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DPS RK Puram celebrated 150 years of Mahatma Gandhi

On the 2nd of October, 2019, D.P.S R.K. Puram hosted a variety of cultural performances and competitions to “Commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi”.

The event began with the unveiling of a relief painting of Mahatma Gandhi by the Principal, Vice Principals, Headmistresses and School appointments. As part of the “Swachh Bharat Mission”, a cleanliness drive was undertaken by the teachers and students. This initiative was a step further to achieve Mahatma’s vision of hygiene and health. This was followed by tree plantation outside the school premises. The SDMC schools from sector 4 and sector 5 were invited to be a part of this celebration.

The Cultural Programme commenced with a melodious rendition by students of “We Shall Overcome” and its Hindi version “Hum Honge Kamyab”. Their harmonious voices in sync created a vibrant atmosphere. Ms. Vanita Sehgal, Principal, D.P.S. R.K. Puram, was invited on stage to address the gathering. She urged the students to adopt the Gandhian principles of peace and non-violence in their everyday lives and follow them righteously. She highlighted the importance of truth and motivated the students, juniors and seniors alike, to “speak the truth everyday”. The Principal along with the Vice Principal, Ms. Padma Srinivasan released the 2019-20 edition of the History Magazine, ‘Bapu@150’.

On 1st October 2019, a team comprising of 46 students of Class X AND XI from D.P.S. R.K. Puram performed a play titled ‘Bapu Yahan Hai’ at the Commemoration of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi at Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, Janpath. The play centered around the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi and their relevance in contemporary times. The staging in school aroused the spirit of patriotism amongst the children as they applauded enthusiastically.

The Vice Principals and Headmistresses, praised the efforts of the students and encouraged them to inculcate the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi in order to truly pay respect to him. The Cultural Programme concluded with the National Anthem. The Departments of the school organised interactive events that sought to teach values and ideals of Mahatma Gandhi in events like Turncoat Debate, Slam Poetry, Code Breaker, Science Quiz, Business Plan, Sell Your Wares, ‘कविता पाठ’, Khadi In Style ,Swimming and Athletics ,Digital Poster Making,Classical Dance,Instrumental Music,BookMark and Book Jacket Designing were conducted and students actively participated in them. The winners were encouraged with medals and certificates.

National Inter DPS Swimming Open Girls Championship 2019

National Inter DPS Swimming Girls Open Championship was held at DPS Panipat Haryana from 201-21 August 2019. Simran Badhwar Won 3 Silver Medals and 1 Bronze Medal, and DPS RK Puram Won 2 Bronze Medals in both the RELAY events.

All India IPSC Swimming Championship 2019

All India IPSC Swimming Championship was held at Rajkumar College Raipur from 1-5th October. DPS RK Puram Won the U-17 Overall Champioonship and Simran Badhwar Won the Best Swimmer Award. U-14 boys won Bronze Medal in 4×50 Mtrs Medlay Relay. DPS RK Puram Won 17 Gold Medal ,One Silver Medal and 4 Bronze Medals.

Delhi State Swimming Championship 2018

Delhi State Swimming Championship was held at Talkatora Swimming Pool from 6^th-10th Sep 2019.DPS RK Puram Won 2 Gold Medals ,5 Silver Medals and 5 Bronze Medals.

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Cultural Performances and Competitions to Commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi

Best Performance in the 12th Sanskrit Olympiad

Amity International School, Saket organised the Sanskrit Divas programme on 26th of Aug 2019. Maanya Sareen of class X and Dipita Singh of class XI bagged the 2nd position and the Rolling Trophy for their Best Performance in the 12th Sanskrit Olympiad.

Youth Icon Award

National Youth Icon Award 2019

Vedant Garg is currently a 12^th grader studying in Delhi Public School RK Puram. He is immensely passionate about the sciences and enjoys working on projects that have a real-world impact. The 17-Year old is a recipient of the prestigious National Youth Icon Award 2019 owing to his exceptional effort shown towards developing the community around him and other positive effects on the world at large.

Associated with Save Child Beggar since 2016, he currently serves as the Head of IT and Social Media and has helped launch it to become one of the largest social outreach organisations in the country. He is deeply enthusiastic about spreading education to the less fortunate and wishes to continue working on this in the future. A clean energy enthusiast who has worked on developing the app and business model as the Tech and Business innovation leader for Charzing, a company that has integrated electric vehicle charging stations across Delhi.

Along with this, Vedant developed the Majime reputation model and a mathematical model detailing the effects of such a system on the gig economy. Majime is a blockchain based platform which seeks to decentralise work. It brings clients, partners, providers, freelancers and vendors in a single space. This project will soon be patented. His other work includes writing a research paper titled “Algorithm Certainty Analysis of Spatial Data for Terrain Model” which has been accepted to various international geology and civil engineering journals and conferences. He developed an algorithm for 3-D mapping regions by spatial data procured by drones. It is a continuous terrain model generator which presents a spatial coordinate set which forms the boundary of the shadow zone with discrete spatial coordinates which is normalized in Gaussian distribution through a Poisson transition.

An enthusiastic quizzer he has won several quizzes including a prestigious national environment quiz jointly held by the Ministry of Environment, climate change and the MET department. He is an active member of his school community and is part of several societies. Vedant has also won several academic accolades; he is a KVPY scholar, NTSE scholar, JSTSE scholar and has qualified national level Olympiads in maths, astronomy and junior science (top 36 students in the country).

DPS R.K.Puram students participate in ‘SWACHCHTA PAKHWADA’ Activities at NATIONAL SCIENCE CENTRE

To celebrate the 150^thbirth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, under ‘Swachchta Pakhwada’ various activities was organized by the National Science Centre, New Delhi. Students of classes VI -VIII participated in three different competitions i.e. On the spot painting, Slogan writing and Quiz on 25.9.19, 27.9.18 & 30.9.19 respectively. Five students won prizes in different categories. In on the spot painting competition Naina of VII-D won the Second prize,in Hindi slogan writing competition Anoushka of VIII-F won the First prize, in English slogan writing competition of Hashmeet VIII-J won the consolation prize and in the quiz Ruhee of VII- F and Adya of VIII-K were awarded.