D.A.V. BOYS SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL GOPALAPURAM, CHENNAI-600 086 INSIGHT: 2019-20 NEWSLETTER MARCH 2020 ISSUE NO: 98 Get Connected to Insight… Merit Certificates Appointments Young Achievers Campus Chronicles Club Activities Field trips School Activities (Primary) House Activities Inter-School Activities Sports roundup Workshops & much Teacher Co- ordinators Mrs Beena Sunil Mrs Janaki Govindan Mrs.H.Vidhya List of students who secured Merit Certificates CLASS - XII S.No NAME OF THE STUDENT SUBJECT 1 H. KAILASH PHYSICS, MATHEMATICS 2 M.ROHIT KUMAR BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY 3 S.N. KRISHNAN PHYSICS 4 V.ABHISHEK ENGLISH CORE, E. G 5 ADWAITH P ENGLISH CORE 6 S. ANIRUDH ENGLISH CORE 7 ASWIN SREEKUMAR ENGLISH CORE 8 PRANAY VARMA ENGLISH CORE 9 RAHUL SAHNI ENGLISH CORE 10 R.D PRAVEEN E. G 11 S. LOKESHWARAN E. G 12 A.B. HARIHARAN E. G 13 M.S. CHARAN E. G 14 V.ADITYA E. G 15 R. SENGOSHARAN E. G 16 SHIDDARTHA.R E. G 17 R.K. ARAVINDAA KUMAR E. G 18 V. RAGHAV ANAND E. G 19 A. RONAK BAGMAR E. G 20 SHRIRAAM K. K E. G 21 A. SRIRAM E. G 22 YASHWANTH KUMAAR.G E. G 23 MOHIT NITIN ASHER ECONOMICS 24 N. ARAVINDAAN ACCOUNTANCY, MATHS 25 ARIVAZHAGAN M.B. K MARKETING 26 AAYUSH.N. JAIN MARKETING 27 UTSAV JAIN MARKETING 28 VAISHNAV BABU E MARKETING List of students who secured Merit Certificates CLASS – X S.NO NAME OF THE STUDENT SUBJECT 1 E KRISHNA SAKTHI ESWAR SOCIAL SCIENCE, MATHS 2 D MURUGA PERUMAL SOCIAL SCIENCE 3 K. DEV SARDA SOCIAL SCIENCE 4 M VENKATESH MATHS 5 M. MUTAMIZH VAANJINATHAN MATHS 6 S.K UDHAYA SOCIAL SCIENCE 7 M.SRIKANTH MATHS 8 P.S. MUKHIL SOCIAL SCIENCE, MATHS 9 S. ROHIT RAM MATHS 10 SIDDHARTH RAJESH SOCIAL SCIENCE 11 VED MILIND THIGALE MATHS 12 V.ADHARSH RAGAVA SOCIAL SCIENCE 13 P. KIRAN MATHS, TAMIL 14 M.SANJAYRAM SOCIAL SCIENCE 15 K. KABILESH BYRAV TAMIL 16 SUBANESH.E TAMIL APPOINTMENTS FOR THE YEAR 2019-20 SCHOOL PUPIL LEADER KARTHIK VENKATESAN ASSISTANT SCHOOL PUPIL LEADER KESHAVA MURALIDHAR SCHOOL ALUMNI SECRETARY A.PRATHAM T.SREEMAN PALANI SCHOOL ASSISTANT ALUMNI SECRETARY PRABHAKARAN SPORTS SECRETARY RAHUL DUTT ASSISTANT SPORTS SECRETARY R. SANJEEV CULTURAL SECRETARY C.R. SUKE BHARGAV ASSISTANTCULTURAL SECRETARY M.PRANAV TAGORE HOUSE SUPER SENIORS CAPTAIN ROHAN J.V VICE CAPTAIN G.MADHAV TAGORE HOUSE SENIORS CAPTAIN KAILASH GOPAL.D VICE CAPTAIN K.ADITYA TAGORE HOUSE JUNIORS CAPTAIN BHARATH.M.CHALLANI PRATAP HOUSE SUPER SENIORS CAPTAIN SURYANSH SANKLECHA VICE CAPTAIN SUDHARSHANAN.S PRATAP HOUSE SENIORS CAPTAIN SAAHAS.V.RAJARAM VICE CAPTAIN NITIN.C CAPTAIN P.NIRAV PRATAP HOUSE JUNIORS CAPTAIN KARTHIK RAJA.J SHIVAJI HOUSE SUPER SENIORS VICE CAPTAIN KABILESH BYRAV CAPTAIN PREETHAM.S SHIVAJI HOUSE SENIORS VICE CAPTAIN RANVEER SHARMA CAPTAIN AADITYA INIAVAN SHIVAJI HOUSE JUNIORS BHARATHI HOUSE SUPER CAPTAIN PRANAV PRASHANTH.D SENIORS VICE CAPTAIN ADITYA VARUN.T CAPTAIN KARTHIK.S BHARATHI HOUSE SENIORS VICE CAPTAIN SHLOK SALUNKHE CAPTAIN JAYASH SURYAWANSHI BHARATHI HOUSE JUNIORS We, at D.A.V. Boys, Gopalapuram, turn mental blocks to building blocks and seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity and the result is … Vidish of class XI A cleared both levels of NTSE. He is an NTSE scholar. Auyukth Kadri of Class IV secured the third place in the district level story writing competition Vinay Jumani of VIIIB and Harikrishna.C of IIID bagged the second and third place respectively in the 11th Inter school Chess Tournament conducted by National Public School in December 2019 Sergeant M.A Keertivasan of IX D represented our school at the prestigious Republic Day Camp 2020 representing Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Andaman NCC Directorate. He was selected for Junior Division in Cultural. SCRAP_2019 is an annual cybernetics interschool competition with various computer activities organised by SBIOA. This year, the school team comprising of Vijay Sundar, Shreyas, Kavi Rajar, Arka Ghosh, Athmaaram, Rupam Banik, Jothikanna and Prem Kumar clinched the overall trophy for the fifth consecutive year. Koshal Ram of XII was given the best delegate award in the MUN organised by Sishya. Ranveer Sharma of IX C competed in the second level of Go for Guru Inc. held at NASA organized by Florida Institute of Technology on 3rd October 2019. He won the ‘Neil Armstrong Award’ and a merit certificate. He is eligible for a $10,000 scholarship at MIT if he is selected to pursue undergrad studies there and also went on a 11day tour to NASA and Florida. Ten scout boys received the Rajyapuraskar badge and merit certificates from the honourable Governor of Tamil Nadu. Vignesh.S of XIB secured the first place in the Quiz on Space Science conducted by Tamil Nadu Science & Technology Centre. He was awarded a medal, certificate and a memento M.Mehul Kumar & Varun Viswanath received a trophy from Hindi Teacher’s Association for securing the highest mark in Hindi in AISSCE Board Exam. Ranveer Sharma, Kavin S.B, Kavin Kannan and G. Varun of class IX won first place in a group discussion organized by SYMA association DAV BOYS Table tennis team comprising of Emmanuel Richard, Shounak, Giridhar and Gaurang stood fourth in U-14 and the badminton team comprising of Sai Pranav, Shyam.B. Swami, Sriram.B.Swami, Shyam .S stood 16th (out of 512 teams) in the CBSE cluster championship. Sergeant Achyuth Mukund of XA was selected and served as the best Cadet in the Republic Day Camp and State level Inter Group competitions. He was also selected for the 0.22 mm calibre-4-mark rifle, Bold Action Rifle Shooter and has undergone Weapon Training in NCC. B.K.Arjun won the third place in the individual event and first place in the team event at the School State Championship held at Puducherry. He also secured the 2nd place in the team event at the 45th Tamil Nadu State Shooting Championship held at Coimbatore. He has been selected for the 10th South Zone Shooting championship and 24th All India GV Mavlankar Shooting Championship 2019 on behalf of Tamil Nadu team. th th Mughilan.E won a bronze medal, each in the 35 Sub junior & 45 Junior Tamil Nadu State Aquatic Championship and ARC Events Interschool Competition held at Velachery. He also won a gold, silver and bronze medal at RMK Interschool sports tournament. He won a silver in 200mts butterfly event and has been selected for the Nationals. R. Sreekarthikeyan of XC won the State squash championship in the U-15 category. S.P. Niranjan of XII C won gold in the U-19, Air Pistol category in the South Zone Shooting Championship organised by DPS Nacharam, Hyderabad. OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT OF STAFF Principal Mrs. Shanthy Asokan has been appointed as Director of Academics, D.A.V. Group of schools. Mrs. Chitra Raghavan, PGT Physics has been appointed as the Principal of D.A.V. Boys Senior Secondary School, Gopalapuram. Mrs. Naina Babu Raj, PGT, Biology received the Best Teacher award from Indian National Brain Bee. Dr. Vidya.H, PGT, Computer Science has authored the Class XII Computer Science Textbook for Tamil Nadu State Education Board. TNSCERT, Government of Tamil Nadu had nominated Dr. Vidhya as one of the knowledge resource persons to conduct a three day training programme in Port Blair. Kalavi TV run by the Government of Tamil Nadu telecasted three sessions of Dr. Vidhya’s classes. Dr. SivaKumar, Dept. Of P.Ed has successfully completed a three month course to be commissioned as Associate NCC Officer. CAMPUS CHRONICLES The new academic session began on 01.04.2019. The inaugural havan was held on 17th June 2019 in the school quadrangle. Secretary, D.A.V Group of Schools, Shri Vikas Arya’s inspirational speech before the havan provided the stimulus for the students and teachers to be in good stead throughout the year. A meeting of the parents and students with our Principal was held on 24th June 2019 in the school premises. The strategies to be adopted to bring out the best in the students were discussed. INVESTITURE CEREMONY: The event marked a significant beginning of the new academic year. It was a solemn occasion where the young students were all prepared to don the mantle of leadership and discharge the responsibilities entrusted upon them by the school. The appointment elects were conferred their badges of honour on 28th June 2019. The Annual Sports Day was held on 29th & 30th July 2019 at Rajarathinam Stadium. The Chief Guest was Smt. Aarthie Ramaswamy, Woman Grandmaster. INDEPENDENCE DAY: Group Captain E.R. Surenderan, Commanding Officer,4 Tamil Nadu Air Squadron, NCC, IIT, Chennai unfurled the National Flag this Independence Day. The day was celebrated with patriotic fervour and enthusiasm. Our Secretary Shri. Vikas Arya urged the students to recognise the threat that looms large today, become responsible citizens and ensure that they strengthen themselves internally, stand up for the right causes and do not fall prey to the Breaking India forces. SWATCHHATHA PAKHWADA: A CBSE initiative saw a plethora of activities with active participation from the students from September 1st to 5th. Poetry Writing, painting and skit were some of the competitions held and an awareness programme on reducing and refusing single use plastics, water, rain water harvesting and personal hygiene were also conducted. The NCC students also organised a campaign to educate and enlighten roadside vendors and the under privileged about the cleanliness drive. Charity is a supreme virtue and the great channel through which the mercy of God is passed onto mankind’ It is a festival of Philanthropy that aims to become a part of the Indian ethos. It aims to spread the experience of Joy in Giving.