NATIONAL DIABETES AWARENESS MONTH

To celebrate the National Diabetes Awareness Month in November ,the following activities were organized by the Health and I Club,Biology Department .

1) Poetry Writing and Recitation for classes VI to VIII on the theme :Do’s and Don’ts for 

    diabetics.Students had to recite a  self composed poem of minimum ten lines and 

    submit their video and soft copy of the poem .The excitement and involvement of the 

    students was noteworthy. Through their poem, they promoted healthy food choices 

    and  motivated diabetics to have a positive outlook and stress free lifestyle.

2) Awareness Ad On Diabetes for classes IX and XI on the theme :Early Signs And 

    Symptoms of Diabetes /Causes Of Diabetes .Students had to enact an advertisement 

    for 2 minutes as a team,keeping in mind the use of appropriate costumes and 

    characters  .Video of the students,enacting the advertisement had to be submitted. 

    Students brilliantly showcased their team work and creativity .

    The activities were organized under the guidance of  Ms Niva Chhonkar ,HOD Biology 

    and coordinated by Ms Jyoti Sharma and Ms Shalini Chanana,Incharges of the 

    Health And I Club

The result of the competition is as follows:

THEME                NAMECLASS/SECTIONPOSITION
Do’s and  Don’ts   for  diabetics(Poem Recitation )AHAANA PANDITMAHIRA JAINVINEETA SINGHVII JVIII EVII B   FIRST   SECOND   THIRD
Awareness Ad   On DiabetesCHAHAKPRARTHNA PRAKASH XI BXI BFIRSTFIRST

Intellectual Property Rights

He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. -THOMAS JEFFERSON

Cell for IPR Promotion and Development (CIPAM), a professional body under

the aegis of Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India organised a virtual seminar on November 27th, 2021 for the students of classes VI, VII, VIII, IX and XI of DPS RK Puram on the topic “Intellectual Property Rights”. The programme was hosted with the aim of providing the students with the opportunity to interact with and learn from the accomplished people in the field.The class representatives, teachers and students of classes VI, VII, VIII, IX and XI attended the programme.

The virtual seminar was conducted by Mr. N. Subramanian along with Ms. Drishti Khurana. Mr. N. Subramanian, an engineering graduate and a registered Patent agent, started his IP Career as a Patent Scientist and grew as an in-house IP Trainer cum Analyst in the University. He has experience in Patent searching, drafting and filing; Handling the IPR seminars, Awareness programmes, Hands-on training; Handling the Value-Added course on IPR; Framing University IP Policy and creating an innovation ecosystem in the University. 

While working at CIPAM as an Assistant manager, he takes care of awareness vertically. He is also a mentor of change for Atal Tinkering Lab and acts as a resource person to promote IPR in several schools, colleges and forums such as UGC-HRDC, EDII-TN, All India Radio etc. 

Ms.Drishti Khurana is working in Cell for IPR Promotion and Management (CIPAM), Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of commerce and industry as a Management Trainee. 

The programme began with Riya Gupta and Lipi Saini welcoming the audience and the guest speakers. This was followed by Mr. N. Subramanian’s presentation in which he discussed Intellectual Property Rights and its different types with the audience. He also included various fun activities to interact with the audience which took the energy level of the audience to great heights.

The question and answer session was conducted by Drishty Ajwani and Aryan Kumar. Students asked their questions regarding the topic which were very patiently answered by Mr. N. Subramanian. He emphasised the importance of intellectual property rights and how they help the authors to publish their work without the fear that someone else will use it and take credit for it. 

The session was concluded by Riya Gupta with a vote of thanks. The event was organised by Ms. Shelly Malhotra and Ms. Archna Deepak, with technical support from Mr. Mukesh Kumar and his team.

Bio Whiz Quiz 2021

The Bio Whiz Quiz was organized by Inquisitio, the Biology Club in association with Plasmid, the Biotechnology Club, on 26th November 2021, at 5.30 pm. The quiz was put together for all students of classes X to XII. To express their endless passion for Biology, and to strengthen their existing knowledge on the same, the event saw participation from 11 teams of 2 participants each. 

The event was hosted by Aadrita XII A, the President of Inquisitio, who was the quizmaster for the day. Her team included Archisha Bansal XII D (President) who was the moderator, Tejaswi Sharma XII A (Vice President) who designed the slides, Smiti Chawla XII B (Vice President) and Shubhika Pandey XI L (Biotechnology Club) who were the scorekeepers. After the rules of the competition were introduced, the teams began actively participating in the quiz. The rounds were as follows: 

Round 1: Multiple Choice Questions, 

Round 2: Audio-Visual Questions, 

Round 3: Identification Questions, 

Round 4: Rapid-Fire (based on themes) 

All the teams, as well as the audience, had an impressive knowledge of the subject and answered questions promptly and accurately. There were plenty of questions for the audience, who were especially delightful and full of energy.

After a tough competition among all the teams and following a set of tiebreakers, the 1st position was bagged by Parth Kumar and Sneha Chandra of XI D, followed by Prathamesh and Aditi of XI D at the 2nd position, and Parmarth and Nysa of XI D at 3rd position

 The Vote of thanks was proposed by Ms. Niva Chhonkar who offered words of appreciation for all. The Club incharges Ms. Kajal Sethi and Ms. Kusum Yadav also addressed the gathering before concluding the event. It was a day of enjoyment and learning, and all those who were present went home with some new knowledge about the subject.

NEET Rank 1 – Tanmay Gupta

Tanmay Gupta DPS RKP Batch 2020-2021

Tanmay Gupta DPS RK Puram Batch 2020-2021 is the National Topper of NEET 2021. He got perfect 720 out of 720 and stood at All India Rank 1 among more than 16 lakh students who appeared in the all India medical entrance on 12th of September 2021.