Celebration of festivals gives a hand on experience in performing various rituals, which breaks the monotony of school routine and gives us a chance to re-energize our body mind and spirit. The school celebrated Ganesh Utsav with lot of enthusiasm for five days from 19th Sept 2023 to 23rd Sept 2023. The main idol was installed in the Lord Rama Temple, while three bhavans of the school installed their respective idols.
As a part of the celebrations different competitions like Patriotic songs, Story Telling, Quiz, Debate Competition and Ganesh Decoration Competition were organised to ingraft various traits among the cadets.
Patriotic Songs Competition:
Inter Company Patriotic Song Competition was conducted on 20th Sept 2023. Each company was given a patriotic song from the moral science textbook 'Sanskar Sadhana'. Each company had a squad of 20 cadets (Sub Junior and Junior). The best patriotic song was adjudged on the basis of rhythm, discipline and synchronization.
The overall result of the competition is as tabulated below:
Company |
Song |
Position |
Shivaji |
आया समय जवानो जागो .... |
I |
Swami Vivekanand |
वंदे मातरम ... |
I |
Subhashchandra Bose |
मात्रुभूमि गान से गुंजता रहे गगन ... |
III |
Rana Pratap |
जननि जन्म भूमि स्वर्ग से महान है ... |
IV |
Story Telling and Quiz Competition:
Story telling and quiz competition were organised for junior and senior groups on 21st Sept 2023.
The aim of the competition was to hone public speaking skills of the cadets and teach them to be articulate while expressing their thoughts and opinions. Each company fielded two (02) participants each. The topic for the story competition was 'A Story of Param Vir Chakra Heroes'.
For Quiz competition, four (04) cadets from each company participated in the event. The competition was divided into six rounds based on Sanskar Sadhana, History, Geography, Science, Rapid fire and Jackpot, in which questions were asked from prescribed syllabus and news updates of the last one week from 'The Hitavada' news paper. The cadets performance in each of the event was outstanding. The results of the Story Telling and Quiz Competitions are as follows:
Story Telling Competition:
Name of students |
Language |
Company |
Class |
Position |
Cdt Aditya Bagal |
English |
Shivaji |
8th A |
I |
Cdt Arjya Das |
English |
Rana Pratap |
8th A |
II |
Cdt Harshit Bhoyar |
Hindi |
Shivaji |
7th A |
III |
Cdt Agreem Singh |
Hindi |
Subhashchandra Bose |
7th B |
IV |
Quiz Competition:
Company |
Position |
Shivaji |
I |
Rana Pratap |
II |
Swami Vivekanand |
III |
Subhashchandra Bose |
IV |
Debate Competition:
Debate competition was conducted among the senior group ie. Class IX to XII. A team of two (02) cadets from each company participated; one for the motion and one against the motion. The topic for the debate was "Artificial Intelligence is good or bad for the society. The students crossed the opponents’ arguments and put their views strongly and convincingly in the competition.
The result of the Debate Competition is as follows:
Prize |
Name of Student |
Class |
Best Debater |
CVC Rudra Chatterjee (SBC) |
11th A |
Best amongst For the Motion |
CVC Rudra Chatterjee (SBC) |
11th A |
Best amongst Against the Motion |
SCA Parth Dadwal (RPC) |
10th B |
Overall positions of the companies are as follows:
Company |
Position |
Rana Pratap |
I |
Subhashchandra Bose |
II |
Shivaji |
III |
Swami Vivekanand |
IV |
Ganesh Decoration Competition:
'Ganesh Decoration Competition' was organised In all three bhavans. Each bhavan selected different themes to convey message. The energetic cadets of Tanaji Bhavan depicted the theme of "Chandrayan 3'. While young cadets of Guru Govind Singh Bhavan carried the theme of 'G20 Summit' and Dr Moonje Bhavan decorated their idol on the theme of ‘The Magnificent Bharat’.
The Cadets of all three bhavans toiled hard and explained their respective themes to the panel of judges. The overall standard of this competition was exceptional.
The result of the event is as tabulated below:
Bhavans |
Position |
Dr Moonje Bhavan |
I |
Guru Govind Singh Bhavan |
I |
Tanaji Bhavan |
III |
Prize Distribution, Mahaprasad & Shri Ganesh Idol Visarjan:
Prize Distribution Ceremony was organised on 26th Sept 2023 for the winners of different competitions conducted in the school during five days 'Ganesh Festival. This was followed by Maha Aarti and Maha Prasad The members of the management, parents representative and staff members were present. The cries of Ganapati Bappa Morya, mantras, Shlokas and Aarti by the cadets spiritualised the entire atmosphere. While taking idol for visarjan the cadets and staff danced on the beats of local band.