Digex Club Activity Session was conducted on 5th May 2021on the basics of photography for the photography enthusiasts. A lot of students joined to learn the basics of photography.The members of Digex society explained the foundations of clicking a good photograph. A variety of topics were covered regarding the technical aspects of photography which include, the basic structure of a camera itself, how light moves into the camera and different features that are integral parts of a camera. Important settings that every beginner should be familiar with such as ISO, aperture and shutter speed were explained along with an in depth explanation of the importance of having a unique point of view. A fun and interactive multiple choice quiz was later conducted in ‘Kahoot’ by the club incharge Ms Sarika Kaushal where students very enthusiastically participated and tested what they had learnt during the activity. “What are the best photo and video editing softwares for beginners?” , ” what cameras are recommended for beginners?” are few of the many questions asked by the students and answered by members.” It was an eventful session which received positive feedback.
A virtual Guest Speaker Program was organised by the Geography Department of Delhi Public School, RK Puram on the topic “Human Development” on 3rd May 2021 for the geography students of class XII and the teachers of the Social Sciences Department.
The session began with a welcome address by Ms Sangita Bajpai who introduced the guest speaker,
Dr. Zohra Jenkinson was an alumnus of University of Delhi and a DPhil in geography from Oriel college, University of Oxford . She is the Geography subject expert for Ofqual. She has been the Chairperson for Oxfordshire Women’s Aid for domestic violence charity, Oxfordshire Racial Equality Council and Independent Advisor to Thames Valley Police. She is a Founder member of Oxford South Asia Forum and now holds talks and raises funds for natural disasters in the Indian subcontinent such as earthquakes, cyclones etc. She has also been a Trustee of Orinoco Scrapstore in Oxford since 2000.
The Head of Department, Ms. Rupa Das welcomed the guest speaker with a bouquet of flowers and requested Dr Jenkinson to share her views on the topic- “ Human Development.”
Dr Zohra Jenkinson talked about many aspects of Human Development, the difference between Development and Growth and also how parameters of Development have changed over time. She explained the six basic pillars of Human Development- Equity, Sustainability, Productivity, Empowerment, Cooperation and Security and stated that human development shares a common vision with human rights.
The lecture was followed by an enriching Question-Answer Session where Dr. Zohra Jenkinson answered the queries raised by the students and teachers, often citing examples from her own experiences.
The session concluded with Ms Sangita Bajpai requesting the Principal, Ms. Padma Srinivasan to address the gathering. The session was attended by the Vice Principal Ms Renu Nayar, the Head of the Departments of each branch of Social Sciences and the Social Science teachers. The vote of thanks was proposed by Ms. Mahima Goel.
“Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional”
The Economics Department of Delhi Public School RK Puram conducted an online guest speaker programme for the Economics students of Class XII on 3 May 2021on zoom meet. Ms. Hema Chouudhary, the keynote speaker, a postgraduate from Miranda House discussed the Indian Economy amidst Pandemic.
The session started with a warm welcome by the Vice Principal, Dr. Renu Nayar, who spoke about the importance of such events. Ms. Hema began with a brief discussion of the pandemic and then went on to elucidate the various economic fallouts it has had on the global as well the Indian economy. She explained the linkage of India with other countries in terms of Foreign direct investment, trade, oil supply and military budget. Introduction of Blue Economy and vaccination drive in India engrossed the audience.
This was followed by an enriching rapid fire round of questions in which students readily participated by writing answers in the chat box.
Last but not the least, Ms. Anita Singhal, the Head of Economics Department, proposed the vote of thanks and expressed her gratitude on behalf of the entire school fraternity. The guest speaker left with her appreciation of the students’ participation. The event proved to be informative and fruitful for everyone.
Delhi Public School RK Puram organised a virtual Guest Speaker Programme on the topic “Cyber Security and Safety” The webinar was organised on May 04, 2021 for the students of Classes IX-XII. The guest speakers were Mr. Aditya Gautam, ACP Cyber Crime, Delhi Police and Ms. Charu Makkar, Advocate.
Mr. Aditya Gautam, currently posted as ACP, Cyber Cell, is a 2013 batch DANIPS officer. He has done Bachelors of Engineering in Computer Science from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi and MBA in Human Resources from Management Development Institute, Gurgaon. He holds a PG Diploma in Cyber Law and Cyber Forensics from National Law School, Bangalore. He has previously been posted as ACP/Crime Branch, ACP/Operation Cell in Dwarka district. He has been with the Cyber Cell for more than two years.
Ms. Charu Makkar is a member of the Juvenile Justice Court, Delhi. She completed BA (Hons)
in Psychology and Masters in Social Work from Delhi University, has 25 years experience of working with NGOs, State and Central government and the United Nations on issues of child rights and child protection & rehabilitation. She is a Senior Consultant with Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), Ministry of Women and Child Development, responsible for coordination, monitoring and capacity building for the Northern Region comprising 11 states.
Principal, Ms Padma Srinivasan, Headmistress, Ms Rashmi Malhotra and the Reps, Class Teachers and students of class IX, X and XII attended the Guest Speaker Programme.
The session began with the Principal’s address to the audience. She spoke of the importance of being well aware about Cyber Safety and Security especially in these testing times when everything, ranging from businesses to education, has turned online.
During the session, the speakers spoke a great deal about the importance of Cyber Security and Safety while discussing real life examples. They emphasised on the importance of Cyber Security and discussed ways in which it could be met.
This was followed by a Question and Answer session where the speakers patiently answered a wide range of questions providing a great deal of insight into the topic punctuated with practical advice for students, parents and teachers.
The Guest Speaker Programme concluded with a Vote of Thanks by the Headmistress Mrs.Rashmi Malhotra.
The event was organised by Ms Archna Deepak and Ms. Shelly Malhotra with technical support from Mr Mukesh Kumar and his team.
Earth Week was celebrated from 15th-22nd April with Online activities, to sensitize the children about the conservation of natural resources and to motivate them to do their bit and become conscious citizens who would take all possible steps to make this earth a self sustaining planet. Various Inter section competitions were conducted to commemorate the Earth Day with the topics related to Environment issues like Noise Pollution,Ozone depletion,Water Conservation,Air pollution and Save earth
These competitions were organized by ‘Panchtatva’; The Environment Club Incharges, Ms Niva Chhonkar & Ms Dimple Menon of the Biology Deptt.
The results of the competitions are as follows:
CLASS VI
TOPIC: “Silence Speaks Volumes”: Slogan Writing Competition on Noise Pollution
First-Vihan Wahi-VI-D Second Sachin Gangwar-VI-J Third-Anushri Kabi-VI-A
Class VII TOPIC:Carbon Footprint; Bigger Isn’t Better: Poetry Writing Competition on Ozone Depletion First-Aairah Sultan-VII-A Second-Shriya Sawhney-VII-H Third-Divyansh-VII-J
Class VIII TOPIC:“Water;The Elixir Of Life” Poster Making Competition on Save Water;Save Life First-Neelanjana Maggo-VIII-K Second-Adrika Agarwal VIII-H Third-Aanya Khanna-VIII-E
Class IX TOPIC-“Sparks”- A Game Designing competition First: Aryaman Roop Madan IX-M Second: Arnav Rai Gupta IX-L Third: Kanak Ahuja IX-I
Class X TOPIC-“Everlasting Impression”-Bookmark Designing Competition to create awareness on Air Pollution First-RabiaWali- X-C Second-Sarah Kashyap-X-O Third- Saanvi Pandey-X-G
CLASS XII- SMS Writing Competition on “ Save earth” First-Kartik Pandey- XII-O Second- Raavi Bajaj- XII-V Third-Kunal Kumar-XII-M
A business is nothing but a perfect balance of income and assets, profits and losses, assets and liabilities. A symphony that prevails through time and tide.
The students of Class XII of the commerce section were introduced to the nuances of the business game on 4 May 2021 by the Accountancy Club of Delhi Public School RK Puram and were expected to complete three levels in a duration of 20 minutes. 32 students participated in the game.The objective of the game was to fulfil the given objectives using minimum resources and in minimum time. It helped in the development of business acumen and accounting skills of students. The winners of the game were:
27th April, 2021: The YP Club of DPS, R. K. Puram conducted a training session on 27th April for the upcoming Simulation of All India Political Party Meet (AIPPM) to be held soon in the academic year 2021. The session which lasted for about 40mins saw almost 100% attendance of the participants and was attended by Ms. Vandana Chandoke along with Ms. Swati Verma who motivated the participants and organised the simulation. The session which was chaired by Arnab Kumar Mullick and Tanmay was aimed at guiding the participants through the procedure and format of the committee and to motivate them to speak and stay active in the club. The session also highlighted the participants about the MUN/YP Club of our school. In the end, questions from the participants were taken up and addressed by the executive board. Ms. Swati Verma also provided her input and motivated students to speak as much as possible. The participants were asked to read through the background and reach out incase of any queries. This was a really fruitful session for the teachers, executive board members and participants.
Various activities were organised for classes VI to IX as a part of the Master trainer’s programme organised by Eco club, Delhi, Government of India to create awareness regarding ‘Wetlands Conservation and its Importance’
A wetland is a place where the land is covered by water. Marshes, ponds, the edge of a lake/ocean, the delta at the mouth of a river, low-lying areas that frequently flood — all of these are wetlands.Wetlands are called ‘Ramser sites’ as an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands was signed at Ramsar.There are 42 Ramsir sites in India
As a part of this activity, poster making competition for class VI, Slogan writing for Class VII , Paragraph writing for Class VIII and Infographic Presentation for Class IX was organised on the topic “Conservation of Wetlands”. Ms Neelam Ajwani conducted the activity as the Master Trainer under the guidance of Ms Niva Chhonkar,Head Biology Department.
The results of the activities are as follows:
S.No
Competition
First
Second
Third
1
Poster Making
Aniket Sen VI E
Devyaangi Lal VI KSuhani Gupta VID
Vani Menon VIHAaira Talikoti VIE
2
Slogan Writing
Aairah Sultan VII A
Reyansh Wadhwa VII J
Shivansh Gupta VII J Naisha Bhalla VII D
3
Paragraph Writing
Anika Goel VIIIC
Swadha Singh VIII E
Rishita Kapur VIII E
4
Infographics
Abhinav Dixit IX A
Aanya Yaduvanshi IX L
Aaryaman Roop IX M
Prize winning entries:
Poster making
2.Slogan writing competition
3. Infographics Presentation on Importance of wetlands
The Covid pandemic has locked us in our homes for more than a year now. With the second wave, the situation has worsened and many people are not able to access services such as ambulances and beds, there is shortage of oxygen cylinders and concentrators, we have lost our loved ones and we find ourselves feeling helpless because of the lack of information and awareness we have about such topics.
Ms. Preeti Pratihari(Teacher in-charge of the Social Service League) and Ms. Aastha Kochar briefed the students of the Social Service League about Plasma Donation Drive on 3 May 2021..
The session started with understanding what plasma exactly is, followed by why plasma should be donated and how it can help people who are covid positive.
In the end we discussed who all can donate plasma and how we can help staying in our homes spreading awareness, encouraging people to donate plasma and helping people in need.
LAUGH-A-THON
With the second wave of the pandemic, a lot of us feel overwhelmed and anxious. Hearing negative news every single day has left us feeling helpless and sad. In view of the same, the Social Service League organized a fun, comedic competition for the students of class XII who had opted for Social Service as their first preference in summer activities on 10 May 2021 .
Ms. Preeti Pratihari, the incharge of the SSL, along with four students: Devina Singh, Alma Ali, Tishan Chaudhary and Simran Joshi, conducted “Laugh-a-thon”, which was a competition to lighten the mood amidst these unprecedented times. Students were divided into groups and were asked to prepare a short, comedic act along with a moral. During the competition, one of the group members was asked to present their screen and show the video. We were honored to have Ms. Kaveri Dhar and Mr. Amit Rajput as our esteemed judges for this event. Through this competition, we sought to spread positivity and laughter. We look forward to conducting many more events in the near future.
The results of the competition were:
1st– Group 9: Aarushi Gupta, Krishna Raj Mangalam, Manya Garg, Krish Gupta and Sanchi Bansal
Best actor- Krishna Raj Mangalam
2nd– Group 8: Khwaish Agarwal, Preksha Jain, Sanaa Sharda and Apoorva Sehgal
Best actor- Apoorva Sehgal
3rd – Group 2: Rajita Gupta, Mudit Khandelwal, Dimple and Bharat Bhargava
Best actor – Mudit Khandelwal
4th – Group 7: Parthivi Guglani and Quilian Talukdar
The International Olympiad in Linguistics is one of the prestigious 13 International Science Olympiads. Sarthak Mangla and Shashwat Mundra, students of Class XII-J are among the 8 students selected to represent India at the International Olympiad of Linguistics 2021 in Ventspils, Latvia from 19th – 23rd July 2021.
An Interactive Session on ‘Cyber Security and Safety’ was organised for the students, parents and teachers of Classes VI, VII and VIII. It was conducted virtually on 1 May 2021 to address various issues pertaining to cyber life, their legal implications and how to curb the same.The Principal,Ms. Padma Srinivasan,welcomed the guest speakers and audience. The guest speakers were Mr. Anuj Aggarwal, Cyber Expert and Ms. Charu Makkar, Advocate. Both the speakers quoted real life examples to highlight problems related to ‘Cyberbullying’, online fraud and gaming etc. They also emphasised upon their impact on impressionable minds and the role of parents and teachers as integral in dealing with such problems. It was followed by a Question &Answer round where certain important questions were raised and solutions were provided by both the speakers.
In the end Ms Renu Nayar, Vice Principal thanked the Guest Speakers for sparing their valuable time to educate the children and make them more aware about cyber security. Ms. Shelly Malhotra and Ms. Archana Deepak organised the session
A Guest Speaker programme on “Gandhi and The National Movement” was organised by the history Department on 30 April 2021.It was conducted by Prof. Dr. Ravindra Kumar.Prof. Dr. Ravindra Kumar joined the School of Social Sciences at the IGNOU, New Delhi in 1993. He took charge of IGNOU as the Vice Chancellor in 2016, since 2017 he has been advising Universities, Colleges and Government agencies on compliance strategies of statutory and regulatory provisions of UGC, AICTE, and NAAC on the development and implementation of Open and Digital Online Learning methodologies.
According to Dr. Ravindra Kumar, Gandhiji’s principles can be presented in two different variants
As a fossilized entity (which is not in sync with the modern political or industrial culture); and As a Post- modern entity. During his struggle, he gave birth to the concept of ‘Satyagraha’ or non-violent struggle. He uses two completely novel political tools in dealing with the colonial authorities. Gandhiji was against the rival ideas, methods and principles and not against British individuals. Gandhiji’s role cannot be limited. His political tools, articulation of national movement on the bedrock of morality, ethics on the principles of Ahimsa, asteya, Aparigraha. Later on there was a question answer session by the students and teachers. Mangal Prabhat is a leaflet proposed by Dr. Ravindra Kumar for the students. The Principal gave her valuable input on Gandhiji. The vote of thanks was proposed by Ms. Shaloo Khanna.
