“ Commerce changes the fate and genius of nations.” -Thomas Gray
Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram hosted its annual Inter-School Commerce Festival ComAstitva on 28th September 2024, under the guidance of its Commerce and Economics Department. This year’s edition of ComAstitva was a potent mix of competitions designed to provide experiences that challenge students and push them to go beyond their textbooks. As the students applied their learnings to compete in various online and on-site competitions, they got a chance to hone their communication skills, problem-solving skills, interpersonal skills, and critical thinking skills.
ComAstitva endeavours gave students a chance to dive into the working of commerce and industry, putting their classroom knowledge to practical use, and therefore gaining better insight and valuable takeaways from their participation. It brought together a series of creative competitions which were carefully curated to give the Commerce and Economics students of classes XI and XII an experience stimulating the workings of the world of business.
The online events included-
Market Mosaic: Capturing the Pulse of the Economy
In this online photography competition, the participants highlighted local shops, markets and the people who run them, showcasing the diversity and importance of small enterprises to the economy through a self-clicked picture. The picture was accompanied by a description of two hundred words explaining the reason behind the importance of small businesses and their contribution to economic development. The participants were judged on the basis of artistic quality, technical excellence, relevance to theme and appropriate description. The judges for this event were Dr. Pushpinder Singh and Mr. Sarthak Grover.
Strategic Showdown: Diverse Minds, Unified Policies
The online policy making competition, the participating teams created a comprehensive economic policy to boost workforce diversity by capturing diverse work environments and integrating different cultures and genders within the workforce. The criteria for the judgement of the Policy Proposal Document were coherence of the problem statement, quality and feasibility of the proposed solutions, innovation and originality, messages conveyed and the overall presentation and impact of the video. The event was judged by Dr. Vaishali Kohli and Ms Tripti Kheterpal.
Quadrant Quest: Mapping Success with the BCG Matrix
The BCG Matrix, also known as the Boston Consulting Group Matrix, is a strategic management tool used to analyse and categorise a company’s portfolio of business units or products based on their market growth rate and relative market share. Participants created a digital presentation on BCG Matrix of a company, which analysed its products based on market growth rate and market share. They then suggested future strategies the company should adopt for each quadrant.The judgement criteria for the event was understanding of BCG Matrix, accuracy of the data, logical placement of products, clarity and coherence of the presentation, creativity and originality. The students were judged by Dr. Jyotika Bahl , Associate Professor Delhi University.
Fraud Guard: Poster Designing Competition
This event required the participants to create posters conveying key messages, tips, and strategies for safeguarding against various types of financial frauds, such as identity theft, phishing scams, credit card fraud, investment scams and cyber fraud. The posters were evaluated on the basis of creativity and originality, visual Impact and design quality, clarity and effectiveness of messaging, relevance to the theme, overall presentation and aesthetic appeal. The judge for this event was Ms. Neeti Banga , Associate Professor , NIFT
Rhyme and Reason: Mastering Management Through Limericks
A Limerick is a humorous verse of five lines, in which the first, second and fifth lines rhyme, and the third and fourth lines, which are shorter, form a rhymed couplet. For this event, participants created limericks based on the topic Principles of Management. Judgement Criteria for this event was creativity,content, layout and relevance, and the event was judged by Professor Dr. Sunaina Sardana.
Business Brushstrokes: Unleash your Creative Spirit
In this event the participant chose from one of the thought-provoking topics and researched on its impact on businesses today. The participants depicted the chosen topic with the help of an interesting five-panel digital comic strip. The topics for this event were Blockchain in Business: Beyond Cryptocurrencies, AI and Machine Learning: Revolutionising Business Industries, Fintech Innovations: The Future of Financial Services, Big Data Analytics: Driving Business Decisions and Cloud Computing: Enabling Business Agility. The participants were judged by Professor (Dr) Poonam Gupta based on their creativity and originality, adherence to theme and relevant use of dialogues.
The onsite events included-
Quizonomics: Think Smart, Score Big
This onsite quiz included a wide range of topics to test comprehensive understanding and analytical skills of students across subjects such as Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Economic Theories and Models, Applied Economics, Current Events and Global Economy. It featured a mix of multiple-choice questions, case studies, data interpretation, and crosswords to ensure a thorough evaluation of participants’ knowledge and critical thinking skills in economics. The quiz was conducted by quizmaster Mr. Ayan Sarkar .
Ledger Legends: Designing an Innovative Accounting Software
The preliminary round consisted of written questions on general awareness, business awareness and accounting. The top ten teams who qualified the written round and made it to the finals were required to create an innovative accounting software and present its unique features through a digital presentation, while looking for possible shortcomings or loopholes. The participants were judged by Dr. Ritu Sapra ,Professor Delhi School for Economics , on the basis of their understanding of the shortcomings of available softwares,innovation, feasibility and authenticity.
Merger Masters: Combine and Conquer
In this competition the participants showcased their knowledge and application of the business world, as well as their innovative and strategic thinking. Mergers can lead to creation of new products or significant enhancements to existing products. A set of four companies were allotted to each team, which then merged and created an innovative new product combining existing products from the selected companies.The products were in line with sustainable development goals and corporate social responsibility. Each team prepared a short digital presentation illustrating how the merger of the selected companies led to the creation of the new product. The presentations were judged on the basis of their unique selling point, their target audience, marketing strategies, and analysis of the product’s costs and margins. They were judged by Prof. Monika Bansal and Dr. Pooja Sharma.
The Valedictory Ceremony began with the lighting of the ceremonial lamp by the honoured Chief Guest Ms. Molly Gambhir- the imminent news correspondent and journalist, the Vice Principal Mr. Anil Kathuria and the Headmistress Ms. Rashmi Malhotra. During his address the Vice Principal Mr Anil Kathuria congratulated the participants and reiterated the importance of a healthy competition in complementing the learning of a student by opening more avenues.He congratulated the contestants for their confidence in being able to showcase their talent before an audience. He also spoke of success and failure in life and how they are important teaching grounds in life, and urged all students to continue striving for excellence.
A captivating fusion song was performed by the school choir, which was followed by an invigorating dance performance which was an amalgamation of western and Indian classical dance forms, inviting spontaneous applause from those present. The Chief Guest, Ms.Molly Gambhir,an illustrious alumna and Senior News Anchor of the primetime show Gravitas, WION spoke about her own experiences at DPS R.K. Puram and how it shaped her personality and career. This was followed by the prize distribution ceremony. The winners were felicitated by the Chief Guest, Ms Molly Gambhir, the Vice Principal, Mr Anil Kathuria, and the Headmistress, Ms Rashmi Malhotra. DPS R.K. Puram and DPS Noida emerged as the overall winners. The Headmistress, Ms. Rashmi Malhotra, proposed the vote of thanks. She thanked the Principal, Mr. Naresh Miglani for encouraging this mega event to take place, the Chief Guest for making the school proud as an extremely successful alumna, the Judges, the Vice Principals, and the teachers of Commerce and Economics departments working behind the scenes for making the event a tremendous success. The ceremony drew to a close with the singing of the National Anthem.
| OVERALL WINNER |
| DPS R.K.PuramDPS Noida |
| QUADRANT QUEST | |
| Position | School |
| 3rd Position | Cambridge School Indirapuram |
| 2nd Position | DPS Mathura Road DPS R.K.Puram |
| 1st Position | Mount Carmel School |
| FRAUD GUARD | |
| Position | School |
| 3rd Position | DAV Public School Gurugram |
| 2nd Position | Ahlcon Public School Mayur Vihar |
| 1st Position | Indraprastha World School |
| STRATEGIC SHOWDOWN | |
| Position | School |
| Best Policy Paper | KIIT World School, Pitampura |
| Best Presentation | DPS Noida |
| Best Overall Policy Proposal | DAV Public School Gurugram |
| MARKET MOSAIC | |
| Position | School |
| Audience Choice Award | DPS Sushant Lok |
| Best Storytelling Award | Mount Abu School DPS R.K.Puram |
| Best Photograph Award | Sanskriti School |
| RHYME AND REASON | |
| Position | School |
| 3rd Position | DPS Indirapuram |
| 2nd Position | Mount Carmel School |
| 1st Position | DPS Rohini |
| BUSINESS BRUSHSTROKES | |
| Position | School |
| 3rd Position | Sadhu Vaswani International School for GirlsDPS R.K.Puram |
| 2nd Position | Delhi Public School Bulandshahr |
| 1st Position | Mount Abu Public School |
| MERGER MASTERS | |
| Position | School |
| 3rd Position | Sommerville School |
| 2nd Position | Mount Abu Public School |
| 1st Position | DPS Rohini |
| QUIZONOMICS | |
| Position | School |
| 3rd Position | DAV Public School |
| 2nd Position | KIIT Public School |
| 1st Position | DPS R.K. Puram and DPS Noida |
| LEDGER LEGENDS | |
| Position | School |
| 3rd Position | Indraprastha World School |
| 2nd Position | Sommerville School |
| 1st Position | DPS R.K. Puram and DPS Indirapuram |