.

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It is this very principle that we try to put into usein Vashisht House & try to excel in every fieldpossible.

The beginning of the year itself was eventfulwhen many of our Vashishtites were given highposts in the prefectorial board. Hiteshi Acharyawas chosen as the Head girl while Reema Baxiwas chosen as Deputy Head girl. SamarthSingh was elected as the Vice Sports Captainof the school. We take pride in saying that theyhave lived up to our expectations in serving theschool.

As the academic year dawned with a new be-ginning, Vashisht House shone itself in eachof its iridescent colours with achievementsacross diverse fields.

In the field of academics the house is blessedwith students who have outshone the others.

A commendable performance was putforwardby Drishti Khatri of Class X – B bysecuring the overall 1st position in the school.She also scored the highest marks in mathemat-ics in the class X – Board Examination.

Reema Baxi & Shubhra Ruparel of Class X –A were awarded 0.1% merit certificates fromCBSE for their outstanding performance in So-cial Science & I.T. at the class X – Board Exam.They are also the recipients of the ShikshanBharati Awards for scoring cent percent marksin these subjects.

Vashishtite Salila Chandorkar’s linguistic abili-ties made her win the prestigious KC Thomasprize for her excellence in English at class XBoard Exam.

Abhinav Achreja of class XII bagged the3rd position in the Science Stream. He also wonthe A.K.V. Rao memorial prize & the Rajiv AgaEducational Trust Scholarship for scoring thehighest marks in Physics in the Class XII BoardExamination. He again displayed his brilliancewhen he was awarded the Pratik DalalMemorial Prize for his excellence in ComputerScience.

Rahul Khudai of Class XII C brought glory tothe house by bagging the 2nd position in thecommerce stream. He is also the recipient of

the Shri Chandrakant Maganlal Desai Prize forsecuring the overall 2nd position in theCommerce Stream.

Anand Mahadevan of Class XII was awardedthe Shri Narendra Parikh Memorial prize & theRajiv Aga Educational Trust prize for hisexceptional performance in Mathematics in theClass XII Board Exam. He was also felicitatedwith the C. Subramanium Award for his excel-lence in Character.

We have Biologists like Sapan Shah andValmik Zinzuwadia who have displayed theirexcellence in the field of life science. SapanShah is the recipient of the prestigious ShriKrishnamurthy Memorial Prize for scoring thehighest marks in Biology at the Class XII BoardExam. Valmik Zinzuwadia has cleared theN.S.E. in Biology which was conducted by therenowned Homi Bhabha Centre for Science &Education, Mumbai. He is among the only 5students who have been selected from the westzone.

Akshay Mendriatta of Class VIII has beenawarded the KC Mahindra Scholarship forExcellence in Academics.

We take pride in saying that some of the bestplayers & athletes of the school belong toVashisht House.

We have promising cricketers like Adit Shahwho is a student of Class XI – C. He has playedfor the school along with Dipin Kasana in theIPSC Cricket held at Delhi College, Indore. Heis currently playing for BCA under 19 team.

Kandarpa Makwana of Class VI has broughtlaurels to the house by bagging the 2ndposition in the open sea swimming (500 m)competition that was held in Porbandar.

Nakul Naik of Class IX and Bruhad Mankad ofClass X represented the school in Tennis andemerged as Champions in the CBSE WestZone and won Bronze medal at CBSE Nationallevel.

Vashishtites Dipin Kasana & Rishabh Singh ofXI – A are volleyball enthusiasts and are a partof the school’s volleyball team.

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counseling sessions helped them in manyways.

There are several children in the school whocome from emotionally disturbed or brokenfamilies. In such situations, a little support fromthe centre helps students to gain an insight intothe problem, and helps them to effectively dealwith it, thus bringing an overall development intheir intellectual and emotional growth.

Regular students are also referred to thecounseling centre with problems and issuesranging from poor academic performance toemotional trouble and relationship issues.Sessions with these students are conductedduring school hours within free periods and withthe permission of the concerned teacher. Onrare occasions, parental involvement is alsorequired.

Many workshops for students, teachers, andparents were organized within the premiseswhich saw overwhelming response as well asfeedback. There was a brief session onparenting for the Class III-V students’ parents,and a workshop on “Art of Parenting” fornursery students’ parents by Mrs. Sudipta Roy,a lecturer from the Department of Psychology,M.S.University.

A brief seminar on success and excellence wasconducted by Dr. Palan for Class XI students.A workshop on 7 Habits of Highly EffectivePeople was arranged for Class IX students andthe resource person was by Mr. Keyoor Joshi.A quiz on mental health awareness wasconducted for Class VIII students. A poster mak-ing competition was also organized for ClassesV -IX and XI on various topics like importanceof friendship, family, the technological world,peer pressure, cyber responsibility, substanceabuse, dilemma of teens etc.

Thus, the counseling centre aims for overalldevelopment of students and helps them in thisphase of life.

When it comes to extra curricular activities, wehave talented students like Kaashvi Udwaniwho represented the school in inter-school GitaRecitation Competition.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal, it is thecourage that counts. It is this very quality thatwe try to imbibe in Vashishtites.

And as we bid adieu to another year, we hopethat we live up to the expectations of our alma-mater.

Tejashree SomaniHouse- in-charge

THE COUNSELING CENTRETHE COUNSELING CENTRETHE COUNSELING CENTRETHE COUNSELING CENTRETHE COUNSELING CENTREThe counseling centre started to function in theschool in August 2007. Since its inception, ithas catered to the varying needs of the students,teachers, parents, as well as the institution. Itoffers a variety of services like individual andgroup counseling, and also organises aptitude,personality and interest tests.

Being away from home, the hostel students mayexperience difficulties in maintainingrelationships, in adjusting to the enormousdemands put on them by their friends, peers,teachers, and parents. For these reasons,regular group sessions are conducted forproviding emotional support to these students.Designed especially for the hostel students,weekly group sessions were taken on manytopics like enhancing creativity, team building,anger management, problem solving, assertivetraining, empathy etc.. The main objective ofthese sessions is to make the students feel athome in the school, and to reassure them thatthere is someone to hear them and help themout. Interactive sessions are conducted throughconstructive activities like story building, shortskit, watching English movies etc. Many hostelstudents,on joining the school, had manyself-doubts and low self-esteem. With passageof time, it was found that there was a markedchange in their self-esteem and academicperformance. Through the feedback fromstudents, it has been ascertained that the

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My Participation in the InternationalMy Participation in the InternationalMy Participation in the InternationalMy Participation in the InternationalMy Participation in the InternationalArts FArts FArts FArts FArts Festival At Lahorestival At Lahorestival At Lahorestival At Lahorestival At LahoreeeeeFor the past ten years I have been learningBharatnatyam at “Purva School ofBharatnatyam” under the tutelage of Guru ShriSharad Pandya and it is due to his efforts thatthe students of this institution have beenperforming in Pakistan for the last three years. Iwas fortunate enough to get a chance toperform at the 25th International Art Festival heldat Lahore from 13th to 23rd November, 2008. Weleft for Lahore on 13th of November and in about45 minutes we landed there.

Around 3000 artists from more than 25countries like France,Germany, Italy,Iran,etc.participated in the festival.We had great timeinteracting with the visitors and were happy tosee that they had a deep regard for the Indianculture and tradition.

On the 15th we visited Lahore fort, BadshaiMasjid and Minar-e-Pakistan.There we metschool and college going students.They were

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The media gave intense coverage to thisevent.After our performance everyone wasanxious to meet us and showed keen interestin knowing more about our culture tradition andclassical dances.We had a great time interact-ing with the audience as well as the mediapersonnel.

The local girls were very enthusiastic andquickly picked up the basics of Bharatnatyamat a workshop organised for them on the18th.Many of them were determined to comedown to India and learn Bharatnatyam at ourinstitution.

We left Lahore with pleasant memories on the19th and were back at Baroda on the 21st.

It was a memorable experience of my life. Noteven once did we feel insecure or unsafe inPakistan.The people were very warm and theorganisers took utmost care of our security.Itruly feel that art can bridge cultural gapsbeween nations and I am proud to be a part ofit.

Mansi DangarwalaXII C

very disciplined andwere quite softspoken.They were veryhappy to meet us andwe noticed that thepeople there wish tohave peaceful andhealthy Indo-Pak rela-tionship.It was a joy to performon the 16th,17thand 18th

before a receptive au-dience who appreci-ated our classicaldance performance,specially the large num-ber of young boys andgirls present there.Their response over-whelmed us.

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A MEMORA MEMORA MEMORA MEMORA MEMORABLE EXPERIENCEABLE EXPERIENCEABLE EXPERIENCEABLE EXPERIENCEABLE EXPERIENCE

The students of classes 8th to 10th were takenon an adventure trip to Jayalgarh, Uttarakhand.Situated among lush green mountains with thecrystalline waters of the Ganges flowing by, thisplace is a sight to behold.

“This was the best trip we ever had. It wassimply amazing,” says Sagar Hastak, our aceswimmer. Our journey started on 26th May.Sitting in the train, playing cards, listening tomusic or laughing at our friends’ jokes, we hada very enjoyable time. We were awestruckseeing the sheer beauty around our campsite.“Lounging on cozy chairs and enjoying thebreathtaking vista was a great experience,”asserts Siddharth Patel, our Vice-Head boy.

The first activity planned for us was white-water rafting. Sitting in the rubber rafts, beingdoused with icy water was a thrilling as well asa terrifying experience. “It was a rather frightfulexperience when I fell off the raft into the wildrapids. I hung on for dear life and was able toclimb on-board,” recalls Ruturaj Mahida. But asRishabh Singh asserts “What’s wrong ingiving salt to life ??”

After rafting, we were eagerly awaiting the otheractivities. To our delight, it was announced thatwe would be doing rappelling. Believe me,hanging 20 feet in the air, supported by meansof a thin rope and staying perfectly horizontalon the rocky surface is no mean feat. “It wasterrifying but thrilling too”, chorus Dipin, Sudipand Umair. In the afternoon, we were taken forbridge-slithering. This was the most challeng-ing activity that demanded every ounce ofcourage from us. We were expected to slidedown a rope, tied on the support beams of theLakshman Jhula, and drop down into thegushing waters. Imagine, a drop of about 100feet!

At first , none of us was willing to do it. But aspride triumphed fear, we gave it a try. Climbingover the bridges railing and looking down madeour hearts skip a beat. Not the ones to turn back,we steeled our hearts, slid down and plunged

head first into the water. Strange as it mayseem, we felt exhilarated. Of one thing we werecertain, filmstars would never even dare to du-plicate our dare-devilry!

On the third day, we again went for rafting. Theride was as enjoyable as the previous one. Andin the evening we were free to play any gamewe liked. Though quite tired, we enjoyed theevening immensely. The next morning we bidadieu to our camp site and started on our jour-ney back to Baroda. Believe me, this trip wastruly an unforgettable experience.

Meet ParikhXI-A

VISIT TO DILVISIT TO DILVISIT TO DILVISIT TO DILVISIT TO DILARARARARARAM BUNGAM BUNGAM BUNGAM BUNGAM BUNGALOWALOWALOWALOWALOW

The simple yet beautiful Dilaram Bungalowwhish is located in Alkapuri, Baroda, oppositeCircuit House is known for the rich history andculture associated with it.

The bungalow is famous due to the short pe-riod of stay by Swami Vivekanand before heleft for his famous trip to Chicago.

Six students of Class XIIC went on a short tripthere. The bungalow, which was formerly agovernment property, was given to theRamakrishna Mission due to the link whichbinds the two. Th students were given a tour ofthe entire bungalow, including a stint at themeditation room in which they practisedmeditation. The icing on the cake was un-doubtedly the speech given by SwamiNikhileshwaranandji. He spoke of the impor-tance of Swamiji’s sayings, the importance ofspirituality and culture and the role of youth inmodern society. He enlightened them on thecorrect way to lead a fulfilling life in a peacefulmanner. The trip was indeed a very enlighten-ing and memorable one.

Xerxes DaruwalaXII C

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Eco TEco TEco TEco TEco Tour Tour Tour Tour Tour To The Heart Of India-o The Heart Of India-o The Heart Of India-o The Heart Of India-o The Heart Of India-Madhya PradeshMadhya PradeshMadhya PradeshMadhya PradeshMadhya Pradesh

We were offered “once in a life time” opportu-nity to explore fascinating Madhya Pradeshwith all its myriad facts. We left Baroda at 8:30am. The travel by Bhopal Express was quiteenjoyable. We reached Bhopal next morningat 9:30 am .Bhopal is the ideal base for discov-ering the rich historical and cultural legacy ofthe state. It is situated on the site of an 11thcentury city, Bhojpal ,founded by Raja Bhoja.Bhopal today presents a multifaceted profile ;the old city with its teeming marketplaces andfine old mosques and palaces still bear the aris-tocratic imprint of its former ruler.

We visited Sanchi & Udaygiri caves . Sanchi isknown for stupas , monastries, temples and pil-lars dating from the third century BC to the 12thcentury AD. The world renowned Sanchistupas have been declared as a world heritagesite by UNESCO. Our next stop was Jabalpurand from there we boarded a bus to Kanha.

Early the next morning we went to visit theTiger Reserve and saw many different wildlifespecies and immensely enjoyed an elephantride. In the tiger museum we saw interestingdocumentaries on the majestic beast. In theevening we went for a trek in the buffer area ofthe forest. The next day we reached Jabalpurand then went to visit the Bhedaghat andDhuandhar Falls also known as the ‘SmokeCascade’ . The cascading water presented aterrific site .It was then that we truly realized theextent of Mother Nature’s might. At Bhedaghatwe saw holy river Narmada snaking its waythrough the Marble rocks.

This trip was packed with fun, excitement andgave us the wonderful feeling of being close tonature. It was really an adventurous trip whichwe will never forget in our life.

Prerna MeghaIX-B

Camping in Gir FCamping in Gir FCamping in Gir FCamping in Gir FCamping in Gir Forororororestestestestest

Our class trip to Gir Forest was enjoyable andfull of fun. Early morning, on 6th February, weset out on 3 nights - 4 days camp by bus forJunagadh. Our camp site was situated inSakarbaug Zoo. We stayed in alpine tents with6-7 of us sharing a tent.

We visited a nearby fort, a dam and SomnathTemple. Our Gir safari was the most excitingpart of the trip. We were lucky to see three lion-esses, one lion and cub in the sanctuary.

Cut off from luxuries and gadgets, dining innatural surroundings with teachers and friendsand viewing animals around our camp site wasfascinating. We returned at night on 9th Febru-ary. The sweet memories of the trip are still freshin my mind.

Nikki JoshiVI C

Memories of the Heritage TMemories of the Heritage TMemories of the Heritage TMemories of the Heritage TMemories of the Heritage TourourourourourDay 1 : 6th Feb ’09

At 6:30 a.m in the morning we boarded the busand bid goodbye to our parents. After a tediousjourney, we reached Nal Sarovar , a bird sanc-tuary for the rarest migratory birds. We had apleasant time boating and watching the birds.After lunch,we visited the famous Sun Templeat Modhera in Mehsana. The ruins of thistemple are testimony to its beauty. At last,we reached ‘ Hotel Garden’ in Patan, at8:00 p.m.

Day 2 : 7th FebAfter a scrumptuous breakfast at 8:00 a.m,wewent to visit the local places in Patan. We wereshown the making of the world famous Patolafabric and designs. Then we saw the skillfulhandmade papercutting. After lunch, wevisited Rani-ki-Vav, an understep well, famousfor is carvings and Sahastralinga Lake, nowquite dry. At night, we had a good timeenjoying the camp fire.

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Day3: 8th FebThis was the last day of the trip. We left our hotelto visit Zainabad, on Little Rann of Kutch wherewe saw salt-farming. We also got to know thesocial and economic hardships faced by thepeople there. Next,we visited the Wild AssSanctuary. From there we bid goodbye to ourtrip and returned to school with a yearning for alonger trip.

Deblina DattaSurabhi TripathiVIII-C

TRIP TO SCIENCE CITYTRIP TO SCIENCE CITYTRIP TO SCIENCE CITYTRIP TO SCIENCE CITYTRIP TO SCIENCE CITY-----AHMEDAHMEDAHMEDAHMEDAHMEDABADABADABADABADABAD

The day -9th February ,2009 dawned bright &clear. In school,we were thrilled at the prospectof going out for the whole day. No studiestoday!!

We boarded the bus at 8:30 am and reachedour destination at 11:45 am. We entered theScience City building called ‘Hall of Science’and ‘Hall of Space’. We saw various models ofrockets and space ships .There was a lot ofinformation about the solar system and the uni-verse. Some of the rocket models could behandled using the remote ,the ‘croma –effect’was created and there was a simulation ride toMars, which we enjoyed thoroughly. There wasinformation on a different astronauts and theways in which they communicate via satellite.

Many experiments related to electricity andmagnetism were also arranged which were ex-citing and new for us.

By 1:30 pm. we had our lunch and went to theEnergy Park where we saw wind mills , solarpanels, biogas plants, hydroelectricity and anoil rig, which were all working models. We saw‘polymers ’ which are used in a house for dailyuse, from tables to chairs, mattress, curtains,cupboards, mugs etc.

The ‘Eco friendly ‘house was the next attrac-tion . By 5:30 pm we were ready to see the the-atre which is underground . We saw the movie

called ‘Cyber World’ and we screamed andlaughed in fun. It was so thrilling!

We were tired and by 7:30 pm we boarded thebus for the return journey. What an enlighten-ing trip it was !!

ClassesVIII-A,B,C

BOARDERS’ TRIP TO PABOARDERS’ TRIP TO PABOARDERS’ TRIP TO PABOARDERS’ TRIP TO PABOARDERS’ TRIP TO PATTTTTANANANANANOur trip to Patan was a combination of refresh-ment and educational exposure.

It was a beautiful place with two architecturalevidences from the past. The walls and pillarsof the Sun Temple and Rani ki Vav were beau-tifully carved as King Bhimdev Solanki’s workof 11th Century wasn’t supposed to be plain.The entrances, walls and pillars of the SunTemple portray incidents from Ramayana andMahabharata. The “Rani ki Vav” built by QueenMinaldevi Solanki is a marvellous effort tocreate self-sufficiency of water for the peoplein such an arid place, that too at a time whenScience didn’t occupy a common place in thesociety and Royal Court.

We also witnessed the famous PatolaWeaving. ‘Patola’ is famous due to the use ofpure silk and organic colour usage. As a resultit is quite expensive. In a nutshell, the trip wasenjoyable.

Anuj NegiX- CMunshi Hall