Sports Events October 2019 to March 2020

EVENT	ORGANIZED BY	CATEGORY	AWARD
Table Tennis
CISCE Regional Table Tennis Tournament	CISCE	Under – 14 boys Under – 14 girls Under – 17 boys Under – 19 boys Under – 19 girls	2nd Position 2nd Position 3rd Position 1st Position 1st Position 11 Students Selected for CISCE National
CISCE National Table Tennis Tournament	CISCE	Under – 14 boys Under – 14 girls Under – 17 boy Under – 19 boys Under – 19 girls	Participation Participation Participation Participation Participation 1 Student Selected for SGFI National
SGFI Table Tennis National Tournament	School Games Federation of India (SGFI)	Under-19 girls	Participation
Football (Girls)
School State Football Tournament 2019-20	School Games Federation of India (SGFI)	Under – 14	Participation
School District Football Tournament 2019-20	School Games Federation of India (SGFI)	Under – 19	Participation
School State Football Tournament 2019-20	School Games Federation of India (SGFI)	Under – 19	Participation
Khel Mahakumbh, State Level 2019-20	Khel Mahakumbh Khelo India.	Under – 19	Participation
Football (Boys)
School District Football Tournament 2019-20	School Games Federation of India (SGFI)	Under – 17	Participation
School District Football Tournament 2019-20	School Games Federation of India (SGFI)	Under – 14	Participation
CISCE Regional Football Tournament	CISCE	Under – 14 Under – 17	Winner Winner
CISCE National Football Tournament	CISCE	Under – 17	Participation
The Heritage Inter-School Tournament	The Heritage School	Under – 14 Under – 12	Participation
Pre-Subroto Cup	CISCE	Under – 17	Participation
Kick-off Inter School Football Tournament	Made Easy School Gurugram	Under – 9 Under – 11 Under – 14	Participation
Basketball
CISCE Regional Basketball Tournament	CISCE	Under – 14 boys Under – 14 girls Under – 17 boys Under – 17 girls Under – 19 boys	Participation Participation Participation 2nd Position Participation 4 Students Selected for CICSE National
CISCE National Basketball Tournament	CISCE	Under – 14 girls Under – 17 girls	Participation Participation
25th Ramjas Basketball Tournament	Ramjas School	Under – 12 girls Under -17 girls	2nd Position 3rd Position
Athletics
CISCE Regional Championship	CISCE	Under-14 girls	1st Position in 100meters 1st Position in 80meters Hurdles 1 Student Selected for CICSE National
CISCE National Championship	CISCE	Under-14 girls	5th Position in 100meters
School State Athletics Championship	School Games Federation of India (SGFI)	Under-14 girls	1st Position in 100meters 1 Selected for SGFI National
Badminton
CISCE Regional Badminton Tournament	CISCE	Under – 14 boys Under – 14 girls Under – 17 girls Under – 19 boys Under – 19 girls	Participation 2 Students selected for National
CISCE National Championship	CISCE	Under -19 girls	Participation
Gymnastics
CISCE Gymnastics National	CISCE	U-14 girls Artistic gymnastics U-14 girls Rhythmic gymnastics U-17 girls Rhythmic gymnastics	Participation Participation Participation
Cricket
CISCE National Cricket Tournament	CISCE	UNDER – 19 boys	Participation
Inter-School Tournament	Kunskapsskolan School Gurgaon	Under – 10 boys	Winner
Inter-School Tournament	Asian Paints	Under – 12 boys	Runner up
Volleyball
CISCE Regional Volleyball Tournament	CISCE	Under – 19 boys	Participation
Yoga
CISCE Regional Yoga Tournament	CISCE	Under – 14 – girls	2nd Position of team 1st position in Rhythmic Event 2 students selected for National (1 in team event & 1 in rhythmic event)
CISCE National Yoga Tournament	CISCE	Under – 14 – girls	Participation in team 4th position in Rhythmic Event

CISCE and SGFI nationals Participation List 2019-2020

NAME	CLASS	GAME	AGE CATEGORY
Rudraksh	VII	Table Tennis	Under-14 (CISCE)
Rishabh Aggarwal	VII	Table Tennis	Under-14 (CISCE)
Aryansh Singh Bedi	VII	Table Tennis	Under-14 (CISCE)
Aadwik Malhotra	X	Table Tennis	Under-17 (CISCE)
Armaan Dhanda	XI	Table Tennis	Under-19 (CISCE)
Parth Kawatra	XI	Table Tennis	Under-19 (CISCE)
Atharv Mehta	VII	Table Tennis	Under-19 (CISCE)
Srushti Joshi	XII	Table Tennis	Under-19 (CISCE)
Suvidhi Mehta	X	Table Tennis	Under-19 (CISCE & SGFI)
Saumya Sehgal	IX	Table Tennis	Under-19 (CISCE)
Zaara Gill	VIII	Table Tennis	Under-14 (CISCE)
Praanathi	X	Basketball	Under-17 (CISCE)
Meenakshi	X	Basketball	Under-17(CISCE)
Tamanna	VII	Basketball	Under-14 (CISCE)
Rohan Agarwal	XII	Football	Under-19 (CISCE)
Aviral Malik	XI	Football	Under-19 (CISCE)
Harnoor Kaur	VII	Artistic Gymnastics	Under-14 (CISCE)
Idha Gupta	VI	Artistic Gymnastics	Under-14 (CISCE)
Mehar Brar	VI	Artistic Gymnastics	Under-14 (CISCE)
Avni Agarwal	VI	Artistic Gymnastics	Under-14 (CISCE)
Vaidehi taliyan	VI	Rhythmic Gymnastics	Under-14 (CISCE)
Avnee Gehlot	VI	Rhythmic Gymnastics	Under-14 (CISCE)
Trisha	VI	Rhythmic Gymnastics	Under-14 (CISCE)
Aditi Joshi	VII	Rhythmic Gymnastics	Under-17 (CISCE)
Anoushka Tomar	VII	Rhythmic Gymnastics	Under-17 (CISCE)
Jyotsana Sharma	IX	Rhythmic Gymnastics	Under-17 (CISCE)
Mehar Brar	VI	Yoga	Under- 14 (CISCE)
Idha Gupta	VI	Yoga	Under- 14 (CISCE)
Aarav Singh	VII	Cricket	Under-14 (CISCE)
Piyush Singh	VII	Cricket	Under-14 (CISCE)
Aryan Jain	XII	Cricket	Under-19 (CISCE)
Prisha Mishra	VI	Athletics	Under-14 (CISCE & SGFI)
Shansita Das Sharma	X	Badminton	Under–19 (CISCE)

Sports Events April’19 to August’19

Event	Organized By	Category	Award
Table Tennis
1st Table Tennis District Tournament 2019-20	Gurgaon District Table Tennis Association	Under – 18 girls	2nd Position
2nd Table Tennis District Tournament 2019-20	Gurgaon District Table Tennis Association	Under – 18 girls	2nd Position
3rd Table Tennis District Tournament 2019-20	Gurgaon District Table Tennis Association	Under – 18 girls Under – 21 girls	2nd Position 3rd Position
4th Table Tennis District Tournament 2019-20	Gurgaon District Table Tennis Association	Under – 18 girls	2nd Position
National Ranking Table Tennis Championship 2019-20	Table Tennis Federation of India	Under – 18 girls	Participation
CISCE Zonal Table Tennis Tournament	CISCE	Under – 14 boys   Under – 14 girls Under – 17 girls Under – 19 boys Under – 19 girls	All participants qualified for Regionals
School District Table Tennis Championship 2019-20	School Games Federation of India (SGFI)	Under – 14 girls   Under – 19 girls Under -19 boys	3rd Position
			1st Position
			3rd Position
			2 students selected for State Level.
Yoga
CISCE Yoga Competition	CISCE	Under 14	Winner at Zonal level & qualified for Regional Level & secured 2nd position in team event & 1st position in Rhythmic Yoga.
Volleyball
CISCE Zonal Volleyball Tournament	CISCE	Under – 19 boys	Winner at Zonal Level,
			and qualified for Regional Level.
Football Girls
The Heritage Inter-School Tournament	The Heritage School	Under – 14 girls	2nd Position
School District Football Tournament 2019-20	School Games Federation of India (SGFI)	Under – 14 girls	1st Position
Football Boys
School District Football Tournament 2019-20	School Games Federation of India (SGFI)	Under – 19 boys	2nd Position
Basketball
Inter School Match	DPS, Vasant Kunj	Under – 14 girls	Winner
Inter School Match	Shalom Hills school, Gurgaon	Under – 14 girls	Winner
		Under – 17 girls	Winner
District Basketball Tournament 2019-20	Basketball Association of Gurgaon	Under – 14 girls	2nd Position
GMDA Basketball Tournament 2019-20	Gurugram Metropolitian Development Authority	Under – 17 Girls	3rd Position
CISCE Zonal Basketball Tournament	CISCE	Under – 14 boys	2nd Position
		Under – 14 girls	3rd Position
		Under – 17 boys	1st Position
		Under – 17 girls	1st Position
		Under – 19 boys	1st Position
Athletics
School District Athletics Championship	School Games Federation of India (SGFI)	Under-14 Girls	1st Position in 100 meters
			2nd Position in Long Jump
CISCE Zonal Championship	CISCE	Under-14 Boys	1st Position in 100 meters
			2nd Position in 200 meters
			1st Position in High Jump
CISCE Zonal Championship	CISCE	Under-14 Girls	1st Position in 100 meters
			1st Position in 80 meters Hurdles
Badminton
CISCE Zonal Badminton Tournament	CISCE	Under – 14 boys	1st Position
		Under – 14 girls	2nd Position
		Under – 17 girls	1st Position
		Under – 19 boys	1st Position
		Under – 19 girls	1st Position
School District Badminton Championship 2019-20	School Games Federation of India (SGFI)	Under – 14 girls   Under – 19 girls	Participation
CISCE Regional Badminton Tournament	CISCE	Under – 14 boys	Participation,   2 Students selected for National level
		Under – 14 girls
		Under – 17 girls
		Under – 19 boys
		Under – 19 girls
Gymnastics
Pathways Invitational	Pathways school Gurgaon	Under 14 Team (Rhythmic Gymnastics)	3rd Position in Team Championship, 3rd Position in Ribbon,
Tournament			1st Position,
			3rd Position
School District Championship 2019-20	School Games Federation of India (SGFI)	Under-14 (Rhythmic Gymnastics )	1 student selected for State Level,
		Under-17	3 rd Position in Ribbon, 3rd Position in Hoop
		Under-19
Cricket
CISCE Zonal Tournament	CISCE	Under – 14 boys	1st Position
		Under – 17 boys	Runner-up
		Under – 19 boys	Runner-up
CISCE Regional Tournament	CISCE	Under – 14 boys	Participation
		Under – 19 boys	Winner
Inter-School Tournament	Kunskapsskolan School Gurgaon	Under- 10 Boys	Winner
Inter-School Tournament	Asian Paints	Under- 12 Boys	Runner- up
Volleyball
CISCE Zonal Volleyball Tournament	CISCE	Under – 19 boys	Winner
CISCE Regional Volleyball Tournament	CISCE	Under – 19 boys	Participation

      

      

              

 

Frank Anthony Memorial All-India Inter-School Debate, July 2019

The Preliminary Round of Category II (Class IX and X) of the prestigious Frank Anthony Memorial All-India Inter-School Debate 2019 was held in Shikshantar Senior Secondary School, South City-I, Gurgaon, on Thursday, 11th July, 2019. Five CISCE schools from the zone participated in the event, namely,

• Frank Anthony Public School, New Delhi (DE001)
• Mayo College Girls’ School, Rajasthan (RA006)
• St. Kabir’s School, Hisar (HA008)
• The Shri Ram Millennium School, Faridabad (UP032)
• The Shri Ram Millennium School, Noida (UP320)
• The Shri Ram School, Aravali (HA021)

As directed by the council, the topic for the debate was announced sharp at 9:30 am. The candidates were given one hour of preparation time during which they were in the library and were not allowed to use the internet or any gadgets. The topic “Education Fosters Democracy” was a topic that evoked thoughts from the present and the past alike. The confidence and panache with which some of the speakers brought out the finer nuances of the given proposition was commendable indeed. The debate was adjudicated by Ms. Kiran Bhatt, Ms. Urmil Guliani and Ms. Sonia Duggal, all experienced and seasoned language professionals with years of experience as facilitators, teacher-trainers and content developers.
The winners of the competition were as follows:

• Madhav Gupta from The Shri Ram Millennium School, Noida: Best Speaker
• Ishmeet Siwach from St. Kabir’s School, Hisar, First Runner-Up Speaker

The schools adjudicated to be the Best Teams were as follows:

• The Shri Ram Millennium School, Noida; Best Team
• St. Kabir’s Hisar, First Runner-Up Team

Certificates of Merit were awarded to the winning participants. Certificates of Participation were awarded to all the participating students.

         

     

ASISC Inter-School Creative Writing Competition, July 2019

Shikshantar hosted the ASISC Inter-School Creative Writing Competition on Thursday, 4th July 2019. The following schools participated in the event:

• Frank Anthony Public School, Delhi
• Lord Jesus Public School, Gurgaon
• Saint Kabir’s School, Hisar
• Scottish High International School, Gurgaon
• Shikshantar Senior Secondary School, Gurgaon

The creative writing competition was conducted under two categories: Junior Category for Class X and below and Senior Category for Class XI-XII. The topics for the competition was announced on the day of the event and the students were given one and a half hours of writing time.

The young writers came up with intriguing, thought-provoking poems, short stories and essays. The following students were recognized for their interpretation of the topic and their lucid expression:

Junior Category:
First Position: Aleena Khan, Frank Anthony Public School, Delhi
Second Position: Riti Aggarwal, Scottish High International School, Gurgaon
Third Position: Samya Nagpal, Lord Jesus Public School, Gurgaon
 
Senior Category:
First Position: Stuti Kulkarni, Scottish High International School, Gurgaon
Second Position: Naman Chaturvedi, Frank Anthony Public School, Delhi
Third Position: Devina Singh, Shikshantar Senior Secondary School, Gurgaon

   

 

Inter-school Sports Experiences 2018-19

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VIDMUN, 17th-18th November 2018

Vidyanatariksha Model United Nations 2018 is the Inter-School MUN Conference organised by Manav Rachna International School, Sector 46, Gurgaon. The conference was organised on 17th and 18th November 2018. The following students participated in the conference:

• Neeraj Sahu
• Soham Dey
• Tanisha Kaura
• Nandira
• Govind Hari
• Suhanee Bhogra
• Nitya Kaimal
• Aditya Chauhan
• Aadit Nilay

Soham Dey, Tanisha Kaura, Aditya Chauhan and Aadit Nilay won the Special Mention Award in their respective committees while Neeraj Sahu was given a Verbal Mention.

6th All India The Mann School Silver Jubilee Master 26 – 31st October 2018

The Mann School, Holambi Kalan, Delhi organised this Inter-School Spelling and Vocabulary competition on 31st October 2018. 44 students from all over the country participated in the event. The contest involved pronunciation of the given word, spelling it, giving its dictionary meaning and using it in a meaningful sentence.

Avi Aggarwal and Anannya Sharma from Class XI participated in the event. Avi Aggarwal was able to reach the fifth round and was among the top seven spellers.

   

X-DEBATE, 29th October 2018

The Heritage Xperiential Learning School, Gurgaon, organised X-Debate on 29th October 2018. The format followed for the debate was British Parliamentary and the topics were shared a day before the event.

The following students from Class XI represented Shikshantar in the Debate:

• Romit Aggarwal
• Rohan Agarwal
• Satyansh Yadav
• Shreshth Sinha

The topics for the debate were:

• This house believes the State should promote nationalistic values.
• This house prefers a non-adversarial legal system.
• Britain does not owe reparations to India.

The debate was an invigorating experience for the participants.

Summary of student participation in SOF Olympiads for the year 2017-18

The Science Olympiad Foundation, (SOF) is a not-for-profit organisation, based at New Delhi. For the year 2017-18, millions of students of 45,000 schools from 30 countries participated in the SOF Olympiads.

Students from Shikshantar, from Classes VII to XI, participated in the English, Science, Mathematics and Commerce Olympiads. Shikshantar was the centre for the Level 1 exam.

Olympiad	Level 1 Exam	Level 2 Exam
	No. of students registered	No. of students qualified
7th SOF International English Olympiad (IEO) conducted in association with British Council	157	40
19th SOF National Science Olympiad (NSO)	122	07
10th SOF International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO)	154	04
1st SOF International Company Sectaries Olympiad (ICSO)	10	(Single level exam)

The result highlights for 1st and 2nd level are as below:

7th SOF International English Olympiad (IEO)
Class	Name of student	Zonal / School Award (1st level)	Zonal / School Award (2nd level)
VII	Aashvi Gahlot	Medal of Distinction	Merit Certificate
	Vivaan Majumdar	School Gold Medal	Gift worth Rs. 1000+Certificate of Zonal Excellence
	Madhav Maheshwari	School Silver Medal	Merit Certificate
	Saranya Kapoor	School Bronze Medal	Certificate of Zonal Excellence
	Saumya Sehgal	Qualified for 2nd level	Merit Certificate
	Aangad Vipul Bhalla	Qualified for 2nd level	Merit Certificate
	Brinda Agarwal	Qualified for 2nd level	Merit Certificate
	Jyotsana Sharma	Qualified for 2nd level	Merit Certificate
VIII	Shansita Das Sharma	Medal of Distinction	Gift worth Rs. 1000+Certificate of Zonal Excellence
	Myra Kapur Dutta	Medal of Distinction	Gift worth Rs. 1000+Certificate of Zonal Excellence
	Dhruv Aggarwal	Medal of Distinction	Certificate of Zonal Excellence
	Sharsh Kanchan	Medal of Distinction	Merit Certificate
	Tara Dechen Lohani	Medal of Distinction	Merit Certificate
	Tia Tejaswani Jha	School Gold Medal	Merit Certificate
	Harshita Bakliwal	School Silver Medal	Merit Certificate
	Govind Hari	School Bronze Medal
IX	Tvisha Sethi	School Gold Medal	Merit Certificate
	Jiya Malla	School Silver Medal
	Ishita Chakrabarty	School Bronze Medal	Merit Certificate
	Kuhoo Bairwal	Medal of Distinction	Certificate of Zonal Excellence
	Akanksha Chablani	Medal of Distinction	Merit Certificate
	Avi Narula	Medal of Distinction	Merit Certificate
	Sarthak Gupta	Medal of Distinction	Merit Certificate
	Nehal Sood	Qualified for 2nd level	Certificate of Zonal Excellence
	Devika Singh Bisht	Medal of Distinction	Gift worth Rs. 1000+Certificate of Zonal Excellence
X	Sumedha Vashishta	School Gold Medal	Gift worth Rs. 1000+Certificate of Zonal Excellence
	Romit Aggarwal	School Silver Medal	Merit Certificate
	Ananya Sharma	School Bronze Medal	Merit Certificate
	Avi Aggarwal	School Bronze Medal	Merit Certificate
	Kabeer Rai	Qualified for 2nd level	Merit Certificate
	Soham Dey	Qualified for 2nd level	Merit Certificate
	Tishya Chaudhary	Qualified for 2nd level	Merit Certificate
XI	Samay Panwar	Medal of Distinction	Certificate of Zonal Excellence
	Manu Batra	Medal of Distinction	Rs. 2500 + Zonal Silver Medal + Certificate of Zonal Excellence
	Zoeanna Upadhyay	Medal of Distinction	Gift worth Rs. 1000+Certificate of Zonal Excellence
	Arushi Narayan	School Gold Medal	Merit Certificate
	Pragya Saboo	School Silver Medal
	Yash Kulkarni	School Bronze Medal
XII	Nivedita Gautam	School Gold Medal
	Dylon Lopez	School Silver Medal
	Nandini Mediratta	School Bronze Medal
	Pranay Mukherjee	Medal of Distinction	Certificate of Zonal Excellence
	Sparsh Sinha	Medal of Distinction
	Kavya Niju	Medal of Distinction	Certificate of Zonal Excellence
	Tejas Vohra	Medal of Distinction
	Yashmit Sharma	Medal of Distinction
19th SOF National Science Olympiad (NSO)
Class	Name of student	Zonal / School Award (1st level)	Zonal / School Award (2nd level)
VII	Saranya Kapoor	School Gold Medal	Merit Certificate
	Paridhi Futela	School Silver Medal
	Angad Vipul Bhalla	School Bronze Medal
VIII	Shansita Das Sharma	Medal of Distinction	Merit Certificate
	Sparsh Arora	School Gold Medal	Merit Certificate
	Arnav Rustagi	School Silver Medal
	Nikita Lakkaraju	School Bronze Medal
IX	Aryan Vats	School Gold Medal	Merit Certificate
	Akanksha Chablani	School Silver Medal
	Tushaar Ranganathan	School Bronze Medal
X	Avi Aggarwal	School Gold Medal	Merit Certificate
	Tishyaa Chaudhry	School Silver Medal	Merit Certificate
	Ramanuj Goel	School Bronze Medal
XI	Samay Panwar	School Gold Medal	Merit Certificate
10th SOF International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO)
Class	Name of student	Zonal / School Award	Zonal / School Award (2nd level)
VII	Ritvik Sinha	School Gold Medal	Merit Certificate
	Ishaan Vohra	School Silver Medal
	Udham Singh	School Bronze Medal
VIII	Shansita Das Sharma	School Gold Medal	Merit Certificate
	Arnav Rustagi	School Silver Medal
	Sushant Mishra	School Bronze Medal
IX	Tushaar Ranganathan	School Gold Medal	Merit Certificate
	Akanksha Chablani	School Silver Medal
	Avi Narula	School Bronze Medal
X	Tishyaa Chaudhry	School Gold Medal	Merit Certificate
	Megha Bairwal	School Silver Medal
	Sajal Gangrade	School Bronze Medal
XI	Anushka Gupta	School Gold Medal
	Samay Panwar	School Silver Medal
	Hardik Khanna	School Bronze Medal
XII	Esha Pahwa	School Gold Medal
1st SOF National Science Olympiad (ICSO)
Class	Name of student	Zonal / School Award
XI	Anushka Gupta	School Gold Medal

Frank Anthony Debate and Albert Barrow Creative Writing Competition Inter-School Competitions, July 2018

The Frank Anthony Memorial All-India Inter School Debate and the Albert Barrow Memorial All India Inter-School Creative Writing Competition are annual events organised by the Council, in two categories for Classes IX-XII. This year the following students represented the school in the four competitions:

Frank Anthony Memorial All-India Inter School Debate- 2018:
Category I (XI-XII)

• Siddharth Agarwal, XII
• Romit Aggarwal, XI

Category II (IX-X)

• Ishita Chakrabarty, X
• Rehan Mathur, X

Albert Barrow Memorial All India Inter-School Creative Writing Competition- 2018

• Zoeanna Upadhyay, XII (Category I)
• Nikita Lakkaraju, IX (Category II)

Notably, Nikita Lakkaraju’s entry has been short-listed among the best ten in the country in the Albert Barrow Memorial All India Inter-School Creative Writing Competition – 2018, in which she participated last month in Chandigarh.

Albert Barrow Memorial All India Inter-School Creative Writing Competition is an all India level competition organised by the council, CISCE every year to recognise excellence in creative writing. The topic is given on-the-spot and the students are given an hour and a half of writing time. The topic on which Nikita wrote was Education is a privilege of a few.

The ten best entries selected for each category (Category I: XI and XII; Category II: IX and X) are published in the Albert Barrow book of essays, along with a photograph and a brief write-up about the school. The book is released every year by the council. We have been featured once before in the book in the year 2014 when Sanya Sharma’s (Batch of 2016) essay had been short listed.

Shikshantar also hosted the Preliminary Round of Category I (Class XI and XII) of the prestigious Frank Anthony Memorial All-India Inter School Debate 2018 on Wednesday, 11th July, 2018. Five CISCE schools from the zone participated in the event:

• The Shri Ram School, Moulsari Avenue
• The Shri Ram School, Aravali
• Scottish High International School, Gurugram
• Frank Anthony Public School, New Delhi
• The Shri Ram Millennium School, Noida

As directed by the council, the topic for the debate was announced sharp at 9:30 am. The candidates were given one hour of preparation time during which they were in the library and were not allowed to use the internet or any gadgets. The topic “A healthy mind in a healthy body is not being encouraged in schools today” was a topic that resonated with the participating debaters and the audience alike. The highlight of the debate was the confidence and panache with which some of the speakers brought out the finer nuances of the given proposition. The winners of the competition were as follows:

• Suryansh Mehta from The Shri Ram School, Moulsari Avenue: Best Speaker
• Niharika Mehrotra from Scottish High International School, Gurugram, First Runner-Up Speaker

The schools adjudicated to be the Best Teams were as follows:

• Scottish High International School, Gurugram; Best Team
• The Shri Ram Millennium School, Noida; First Runner-Up Team

Zonal Level Tournaments for Cricket, Basketball, Badminton and Football organised by Association of Schools for ICSE/ISC Examinations
22nd July – 30th July 2017

Last week of July witnessed a lot of excitement for the sports enthusiasts at Shikshantar as the school participated for the first time in the Zonal Level Tournaments for Cricket, Basketball, Badminton and Football in U-17 and U-19 categories.

Shikshantar was the host school for Cricket, Badminton and Football Tournaments while the matches for Basketball were held at St. Kabir School, Hisar. The summary of the results is given below. The winners of each category will now be participating in Regional Level Tournaments.

EVENT	Date	CATEGORY	AWARD
Cricket Zonal Tournament	22nd July, 2017	U-19 Boys	Winner – Shikshantar School, Gurgaon First Runner-up – St. Kabir School, Hisar
Cricket Zonal Tournament	24th July, 2017	U-17 Boys	Winner – Christ Raja Convent School, Jind First Runner-up – Shikshantar School, Gurgaon Second runner up – St. Mary’s Convent School, Narwana
Basketball Zonal Tournament	29th July, 2017	U-17 Girls	Winner – Shikshantar school, Gurgaon First Runner-up – St. Kabir School, Hisar
Basketball Zonal Tournament	29th July, 2017	U-17 Boys	Winner – Shikshantar school, Gurgaon First Runner-up – St. Kabir School, Hisar
Badminton Zonal Tournament	30th July, 2017	U-17 Girls	Winner – Shikshantar School, Gurgaon First Runner-up – St. Kabir School, Hisar
Badminton Zonal Tournament	30th July, 2017	U-17 Boys	Winner – Shikshantar School, Gurgaon First Runner-up – Christ Raja Convent School, Jind Second runner up – St. Kabir’s School
Badminton Zonal Tournament	30th July, 2017	U-19 Girls	Winner – Shikshantar School, Gurgaon First Runner-up – St. Kabir School, Hisar
Badminton Zonal Tournament	30th July, 2017	U-19 Boys	Winner – Shikshantar School, Gurgaon First Runner-up – St. Kabir School, Hisar
Football Zonal Tournament	30th July, 2017	U-17 Boys	Winner – Shikshantar School, Gurgaon First Runner-up – St. Mary’s Convent School, Narwana Second runner up – Christ Raja Convent School, Jind
Football Zonal Tournament	30th July, 2017	U-19 Boys	Winner – Shikshantar School, Gurgaon First Runner-up – St. Kabir School, Hisar

       

   

   

1st Inter-school shik’MUN, (11th-13th May 2017)

Model United Nations came to Shikshantar nearly four years ago. Experienced MUNers from other schools had been invited to school to teach our students about the committees, procedures and protocols, crises and resolutions. Four years, eight MUNs and participation in several other MUNs later, the students of Shikshantar were ready to host an Inter-School MUN, inviting delegates from other schools to Shikshantar.

The First Inter-School shik’MUN conference concluded on Saturday, 13th May 2017. The conference marked many firsts. Students from the following schools attended the conference:

1. Amity International School, Sector 46, Gurgaon
2. G.D. Goenka Public School, Gurgaon
3. G.D. Goenka World School, Gurgaon
4. Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram
5. Delhi Public School, Sector 45, Gurgaon
6. Delhi Public School, SushantLok
7. Manav Rachna International School
8. Ryan International School, Gurgaon
9. Salwan Public School, Gurgaon
10. Sanskriti School, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi
11. Scottish High International School, Gurgaon
12. Shalom Hills International School, Gurgaon
13. Summer Fields School, Gurgaon
14. Tagore International School, PaschimVihar
15. Tagore International School, Gurgaon
16. The Heritage School, Gurgaon
17. The Shri Ram School, Moulsari Avenue
18. The Shri Ram School, Aravali

The conference was attended by a total of 124 delegates, journalists, photographers and cartoonists from the above mentioned schools and Shikshantar. The Organising Committee comprised 14 students from Classes X-XII. There were several others who were involved as Sub-Heads of various committees. The work involved conceptualizing the entire event, budgeting and estimation, popularising and marketing the conference to boost registrations and managing the logistics. With guidance from the teachers, coordinators and the looking after of the logistical requirements by the Admin Team, the event was a learning experience for all.

The participating students were adjudged by experienced MUNers from other schools and colleges, who chaired each committee. The awards given in each committee were as follows:

 

Committee / Agenda	Best Delegate	High Commendation	Special Mention
General Assembly   Stabilising conflict zones with special emphasis on areas affected by non-state military actors Combating the threat of non-state military actors	Jasmere Gill, Turkey The Heritage School	Priyam Sharma, United States of America, G.D. Goenka World School LishikaSahni, Denmark, Shalom Hills International School	Tushaar Ranganathan, Israel, Shikshantar AadityaIsrani, United Kingdom, DPS Sushant Lok Nishtaa Modi, United Arab Emerates, The Shri Ram School
European Union Impact of the World Economy on the European Economy with special emphasis on the Russian and Chinese Economy post BREXIT	Avi Aggarwal and Vikram, Czech Republic, Shikshantar	Aryan Uppal and Sehaj, France, The Heritage School, Gurgaon Vishal Singh and Abhaas Goyal, Germany, Salwan Public School	Sahen and Ramon, Italy, Scottish High International School
Union of European Football Associations Discussing and Reviewing the Framework of UEFA Tournaments	Yuvraj Chadha, Liverpool G.D. Goenka World School	Ashwin Asthana, Manchester City Scottish High International School Samridh Anand, Manchester United Scottish High International School
Agra Summit   Bilateral discussions for solving Long-standing Issues between India and Pakistan	Divye Yadav, National Security Advisor, Pakistan, Salwan Public School	Chinmayi Sahai, External Affairs Minister of Pakistan, Amity International School	Parwaz Singh Gill, Defence Minister of India, Scottish High International School Dhanvi Makkapati, Home Secretary, Pakistan, Scottish High International School
Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (KGB) CLASSIFIED	Vihaan Nandkarni, Operations and Technology, The Shri Ram School, Aravali	Romit Aggarwal, Directorate, Armed Forces, Shikshantar	Rohan Agarwal, Technical Support Staff, Shikshantar Darsh Aggarwal, Director Foreign Operations, Manav Rachna International School
International Press	Best Journalist: Momin Siddiqui, Summer Fields School Best Photographer: SatyaDewan, Tagore International School Best Cartoonist: PalakKhetrapal, Scottish High International School

Scottish High International School, Gurgaon, having sent the largest delegation of 19 students and having won the most number of awards was adjudged the Best Delegation.

The MUN Secretariat was led by Yash Raj Mehran, the Secretary General, Siddharth Maheshwari and Nandini Goel both of whom were Director Generals. Animay Sharma and Shiv Bhatia, students of the outgoing batch of Class XII also attended the MUN Conference as part of the Executive Board which adjudged the various committees.

   

         

 

Summary of student participation in SOF Olympiads for the year 2016-17

The Science Olympiad Foundation, (SOF) is a not-for-profit organisation, based at New Delhi. For the year 2016-17, millions of students of 42,800 schools from 25 countries participated in the SOF Olympiads.

Students from Shikshantar, from Classes VII to XI, participated in the Science, Mathematics and English Olympiads. Shikshantar was the centre for the Level 1 exam.

Olympiad	Level 1 Exam	Level 2 Exam
	No. of students registered	No. of students qualified
19th SOF National Science Olympiad (NSO)	105	08
10th SOF International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO)	127	04
7th SOF International English Olympiad (IEO) conducted in association with British Council	124	(Single level exam)

Five Shikshantar students achieved ranks in the top 25 at the Zonal Level in the International English Olympiad and one student secured Zonal Rank 10 in the National Science Olympiad.

19th SOF National Science Olympiad (NSO)

Class	Name of student	Zonal / School Award
VII	Shansita Das Sharma	School Gold Medal, Gifts Worth Rs. 1000/- + Zonal Merit Certificate (Zonal Rank 10)
	Arnav Rustagi	School Silver Medal
	Aadit Nilay	School Bronze Medal
VIII	Aryan Vats	School Gold Medal, Zonal Merit Certificate
	Devika Singh Bisht	School Silver Medal, Zonal Merit Certificate
	Akanksha Chablani	School Bronze Medal, Zonal Merit Certificate
IX	Ananya Kedia	School Gold Medal, Zonal Merit Certificate
	Avi Aggarwal	School Silver Medal, Zonal Merit Certificate
	Paritosh S Panda	School Bronze Medal
X	Megh Maheshwari	School Gold Medal, Zonal Merit Certificate
	Samay Panwar	School Silver Medal
	Chaitanya Chawla	School Bronze Medal
XI	Saumya Agrawal	School Gold Medal, Zonal Merit Certificate

10th SOF International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO)

Class	Name of student	Zonal / School Award
VII	Shansita Das Sharma	School Gold Medal, Zonal Merit Certificate
	Sushant Mishra	School Silver Medal
	Govind Hari	School Bronze Medal
VIII	Parth Jhunjhunwala	School Gold Medal, Zonal Merit Certificate
	Tushaar Ranganathan	School Silver Medal
	Aryan Vats	School Bronze Medal
IX	Tishya Chaudhry	School Gold Medal, Zonal Merit Certificate
	Avi Aggarwal	School Silver Medal
	Romit Aggarwal	School Bronze Medal
X	Tanmay Aggarwal	School Gold Medal, Zonal Merit Certificate
	Chaitanya Chawla	School Silver Medal
	Kritika Saini	School Bronze Medal
XI	Esha Pahwa	School Gold Medal

7th SOF International English Olympiad (IEO)

Class	Name of student	Zonal / School Award
VII	Nikita Lakkaraju	Medal of Excellence + Certificate of Excellence + Zonal Merit Certificate (Zonal Rank 23)
	Mehar Ahluwalia	School Gold Medal
	Myra Kapur Dutta	School Gold Medal
	Govind Hari	School Silver Medal
	Tia Tejaswani Jha	School Bronze Medal
VIII	Rehan Mathur	Gifts Worth Rs. 1000/- + Medal of Excellence + Certificate of Excellence + Zonal Merit Certificate (Zonal Rank 8)
	Anjali Polite	Medal of Excellence + Certificate of Excellence + Zonal Merit Certificate (Zonal Rank 22)
	Vir Goyal	School Gold Medal
	Tushaar Ranganathan	School Silver Medal
	Niveditha Mahendra	School Bronze Medal
IX	Sumedha Vashista	School Gold Medal
	Romit Aggarwal	School Silver Medal
	Avi Agaarwal	School Bronze Medal
X	Zoeanna S Upadhyay	School Gold Medal
XI	Tejas Vohra	Gifts Worth Rs. 1000/- + Medal of Excellence + Certificate of Excellence + Zonal Merit Certificate (Zonal Rank 4)
	Sparsh Sinha	Gifts Worth Rs. 1000/- + Medal of Excellence + Certificate of Excellence + Zonal Merit Certificate (Zonal Rank 6)
	Nivedita Gautam	School Gold Medal
	Kavya Niju	School Silver Medal
	Yashmit Sharma	School Bronze Medal

December 2016

Kalaatmak 2016, The Heritage School, VasantKunj was a cultural event held on 17th December 2016. Nine students from Class VI to VIII participated in Musical Hum a group song competition. The students sang an Assamese song and played a variety of instruments like the violin, guitar, banjo, recorder etc. The group won the First Prize in the event.

The Air Force School (Subroto Park) Model United Nations (TAFS MUN) conference was attended by a delegation of 5 students, all from Class VIII during winter break, 26th to 28th December 2016. Anjali Polite and Parth Jhunjhunwala won the Special Mention award.

November 2016

Ashoka Essay Writing Challenge is an annual challenge hosted by Ashoka University open to participation for students of Class XI and XII. The challenge is to write a thousand word essay on a given topic. Yash Raj Mehran of Empyrean won the first prize for his essay on The death penalty is a fitting punishment for the ‘rarest of rare’ cases. He wrote in favour of the given topic.

The Heritage School Model United Nations (THS MUN) conference was attended by a delegation of 11 students from Shikshantar from Classes VIII, IX and XI on 24th to 26th November 2016. 7 of the 11 participating students won awards, including Best Delegate, Best Photographer, High Commendation and Special Mention awards.

Together We Can Challenge – 2015

Together We Can Challenge – 2015, was organized by Nimal Bhartia School in association with ‘Delhi by Foot’ on 7th August 2015. The compettition required the participants to design a Walking tour’ between two destinations (of historical, cultural or ecological importance) with a connecting theme, an activity kit, a road map connecting the two destinations as well as a poster promoting the walk and a badge for the walkers. Finally a presentation had to be made on the process the participants undertook to face this challenge headon! The winning teams’s work was to be replicated by Delhi by Foot with a special mention on their website as well.

13 children from Classes IV, VI, VII and VIII participated in the event.The presentation and activity kit dispalyed by our children was well appreciated by the judges as well as the other competitors. Shikshantar bagged the first position for the activity kit. The same would be soon fabricated by Delhi by Foot on the walks latter would organize for school children.

Together We Can- 2015 was a great learning experience for the participants. It not only instilled the importance of sustained team work but also helped the students in challenising their creative energies in productive manner. 

 

Result of Boys Basketball District Tournament

Our school was participated in Basketball School District Tournament (Boys U-14 & U-17) at Govt. School Sec – 4 from 6th August 2015 to 9th August 2015

• Under – 14 team won against Sun City World school by 8 – 7.
• Under – 14 team lost against Shree Ram Moshri by 14 – 5.
• Under – 17 won against Bal Bharti Public School, Manesar by 11 – 7.
• Under – 17 lost in quarter final against Gems International School by 13 – 5.

School District Table Tennis Tournament at “Lions Public school” on 29th July, 2015

Our School participate in School District Table Tennis Tournament at “Lions Public school” on 29th July,2015. There was team matches as well as individual trills. In team event we lost the 1st match with DPS Sec. 45 but in individual Trail one of our student Srushti got selected for the state team.

The position matches for Guragon distinct team was held in “Titans academy Sector 4” on 2nd August, 2015. There were 5 girls are selected form all over Gurgaon and they played for the position in the League Matches.

Srushti played 4 matches and she won all the matches and secured First position in Gurgaon School District Table Tennis Team.

District Rhythmic Gymnastics tournament held at Nehru stadium, Gurgaon. on 30 July 2015

4 of our students – Meha Ahuja, Keya Chaturvedi, Devika Singh Bisht and Vaidehi Badrinath participated in the event and got selected for State Gymnastics Championship

District Level Matches held on 4th August

Our Girls team in under 14 category won their first match against Ajanta Public School by 24-0

In Under 17 Category our team won the first match against Scottish High by 14-4 and in Under 17 Category we won the second match with Amity Sec-46 by 17-14.

We lost semi final against Shree Ram Molsari by 24-4

Block Level Cricket Tournament

Shikshantar played against Manav Rachna School in Under 14 category. Shikshantar scored 39 runs in 10 overs for the lose of 9 wickets. Aryan Jain scored 18 runs.

Manav Rachna chased the targer in 8.5 overs for the loss of 4 wickets.

In Under 19 category, Shikshantar played against Drona Public school. Shikshantar scored 59 runs in 10 overs for the lose of 8 wicket. Harsh scored 20 runs and Rijul scored 15 runs.

Drona Public School chased the target in 9.4 overs for the loss of 3 wickets

 

Inter-School Model United Nations

School delegations have participated in three Inter-School Model United Nations conferences in the past month. Sanya Sharma of Ignis group participated in the Model United Nations conference organised by the Lady Shri Ram College as a member of the International Press. She was adjudged the Best Reporter in the event. A delegation of five students represented Shikshantar in TISMUN, at Tagore International School on 26th and 27th June 2015. Eight Shikshantarites participated in DPS Sushant Lok Model United Nations conference held on 3rd and 4th July 2015. Yash Raj Mehran of Talamh group won the Special MentionAward at the DPS, Sushant Lok MUN while five other delegates received Verbal Mentions. Our five member delegation at Cambridge School, Noida made us proud. Shiv Bhatia of Vyom group won the Special Mention Award while Yuvraj Chadda of XI B won the Best Position Paper Award. Two other delegates, Dway Lunkad of Jord group and Sidharth Maheshwari of Zephyr group won the Verbal Mentions in large committee sizes of 90 and 40 delegates respectively. 

Our students also participated in the Frank Anthony Memorial All-India Inter-School Debate Competition 2015 held simultaneously all over the country. Students for Category I (Class XI and XII) participated in Amritsar while the debate for Category II (Class IX and X) was conducted at Scottish High International School Gurgaon. One student for each of these categories also participated in the Albert Barrow Memorial All-India Inter-School Creative Writing Competition 2015. The competitions were held at International Fateh Academy, Amritsar and Doon Cambridge School, Dehradun. 

All these Inter-School experiences provided our students an opportunity to interact with students of other schools and contributed significantly to their learning.

SOF Olympiads 2014-15

 The Science Olympiad Foundation, (SOF) is a not-for-profit organisation, based at New Delhi. Every year, it organises Science, Mathematics and English Olympiads. For the year 2014-15, millions of students from 31,600 schools in more than 19 countries participated in the SOF Olympiads. 

 Students from Shikshantar, from Classes VII to XII, participated in one or more Olympiads for the first time in 2014-15. Shikshantar was the centre for the first Level 1 of exam.

 107 students participated in the 17th SOF National Science Olympiad (NSO) out of which 6 reached the second level. 99 students participated in the 8th SOF International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) out of which 4 qualified for the 2nd level. 92 students partcipated in the 5th SOF International English Olympiad (IEO) conducted in association with British Council. IEO is a single level examination. 7 Shikshantar students achieved ranks in the top 25 at the State Level in the International English Olympiad. Megha Bairwal of Class VII secured 2nd rank in the state. Her international rank is 38

World Heritage day event at Abdur Rahim Khan I Khana’s Tomb

   

   

   

St. Stephen’s Model United Nations

Our students participated in St. Stephen’s Model United Nations 2015. 1st March 2015, was the final day of the three day conference.The following students had participated as per the details given below:

Name	Committee Allotted	Position allotted
Dway Lunkad, Amun	Bilderberg Committee	Gucht, Karel de
Saumya Agrawal, Zephyr	UNSC	Argentina
Sparsh Sinha, Amun	Bilderberg Committee	Schmidt, Eric E.
Yash Raj Mehran, Zephyr	International Court of Justice	(Double Delegation) Ukraine
Abhay Manu Sawhney, Vyom	International Court of Justice	(Double Delegation) Ukraine
Nandini Goel, Zephyr	Mufti Cabinet	Minister for Law, Justice and        Parliamentary Affairs

What was truly unique about this MUN was that the committees were small and comprised of mostly (there was only one more school besides ours) college students. This meant that the debate was intense and the level of debating was high. For example, in the International Court of Justice, other than Abhay and Yash, all the other participants were law students. Despite the fact that the other participants had an edge over our our students in terms of experience and technical knowledge related to the given agenda (at least to some extent), our students matched up to them in all respects. This was acknowledged by all the chairpersons in their feedback session.

One of our students, Nandini Goel of Zephyr group won the High Commendation award in her committee, Mufti Cabinet.

There is no doubt that the experience was enriching. Our students got to learn more about researching for an agenda and debating over issues. With this experience, they are now raring to go for school level MUNs.