Young Achievers

Nikita Chawla is a student of class 10 of D.P.S. Vasant Kunj and an active member of the Environment Council Club. Unlike other teenage girls whose lives mainly revolve around fashion and partying, Nikita is a sensitive young writer and has written an assorted collection of short stories and poems, many of which have been published in the National Book Trust magazines like Children's World, e-magazines and Go Green among others. She basically writes on animal abuse and the beauty of nature. This young writer has been felicitated by thirty three R.W.A's of Vasant Kunj and was presented the achiever's award by MLA Mr. Lochav. Her flair for writing had been discovered at the early age of eight and she is currently working on her soon to be published book. She has also presented a collection of her poems to the Rashtrapati on environment related issues which are extremely relevant in today's day and age. She is very compassionate and is appalled at the neglect of these voiceless species. Nikita is academically bright and is a blue coat holder. For the Clean Ganga Project, she has recited her poem 'Maa Ganga Cries' at the Habitat Centre and was applauded by the UNESCO and UNICEF officials. But Nikita is not resting on her laurels. Through her upcoming book she aims at spreading awareness among people about the atrocities of animal abuse. Apart from being a responsible citizen of India she wants to be a global citizen of the world. Her latest achievement is the fact that she has been invited by an international magazine called 'Creature Companions' to author a guest column and has successfully written articles in two of their issues. Nikita has also been a part of the first international pet fair held recently in India. She has written articles for the news paper The Vision of Vasant Kunj. Voicing her opinion on child labor and animal's abuse.

VICTORIOUS AT DPS-MUN 2006 

A COMPLETE SWEEP OVER

The students of D.P.S. Vasant Kunj brought laurels to the school outshining seven hundred delegates representing a hundred schools from India and abroad, at the Delhi Public School Model United Nations (DPS-MUN) organized by D.P.S. R.K. Puram between the 2^nd and the 4^th of December 2006. The delegates represented the Russian Federation, Hungary and Algeria. Aditya Sinha (G.A. (P), Russia), Nayonika Dutta (ECOSOC, Russian Federation), Prachi Gupta (IAEA, Hungary) and Raj Luthra (UNDP, Russian Federation) received recognition for best position papers in their respective committees. Aditya Sinha (G.A. (P), Russia), Raj Luthra (UNDP, Russian Federation), Kunal Ahuja (IAEA, Russian Federation), Mriganka Joneja (HRC, Russian Federation) and Surbhi Kanga (IAEA, Algeria) were adjudged the Best Speakers in their respective committees. Uditi Agarwal (G.A. (P), Algeria) received a commendation certificate for her efforts. Pranav Sawhney, who represented D.P.S. Vasant Kunj at the MUN in New York, chaired the session of the UNDP.

Six sessions, viz. the General Assembly (Plenary), the Security Council, the IAEA, the ECOSOC, the UNDP and the HRC were held simultaneously at the India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road. Frenetic diplomatic parleys and passionate speeches on social, economic and political issues of contemporary relevance charged the atmosphere with an aibrrancy that is indeed indescribable. The sessions not only provided the students with a platform to express their opinions, but also helped them imbibe the virtue of empathy. It provided them with an opportunity to gain an insight into how problems are perceived and solutions sought in the international arena.

It was indeed a proud moment for all the students who have worked tirelessly for the past five months. The glory that they have brought to the school will go down in the annals of school history as a memorable one.

Mrs. Anita Vaishnav, Hindi teacher of DPS Vasant Kunj has been awarded the Dr. S.Radhakrishnan Memorial National Award. She was given the award by the Central Urban Development State Minister, Shri Ajay Makan, at the Shah Auditorium, New Delhi, on 4th September 2006.

There was a Rangoli competition held on the 24th August in Don Bosco School where more than 15 school participated. Our rangoli team - Aarushi, Poorva, Kritika secured the first position. They were informed on the same morning and still won under pressure

Rahul Gambhir, a visually impaired student of Class XII humanities at Delhi Public school Vasant Kunj has brought laurels to the school by winning the software display event at Ordinatrix 2006 held at Tagore International School Vasant Vihar, on July 27th 2006. His ‘Cheque Printing’ software assists the visually impared to easily generate cheques and then print them. The software can generate customised cheques by default.This gives the visually impared an edge over the current cheque designing system as it makes them self reliant. It would be worth mentioning the contribution of ‘National Association for the Blind’ in the whole process.

Science Quiz                      1^{st Prize                 Vasudev Menon -XII A}

Western Music Solo           1^{st Prize              Pearl Simron -X A}

Western Music Group     Best Band Sagar  Jolly -IX C
                                                                  Ashirwad -IX C
                                                                  Ranojoy B -XI K
                                                                  Shashank S -XI J
                                                                  SovanK-XID
                                                                  Maitreyi  H - XI G
                                                                  Poorva N - XI J
                                                                  Anukriti B - XI H
                                                                  PrachiK-XIG
                                                                  UtsavLal-IXE
                                                                  PearlS-XA
                                                                  Radha Priya - X B
                                                                  Arjun Agarwal - XIII
                                                                  PranavR-XIIG

□ Udit Mahajan of class XII A, Karan Mahajan of class XII G & Surabhi