Scholar Badge Ceremony 2020 – Class XI (Sections K-X)
“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” ― Maya Angelou.
Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram hosted the annual Scholar Badge Ceremony for Class XI (sections K – X) on 22 January 2021, via, Zoom, the virtual platform. The theme for the event this year was “A diamond earns its sparkle from the pressure it endures’.
The esteemed Chief Guest for the day was Mr. Amit Khare, an IAS officer, who presently holds the office of Secretary, Higher Education, and Secretary, Ministry of I&B.
Mr. Atul Kumar Thakur, the Deputy Commissioner of Police, South District, New Delhi, and an alumnus of DPS R.K. Puram 2002 batch, kindly consented to be the Guest of Honour.
The event commenced with the symbolic lighting of the lamp, followed by a harmonious orchestral performance by the talented and skilled instrumentalists of D.P.S. R.K. Puram’s Indian Music Society.
A short film highlighting the wide-ranging achievements of the students, scaling greater heights, undeterred by the unique challenges of this neoteric academic session, was presented.
In her opening address, The Principal, Ms. Padma Srinivasan, congratulated the scholar badge awardees on their exemplary achievements, both academic and extracurricular, in fields including debating, theatre, music, sports, dance etc. She reiterated the wide range of opportunities available to the students at R.K. Puram, which, according to her, provides holistic development and facilitates students in becoming well-rounded adults who are an asset to society. Drawing an analogy between how graphite must endure severe and sustained pressure in order to transform into a diamond.She reassured and inspired her pupils, stating how the tricky circumstances and misfortunes one suffers through are what ultimately help them earn their ‘sparkle’. In her opinion, resilience is the real key to all accomplishments, not talent. She concluded her speech by urging the young scholars to work hard and find success, and commended them, their supportive parents and the hardworking teachers for never failing to produce stellar results.
The Western Music Society then performed a mellifluous and sanguine song, “Victorious”, which showcased the persistent determination and tenacity of the students to strive for success and victory despite trying times, tying into the theme of the event.
In his address, the Chief Guest, Mr. Amit Khare commended the faculty and students of D.P.S. R.K. Puram for coping excellently in the face of adversity, and undertaking the great endeavour of conducting virtual classes and activities. According to Mr. Khare, teaching and learning must go hand-in-hand. He then spoke about the new and revolutionary National Education Policy, which aims to accomplish the same. He praised DPS R.K.P. in this regard.In his opinion, the teachers’ meticulous care and dedication towards their pupils is the reason R.K. Puram’s alumni are able to distinguish themselves in every imaginable field. He also elaborated that we, as a society, will have to re-learn and adapt to unprecedentedly new environments and challenges in the coming years, in both academic as well as professional spheres. In light of this, the exceptional foundations which R.K. Puram provides its students will be more crucial than ever, according to Mr. Khare.
The Guest of Honour, Mr. Atul Kumar Thakur, began his address by congratulating the young scholars on their remarkable achievements. He stated how R.K. Puram’s motto ‘Service Before Self’ instils and equips each student with the skill-set and knowledge required to reach higher realms of achievement. He urged the pupils to always strive to do better and expand their capacities in pursuit of excellence. Mr. Thakur also stressed the importance of creating holistic and inclusive learning spaces that cater to all students’ requirements and interests and narrated his personal experiences at R.K. Puram regarding the same. He stated how merely being educated and skilled is not enough; one must also imbibe the right attitude, and know how best to apply their skills to better the world around them. According to Mr. Thakur, work never feels like work when one aligns their interests to it. Thus, he concluded by expressing his wish that the students’ passion and aptitude govern their choice of higher education and profession, and urged them to allow their setbacks and failures to guide them towards success.
The much anticipated award ceremony was conducted by the Representatives of Class XI. Ms Ritu Kumar felicitated the Blue Tie, Blue Badge and Blue Blazer awardees, while the Green Badge awardees were felicitated by Ms S. K. Nagalakshmi.
The vote of thanks was delivered by the Vice-Principal, Dr Renu Nayyar, who addressed the gathering and thanked the Chief Guest and the Guest of Honour for taking time out of their hectic schedules to grace the ceremony with their presence and enlightening the students with their invaluable words of wisdom. She commended the students on their consistently outstanding achievements, and thanked the parents for their continued support. Dr. Nayyar also thanked the staff and students for making this proud event a success despite the challenges posed by the pandemic.
The event concluded with the national anthem and a message on Covid-19.
Language Fest 2020-21
“ To learn a language is to have one more window from which to look at the world.’’ – Chinese proverb.
Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram organised a series of inter school competitions in various languages on 15 and 16 January 2021 via the virtual Google Meet platform.This event, which was jointly organised by the Hindi, Sanskrit and Foreign Language Departments, was a platform for students to showcase their linguistic abilities and talents. This event saw an enthusiastic response from around 44 schools across the country.
GERMAN
“Erst eine Minute (Just a Minute) was an event for classes IX-X, in which the participants had to choose one topic from the list of ten topics provided to them and speak on it for one minute. The jury comprising Ms. Rima Chahaun, Assistant Professor at Delhi University and Ms. Rajini Batra of Delhi University assessed the performance of the students on the basis of pronunciation, fluency and adherence to the time limit.
SPANISH
Historians y Cuentos (Historians and Stories) was a story writing and telling competition, wherein participants from classes IX – X composed exciting and creative short stories, inspired by one of the prescribed themes, and recited them in Spanish. They were also required to present a hand-made illustration which complemented their tale. The jury comprising Dr Lovey Srivastava, Assistant Professor of Spanish and Assistant Director of The Global Languages Centre in O.P Jindal University and Ms Shruti Agnihotri, Assistant Professor of Spanish at Jawaharlal Nehru University, judged their performances on the basis of fluency, pronunciation, originality, clarity of expression, delivery and presentation.
FRENCH
French elocution was an event for classes IX-X, in which the participants had to give a speech on the topic L’Inde de mes rêves (India of my dreams). The jury comprising Dr. Shubhra Gupta, Assistant professor in Ambedkar University and Dr. Anuj Sharma, an adjunct faculty at Ambedkar University’s School of Global Affairs and guest faculty at the School of Vocational Studies, assessed the participants on the basis of creativity and originality, fluency and pronunciation, voice modulation and content delivery.
The Foreign Language Department also organised an offline Poster Making Competition for Classes VI-VIII on various topics of French, German and Spanish on language and culture. 33 schools in French, 22 schools in German and 11 in Spanish participated in the competition.
हिंदी
कक्षा छठी से आठवीं तक के विद्यार्थियों के लिए स्वरचित कविता/गीत-गायन की प्रतियोगिता आयोजित की गई थी,जिसका विषय था ‘आशाओं के दीप’ | इस प्रतियोगिता में देश विदेश के 35 प्रतिभगियों ने हिस्सा लिया तथा प्रतियोगिता में निर्णायकों के रूप में सुप्रसिद्ध कवयित्री श्रीमती सरिता गुप्ता तथा श्रीमती संतोष कुमारी उपस्थित थे कार्यक्रम समन्वयिका श्रीमती सीमा मेहता ने इस प्रतियोगिता में आए हुए निर्णायकों तथा सभी प्रतिभागियों का स्वागत किया।
कथन के आलोक में प्रबुद्ध लेखकों , कवियों , तथा विचारकों के द्वारा लिखे गए कथनों पर प्रतिभागियों द्वारा संभाषणों का प्रस्तुतीकरण था। यह प्रतियोगिता कक्षा नवीं और दसवीं के लिए थी। इस कार्यक्रम में देश-विदेश के 25 विद्यालयों ने भाग लिया। हिंदी के वरिष्ठ संपादक व साहित्यकार श्री आशीष कांधवे तथा हिंदू कॉलेज में प्राध्यापक श्रीमती रचना सिंह तथा दिल्ली विश्वविद्यालय में रीडर, डॉ. अशोक नंगवाड़ा निर्णायक के रूप में उपस्थित थे।
कक्षा नवीं और दसवीं के लिए स्वरचित लेखन प्रतियोगिता भी आयोजित की गई थी | विभिन्न विषयों पर प्रतिभागियों ने स्वरचित कविताएँ लिख कर उसकी वीडियो बनाकर भेजी
कक्षा 11वीं 12वीं के छात्रों के लिए दास्तान गोई प्रतियोगिता का आयोजन किया गया था इसके अंतर्गत छात्रों को भारतीय साहित्य के किसी लेखक या कवि की दास्तान को गद्य तथा पद्य के मिश्रित रूप में अभिनय के साथ प्रस्तुत करना था। प्रतियोगिता में भारत के विभिन्न शहरों के 14 विद्यालयों के छात्रों ने उत्साह पूर्वक भाग लिया सभी प्रतिभागियों ने अपनी विलक्षण प्रतिभा से निर्णायकों और दर्शकों को मंत्र मुग्ध कर दिया। डॉक्टर पशुपति शर्मा, डॉक्टर मंजू रानी और डॉक्टर अरुण इस प्रतियोगिता के निर्णायक थे। अपने संबोधन में उन्होंने सभी प्रतिभागियों तथा मंच संचालकों मुस्कान सक्सेना, राधिका गोयल तथा असमी के प्रस्तुतीकरण की सराहना की ।
संस्कृतम्
कथा – कथनम् छठी से आठवीं कक्षा के छात्रों के लिए एक कथा वाचन की प्रतियोगिता थी, जहाँ प्रतिभागियों ने विभिन्न सहायक सामग्रियों के द्वारा लघु एवं नैतिक कहानियाँ सुनाईं। इस प्रतियोगिता का निर्णय प्रोo कमला भारद्वाज, पूर्व डीन छात्र कल्याण संघ, लाल बहादुर शास्त्री राष्ट्रीय संस्कृत विश्वविद्यालय और श्री हेमंत जोशी, सहायक प्रसारक, अखिल भारतीय रेडियो, द्वारा किया गया | आयोजन में संपूर्ण भारत से 33 विद्यालयों के छात्रों ने भाग लिया।
कक्षा नवमी एवं दशमी के लिए आयोजित सस्वर श्लोक गायन प्रतियोगिता में ढोलक, तबला, हारमोनियम, गिटार और कैसियो जैसे विभिन्न संगीत वाद्ययंत्रों का उपयोग करते हुए प्रत्येक प्रतिभागी द्वारा श्लोकों का अर्थ सहित गायन किया गया । प्रतियोगिता का निर्णय डॉo प्रमोद कुमार शर्मा, स्कूल ऑफ संस्कृत एंड इंडिक स्टडीज़ के एसोसिएट प्रोफेसर, जवाहरलाल नेहरू विश्वविद्यालय और लाल बहादुर शास्त्री संस्कृत विद्यापीठ के शिक्षा विभाग में डॉo परमेश कुमार शर्मा, सहायक प्रोफेसर, द्वारा किया गया। आयोजन में संपूर्ण भारत से 23 विद्यालयों के छात्रों ने भाग लिया।
विभाग द्वारा एक ऑफ़लाइन प्रतियोगिता भी आयोजित की गई जिसमें विभिन्न विद्यालयों के छात्रों द्वारा ‘डिजीटल पोस्टर’ बनाकर निर्धारित तिथि पर हमारे विद्यालय को भेजे गए।
The Valedictory Ceremony of the Language Fest took place on a virtual platform on 21 January 2021, and commenced with the symbolic lighting of the lamp followed by ‘Deep Jalao’, an original song by Ms Fatma Kirmani, HOD Hindi. An upbeat and riveting performance was also presented by the talented instrumentalists of the Western Music Society.
The Principal, Ms Padma Srinivasan, extended a warm and hearty welcome to the esteemed guests for the day – Padmashree awardee Mr. Ashok Chakradhar, an Indian author, poet and professor at Jamia Millia Islamia University, and Dr. Gulshan Sachdeva, Professor of European studies and Chairperson, Centre for European Studies and School of International studies at the Jawaharlal Nehru University. Ms. Srinivasan also thanked the Hindi Department and Foreign Language Department for their diligent effort which made the event a possibility. Further, she applauded the students for their enthusiastic performances, specifically emphasizing on how, despite these trying times, the flame of their enthusiasm and vigour was burning bright.
Glimpses of the various events were then presented to the audience.
इस अवसर पर में मुख्य अतिथि के रूप में पधारे विख्यात कवि श्री अशोक चक्रधर जी ने दिल्ली पब्लिक स्कूल रामकृष्ण पुरम में आए हुए सभी प्रतिभागियों तथा समस्त सभासदों को सम्बोधित किया। उन्होंने कहा कि आभासी माध्यम व प्रयोग धर्मी संपर्क मंच का इतना सुंदर इस्तेमाल उन्होंने इस विशिष्ट काल में इससे पूर्व नहीं देखा। सभी 44 विद्यालयों के 150 से अधिक प्रतियोगी बच्चों का उन्होंने विशेष रूप से उत्साहवर्धन किया।
The Guest of Honour, Dr. Gulshan Sachdeva, began his address by thanking the school for inviting him to their prestigious event. He commended the faculty of DPS R.K. Puram for promoting French, German and Spanish, which he felt would serve further to generate interest amongst the students in Europe and European studies. He commented on how learning a new language can help us understand a country’s culture, history, politics and global linkages and open up many new employment opportunities. Dr. Sachdeva also talked about India’s pre-colonial and post-colonial ties with Europe, and how these strategic partnerships have helped India maintain a strong standing in global political and economic spheres. He concluded by pointing out the numerous advantages of being multilingual and urged all students to learn a foreign language.
This was followed by the announcement of the winners for the various events. They were complimented for their endless hard work and talent, and glimpses of the winning performances were showcased.
The vote of thanks was delivered by the Headmistress, Ms. Rashmi Malhotra, wherein she complimented the participants on their untiring effort and breathtaking performances, and reiterated the importance of studying the languages by saying that the study of languages opened new doors for children. She also thanked the Chief Guest and the Guest of Honour for taking out time from their hectic schedules to encourage the students. Ms Fatma Kirmani, the Head of Hindi Department, extended her gratitude towards the honourable guests for gracing the event with their presence, the various event organisers and incharges, and the commendable participants.
The ceremony concluded with the National Anthem and short message on COVID-19.
The results of the various events are as follows –
Overall Winners
In-School Practicals and Doubt Clearing Class X Schedule#2
‘Gold Finalist’ Award
In June 2020, the Royal Commonwealth Society of London organized an essay writing competition for students. The theme of the 2020 competition was ‘Climate Action and the Commonwealth’. Praniti Gulyani of XI-U was awarded the ‘Gold Finalist’ award for her essay entitled ‘Change – A Way of Life’, out of over 13,000 entries worldwide.
Stream Orientation Session Class X
Virtual Career Counselling sessions were organized by DPS R.K.Puram for students and parents of class X on 4th and 6th January 2021 to orient students about the various career options in all the three streams Science, Commerce and Humanities.
First session on 4th January was on “Conventional and Technical Courses (Mainly Sciences)”. The speaker for the session was Mr. P.K.Sharma, Assistant Director at Aakash Institute. He has experience of over two decades on counselling students at Engineering college and Aakash Institute.
The class representatives addressed the parents, welcomed them and encouraged them to facilitate the students to identify their interests and skills in order to choose a career of their choice.
Mr. Sharma shared his extensive knowledge of various career options, opportunities and challenges that come with each combination of subjects. He also explained very diligently the importance of Class X in career planning. The entire session was not only informative but also opened up various avenues for the students to explore in order to plan their career.
The session was attended by about 240 students and parents on an online platform.The session was wrapped up with a Question & Answer round which witnessed a lot of enthusiastic participation from the students and parents.
The second session – unconventional and Professional Careers (Mainly Commerce and Humanities) was organised on 6th Jan 2021.
The speaker for the session was Ms. Shilpa, Counsellor at Mindler Educational Institute. Ms. Shilpa addressed the current situation of global pandemic Covid-19 and encouraged students to explore new careers that would be open post-pandemic as well. She shared the wide range of career opportunities available to students with commerce and Humanities related careers.
The session was attended by about 216 students and parents of class X. The session was moderated by the school counsellors.
Spurthi Nimbali Giving Wings To Her Imagination By- ‘My Paper Boats’
“My Paper Boats” is a collection of 42 self-composed poems by a budding debut poet, Spurti Nimbali of Class IX-H.The poems are lucid, original, relevant and as the poet describes them- “‘ a mirror to her thoughts’. The book harbours an arbitrary set of poems that showcase the mind of an ordinary, thirteen year old dreamer. Published by the Orange Books Stores, the book is now available both as paperback and eBook on Amazon, Amazon Kindle, Flipkart, GoogleBooks and OrangeBooks Store.
Spurti is the daughter of an Army Officer who is currently studying in class IX of Delhi Public School R.K. Puram. She owns a mind with a myriad of aspirations and a heart driven to conquer them all. She is an all rounder who describes herself as an optimistic girl who is a dog lover and is tech-savvy.
Online Classes Week 35-Saturday
Online Class Time Table Week 35
Date: 25th January 2021 Onwards
Homeroom (For IX and XI)
08:20 am – 10:15 am – MONDAY
08:40 am – 08:50 am – TUESDAY TO FRIDAY
Homeroom (For VI -VIII):
10:00 am -10:50 am – MONDAY
10:10 am -10:25 am – TUESDAY TO FRIDAY
Classes XII, XI, X
Classes IX, VIII
Classes VII, VI
In-School Practicals and Doubt Clearing Class XII Schedule#2B
MORNING
AFTERNOON
In-School Practicals and Doubt Clearing Class XII Schedule#2A
TIME TABLE FOR DOUBT CLEARING/ PROJECT DISCUSSION FOR CLASS XII
COMMERCE AND HUMANITIES STUDENTS WHO HAVE GIVEN CONCENT FOR WEEK 2 : 25TH JANUARY TO 29TH JANUARY 2021
Photography Competition
A photography competition on the topic ‘Dignity of Labour’ was conducted by the Social Service League. 6 students of the Social Service League, Alma Ali(11 U), Bharat Bhargava (11 U), Devina Singh(11 V), Riddhi Khurana(11 K), Simran Joshi (11 Q) and Srijan Gupta(11 H) conducted this competition along with their Teacher In-charge Ms. Preeti Pratihari. This competition was done to inculcate the virtue of selfless care towards humanity, among the students of the Social Service League and make them aware of the importance of thinking about the ones who do so much for us, but don’t get the same return.
The participants were told to click a picture of any form of labour they saw around their houses, edit them and think of a meaningful caption for the photo they clicked. 23 students of class XI participated in this competition and their pictures were judged by Ms. Sarika Kaushal.
The results are as follows-
1st Position- Kritika Sharma 11-A
2nd Position- Srishti Agarwal 11C
3rd Position- SP Thanushree 11 U
The Winning Picture