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National Biotechnology Olympiad Topper
Eduheal Foundation organized a National Biotechnology Olympiad for different classes on 29th November 2012. Ankush Phulia of Class X was declared the National Winner and awarded a Gold Medal and a Laptop at the Prize Distribution Ceremony held at the National Science Centre Auditorium on 10th May 2012.
Aditya Khandelwal and Akshay Mathur (Class IX Toppers) Vashi Gupta and Mohak Narang (Class XI Toppers) were awarded a medal and a watch.
The Educatonal Leadership Award was given to Dr D.R.Saini, Principal, DPS,R.K.Puram and the Teacher Coordinator, Ms Niva Chhonkar.
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Raghuvir Singh Debate (Senior) at Modern School Barakhamba Road
Sahil Yadav, Kartik Ashta and Padmesh Mishra of class XII bagged the ‘Runners Up’ trophy for the ‘Raghuvir Singh’ debate during the ‘Literary Festival’ organized by Modern School Barakhamba road held on 8th May 2012. Sahil Yadav was awarded the ‘Best Speaker’ speaking against the motion.
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Best Team for Creative writing (Junior) at Modern School Barakhamba Road
Saumitra Khullar, Ishaan Wadhwa, Aradhya Narain of class VIII and Angelina Dash of class VII bagged the ‘Best Team’ trophy for the ‘Creative Writing’ competition in the junior category during the ‘Literary Festival’ organized by Modern School Barakhamba road held on 8th May 2012.
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Annual Interschool Debate at Bal Bharti School, Pitampura
The Annual Interschool English Debate Competition was held at Bal Bharti Public School Pitampura on April 30, 2012. A team consisting of Jahanvi Khokhar (12K), Jigya Bhagat (11H) and Pranav Butalia (11E) represented DPS RK Puram. The team competed with 20 participating schools to win the rolling trophy as the “Best Team” prize with Jahanvi Khokhar and Pranav Butalia winning the 3rd best speaker award and the “Best Interjector” prize respectively.
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The International German Olympiad 2012
Arjun Kumar from XI-H, was selected from D.P.S. R.K.Puram to participate in the ‘Internationale Deutscholympiad 2012′.
The Zonal (Qualifying) Round was held on the 4th of April 2012 and consisted of a written as well as an oral examination. 12 students qualified for the oral exam after the written exam and after the oral examination only 4 students from the entire NCR Region qualified for the National Round, including Arjun Kumar. The National Round was held from 25-27 April in Faridabad.
At the end of the National Round, only 2 students were selected to participate in the International Round in Frankfurt, Germany from 1-14 July 2012.
Arjun Kumar from XI-H was selected along with a student from Chennai and will be representing India in Frankfurt in July for the final round of the ‘Internationale Deutscholympiad 2012′.
All costs, travel charges and lodging, will be paid for by the Goethe Institut and Max Mueller Bhavan.
Mr.Gurpreet Singh, HOD of German of D.P.S R.K.Puram, trained Arjun for both the Zonal and National rounds and will continue to do so for the International Round.
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French Solo Singing Competition
An Inter-school French Solo Singing Competition was held at Apeejay School, Saket on 26 April 2012 as part of ‘Chunauti -2012’
Our school was represented by two of our students Alankrita Bari from Class 10 as the vocalist and Rishabh Ghosh from Class 8 on the keyboard. The duo did our school proud by bagging the First Prize in the Competition. They were awarded with certificates and a trophy.
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Book Discussion at Bal Bharti Public School
A Book Week was held at Bal Bharti Public School, Pitampura on the 23rd of April, 2012. Reba Singh and Radhika Agarwal of Class XII won the prize for ‘Best School’ in the Book Discussion. The book discussed was ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’, by Harriet Beecher Stowe. 23 schools from all over the city participated in the discussion. Radhika Agarwal won the prize for ‘Best Speaker’.
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Junior Shri Debate 2012 at the Shri Ram School, Moulsari Avenue
Ankita Gupta of Class VIII got the Most Promising Speaker Award at the Junior Shree Debate, which was held at the Shri Ram School, Moulsari Avenue on 19th April, 2012.
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National Level Debate at Modern School, Vasant Vihar
Kartik Ashta, Sahil Yadav and Kartik Srivastava of Class XII won the ‘Best Team’ Rolling Trophy at the 30th Edition of the MOD Debate, held at Modern School Vasant Vihar on Tuesday, 24th April 2012. It was a national level debate, chaired by Mr. Parnab Mukherjee. 25 schools from all over the country participated in the debate that spanned 3 elimination rounds. The first round was in the Classic format, with two speakers and an interjector. The second round had the top 6 teams, vying in the Extempore format, for the top 2 places. The Final Round was a face off between the top 2 schools, Modern School Barakhamba Road, and DPS RK Puram. DPS RK Puram brought home the Winners’ Trophy.
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8th Annual Abhimanyu Bhattacharjee Memorial Debate
Kartik Ashta and Kartik Shrivastava won the Best Speaker prize in the categories for and against respectively at the 8th Annual Abhimanyu Bhattacharjee Memorial Debate held at D.P.S. Noida on 27th January 2012 with Amritanshu Patnaik as the Interjector. This was an Extempore Debate.
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Cambridge School Annual Debate
At the annual debate held at Cambridge School, Noida on 21st January 2012 Sahil Yadav and Soham Goswami of Class XI won the prize for Best Team on the topic “The World has achieved brilliance without conscience.” They also won the best speakers prize in the categories for and against respectively.
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International school competition in Sharjah
The Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram team comprising of 13 students and their teacher, Mrs. Kaumudi Sharma participated in the “Parampara programme” organized by the Hindi department of D.P.S Sharjah on 23rd and 24th January 2012. 15 Schools from India and abroad participated in the event. D.P.S R.K. Puram put up “Khel Khel Mein”, a play based on the story of Vinod written by Munshi Premchand. Students also participated in the quiz competition “Jeevan Yatra” based on the life and works of eminent Hindi story writers.
Students presented their self-written stories supported by power point presentations. The participants of D.P.S R.K. Puram were appreciated by judges and the audience.
Mr Ashok Chandra, Chairman DPS Society, Dr. D.R. Saini, Principal D.P.S R.K.Puram and other eminent personalities from Delhi and Sharjah graced the occasion. The prizes were distributed by Mr. Dinesh Kothari, Pro Vice Chairman, DPS Sharjah and Jodhpur.
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DPS R.K.Puram Delegation Participates in Youth Health Programme
A delegation of students from the school along with Ms Jyoti Sharma participated in the “Interaction with youth health advocates engaged in school health programs’ co-organized by Public Health Foundation of India and the NGO, HRIDAY on January 13, 2012 at the PHD House, New Delhi. The students were Shivang Sethi , Akshay Gugnani , M. Sachitanand , Aishwarya Mehra and Mohita Suyal.
The U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Ms Kathleen Sebelius was the Chief Guest at the event and led the high profile delegation of the US Department of Health and Human Services. Secretary Sebelius has led ambitious efforts to improve America’s health and enhance delivery of human services to vulnerable populations. In 2011, Forbes named her the 13th most powerful woman in the world.
The interaction focused on the importance and efficacy of school based health promotion programs especially tobacco prevention programs in schools. Youth health advocates discussed strategies that worked and shared experiences from India.
Ms Sebelius emphasized the importance of policy intervention in controlling and preventing tobacco usage among youth. She gave the example of President Obama who not only quit smoking but strongly advocates and supports measures to discourage and prevent smoking among the youth. Other prominent speakers from the US Department of Health and Human Services included Dr Roger I Glass, Deputy Director, National Institute of Health, USA, Dr Nils Daulaire, Director, Department of Global Affairs, Dr Anand Parakh, U.S Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health and Thomas Frieden, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The delegates referred to the need to engage with youth in advancing steps towards tobacco cessation. Policy measures implemented in the US to prevent use of tobacco were also highlighted. These include eliminating sale of tobacco products through vending machines, levying taxes on cigarettes and printing warning labels on cigarette packages. M-health measures such as texting messages to prevent smoking have been extremely effective in the US.
Concluding that behavioural changes are most critical speakers urged for strengthening of tobacco control in India through implementation of policies and effective enforcement of tobacco control legislation, enhancement of youth engagement in tobacco control related activities and capacity building of multiple stakeholders at various levels.
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Delhi Regional Brain Bee 2012
The Delhi Regional Round of Brain Bee 2012 organized by Society for Neurosciences was held at Army Hospital(R&R), Delhi Cantt. On January 7, 2012. Prerna Garg and Rishi Madan of class XI represented DPS RK PURAM in the quiz on neurosciences. Prerna Garg was crowned winner and Rishi Madan was the first runner up. They have now been invited to participate in National Brain Bee, to be held in Bangalore in April, 2012.
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DPS R.K. Puram Student invited to speak at 106th Annual Session of PHD Chamber
The PHD Chamber organized a speech competition on the topic: “India 2021: A Promise of Progress”. It was a competition held on 20th December 2011, at the PHD Chamber itself, and had participants speaking on the topic, in English and Hindi. Students from various schools of Delhi (NCR) participated in the competition. Kartik Srivastava of Class XI O stood 1st in the English category and as a result, was invited to speak at the 106th Annual Session of the PHD Chamber, on 23th December 2011 at the Le Meridien Hotel. The Session was attended by various dignitories from the Socio-economic and Political Sphere, including Mr. Pranab Mukherjee (Minister of Finance, Govt. of India), Mr. Varun Gandhi (MP Lok Sabha), Mrs. Sheila Dixit (Chief Minister of Delhi), Mr. Farooque Shaikh (Actor) and Swami Atmapriyananda (Vice Chancellor, Swami Vivekananda University). He was awarded a book, a silver shield and a certificate of appreciation.
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Inter School Hindi Debate Competition
An Inter-school Hindi Debate Competition was held on 22nd December, 2011. It was hosted by Lion’s Club. 18 Schools participated in this competition. Eminent professors were the Chief Guests and judges. Avichal Bhatnagar of 11th V and Arjun Kumar of 10th M participated in the event. Avichal bagged the prize of the 2nd Best Speaker for which he has been awarded a trophy and Rs. 3000 in cash.
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Modernites Invitational Inter-School Squash Tournament
The 8th edition of the Modernites Invitational Inter-School Squash Tournament for the Mohini Virendra Singh Trophy, was played between 6 December, 2011 to 9 December, 2011 at Modern School, Barakhamba Road. The DPS R.K. Puram Squash team played this tournament and was placed Over-all runners up in the Under 19 category.
The Captain Mayank Sharma(center) Rohan Vasishtha (left) and Arnav Vohara (Right) was awarded with a special MVP(most valuable player of the tournament) trophy for winning all matches in this tournament.
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Inter School Robotics Competition held at Mayur School, Noida
DPS R.K.Puram sent 6 students to participate in a robotics competition held as part of “B.O.T-2011” – the Interschool Computer Symposium was held at Mayur School, Noida, on 15th and 16th November 2011. – Team-1 comprising Mayank Sharma, DhruvBedi and Pranav Saksena won the 3rd place in the manual event and team-2 comprising Viraj Rattan Mehra, Tushar Agarwal and Dhruv Bedi stood 3rd in autonomous robot event.
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Annual Computer Symposium held at Delhi Public School, Dwarka
Four students were sent to participate in the CORE4 Annual Computer Symposium held on 13th and 14th of December 2011 at Delhi Public School, Dwarka. Abineet Das Sharma and Rishabh Mittar of class 10 won the third position in ”RoboWars-Road Block” event, and Archit Agarwal, Adhiraj Mahajan of class 8 won the first position in ”RoboWars-Sumo” event of CORE4-2011.
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The Mathematical Crusade
On 10th December 2011 Delhi Public School, R.K Puram organized ‘The Mathematical Crusade’ to celebrate the spirit of competitive and mathematical creativity at its very best. The event began with a warm welcome by the Principal, Dr. D.R Saini to the participants from the various schools. The Western vocal choir of class 9 presented a self composed song titled ‘The Lion sleeps tonight’. An Odissi dance performance was also presented by a student of class 11. Dr.Sushma Suneja, Head of the Mathematics Department and Mr. Anil Kathuria , Incharge, Mathematics Lab & Technology Centre, DPS R K Puram along with the Mathematics Department and the students of the Mathematical Society, coordinated the event. 28 schools from in and around Delhi participated in the event.
The crusade had different competitions for the students that tested the participants’ in- depth knowledge in various fields of mathematics, their problem solving skills and mathematical trivia. The contest comprised two mathematics quizzes, two problem solving rounds and three puzzle contests. There were surprise events which were revealed when the participants reached the venue.
The Guest of Honour Dr. Amitabha Tripathi, a Professor of Mathematics at IIT Delhi gave away the prizes to winners on this occasion. He spoke at length about various mathematicians and their contribution to the field of Mathematics as well as various interesting mathematical concepts.
The overall first prize was bagged by DPS R.K.Puram, but since DPS R.K.Puram was the host school, the overall trophy was given to the next team, DPS Dwarka. The first runner up was DPS Noida and overall second runner up was The Mother’s International School.
The event provided the students with a common platform to share their innovative mathematical ideas. The interactive exposure promoted mathematical thinking and creativity and was a great learning experience for them.
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