National Level Events

It gives us great pleasure to announce that Kavin Sood of class XII-D finished 3rd in the Boys Under 17 category at the Northern India Squash Championship, New Delhi (25-30 November 2023), proceeding to a top ten ranking on the national circuit and top twenty five ranking in Asia. Earlier this year, Kavin finished 5th at the 37th National Games in Goa whilst representing the state men’s team at only 16 years of age. Moreover, he led the boys school team to an intrastate gold and Rs 60000 prize money without dropping a single set throughout the competition. Our heartfelt congratulations to you!

Krishna Maria of class 8-A won the Runner’s up Trophy in B. C.Roy II Football National Tournament held at Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh from 24th September to 8th October 2023.

Aryan of class XII E participated in 66th National school games 2022-23 in Handball. This event was organised by SGFI at New Delhi from 30th May to 10th June 2023.

Mahijith Singh Kaura, class VII E secured runners up position in U-12 boys NISS AITA National Ranking Championship series-7 held at Nama International Sports school, New Chandigarh from 25th to 29th Sept, 2023.

Abhijashan Taya, class VII C won a gold medal in National Kick boxing Karate Championship held in Dehradun, Uttrakhand from 1st Oct to 4th Oct 2023.

Samisha Taneja of class VIII-A wins Silver Medal in High Jump in ‘Under 14’ category at 34th North Zone Junior Athletics Championship 2023-24 conducted at Jammu from 15th to 17th October 2023. She qualifies for the National tournament to be held in Coimbatore on November 23.

In the 13th Bombay Gymkhana Indian Junior Open, Kavin Sood of Class XII-D finished 4th in the Boys Under 17 category. The championship was held in Mumbai from 23rd to 27th September 2023. The championship was an international 6-star Asian Squash Federation Platinum Event with competitors from the USA, England, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Qatar. This achievement has taken him to No.8 for the Sub-Junior/Junior National Championships to be conducted this month at Indore.

Devanshi Jindal of 9E has participated in AIR Rifle (NR) Pre Nationals Championship 10 m Sub Youth Women Individual organised by 32nd All India G.V. Mavalankar Shooting Championship(Rifle) at MHOW Indore on 03.09.23 . She has qualified for nationals.

Suhani Sharma, student of Class XI, became the Fastest Female Cuber at Gurugram Open Cuber 2023 held on  7th and 8th October 2023.

“With great pleasure, we announce your well-deserved success in this program. Your sustainable and green solutions not only impressed the judges but also showcased your commitment to making a positive impact on our environment and society on the whole,” announced the Program Manager from 1M1B Foundation, a United Nations accredited Bangalore-based non-profit, who collaborated with CBSE and Aditya Birla Fashion Retail to organise this nation-wide Program with CBSE schools. The program aimed at building and testing critical skillsets, mindsets and toolsets in problem-solving, flexibility and empathy using digital technologies and digital creativity amongst the selected school students of classes 10^th-12^th.

After preliminary screening of students, the program cohort of some 10000 students embarked on this challenging journey from 23^rd May 2023, attending live sessions, participating in mission-based challenges to a sustainability problem, submitting assignments, recording speeches, making presentations, etc. Students acquired points after every mission completion, and performance evaluation was done after every two missions as to who moved forward to the next phase of the program. After more than four months of rigour, 12 students have been declared winners of the Program cohort, and they won a week-long internship in Bengaluru in November 2023. This internship opportunity will allow students further to enhance their skills and knowledge in the sustainability field while working alongside industry experts.

Suhani focused on waste management as her interest area and passionately pursued the incredible journey. After the initial 6-weeks, the competition intensified, demanding more time and skills. Participants were tasked with designing prototype solutions for their identified problems, conducting cost-benefit analyses, constructing business model canvases, and mapping out ecosystems while identifying stakeholders and their roles. They had to assess the viability and potential impact of their proposed solutions. Suhani conducted a user study on her prototype solution -Distributing colour-coded dustbins to the households, incentivising segregation and app-based monitoring – a 3D Waste Management solution, as she called it.

Finally, her work shaped a comprehensive research paper, “Assessment of Factors Affecting Segregation of Solid Waste at Source and Waste Management Practices in Urban Areas in Punjab, ” published in an International Journal in August 2023.

Also, during the program, the concept for a ‘Sustainability Leaders Program’ for students was born – a program designed to ignite creativity and innovation in students while providing them with hands-on exposure to the real-world challenges of sustainability. She specifically honed in on the critical issue of waste segregation at its source for sustainable urban living.

Suhani has dedicatedly crafted the contents of her program’s website, https://sustainableleaders1.wixsite.com/sustainabilityleader. Some 1150 students in the Mohali district are benefiting from the program. She also gave a talk to the students of DPS Mohali and was interviewed at Doordarshan Chandigarh. “Soon, the program will start in UT Chandigarh and expand across Punjab. All thanks to my school for introducing me to the Sustainability Accelerator Program!” Suhani quips.

Our school secured second position out of 56 schools in Junior Basketball NBA league. Our school players are eligible to give trials in Sub-Junior NBA for India(A) team.

Devanshi Jindal of 9E has participated in AIR Rifle (NR) Pre Nationals Championship 10 m Sub Youth Women Individual organised by 32nd All India G.V. Mavalankar Shooting Championship(Rifle) at MHOW Indore on 03.09.23 . She has qualified for nationals.

It is a proud moment for us as our student Suhani Sharma’s (Class XI) two months of relentless efforts and countless discussions with various stakeholders have culminated in a momentous occasion as ‘The Sustainability Leaders’ program was officially inaugurated by none other than Ms. Aashika Jain, Deputy Commissioner and Chairperson of the District Environment Committee in SAS Nagar, Punjab. She crossed many bridges to reach up to this glory.

Suhani Sharma , XI C , makes it to the top 25 students of the country in the ‘Sustainability Accelerator’ summer internship program being conducted by CBSE in support with Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail, for accelerating sustainability mindset in youth – learn about sustainability, build solutions and get hands-on experience through projects.
Instructor led live webinars were conducted with 7 virtual sessions spread over a period of three weeks starting 23rd May 2023 and students participated in mission-based challenges, submitted assignments, developing new skills. The tasks included choosing a sustainability challenge, answering questionnaires, listing technological and non-techie solutions, designing website, identifying stakeholders, , doing cost-benefit analysis, writing stories, making presentation, recording speeches pitching your proposal and so on. Students acquired points after every mission completion. Checkpoints after every two missions decided who moved forward and mentoring support was provided. While about 10,000 students started with this program, at the end of six missions, only 100 students moved ahead to the next phase of the program. And after submission of her prototype solution to her problem statement, Suhani Sharma’ prototype has been shortlisted among the top 25 to proceed to the next stage. And now she is all busy preparing her business model canvas and ecosystem mapping highlighting the viability and potential impact of her prototype.

Arin Pal and Mukul Hooda (Both from Class XI) attended a Five day Bootcamp Programme on Innovation Design and Entrepreneurship at NITTTR Chandigarh from 22nd June to 26th June 2023, organised by the Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). The students unleashed their creativity through design thinking and discoverd the secrets of building a successful startup.