AADIL BEDI AND VASUNDHARA THIARA CORNER GLORY AT ALL INDIA INTER SCHOOL ALBATROSS GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

The team of Aadil Bedi and Vasundhara Thiara, won the All India Interschool Albatross Golf championship for  Vivek High School, for record third time. Team Vivek scored 300 and beat Modern School Vasant Vihar, New Delhi by 4 shots, over two days of play. Aadil And Vasundhara also won in their respective individual  categories A and B. Aadil was the only player who shot under par round with the score of 70 and 73 (143 one under) and won by huge margin of 8 shots in category

A. Vasundhara Shot 81,76  (157) and won by 15 shots in category B.

The Albatross Team Championship in  A/ B category boys/ girls  saw participation from  twelve school  that included Doon School Dehradoon, Army public School ,New Delhi, Maharaja Sawai Man Singh School, Jaipur and Modern School, New Delhi. Over hundred school going young golfers participated in the Championship, held  at the ITC Classic Golf Course, Gurgaon, over the two day event.

Mehar Kahlon to attend a summer programme at the Wharton Business Schoo

Mehar Kahlon of class 11, has been selected by The Global Education and Leadership Foundation (tGELF) to attend a Summer Programme (KWHS Global Young Leaders Academy) at The Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania from 29 May to 12 June 2016. Mehar will be part of a select group of high school students who will spend two weeks at the University of Pennsylvania and learn about business, finance and entrepreneurship and  undergo activity-based leadership workshops .
KWHS is on a mission to provide high school students and educators around the world with a deeper understanding of business and personal finance and to equip them with the skills to excel in the global marketplace.

Alumnus update- Saanya Ojha (Batch of 2012)

In our last communication received from Saanya, she had informed us that she had been offered summer internships from J P Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, New York. It gives us immense pleasure in sharing that Saanya has accepted the offer of internship from Goldman Sachs Investment Partners (an investment fund that operates in private and public markets) to work in a team that manages 3 billion USD in assets. Her internship is an extremely significant achievement as being a part of a team that has such an enormous financial responsibility is rare for student internees and as a rule is offered to those who have 3-4 years of prior work experience. Saanya has also been elected as President of Wharton Business Schools’ premier student consulting club, Social Impact Consulting (SIC). SIC offers pro-bono financial consulting services to national and international foundations like Make a Wish and Givology. She has also been elected as the Penn Pod Leader for Global Platinum Securities, inter - collegiate investment fund that invests 250,000 USD in the US equity markets. The last semester also saw her get elected as President, tGELF, Penn Chapter as well as get nominated for Beta Gamma Sigma, the highly selective honours society for business students at Wharton Business School, as her GPA was amongst the top 1% (3.97/4.0). She is also a part of the National French Honours Society, Pi Delta Phi. Words can’t describe how proud we are of your achievements Saanya. It’s a reflection of your hard work, work ethics and intelligence. You have all our best wishes and blessings!

SAANYA OJHA - LIFER

SAANYA OJHA - LIFER - 1997- 2012 Currently at the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, USA It is nice to be back to school. For some even better… Saanya Ojha, an alumnus of Vivek High School, sector 38 (batch of 2012) spoke with students of grade 10, 11 and 12 on “Thinking about life after School”. She spoke about the various courses and subjects offered by universities in the United States of America and the criteria used for evaluation by universities for applications while laying stress on the quality and content of the essay that goes with each application. She also highlighted the challenges and common misconceptions held about studying outside India and how to overcome those by following the correct procedures in the application process. She also shared her many and varied experiences while studying at the Wharton Business School and how it has helped her evolve and grow as a person. The students cleared many doubts they had and also gained a better insight into a different system of education and circumstances that maybe faced whilst studying and staying in another country. Saanya Ojha graduated from Vivek High School in 2012. She is currently studying at the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania. University of Pennsylvania has been consistently ranked as the world's best undergraduate business programme. She has the distinction of being an international student on a full scholarship and is a part of a selective programme called the Huntsman program - a dual degree specialization programme in business studies and international studies which enrolls only 45 students. Throughout her time at the University, Saanya has received the highest academic honours. Not only has she consistently been placed on the coveted Deans list every year for academic excellence but she is also a Joseph Wharton Scholar as well as a Benjamin Franklin Scholar for her outstanding contribution to the University environment. She is an honoured member of the National French Honour Society in the United States. Her research paper has been published by the University Press. This summer, she had the distinction of receiving an internship offer from JP Morgan in New York in her second year of college. Post her summer stint on Wall Street she has recently received a placement offer from JP Morgan to pursue investment banking at their New York office. Saanya, we at Vivek are proud of you. God Bless.

Anmol Rattan Singh Bains

Anmol Rattan Singh Bains has done Vivek high proud by receiving 97.6% in CBSE grade 12 Board exam. He has many achievement to his credit beside a brilliant academic record. We are proud of you Anmol! Anmol Rattan Singh Bains was the CAAP leader of Square one club, Tgelf( The Golbal Education and leadership Foundation). He attended a Round Square service project at Kata Pathar, Dehradun. He was actively involved in the MUN clubs and took part in the International VHS MUN 2012 as the delegate of USA. He was a scholarship holder in Grade IX & X

Apurv Gupta

We are so proud of you Apurv Gupta an alumnus of the Vivek High School (batch of 2012) is studying in the U K. He has worked with the Scottish Parliament in arranging events on Nuclear Non-Proliferation with cross party group of Nuclear Disarmament. He has been a delegate at the United Nations Framework convention on Climate Change at Warsaw, Poland and interned at the United Nations Headquarter in New York. Currently, he is the Youth President, United Nations Association, United Kingdom and President United Association Edinburgh Youth. He also functions as Vice-President UNICEF, UK on campus. It is indeed a proud moment for Chandigarh and his Alma Mater for the creditable achievements made in a short period of 18 months. Apurv, we all at Vivek High are proud of you. Well done!

Ms Rajbir Sandhu appointed as the Regional Support Manager

Ms Rajbir Sandhu, Head of Department for English at Vivek High School was recently appointed as the Regional Support Manager for South East Asia and the Gulf Region. She is a now a part of the Round Square Worldwide team and will be reporting to the Round Square head office at London. Ms Sandhu will spear head and be responsible for the initiatives and activities of Round Square International in these regions. It is indeed a matter of pride for Vivek High School that one our faculty has been appointed for this prestigious post with immense responsibility. It also puts our school a notch higher on the Round Square world map. Congratulations Rajbir ma’am we wish you the very best for the new role.

Congratulations ! Ms Farah Shamsi

We all at Vivek High are delighted with Ms Farah Shamsi being awarded the Harnessing Creativity Education Prize 2014 at the national level by the Global Education & Leadership Foundation (tGELF). The Global Education & Leadership Foundation (tGELF) is focussed on ethical leadership, altruism and professional development of teachers. It is tGELF endeavor to identify and harness the creativity of school teachers who have changed the ethos in their classrooms by having a positive impact on students and by encouraging curiosity and excitement about learning. tGELF honours these teachers by awarding the Harnessing Creativity Education Prize. Ms Shamsi was selected post a rigorous selection process that spanned 3 rounds, by an eminent and varied jury. The final round was adjudged by an International panel. The panel included Ms Susan Edwards, Head - Global Concern, United World College, South East Asia; Dr. Kenneth K Wong, Chair - Department of Education, Brown University and Ms Wendy Parmley, Founding Partner & CEO, Transcontinental School Innovation Alliance (TSIA). Out of hundreds of entries from all over India, 10 finalists were selected in 2 rounds and they were then further screened in a final round. The award includes a cash award of Rupees 1 lakh and a citation with the additional benefit of publication of a compilation of the best ideas.

Ms Reetika Khanna

We congratulate VHS Staff Member, Ms Reetika Khanna on being selected for the Distinguished Fulbright Awards in Teaching Program. The purpose of the Fulbright Program is to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and those in other countries. By living and working in the United States, Ms Reetika will have the opportunity to learn about their culture, society and educational system and share her insights with colleagues at the University Maryland, area schools and educational associations. As part of this program this year,she will study together with 20 teachers from Argentina, Finland and India .

Ms Preeti Sharma

VHS Staff Member, Ms Preeti Sharma was awarded the National ICT Award for School Teachers. She was felicitated by the Honorable President of India, Sh Pranab Mukerjee on 5 September 2012 in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. This award is given in recognition of effective and innovative integration of ICT in promoting students\' learning. The award facilitates those teachers who have enhanced student learning by effectively and innovatively integrating technology supported learning into the school curriculum and subject teaching, and thereby promoted enquiry-based cooperative-collaborative learning using ICT amongst students. Teachers of primary, upper primary, secondary and higher secondary schools are eligible for this award.