ANNUAL REPORT FOR ACADEMIC SESSION 2019-2020

Sri Jnanakshi Vidyaniketan was founded in the year 2000 with the divine blessings of Mother Rajarajeshwari and His Holiness Paramapujya Sri Sri Sri Tiruchi Mahaswamigal and His Holiness Paramapujya Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Sri Sri Sri Jayendra Puri Mahaswamiji. It has grown by leaps and bounds during the last nineteen years with the sole objective of providing value based quality education to all - without seeking donation. School fee is moderate too. The strength of students has gone up to 2,065 and the number of staff to 174.

The magnificent building before you and the massive structure now under construction to accommodate another 2,000 students is the vision of Paramapujya Swamiji and these constructions have been made possible with the generous contributions from the devotees of Sri Kailash Ashrama Mahasamsthana and Rajarajeshwari Temple. The land of five acres and 25 guntas is leased out to Sri Jnanakshi Educational Institutions Trust by Sri Kailash Ashrama Mahasamsthana Trust. However, seventeen acres of land are available for our students to enjoy while learning and growing. It is worth noting that no amount was and is being collected from parents as school building fund or donation. Funds for the same have been mobilized by devotees locally as well as abroad. The construction work was stopped temporarily due to scarcity of funds and the work has started once again.

The vision of Paramapujya Swamiji was and is to provide Quality Education to the under privileged, socially, economically and academically challenged students. Keeping in view with the “vision and mission” of our titular head, we have 26 philanthropists who have undertaken the cause of educating 51 underprivileged students. Dhrishya Foundation sponsors education for 10 students of our school and 5 students from Sri Jnanakshi Shobhodaya School. Smt. Radhamani donates Rs. 2 lakhs for education and midday meals for our sister concern school. 50 staff children are studying in our school for whom 50% tuition fees is exempted.

INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES: -

By way of infrastructure massive school building houses and provided facilities like well-equipped computer labs, Audio Visual room, and individual labs for Chemistry, Physics, Biology and Mathematics. We have a well-equipped library for senior classes with about 10,471 books besides leading newspapers, magazines in various languages catering to teachers and students alike. This academic year we are proud to say that we have added 2,613 books for the senior library and a new junior’s library i.e. classes I to IV with 1,500 books; totaling to 11,971 books in all. We are blessed that we have one of the biggest playgrounds in Rajarajeshwarinagar.

New Projectors have been installed in the NIE Hall and AV Room in the new building.

Twenty-five new Dell systems have been installed in different departments, office as well as nursery block.

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The Junior’s Computer Lab is now functional in the new building. A total of 40 systems have been installed for students’ use. Finger Print Scanner (Bio Metric), printer and Xerox machine are installed in the nursery block. Two new Xerox machines and two new printers have been purchased for school use. K Class and the laboratories are used along with innovative methodology to impart knowledge in Science.

GPRS and CCTV camera have been installed in all the school buses. CCTV cameras are installed in all the classrooms and corridors.

ACADEMIC HEAD OF DEPARTMENTS

NAME EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION YEARS SUBJECT/DESIGNATION OF EXP

Smt. Jayalakshmi Prakash B.Sc., M.A.(Eng), B.Ed. 34 PRINCIPAL Smt. Saroj J A Deepak B.Sc., M.A.(Eng), B.Ed 19 English Smt. Suhasini Suresh B.A., M.A.(Hin), B.Ed 29 Hindi Smt. Manjula Nagaraj B.A., M.A.(Kan), B.Ed 29 Shri. Ishwar Bhat B.A., M.A.(San), B.Ed. 15 Sanskrit Shri. M V Basavaraju B.Sc. 17 Mathematics Smt. Nirmala Nagarjun B.Sc., M.A.(Eng), B.Ed 20 Science Ms. Jaya J B.A., M.A.(His.), B.Ed 25 Social Shri Renukappa C B.CA., M.CA. 3 Comp. Sc. Smt. Neelu Rakesh B.Sc., M.PEd, B.Ed 28 Sports Shri. Madhukar Uppoor B.Sc., M.A.(Mus.), B.Ed. 16 Music Smt. Sharayu A Rao B.com., Dip. Fashion Design 15 Art & Craft Shri Munirajaiah M.A.(Eng), M.Lib Sc 19 Library Smt. Vijayalakshmi V Dip.E, B.A. B.Ed 19 Resource Room Ms. Dolly Rao B.A., N.T.T 28 Head Mistress Smt. Malathi Ravishankar B.A, N.T.T 17 Coordinator

In the month of March 2020, interviews for the post of Vice Principal and Vision Coordinator were conducted. Miss. Jaya J was appointed as the Vice Principal and Shri. Ishwar Bhat was appointed as Vision Coordinator w.e.f 01. April 2020.

CBSE APPROVALS AND DIRECTIVES

CBSE has chosen as one of the regional centers. Our school code is changed from 06462 to 45085. We are a part of HUB where the schools under that HUB meet and exchange ideas on innovative practices.

CBSE has given approval to introduce IT as Vocational subject. It is introduced from the academic session (2018-19) for class IX students and is continued. 2

CBSE HUB meeting was held at SJV – KK1179 on 21.08.2019. Agenda for the day were: - updating circular, exchange of best practices among the core subject HODS, planning of calendar of events for HUB meet. The principals, senior teachers and HODS of eight schools were present for the meet.

LESSON PLAN:

To improve the quality of education, Heads of Departments support their team to improve the quality of teaching and prepare quality lesson plans, which include points from various sources. K-Class with updated lessons and Global Awareness Programmes that covers current topics are implemented.

WORKSHOPS ATTENDED:

Our teachers have attended regular workshops organized both in our school and outside. These workshops train and equip teachers with changes taking place in the education system. Monthly HODs and staff meetings are conducted to address and provide guidelines to the staff. Complete details of workshops attended by the staff are given below: -

NO NAME OF THE WORKSHOP DATE TEACHER ATTENDED CONDUCTED VENUE BY 1 COMPETENCE BUILDING IN 24.05.19 JAYA J CBSE WHITE FIELD GLOBAL SOCIAL SCIENCE 25.05.19 HOD – SOCIAL SCIENCE SCHOOL, WHITE FIELD BANGALORE UPHOLDING INTEGRITY AND 21.06.19 SAROJ J A DEEPAK CBSE HARVEST 2 ETHICS HOD –ENGLISH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, BANGALORE 3 MADHYASTH DARSHAN –SAHA 01.6.2019 MALATHI R BY SHRI ANANDA HALL, ASTITVA VAADA COORDINATOR NAGARAJ GANDHI BAZAR - An alternative to NURSERY BASAVAGUDI materialism/Science and REKHA BHAT BANGALORE spiritualism. SWETHA T JEEVAN VIDYA –COEXISTENCE ISHWAR BHAT WORKSHOP HOD - SANSKRIT 4 STRENGTHENING 28.06.2019 NIRMALA NAGARJUN CBSE DELHI PUBLIC ASSESSMENT & EVALUATION 29.06.2019 HOD - SCIENCE SCHOOL, PRACTICES” KANAKAPURA ROAD, KONANKUNTE, BANGALORE SOUTH, KR- 560062. 5 03.07.2019 NEELU RAKESH CBSE MOUNT LITERAZEE HEALTH & PHYSICAL HOD – PHYSICAL SCHOOL, SOUTH EDUCATION EDUCATION BANGALORE 6 GENDER SENSITIVITY 19.07.2019 SUHASINI SURESH CBSE ARMY PUBLIC SCHOOL HOD -HINDI J C NAGAR, BANGALORE

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7 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 16.07.2019 RENUKAPPA C CBSE DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL - 17.07.2019 HOD –COMPUTER NORTH 18.07.2019 SCIENCE SATHNUR VILLAGE, BAGALUR POST, BANGALORE 8 EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING 25.07.2019 JAYALAKSHMI P CBSE HARVEST 26.07.2019 PRINCIPAL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, BANGALORE

9 CAPACITY BUILDING 30.08.2019 GAYATHRI SURESH CBSE DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL PROGRAM IN ENGLISH 31.08.2019 SOUTH BANGALORE

10 CAPACITY BUILDING 30.09.2019 LALITHA MURTHY CBSE HARVEST PROGRAM IN KANNADA 31.09.2019 SUMA SRINATH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

11 CAPACITY BUILDING 20.09.2019 NIRMALA NAGARAJ CBSE HARVEST PROGRAM IN SCIENCE 21.09.2019 HOD -SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL VEENA ANJANAPPA SCHOOL

12 INNOVATIVE METHODS OF 24.10.2019 UJWALA SHARAD MADHUBAN ZION HOTEL, TEACHING HINDI, GRAMMAR KHADTHARE EDUCATIONAL GANDHINAGAR, &FOSTERING CREATIVITY SANGEETHA ACHYUTH BOOKS BANGALORE AND CREATIVE WRITING PATIL

13 CAPACITY BUILDING 25.10.2019 M V BASAVARAJU CBSE THE OXFORD SCHOOL PROGRAM IN MATHEMATICS 26.10.2019 HOD –MATHEMATICS RAJESWARI SAIRAM (HOD- MATHEMATICS (PRIMARY) 14 AWARENESS ON POCSO ACT, 07.12.2019 MUNIRAJAIAH DISTRICT CONFERENCE HALL, CITY LEGAL SERVICES & HOD - LIBRARY LEGAL CIVIL COURT CAMPUS CONSENSUS BUILDING ON SERVICE PROJECT CACA AUTHORITY 15 TH 31.10.2019 SHUBHA S ZEAL EURO SCHOOL 150 BIRTH ANNIVERSARY LAKSHMI N S EDUCATION OF PERIODIC TABLE

16 CONCEPT BASED TEACHING 22.11.2019 DEEPIKA.R OXFORD RAMANASHREE HOTEL FOR GRADE 1 TO IV RAMYASHREE S N UNIVERSITY

17 MIND MAPPING 24.08.2019 JAYA J SJV STAFF SJV HOD-SOCIAL SCIENCE BGS PUBLIC SCHOOL

18 EMPOWER CENTRE FOR 24.05.2019 SJV STAFF I TO IV DR EKTA G SJV CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL KAMAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS

19 CLASSROOM AND TIME 23.05.2019 SJV STAFF SMT VEENA SJV MANAGEMENT AND ORIENT IT - TEACHING AID BLACK SWAN

20 MODERN METHODOLOGY IN 06.12.2019 SRIDHAR MADHUBAN KANNADA SAHITHYA KANNADA TEACHING HANUMAKKA EDUCATION PARISHAD BOOKS

21 COUNSELLING FOR THE 18.10.2019 MANJULA NAGARAJ CBSE ST JOSEPH HIGH TEENAGERS HOD - KANNADA RACHANA SCHOOL SAGAR

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22 MOTIVATIONAL TALK 07.09.2019 MANJULA N DEEPAK SHINDE SIKSHAK SADANA FOR TEACHERS HOD - KANNADA BANGALORE M V BASAVARAJU HOD - MATHEMATICS 23 PROSPECTIVE 13.09.2019 JAYALAKSHMI P CBSE THE OXFORD RESOURCE PERSON PRINCIPAL SCHOOL ORIENTATION PROGRAM IN HAPPY LEARNING 24 SANSKRIT 09.11.2019 GEETHA HEGDE SAMKRITHA CHATTARPUR CONFERENCE 11.11.2019 BHARATHI NEW DELHI

25 STUDENTS AT RISK 16.10.2019 VIJAYALAKSHMI INSTITUTE OF THE LALIT ASHOK (IDENTIFICATION, VISWANATHAN COUNSELLOR PREVENTION AND TRAINING INTERVENTION) SPECIAL EDUCATOR RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY 26 INTEGRITY AND 13.07.2019 SJV STAFF SAROJ J A DEEPAK SJV ETHICS HOD - ENGLISH

27 STRENGTHENING 13.07.2019 SJV STAFF NIRMALA SJV ASSESSMENT & NAGARJUNA EVALUATION HOD - SCIENCE PRACTICES

NURSERY SECTION Programmes were conducted during this academic session to contribute to the holistic development of the students were-

1. Colour Week was conducted where everything pertaining to that colour was displayed as well as activities in each class to familiarize students with the concept of colours. Each colour in the rainbow was introduced. Play home children and staff of play home wore that colour dress to school. 2. Vegetable day – The students brought a vegetable of their choice and spoke a line or two on that vegetable. 3. Fruit day – The students brought fruit of their choice and prepared fruit salad and relished it. They learnt the importance of eating fruits on regular basis. 4. Krishna Janmashtami, Ganesha Chathurthi and Kannada Rajyotsava were celebrated grandly. Students were given platform to give a speech on the occasion. Varamahalakshmi vratha festival was celebrated in Nursery Block. Children were dressed in Lehanga and Choli with artificial jewels and boys were in Dhothi (Panche) Kurta, Shalya. They performed Lakshmi pooja and made children understand the importance of performing the pooja. th 5. Colouring Competition was held in Nursery Block on 19 August 2019 and the winners were

I Pragathi M S PH – A II Achinthya V PH – B III Apoorva Kambli PH – D Consolation Joshini A PH – C

I Pranjali B S PH – A II Saanvi Kulkarni PH – B III Janhavi H Morey PH – D Consolation D Chinmayi PH – C

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I Sannidhi S Rajiv UKG B II Shnathala Abhishek UKG – C III Sanndihi A S UKG – C Consolation Manasvi N R UKG –D

6. Onam Celebration and Navarathri Celebrations were very colourful and informative.

7. Assembly is conducted class wise with plethora of activities. Friday assembly is very unique as one child is given chance to speak on a topic, sing song or recite shlokas from Bhagavad Gita. Gurupaduka Stotram and Taayi Sharade prayer is recited everyday.

8. Birthday of students are celebrated by crowning them as prince and princess of the day. They are given opportunity to perform during the assembly.

9. Fancy Dress competition was conducted class wise. Students had to dress up with costume made by parents and not the hired ones. Theme for the fancy dress was given class wise too.

WINNERS I ARADHYA P PATIL PH -A I SUDHANVA G SOMANKOP PH -A II SHLOK PRAVEEN PH -D II HASVI A PATIL PH -C III P VAISHNAVI PH -C III TANVI S PH – D 10. Colouring competition was held on Independence Day.

11. Various competitions like storytelling, singing, hand writing, recitation in English/Kannada/Hindi were conducted every month. Prizes are given for the same.

12. On Children’s Day students enacted like their class teachers.

13. Students of LKG and UKG participated in fancy dress and dance competition for ‘The Green Gala event and Twinkle Toes’ held at Edify School, Kanakpura on 30th November 2019. The prize winners are: -

Dance First Prize Ashmitha UKG Fancy Dress Second Prize Tanish R LKG Fancy Dress Third Prize Prerana S LKG

COMMITTEES

Student Council is also functional. The school captains from class X and vice captains from class IX are nominated and elected by students and teachers. House leaders are selected by the house teachers and sports teachers. These students with the help of the Student Council teachers help in the smooth functioning of the school.

Various committees are formed to look into the smooth functioning of the school. In House Counseling Committee looks into the academic performance of the students and gives guidelines to students to improve in their performance. We support students with learning disabilities in a scientific and 6 organised manner. The students are assessed by leading professional clinical psychologists and as per their guidance, they are counseled, coached and supported by special educators in the Resource Room. Resource Room supports children with learning disabilities. These children could not cope with the mainstream level of curriculum. On evaluation, they have been found to require special education. They come to the “Resource Room” for English and Mathematics. Strengthening their skills in English and Mathematics will help them manage other subjects also. They are taught by “Special Educators” using “Individual Education Plan” based on their strengths and weaknesses. “Resource Room” also helps them to build their confidence and self-esteem. At present there are 38 students in the resource room.

The Cultural Committee looks into the programmes conducted for the various functions. Child Protection Committee (POCSO) looks into any case of unsocial behaviour. It looks into problems faced by students. This committee involves two girl students are also involved along with lady parents as committee members.

Trip Committee organises educational trips for staff and students.

SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE It was formed based on the directives given by the CBSE. The SMC meets twice a year for a better dialogue between parents and management. Dr. Prabhu and Smt. Nagashree Deepak tendered their resignations which were accepted in the SMC meeting held on 5th Oct 2019 and recorded their valuable services rendered. Parents were invited to join school management committee by sending their consent in writing on 22nd Nov 2019. Shri. S Deivarayan, Shri. Deepak Nalkur and Shri. Vishal Kumar Badanahatti have given their consent to become SMC members. They were heartily welcomed and appointed as SMC members in the meeting held on 25th Jan 2020. The new SMC members are: -

1. Shri. Hayagreevachar – Honorary secretary of SJV 2. Smt. Jayalakshmi Prakash – Principal of SJV 3. Smt. Mamatha Shivshankar – Pre-primary teacher 4. Smt. Sindhu Sateesh _ Primary teacher 5. Shri. Ishwar Bhat– HOD of Sanskrit Department 6. Smt. Gayathri Suresh – Senior Faculty English Department 7. Shri. Sharanabassappa.R. Noola – Physical Education teacher 8. Shri. Sanjeev Deshpande – Parent 9. Shri. Kiran Rayaprolu – Parent 10. Smt. Veena Ashok – Parent 11. Shri. Nagarajappa – Parent 12. Smt.Vanishree Koushik - Educationist 13. Shri. Deivarayan – Parent 14. Smt. Kalyani. H.V – Parent 15. Shri. Vishal Kumar Badanahatti– parent

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ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR SCHOOL CBSE Board result for class X for the academic session 2019-20 was 99.3% pass.

Sumeet S Patil is the school topper securing 97.8% followed by Prasiddha Bhat with 97.4% and Avani Ramesh with 96.4%.

1 SUMEET S PATIL 97.8 2 PRASIDDHA BHAT 97.4 3 AVANI RAMESH 96.4 4 ANURIKA MOUDGALYA 96.0 5 PUJITHA PADMANABHA 96.0 6 PRANATHI NANDULA 95.4 7 SHRIYA N 94.4 8 CHAVI JAIN 94.2 9 N C SAI SIDDHARTHA 93.6 10 NIYATHI NAGESH 93.6 11 S R MONISH RAJ 93.6 NAMES OF THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE 12 ADITYA N 92.8 SCORED 90% AND ABOVE 13 ARYA S 92.0 14 AMOGH S 91.8 15 NIKITHA V 91.4 16 ANSHITHA B 91.2 17 VIVEK GOUTAM 91.2

18 MITHUN T 91.2 19 NESHA ARUVANAHALLI 90.6 20 SHRIPAD AMOL 90.2

NO. OF SLNO. NAMES SUBJECT STUDENTS 1 SUMEET S PATIL MATHEMATICS 01 2 ADITHI G

3 ANURIKA MOUDGALYA 4 AVANI RAMESH 5 N C SAI SIDDHARTHA SANSKRIT 07 6 PRANATHI NANDULA 7 PRASIDDHA BHAT 8 PUJITHA PADMANABHA 9 RAKSHITHA G KANNADA 01 NAMES OF THE 1 SUMEET S PATIL STUDENTS

2 PRASIDDHA BHAT WHO HAVE 3 AVANI RAMESH 4 ANURIKA MOUDGALYA SCORED

5 PUJITHA PADMANABHA CENTUMS 6 PRANATHI NANDULA

7 CHAVI JAIN INFORMATION 14 8 N C SAI SIDDHARTHA TECHNOLOGY

9 NIYATHI NAGESH 10 S R MONISH RAJ 11 ANSHITHA B 12 NESHA ARUVANAHALLI 13 ADITHI G

14 ABHISHREE S

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CONSOLIDATED RESULT ANALYSIS SUBJECT WISE

MATH SCIENCE/HO ENGLISH /PAINTING ME SCIENCE SOCIAL I.T KANNADA SANSKRIT HINDI RANGE STUDENTS STUDENTS STUDENTS STUDENTS STUDENTS STUDENTS STUDENTS STUDENTS 91-100 26 11 12 38 54 15 13 9 81-90 46 21+1 18 17 37 25 6 6 71-80 36 23+2 23+2 36 28 20 2 4 61-70 18 26+1 25 20 17 18 1 3 51-60 11 19 22 15 8 14 0 1 41-50 8 15 22 14 2 3 0 0 31-40 0 23 19 5 0 4 0 1 21-30 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 BELOW 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

ABSENT 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 146 146 146 146 146 100 22 24 Annual Examinations for the academic year 2019-2020 were not conducted from PlayHome to class 8 due to COVID-19 Pandemic. As per CBSE directive, average of the whole academic year was considered for the promotion of the students. Class IX exams were conducted in the month of February 2020 and the results were announced in the month of March 2020.

Eldrok, India K-12 Summit Awards 2019 awarded our school for excellence in Fine Art Education Programme and it was received by our Principal Smt. Jayalakshmi Prakash.

Bangalore Sahodaya Group of School Complex felicitated Class X Toppers subject wise virtually and each topper was awarded an e certificate and Amazon gift voucher worth Rs. 1,000.

17th July 2019, we had an awareness programme conducted by Rajarajeshwarinagar police and the BEML community police on how students should not eat chocolates offered by unknown people as they may have drugs, the other was on the advantages and disadvantages of use of internet and mobile phones. They told the students to download the “Suraksha app”, an app used in times of emergency.

ACHIEVEMENTS IN SPORTS: -

The year 2019 started with a lot of enthusiasm. Along with academics, sports is also given ample importance as it imbibes team spirit, collaborated efforts, mental and physical growth and the joy of victory. A healthy body houses a healthy mind is the mantra in today’s fast paced life.

Thirty-five students participated in CBSE Cluster VIII Athletic Level Meet held at Shivamoga. Girija sribalambika of class IX bagged gold for Long Jump and 800 m. She bagged the Individual Championship too. Poorna Pragyana of class X bagged a Bronze in Javelin Throw. This year Sri Sharada Devi Vidyashala, Gundlukothur, Gowribidanur hosted the Sri Rajeshwari Interschool Sports Meet for all the sister concern schools, founded by Sri Kailasha Ashrama Mahasamsthana Trust, for two days. Eighty-three students participated in various events. Our school won the overall championship for the third consecutive year.

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Our yoga enthusiasts won laurels. They are: -

Under 14 Girls First Prize Khushi N Patel Class VII B Under 14 Boys Second Prize Harish Kumar K G CLASS VIII D Third Prize Yogananda J CLASS VII D Nidhi R Class IX B Karthik G Class IX B

Second State Open Yoga Championship 2019 for schools and colleges was held on 17th November 2019 at Rajeshwari Vidyashala. Our school won the overall trophy.

CBSE South Zone (Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala) conducted swimming championship. Three students participated. Harsha Kantharaj of class IX secured seventh position.

CBSE South Zone conducted Skating competition at Belgavi. Five students from our school participated and Prakruthi Nagarajappa of class X secured Gold in 300 m and 1000 m. She also bagged Gold for both the events at Nationals.

Girija sribalambika won Gold Medal in 800 m at the Nationals held at Bemtara in Chattisgarh in November 2019. At the Udupi State Meet, she bettered the Meet record by completing 600 m in 1.42 seconds. At the Reliance meet, she set a new record of completing 600 m in 1.46 seconds and she participated in the Nationals at in January 2020. At BUDDA National Sports Meet held at Kanteerva Stadium, she secured First place clearing 600 m in a record of 1.42 seconds.

Annual Sports Day was celebrated in a very grand manner on 11th Nov 2019. Students have shown excellent performance and won prizes. Paramapujya Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Sri Sri Sri Jayendra Puri Mahaswamiji was the Chief Guest for the day. In his message he said that sports are equally important to academics and one should devote time and work hard to achieve goal in life.

Month of November is devoted to Fit India for a week as directed by CBSE. During this month we conducted various activities like yoga, talk on nutrition, collage, drawing events for classes 1 to 10.

ART AND CRAFT

CELEBRATION OF HERITAGE FEST

Our institution organised ISKCON HERITAGE FEST on 26th July 2019. The chief guest for the day was Shri ARUN, event Co-coordinator from ISKCON Group. They were present for the assembly and they chanted keerthan. Teachers and students joined in and it was an audio and visual treat for each and every one of us dancing and chanting Keerthans of Hare Rama Hare Krishna with instruments.

25 Sanskrit students’ delegates from USA had visited our school and they too joined our programme on 26th July 2019.

Various competitions were conducted from classes PH to X such as Colouring, Handwriting, Gita (Shloka Chanting, Pushpalankara, Pencil Shading, Paper craft, Poetry composition, Collage, Creative writing, Essay writing and Painting. Judges from ISKCON group judged our children’s performance. 10

Our students won prizes in Pushpalankara, Shloka Chanting, Creative Writing, Collage and Painting.

1. Category (III and IV)

NAME OF THE COMPETITION CLASS PRIZE STUDENT Handwriting Ritika R Kammar III III

2. Category (V - VII)

NAME OF THE COMPETITION CLASS PRIZE STUDENT Painting Keerthana R V VI III Handwriting Keerthana R V VI Special Performer Abhishek V K and Rangoli (Team) V II Diganth D Disha BS and Rangoli (Team) V Star Performer Thanmayi K Pushpalankara Chaitra R and VII I (Team) Janavi LG Pushpalankara Apoorva S and VII Special Performer (Team) Nanditha Raj

3. Category (VIII – X)

NAME OF THE COMPETITION CLASS PRIZE STUDENT Painting Sindhu R X II Painting Kavyashree S X III Painting Archish K S IX Special Performer Creative Writing Om Prakash Panda IX III Creative Writing Manish P IX Special Performer Essay Writing Srijin R Iyer IX I Essay Writing Yashaswini D S VIII I Essay Writing Anirudh C IX II Poster Collage Abhijna Satish and IX I (Team) Aditi Gopinath Dhruti Kiran and Rangoli (Team) VIII Special Performer Spoorthi S K Pushpalankara Kavyashree S and VIII I (Team) Sakshi Harish Pushpalankara Pragna V and IX II (Team) Kusuma N Pushpalankara Girija sribalambika IX III (Team) and Harshitha S Pushpalankara Sahithya S M and X Special Performer (Team) Moulya V

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VIGILANCE AWARENESS WEEK 2019 (28th Oct to 2nd Nov 2019)

Employee’s Provident Fund Organisation conducted competitions on the topic “Integrity a way of life” for our students. Many students participated. Competitions on this theme were conducted in the form of Speech in English, Kannada and Hindi for classes 8 to 10 and Poster Making for classes 6 and 7 . Many students bagged prizes. Shri Senthil Kumar, Additional General Manager and Chief Head of Vigilance Officer at BHEL, Shri Ramachandra, Senior Vigilance Officer, BHEL, Shri Shiddaramappa, Senior Division General Manager, Vigilance Department. Shri Ravindra Kumble working in Human Resource Management Department were also present. Prize Winners are: -

POSTER MAKING First Prize Sanskar Singh VI B Second Prize R Y Keerthana VI D Third Prize Soorya K S VII C Consolation Prize Samarth P VII C

SPEECH ENGLISH KANNADA HINDI FIRST Anirudh C IX A Mourya S X C Chavi Jain L X A SECOND Prasiddha Bhat X A Chitritha Yadav VIII C Anurika M R X B THIRD Madhwesh Bharadwaj IX D Suhas M S VIII D Sumeeth Patil X B Consolation Monish Raj X C Sri Ram VIII A Sripad Amol Parchure X B

The first prize winners were awarded at a ceremony held at Visvesvaraya Hall, Academy of Excellence, BEL, Circle. Bengaluru.

MUSIC

Each class and section has one period of music every week for classes 1 to 8. Classes 1 to 4 is the Junior group and Classes 5 to 8 are in the senior group. Carnatic and Hindustani music are taught. Students learn basic fundamentals, music voice exercise, swaras and Geethe, other songs like Bhavageethe, folk songs, Patriotic songs, Vachana, devotional songs, bhajans and so on. 32 students participated in ISKCON Cultural Fest Music competition for solo song, group song and solo instrumental competitions. Many students participated in Times of India NIE interschool music competition – both vocal and instrumental. More than 60 students from classes 1 and 2 participated in inter class solo singing, bhajan competition.

NEWS PAPER IN EDUCATION (NIE)

DECCAN HERALD Deccan Herald conducted various competitions in the month of July at Bal Bhavan, Cubbon Park. Some of the competitions were Quiz, Spell Bee, Creative Writing, Group Dance and Painting. Pranathi Nandula of class X A won first prize in Creative Writing.

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THE HINDU

The Hindu conducted ‘Race to Space’ ’19 Quiz and the following students were declared winners of Round 1 and were selected to the Round 2. Saikrushna Rath, Prakruthi Prasad, Samarth R S of class 6, Akshay Nagaraj and Vimal Raj of class 8 and Surabhi Rao of class 7.

TIMES OF INDIA

Times of India conducted ‘School Super League Aptitude Test’ on 23th July 2019. Students of classes 4 to 9 participated.

A mock press conference on the topic ‘Abundance of Food; Lack of Nutrition’; was conducted by Times of India and Aaditya Mahesh and Anush N from class VII participated in the conference.

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS OLYMPIAD EXAMS

Students are encouraged to participate in academic based examinations conducted by various private institutions.

ENGLISH OLYMPIAD was conducted on 10th October 2019 and 163 students from classes II to X appeared for the exam. Prasiddha Bhat of class X secured 10th National Rank where as Pranathi Nandula of class X secured 2nd rank at zonal level. Seven students secured toppers’ position at school level, two students - second position and two students - third position.

HINDI OLYMPIAD - 188 students appeared for Hindi Olympiad the previous year from classes III to X. Saikrushna Rath of class V secured First rank National Level. Sumeet Patil of class IX secured 1st rank National level rank. Hardik Jain of class X secured First rank at National level. Saroj S Patil of class X secured second rank and Rohith S Bellur Third rank. This year, 169 students participated in Hindi Olympiad conducted by Akhila Bharatiya Hindi Department. 8 children have secured 8 silver 8 bronze medals.

SANSKRIT OLYMPIAD was conducted on 25TH November 2019. 61 students participated in the Olympiad. Sanskrit Olympiad was conducted first time in our school. 54 students received medals and certificates.

SIRIGANNADA exam was conducted last year where 516 students participated. 22 students secured state ranks and 20 secured district level ranks. Our school was appreciated for the best result i.e. highest number of state ranks secured among those who participated. This year 730 students appeared for the same. Results are: -

State Level Ranks 34

District Level Ranks 32

First Class 414

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Intra school Kannada Quiz was conducted team wise. First Prize winners are Pranava of X B, Jayanth Gowda of IX B and Srivatsa of VIII B Second Prize winners are Nikhil of X C, Karthik C K of IX A and Suhas M S of VIII D.

160 students appeared for the NATIONAL SCIENCE TALENTS SEARCH EXAM (NSTSE). Many have fared well. Saikrushna Rath of class V secured 38th State level rank. This year 122 students have appeared for the same.

Science Day was celebrated grandly and the theme was ‘Water conservation’. Students showcased many programmes based on the theme.

MOVIE ON NUCLEAR ENERGY.

Students of classes VIII & IX witnessed a movie about nuclear energy organized by Times of India on 18.07.2019. It was very informative and students were enlightened about the applications of nuclear energy.

SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS FOR CLASS X STUDENTS

Physics Prof. Sharmishta Sahu demonstrated a number of Science experiments on Light and electricity for class 10 on 30.07.2019. The students understood the concepts and participated enthusiastically.

CHANDRAYANA II, THE SECOND MISSION TO MOON. ISRO in collaboration with India Today, TV Channel, showed the simulated landing of the rover on the moon on 28th August 2019. Students of classes IX and X witnessed the documentary.

Our students participated in CBSE Science Exhibition on the theme, “Water Conservation” which was conducted at Sindhi High School, Hebbal in the month of November 2019.

Edify School conducted various activities in Science along with Science Exhibition. Classes 6, 7, 8 and 9 students participated.

ENVIRONMENT ASSOCIATION OF BANGALORE – SEMINAR & QUIZ

Environment Association of Bangalore organised a seminar and exhibition on 22.06.2019. Students from classes IX and X went for poster making competition and the following students won 3rd prize.

Name class Class Name Class Madhuligaa P IX Maunigaa P IX Vasudha A M X Prasiddha Bhat X Mohith S V IX Gaurav IX Kavyashree X Dhanyashree X Avni Ramesh X

Environment Association of Bangalore conducted Quiz on Environment at Rajeshwari Vidyashala, Rajarajeshwari Nagar. The following students of class 9 won this Interschool Quiz and got a Trophy. Karthik C K, Srivatsa B Janadri K S Archish

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Akhila Bharatiya Sahitya Parishat, Karnataka (Regd.) The sole objective of this organisation is organising literary meets, training talented and budding writers and great thinkers by constantly inspiring, aspiring, nourishing and safe guarding the concepts of Language and Literature of this great land. Sri Jnanakshi Educational Institutions Trust is supporting this great cause by contributing Rs.5 Lakhs as chief patron and to release the new books in the name of Sri Jnanakshi Prakashana.

Plethora of competitions were held by Karnataka Sanskrit University. 12 students participated in different competitions like Antyakshari, Quiz, Essay writing, drawing and chanting Bhagavat Gita shlokas. Anthakshari Second Prize Karthik V VIII C Akshay Nagaraj VIII A Quiz Consolation Prize Vishal K IX C

Consolation Prize

Samskritha Bal Sammelana, Shimoga conducted competitions on 21st December 2019 for Sanskrit students from Karnataka. 32 students accompanied by five of our teachers attended it. 5,000 students participated in this event.

This year we had story telling competition for classes 1 and 2. Spell Bee competition for classes 3 to 10 in all languages. These were conducted in phased manner and the results are: -

CLASS ENGLISH CLASS KANNADA CLASS HINDI

I C AAKANSHA SUBRAHMANYA II A PRANAMYA B S I D KANISHA SHYAM PATEL

I D MEDINI KULKARNI II E SANNIDHI HEGDE II E MAHI H PATEL ANAGHA S II B PAARVENTHAN M D II B HONNUDIKE II E K S SHAISTHA FATHIMA

CLASS ENGLISH CLASS KANNADA CLASS HINDI

CATEGORY -I CATEGORY -I CATEGORY -I DISHA B S - FIRST 3E MITHILA - FIRST PRIZE 5C PRIZE 6B SANSKAR SINGH - FIRST PRIZE SAIKRUSHNA RATH - SECOND 6A PRIZE CATEGORY -2 CATEGORY -2 CATEGORY -2 ADITHYA MAHESH - 9C MOHAMMAD MOUZAMALI - 6D SAMARTH S - FIRST PRIZE 7D FIRST PRIZE FIRST PRIZE SAHANA M - SECOND 6D VINAY NAGARAJ - SECOND PRIZE 6C PRIZE 8 A ANURADHA M S - SECOND PRIZE

CATEGORY -3 CATEGORY -3 AKSHAY NAGARAJ - -FIRST SHRIRAM H S - FIRST 8A PRIZE 8A PRIZE ADITYA N VAIDYA - SECOND VAISHNAVI N -SECOND 10D PRIZE 9A PRIZE SUHAS M S - THIRD 8D PRIZE BHUMIKA J K - THIRD 10D PRIZE

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ROBOTICS

Robotics classes were introduced for classes IV to VIII from the academic year 2015-16 by RAAV’S Academy of Robotics and are continuing this academic year too. These classes create enthusiasm in Science as well as develop their analytical ability. The response is immense, and the progress made by students is very much evident with the display that was put up by the students during LKV exhibition 2019.

NATIONAL CADETS CORPS (NCC)

NCC air wing whose motto is ‘UNITY & DISCIPLINE’ provides opportunity to students to survive in the most adverse conditions and yet develop a sense of service to humanity. We have successfully completed ten years of training the cadets.

We have Junior Division and Junior Wing for both boys and girls. A total of 50 cadets which includes 25 boys and 25 girls. Due to changes in policies, from this academic year, first year cadets are selected from class VIII and second year from class IX. Two classes are held each week after school i.e. Thursday and Friday and first and second Saturday we have three hours class each. The cadets learn subjects like drill, principle of flight, National Integration, types of air crafts, parts of aircrafts Aero modelling, Social Awareness, weapon training, flying activity etc.

21 Cadets of Second year received NCC “A” certificate from Commanding Officer, Wing Commander C Jaideep on 30th May 2019 at the 1 Kar Air Sqn NCC Jakkur Aerodrome.

Combined Annual Training Camp (CATC) was organised by 1 KAR AIR SQN NCC, Bengaluru, Group -B for 10 days from 17th June 2019 to 26th June 2019 at the Airforce station Jalahalli East for second year NCC cadets. A total of 750 cadets from 24 schools and colleges participated. 25 cadets from our school participated in the above mentioned camp. The cadets were trained in drill, weapon training, pratical knowledge about the different aircrafts. Our school cadet Bhoomika Korrikar of class X secured second place in Range Firing. Our cadets won second prize in drill and cultural competition. During this camp, on 21st June 2019, all cadets participated in International Yoga Day and Swacch Bharath Abhiyan.

25 cadets participated in Kargil Divas on 26th July 2019 at National Military Memorial.

Swacchatha Pakhwada Activity was conducted in our school for the NCC Cadets. They participated in various competitions like quiz, drawing and debate on 27th September 2019.

Our Associate NCC Officer, Flight Lieutenant Shri Madhukar Uppoor was one among 450 officers who took part in the NCC Day activity - Lake Cleaning Drive 2019.

48 NCC Cadets participated in Swacchtha Pakhwada on 14th December 2019 in our school. Competitions like drawing, painting, essay writing on the theme ‘My Clean India – Swacchtha Awareness and creative writing competitions were conducted.

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48 cadets attended Vijay Divas at National Military Memorial, Bangalore on 16th December 2019.

Senior Cadet Nanditha R of class X A was selected for National Camp which started from 16th January 2020 to 26th January 2020 at Bellary and successfully completed the training camp.

BHARAT SCOUTS AND GUIDES

Dwitiya Sopan Preparatory cum Testing Camp was held in Milind Public school Anjana Nagara, Magadi Main Road from 6th September to 8th September 2019. 5 Scouts and 5 Guides from our school attended the camp.

Dwitiya and Tritiya Sopan Badgework camp was conducted at Milind Public school Anjana Nagara, Magadi Main Road on 7th December 2019. A total of seventeen scouts and guides participated in the event.

Advanced course for Scouts Master was held at Dr. Annie Besant Scouts and Guides training centre, Doddaballapur from 22nd August to 28th August 2019. It was conducted by The Bharat Scouts and Guides, Bangalore South District Association which was attended by Shri Renukappa C, Advanced Scouts Master (ASM).

SWAACHA BHARAT ABHIYANA PROGRAM:

‘Swaacha Bharat Abhiyana’ was implemented in our school on 10th December 2017 with the blessings of Pujya Swamiji. Places covered during this abhiyana are in and around Rajarajeshwari Nagar. The children expressed that they had a great feeling of pride of serving their nation Bharath. They said that this program is an educative one. This programme continued successfully in the year 2019-20. The core committee comprised of Hon. Secretary Shri Hayagreevachar, Shri Ishwar Bhat, some teachers and SJV Bus crew with volunteers from classes VI to X with consent from parents.

AGRATHA KREEDA:

Professional coaching is given to students for sports such as Shuttle Badminton and Volleyball by M/S Agratha Kreeda. A summer camp was conducted by Agratha Kreeda in summer holidays and children who joined the camp benefitted since coaching was conducted by professional coaches.

HEALTH CHECK-UP

Like every year, this year too health checkup was done for staff and students of our school. BGS Hospital undertook the general checkup while Vasan Eye Care and KDS Dental Clinic undertook checkup of the eyes and oral hygiene respectively.

EDUCATIONAL TOURS

Educational Tours are organized for students that expose them to first hand learning experiences. The students develop values of caring, sharing, being responsible, developing cordial relations with peer as well as teachers and the ability to adjust to any situation. Every year the management arranges trip for all the staff members to build a good rapport among teachers and management. 50% cost of the trip is borne by the management. An industrial trip is usually organized for Class X students as a part of an integrated project. A formal undertaking from parents is duly taken and the management too takes the

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EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL TRIPS FOR 2019-20 ARE AS FOLLOWS: -

CLASS PLACE DATE/S NURSERY OUR NATIVE INDIA 16.08.2019. I & II NATIVE INDIAN RESORTS 17.08.2019 III MADHUVANA RESORTS 31.08.2019 IV MYSORE 31.08.2019 V & VI SIMSHA AND SOMANATHPUR 31.08.2019 VII & VIII OOTY AND ISHA FOUNDATION 23.09.2019 TO 27.09.2019 IX GUJARAT 29.02.2020 TO 09.03.2020 X GPS AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, 23.09.2019 PEENYA – INDUSTRIAL TRIP TEACHERS’ DUBAI APRIL 2020 cancelled due to TRIP COVID-19 Pandemic.

CO CURRICULAR AND EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES: -

INTERACT INSTALLATION ON 1ST SEPTEMBER 2019:

Rotary Interact Installation was on 1st September 2019. Pujitha Padmanabha and Shobha Bai M of class X were elected as the President and Secretary of the Rotary Interact club of Sri Jnanakshi Vidyaniketan respectively. The President, Secretary and Board members were installed by the President Rtn. Satyanarayana of Rotary Rajarajeshwarinagar Centennial 3190.

Rotary Club Centennial, Rajarajeshwarinagar District R I. 3190 established an Interact club in our school in 2007 that is active for the past twelve years.

VISUAL AND PERFORMING FINE ARTS

During the course of school academics, teachers have observed the hidden talents in our students in various cultural fields. Opportunity is made available for the past 16 years to nurture the hidden talents. We have allotted an hour of Friday’s schedule to provide an opportunity for the students to master proficiency in their talents. Professionals from outside and trained teachers of our institution have made it their mission to make students shine in their respective fields. We have 32 disciplines wherein the child can choose any one and excel in the same. 20 are performing arts and 12 are visual arts. 23 teachers are professionals outsourced and 19 teachers are from school who are qualified and have the passion for the art. They are Terracotta, Tailoring, Mehndi and make up with hairstyling fine arts have been included during this academic year. Story telling is discontinued from this year. Lalitha Kala Vaibhavam (LKV) is a stage set for students to display what they have learnt during their Fine Arts classes.

EVENTS CELEBRATED/COMMEMORATED

On 6th June 2019, the 20TH FOUNDING DAY CUM ENVIRONMENT DAY was celebrated with great zeal and vitality. Our students rendered euphonic melody on the theme ‘Nature’, ‘Save Trees’. Students were educated on the importance of keeping environment clean with the theme “Beat Plastic Pollution”. 18

THE ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2019-20 was inaugurated by His Holiness Paramapujya Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Jagadguru Sri Sri Sri Jayendra Puri Mahaswamiji on 7th June 2019. The exhibition motivates students and teachers to explore their creative talent. Exhibition is the medium of development of skills like team work, leadership and so on. Each department took up a theme for their exhibits.

English History Of English Language Kannada Teaching Aids Sanskrit Grammar, Concept Related to their Academics. Hindi Bharath Ke Shikshan Padathi Science Working Models on Various Topics Social Geography Nursery Innovative Teaching Aids

INVESTITURE CEREMONY

The students were given an opportunity to elect their school captains and vice captains by casting their valuable votes on 1st June 2019. The newly elected boy’s and girl’s Captains from class X were Nithin Kumar and Nanditha R respectively. Manish Prabhu and Kusuma N from class IX were elected boy’s and girl’s Vice Captains respectively. The investiture ceremony for the newly elected Captains and Vice captains was held on 6th June 2019.

Hon. Secretary Shri Hayagreevachar and the Principal Smt. Jayalakshmi Prakash pinned the badges to the elected leaders. The leaders took oath to uphold the honour and glory of the institution.

INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY on 21st June 2019 was celebrated with great enthusiasm and zeal in the school. The students and teachers performed various Yogasanas under the guidance of our school Yoga instructor, Smt. Nagaveni. The need to make Yoga a part of our daily life to optimize our physical, mental and spiritual well-being was greatly emphasized. 30 students from classes VII and VIII participated in Yoga on International Yoga Day at Kanteerva Stadium.

The KARGIL VIJAY DIWAS was observed in the school on 26 July 2019. The 20th commemoration of Kargil Vijay Divas was observed in an interesting way to instill the sense of respect towards soldiers and imbibe patriotism among students. Plethora of competitions such as Drawing, Collage, Power Point presentations, movie making, slogan writing and poem writing were held the themes were: - Tribute to soldiers and Tribute to our Motherland. 450 students participated.

Children from classes 5 to 10 participated enthusiastically to show case their talents highlighting the deeds and sacrifices of our soldiers. Prizes were given on the occasion of Independence Day for the following winners.

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JUNIOR LEVEL – CLASS 5 – 7

SL.NO COMPETITION I PRIZE II PRIZE III PRIZE CONSOLATION 1. PAINTING SANSKAR SINGH – 6B KEERTHANA R V – 6D ANIKA – 6C CHAITRA REDDY – 7A 2. COLLAGE ANISH N – 7A SATVIK R – 6D JANAVI GOWDA – 7A SHAMITHA – 5D 3. SLOGAN WRITING NIRANJAN – 5D SPOORTHI K – 6A YASHAS – 5C

4. POETRY WRITING PRAKRUTHI – 6C YASHASWINI – 6B BRINDA – 6D (ENGLISH)

SENIOR LEVEL – CLASS 8 – 10

SL.NO COMPETITION I PRIZE II PRIZE III PRIZE CONSOLATION 1. PAINTING VARSHA N PATEL – 10A AVANI RAMESH – 10C ANSHITHA S BABU – SOWMYA KARANTH – 9D 10C 2. COLLAGE AKSHATHA BELLAD – NISARGA K – 8D KAVANA – 8A K P NAGASHREE – 9C 8A 3. SLOGAN WRITING NEHA J – 9C KUSUMA N – 9D JHALAK RUNWAL DEEPAK– 8C 4. POETRY WRITING BHOOMIKA JAYARAM- SHREYA MOHAN -9A ASHWIKA NAGAR – (ENGLISH) 10B 10A

5. POETRY WRITING VIJAY TEJAS – 10D CHETHANA G – 10A (KANNADA)

6. POETRY WRITING SHIVANGI SHUKLA – 9D (HINDI)

7. MOVIE MAKING DILIP S – 9C TEJASWI M – 8A SKANDA H R – 8A SRIVATSA B JANADRI – 9C 8. POWER POINT MANISH PRABHU – 9B CHAVI JAIN L – 10A ARYA S – 10C PRESENTATION

73rd INDEPENDENCE DAY was celebrated with great enthusiasm at our school. The celebration began with hoisting the National Flag by the Chief Guest Hon. Secretary Shri Hayagreevachar. The captains, vice captains, sports captains and house leader led their house students in a grand march past. Students shared their views on the significance of the day. The patriotic songs sung by the students awakened feeling of patriotism to their motherland. The Principal urged students to keep the spirit of Freedom fighters alive by contributing positively to the motherland. Honorary Secretary inspired the gathering by reminding them of the sacrifices made by our great leaders. Celebration concluded with the distribution of sweets followed by Swacch Vidyalaya.

127TH BIRTHDAY OF DR. S R RANGANATHAN (FATHER OF LIBRARY SCIENCE) OR NATIONAL LIBRARY DAY was celebrated on 17th August 2019. Chief Guests on this occasion were Smt Padmavathi, Deputy Librarian, Bangalore University and Shri Manikanth, a prolific writer/ journalist in Kannada. Smt. Padmavathi addressed the students and spoke about the importance of traditional libraries and Sri Manikanth narrated thought provoking and emotional stories written by him in his book “Amma Helida yentu Sullugalu” to the students. Most of the stories written by him are collected from real life experiences of great achievers. He has written a number of books and is very much appreciated by readers at large. Prizes were distributed to the voracious readers of SJV Library. Smt. Jayalakshmi Prakash, Principal of SJV motivated the students to cultivate reading habit.

One Nation Reading event was held in the month of January 2020.

TEACHERS’ DAY was celebrated with a difference where the students of class X and leaders conducted various games to entertain teachers. The Chief Guest was Hon. Secretary Shri Hayagreevachar. The staff 20 visited Sri Rajeshwari Temple and then assembled in the ashram to receive blessings from His Holiness Paramapujya Acharya Mahamandaleshwara Sri Sri Sri Jayendra Puri Swamiji. Pujya Swamiji blessed the staff and distributed the uniform followed by prasadam.

SANSKRIT DAY

Sanskrit Divas is celebrated on Shravan Purnima day to create awareness on the importance of Sanskrit. This year it was celebrated with a difference by performing at Freedom Park organised by Shankara and Ayush TV channel on 22nd August 2019. Students from Classes 1 to 10 , total of 140 participated in various programmes that were exclusively in Sanskrit. This programme was telecasted on 11th and 12th November on Shankara TV.

DRAMA ON JALLIANWALA BAGH INCIDENT

A few blind artists from the service organisation Rashtrashakthi, Bangalore were invited to our school. They enacted a drama on Jallianwala Bagh incident on 30th Aug 2019 on account of remembrance of 100 years of Jallianwala Bagh incident.

VALMIKI JAYANTHI was observed in our school on 24th October 2019. Students spoke on his life of Sage Valmiki and his works in English as well as in Kannada.

HINDI DIVAS was celebrated on 13th September 2019 and the theme was ‘Our National Symbols’. Emphasis was on importance of language in human life and equal importance has to be given for all languages.

GANDHI JAYANTHI CELEBRATION FOLLOWED BY SWACCH BHARATH

2nd October 2019, the school celebrated 150th Gandhi Jayanthi celebration. The programme began with customary lighting of the lamp by Hon. Secretary Shri Hayagreevachar and Principal Smt. Jayalakshmi Prakash. There was a tableau on Gandhiji’s Principles. Hon. Secretary asked the children to uphold Gandhiji’s Principles. Principal insisted that students read the autobiography of Gandhiji and to lead a virtuous life. Competitions were conducted on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanthi. The prize winners are: -

BHAJANS CLASS-1 SL. NO NAMES CLASS RESULTS 1 MEDINI KULKARNI I D FIRST PRIZE 2 AAKANKSHA SUBRAHMANYA IC SECOND 3 SAI ADVAITH ID THIRD BHAJANS-CLASS-2 SL. NO NAMES CLASS RESULTS 1 MEDHA RAMANATHAN IYER II A FIRST 2 SANJEEVANI S KATTI II A SECOND 3 SANJANA H S II C THIRD RECITATION-CLASS-3 and 4 SL. NO NAMES CLASS RESULTS 1 ADHYA KAMAT III A FIRST 2 VEDA. M IIIC SECOND 3 SRINIKA.D.BHAT III A THIRD 21

QUOTES-CLASS-5 and 6 SL NO NAMES CLASS RESULTS 1 PRAKRUTHI PRASAD VI C FIRST 2 SAIKRUSHNA RATH VI A SECOND 3 ARYAN SUBRAHMANYA V B THIRD POSTER MAKING-CLASS-7 and 8 SL.no. NAMES CLASS RESULTS 1 SUHAS.S VIII D FIRST 2 KARTHIK VIII C SECOND 3 ANURADHA VIII A THIRD

KANNADA RAJYOTSAVA was celebrated on children’s day. The theme was ‘Temples of Karnataka’. All the programmes were also related to the theme. Chief Guest was His Holiness Parama Pujya Acharya Mahamandaleshwara Sri Sri Sri Jayendra Puri Swamiji. In his speech Swamiji emphasized that we are Bharatiyas though we live in different states and speak different languages.

Kannada Sahitya Parishat honoured Smt. Suma Srinath, our Kannada Senior faculty on Kannada Rajyotsava Day. Our school boys dance group headed by Manjusha won the third prize.

Chitritha Yadav V of class VIII C participated and won consolation Prize in Speech competition held at Jain College Rajarajeshwarinagar by Chiguru Kannada Vakpriyaru.

Rtd. Employee of Vishweshwaraiah Iron and Steel Company conducted an essay writing competition at Rajeshwari Vidyashala, Rajarajeshwarinagar. The theme was ‘Integrity a way of life’.

PRIZE WINNERS First Prize Niyathi Nagesh class X C Consolation Prize Rakshitha class X C Pranava class X B Chethana G class X A

Postal Department in Rajarajeshwarinagar conducted a speech competition on the theme ‘Integrity a way of life” in Kannada and Suhas M S of class VIII D secured First Prize.

For CHILDREN’S DAY teachers displayed their talent and entertained students in the afternoon session.

KANAKADASA JAYANTHI was also celebrated on 15th Nov 2019. Students delivered speeches on this great poet. Shri Madhukar Uppoor, music teacher, rendered one of Kanakadasa’s great compositions.

The postal Department conducted a written quiz on Swacch Bharath on 28th November 2019. Sumeet Patil of Class X won third prize.

Shri. Bhojraj, an advocate by profession and a motivational speaker addressed class X students on 18th December 2019. He emphasized that students should maintain eye contact with their teachers. Maintaining good posture and focusing in class will improve attention span. Lastly, he said to meditate keeping mother’s image and promising to remain committed to their duty.

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LALITHAKALA VAIBHAVAM Lalithakala Vaibhavam is a stage provided for students to showcase their talent which they have mastered under the guidance of renowned gurus during the fine art classes held every Friday. Lalitha Kala Vaibhavam was held from 18th December 2019 to 20 December 2019.

ANNUAL DAYS: 21st and 22nd December 2019, Annual Day for classes I to X and Annual Rejoicing Day for Nursery, Sri Jnanakshi Shubhodaya School and Sri Rajeshwari Montessori School were respectively celebrated grandly. His Holiness Paramapujya Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Sri Sri Sri Jayendra Puri Mahaswamiji was the chief guest for both the events and His Holiness blessed the gathering with pearls of wisdom. Prasadam was provided by Sri Kailash Ashrama Mahasamsthana Trust on both the days.

26th January 2020, Republic Day was celebrated where the National tricolor was unfurled by the Chief Guest, Hon. Secretary Shri Hayagreevachar. Various programmes were conducted and NCC cadets, Students who excelled in Sirigannada exam and Robotics received their certificates of merit.

2nd February 2020, Farewell for class X students was conducted grandly. Class IX students showcased their talents and entertained us.

Due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, the schools were closed for safety reasons from 23rd March 2020 as per the directives from Government of Karnataka.

PARENT, TEACHERS & MANAGEMENT MEETINGS

PARENTS, TEACHERS AND MANAGEMENT MEET

The Annual Parents, Teachers and Management meeting is for interaction between Teachers, Parents and Management to facilitate the overall development of the child. As requested by the parents we conducted the first PTM on 13th July 2019. Principal Smt. Jayalakshmi Prakash highlighted the Class X results and the events that were to take place that year. Hon. Secretary Shri Hayagreevachar answered the queries of the parents. He informed the changes that will be incorporated in the infrastructure and he urged the parents to spend quality time with their children. Three Open Houses were held for better dialogue between parents and teachers. The second PTM was conducted on 8th Feb 2020. We have been maintaining transparency in all issues of the school that provides for a sound ethical foundation.

ORIENTATION PROGRAMME FOR PARENTS

The parents play a very important role along with teachers in the child’s growth. Keeping this in mind, Orientation programme for parents of Class I was held on 25th May 2019 aiming to familiarise curriculum, teaching methodologies and the Co-scholastic activities.

Orientation programme was held for parents of students i.e. new admission especially for UKG, LKG and Play Home on 1st June 2019.

Orientation Programme for parents of Class IX & X students was held on 6th July 2019 to brief the parents about the introduction of Information Technology as a vocational subject and the changes in 23 the internal assessment pattern as per the CBSE circular. They were also counselled regarding understanding their children and behavioural issues and to support the children in their all-round development. This orientation programme helped both parents and teachers to understand the problems faced by all and tackle the same with joint effort. The programme has been appreciated by all the parents and they have requested to conduct such programmes at least twice in a year.

Subsequently orientation programmes class wise for classes 5, 6,7, and 8 were also conducted in the month of October and November 2019. Sessions for classes 2,3 and 4 took place in the month of January and February 2020.

OFFICIAL MESSAGING APP FOR SJV:

We have introduced UOLO app to send official messages from previous year. The class teachers or management can send messages. So, kindly download the app. If you do not use a smart phone, then the same message will reach your inbox as SMS.

SECURITY PLAN

For security purpose CCTV cameras have been installed, the school compound is walled, all the gates are manned by security personnel, just to mention a few. GPS and CCTV cameras have been installed in all the school buses.

The school is making an effort to put barricade, road humps near our school starting from Manipal hospital to the nursery block, with the permission of the police and the BBMP and the process is in progress.

Effort to remove the liquor shop diagonally opposite our school campus has not materialized and was rejected by the government.

WEBSITE Our school website, www.jnanakshi.org was launched on 5th September 2012 by Pujya Mahaswamiji. The website is updated regularly and parents are requested to go through the information given therein. We are very happy to release the first bi-monthly 'newsletter - Shubhavaartaa' on our website.

PROPOSED STEPS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCHOOL AND IN TURN STUDENTS.

To accommodate the increasing demand for seats for various classes, construction of a massive new building has been taken up wherein by next academic year, 22 classrooms will be added and in the course of three years, we will have 100 more classrooms. We are going to increase the number of sections from play home to class X. We will have five sections of each class in gradual growth process. Pujya Swamiji is mobilizing funds for the construction from devotees in India and abroad. No donation is collected from the parents. Parents may contribute voluntarily their generous donations and such donations are eligible for exemption of tax under Section 80 G of I T ACT 1961.

➢ Bhagavad Gita Shloka chanting and spoken Sanskrit will be part of curriculum from play home to class X under the guidance of Pujya Swamiji where students will learn the Shlokas and its meaning.

➢ Tinkering Lab will also be introduced. We have applied for ‘Atal Tinkering lab’ and are waiting for a positive response.

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➢ Fire safety measurements work is ready as per guidelines given by Fire Protection Department of Karnataka.

It is a matter of honour to our school that Paramapujya Mahaswamiji has provided us the divine opportunity and responsibility to serve two rural schools under the Rural Education Programme.

1. Sri Rajeshwari Vidyanikethana, Devarapura, S. Coorg, provides 100% free education, midday meals and transportation. The school follows Kannada medium for classes VIII to X and English medium for class LKG to Class IV. The student body comprises of children of the coffee estate labourers. They commute from about 30 km radius to attend school. Class X result was 97.65% and we are proud to say that it secured the best results in Kannada medium in Kodugu district.

2. Sri Sharada Devi Vidyashala, an English medium school, Gundlukothur, Gowribidanur provides free mid-day meals partially sponsored by Shri K V Ramani (Sai Trust, ) Students commute 25 to 30 km to attend school. Seven school buses have been provided to ensure that students reach school safely and on time. This English medium school has secured 97.25% result in class X state syllabus. It too has secured the best result in Chikkaballapur district.

With the blessings of His Holiness Pujya Swamiji’s and his guidance we now have responsibility of two more schools. They are: - 3. Sri Rajeshwari Montessori School, Rajarajeshwarinagar, Bangalore. We have 18 students studying at Levels 1, 2 and 3 with two competent teaching staff and one assistant.

4. Sri Jnanakshi Shubhodaya School, Sri Tiruchi Swamigal Double Road, Rajarajeshwarinagar, Bangalore is especially for the divinely abled children living in and around Rajarajeshwarinagar. At present, we have 23 students with a team of 12 dedicated teaching and non-teaching staff along with volunteers.

Indian Resource Council (IRC) conducted 13th Kalangaana 2019 at Vidya Vihar from 19th to 21st November 2019. 1,200 participants from sixty schools in and around Bangalore participated. The students of Sri Jnanakshi Shubhodaya School participated in four events and secured prizes in group dance and solo vocal.

The past academic year went by smoothly with the collective efforts of all involved i.e. teaching and non-teaching staff of this institution. The management hopes and pray that the same continues in order that our institutions scales greater heights in the years to come.

Those willing to contribute voluntarily to the development of the school and contribute to the economically underprivileged students’ tuition fees may do so and such donations are eligible for exemption of tax under Section 80 G of I T ACT 1961.

The dedicated members of staff and the management takes care of students under the guidance of His Holiness Parama Pujya Acharya Mahamandaleshwara Sri Sri Sri Jayendra Puri Mahaswamiji in the best

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Sri Jnanakshi Vidyaniketan re-dedicates its service to uplift the under privileged children so that they bring laurels to their Alma Mater. Let Goddess Mother Rajarajeshwari and our holy gurus to bless us in all our future endeavours.

Thank You.

Jai Hind! Jai Karnataka!

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