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Some children are gifted with pleasing personality, natural self-confidence and are easily approachable that makes other children want to move closer and work with them. They seem to be born leaders with inherited talent with leadership qualities. Their family and the family background also influence the leadership quality in them. But other children, whether they are “born leaders” or not, also have the ability to become leaders. Many great leaders like Gandhiji, Acharya Vinoba Bhave, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, Abraham Lincoln and many others, despite having little or no formal authority or family influence, led others and become good examples of Acquired Leadership Qual-ities and also shown that such qualities can be inculcated.

Leadership skill cannot be acquired by reading a textbook or listening to a lecture. Lead-ership is a skill, not a formal position and is acquired by interacting with people. Oppor-tunities that may develop qualities like determination, focus, decisive ness, time manage-ment, confidence and self-discipline among students develop the leadership among them. Children spend an average 15 years of their lives in school education. The practices they pick up in schooling are hard to break. Our entire education system, from kindergarten to senior secondary school, is equipped to nurture leaders and it becomes our moral re-sponsibility to make the education system learner friendly and to guide and improve the originality of thinking to explore the hidden potentials of an individual. In this way the public schools play an important role in inculcating the habits that can produce future leaders.

Teachers must develop positive and healthy relationship with their students to unfold a student’s brilliant potential and unleash his/her wild imaginations. A good understanding among students with an effective communication is considered to be the building blocks of original thinking. The natural originality and creativity of a student from cer-tain everyday abilities of perception, understanding, logic, memory, and thinking style develop the natural leader in them. They spark the fire, fan the flames, spread the warmth, and transmit the light. If we carefully look at the creative process, even a child of ordinary intelligence has latent creative abilities that can be enhanced by training and by a favorable environment. For example: Most of the children have a habit of coming forward for every activity i.e. excited to be a part of an event, enthusiastically and ener-getically. We should encourage them and allow them to express their ideas. Freedom of expression generates new ideas and bringing out their original thoughts. Parents also may involve the young minds in few of the decision making in home and involve the children in household budgets

We public schools should focus on giving students opportunities to practice planning and team-building skills by providing small group projects which will require them to think creatively, listen to group members and deal patiently with different personalities. More-over, as students become more assertive and self-confident, they improve their academic and social skills, increasing the likelihood of becoming leaders. At Birla Balika Vidyape-eth, we provide ample opportunities and freedom of expression to bring out the natural potential, hidden among children, be it in the playground or classroom or scholastic or extra-curricular activities. We nurture creativity by providing ample opportunities in Music, Dance, Art, Craft, (for elementary & secondary classes) Home Science, Interior Decoration and Commercial Art (for senior students). We also provide ample opportuni-ties to students to display their creativity and originality of thinking in events like Post-er Making, Collage making, Slogan writing, Card making, Rakhi making, Salad making competitions conducted on various occasions. These activities enhance the creativity; allow expression of new ideas, sense of humour, ethics, Integrity and Dedication among children. Roosevelt rightly said that “we cannot and should not build the future for the children but we should build the children for the future”

Jai Hind

PRINCIPAL’S DESK

Dr.(Mrs.)M.Kasturi,Principal BirlaBalikaVidyapeeth,Pilani

Inside this issue:

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Special points of interest: ? BOARD RESULT 2013 ? NATIONAL AWARD TO PRINCIPAL ? TRIP TO NASA, NEW YORK, USA

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Editorial Dr.(Mrs.)M. Kasturi Principal Mrs. Anita Mishra and Mrs. Achala Verma Academic Coordinators

NATIONAL AWARD TO PRINCIPAL

RESULT 2013

VISIT TO NASA, USA

NATIONAL & INTERNATION-AL DAYS

CELEBRATIONS

CLUB ACTIVITIES

COMMUNITY SERVICE

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B I R L A B A L I K A V I D Y A P E E T H , P I L A N I ZENITH April 2013—December 2013 NATIONAL AWARD TO THE PRINCIPAL Dr. M. KASTURI

Principal, Dr. Kasturi, received the National Award to Teachers - 2012 from the Hon'ble President Shri Pranab Mukerjee on Teacher's Day dated 5th September 2013 in a grand function arranged by the Ministry of Human Resource Development at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. Hon'ble Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Hon'ble Ministers of Human Resource Development, Dr. M. Mangapati Pallam Raju, Dr. Shashi Tharoor and Shri Jitin Prasada also offered felicitation to the Awardees. Dr. Kasturi is nominated by the Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi, after several scrutiny at regional level and at Central Level in recognition of her valuable services to CBSE as a Principal of outstanding merit for the past sixteen years, seven years of which are at Birla Balika Vidyapeeth, Pilani. Dr. Kasturi has several academic achievements for the past 26 years. She has obtained M.Sc., M.Phil., M.Ed and Ph.D de-grees and was in Research and Development during initial years working in the areas of Reproductive Physiology, Fertility Regulation and contraception. She has also done research on Camel Genetics and Breeding and published several research papers in Journals of International Repute. Her research papers have been referred in research citation by many of the re-searchers which are the testimony for her significant contribution in the field of Research and Development. She has also published several popular articles in Newspapers and CBSE Journal. Dr. Kasturi has also taught at pre university colleges and universities for around ten years. Dr. Kasturi has joined St Edmunds School, Malviya Nagar Jaipur, one of the premier Senior Secondary schools of Jaipur, as a Principal and worked for around 9 years. She has brought Senior Secondary Status then to the school and introduced biotechnology in science stream. Consistency in academic development with 100% result is her achievement in the school. Her several students have achieved high status and still in touch with her. Dr. Kasturi has joined Vidyapeeth as a Principal in 2006; Since joining her main areas of focus have been Improved infra-structure, Technology aided teaching, Emphasis on child centered teaching, Identifying talents of students and Technology Aided safety and security system. The school excels in, all round curricular and extra curricular activities. The board results are 100% with school average percentage is being maintained consistently above 77%, with the highest being 83% since her joining. The Mamraj Agarwal Rashtriya Puraskar Award with a Cash Prize of Rs 5000, given by His Excellency Governor of Rajasthan for the meritorious candidates is being bagged by the BBVP students consecutively till it was last awarded in 2009, The School has been recognized as one of the best schools in the Ajmer region and the Principal has been conferred Sri Ghashiram's Award in the field of Education in 2009. The strength of Boarders also increased from 520 to 675, besides maintaining quality admission. A pleasant and cordial atmosphere is evident in the school among staff and children. Dr. Kasturi under took several CBSE Assignments as Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent, AIPMT/AIEEE examination, since 2004; CBSE Head Examiner for Secondary examination (Science) since 2003; CBSE Chief Nodal Supervisor for AISSE (Science & Technology) Since 2004; CBSE Observer for Secondary and Senior Secondary Practical Examination, Since 2004; Chief Nodal Supervisor for spot evaluation for many subjects for AISSCE (Board Examinations), External Ex-aminer - CBSE Board examinations - Biology and Biotechnology since 2004 and as Convenor/Member for CBSE affiliation Branch. Besides The National award, Dr. Kasturi is also the recipient of Jewel of India Award, Conferred by Indian Solidarity Council, for the outstanding achievements in the field of education; Eminent Educationist Award, Conferred by Indian Soli-darity Council, for the outstanding achievements in the field of education, CBSE & ICSE Pariksha awards for the Best Prin-cipal 2008 and 2009, conferred by Rachna Sagar PVT Ltd. Dr. Kasturi is also the Joint Secretary for Society for Unaided Private Schools of Rajasthan; Mentor for B Ed students, IGNOU and Member of Women Harassment Cell, Birla Institute of Technology (BITS) Pilani Birla Balika Vidyapeeth acquired the membership for prestigious National Progressive Schools' Conference and the school is one of the active members of Indian Public Schools' Conference. The school offers Community Service Programmes. The school Band is one of the most prestigious Girl's NCC Band which echoes its tunes at Rajpath, New Delhi on Republic Day. It is the pride to the institution Birla Balika Vidyapeeth and Birla Education Trust and the city of Pilani as well..

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FELICITATION CEREMONY The staff and students Felicitated Principal Dr M Kasturi for her achievement of National award on 7th September 2013. Director on behalf of Birla Education Trust, Pilani offered felicitation to the Principal, Dr M Kasturi for the National Award on 21st September 2013.

FELICITATIONTODRM.KASTURI PRINCIPALBBVP

BY BIRLAEDUCATIONTRUSTANDTHE

SCHOOLFRATERNITY

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SCHOLARSHIP FOR HIGHER EDU-CATION (SHE) BY THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOP-MENT, GOVT. OF INDIA UNDER THE INSPIRED SCHEME TO BHUMIKA VARSHNEY, NEHA DESWAL, DEBA-HUTI DEV & DEEVITA AGRAWAL.

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0.1% Merit Certificate Class XII The CBSE Board awards Certificate of Merit in each subject to the top 0.1% of the successful candi-dates in order to recognize their merit and outstand-ing performance at its Senior School Certificate Ex-aminations 2013. The following students of Birla Balika Vidyapeeth, Pilani have been awarded the prestigious certificate of Merit.

Certi icateOfMerit TheCBSEBoard awardsCerti icateofMeritonthebasisofoutstandingperformanceandobtaining 10 CGPA A1Grade in all the ivesubjects in Secondary School Examination2013.ThefollowingstudentsofBirlaBalikaVidyapeeth, Pilani have been awarded theprestigiouscerti icateofMerit.

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CLASSXRESULT2013

Candidate’sName Father’sName Subject

PREETIKASIHAG KAMLESHSIHAG PHY.EDUCATION

SWASTIKACIZA RSSINGH PHY.EDUCATION

DEEPSIKHACHETTRI

RAJENDRAKUMARCHETTRI

PHY.EDUCATION

JASLEENRAJPAL CHARANJITSINGH PHY.EDUCATION

AKSHYATA RAMSHINGH INST.MUSIC

NIDHISHARMA JAIPRAKASHSHAR-MA

INST.MUSIC

RAMANLATA MANJEETSINGH HOMESCIENCE

URVASHISHARMA KISHANSHARMA POL.SCIENCE

100% RESULT IN CLASS X

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BIRLABALIKAVIDYAPEETHSTUDENT’SVISITKENNEDYSPACECENTRE,NASA,ORLANDO,NEWYORKBOSTON(17thAUGUST2013TO28thAUGUST2013)

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STATUE OF LIBERTY

TIMES SQUARE

BROAD WAY THEATRE WORKSHOP

TOP OF EMPIRE STATE BUILDING

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LUNCH WITH ASTRONAUT JOHN ‘O CREIGHTON

LOGO DESIGNING

UV RAY TESTING

SPACE SHUTTLE—ATLANTIS TESTING THE BRIDGES

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DESIGNING A BRIDGE

CERTIFICATE CEREMONY

MEMORIES OF ASTRONAUTS

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WORKSHOP ON ROBOTICS

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OUR EMINENT VISITORS Syt. B K Birlaji & Smt. Sarlaji Birla along with Smt. & Sri Mantri visited Pilani from 6th April 2013 to 10th April 2013.Pravachans by Swami Rajeshwaranandji Saraswati at Ramlila Ground was organized on 7th, 8th, 9th April 2013, the teachers and students attended the Pravachans.On the eve of their visit a cultural fiesta was organized which was presided by Smt & Syt. Mantri in BBV auditorium.

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FELICITATION BY BIRLA EDUCATION TRUST FOR TEACHERS COMPLETING MORE THAN 25 YEARS OF SERVICE

Mrs. Raka Tripathi, Mrs. Usha Dhaka, Mrs. Neelam Sharma, Mrs. Manjula Khare, Mrs. Shachi Sehgal, Mrs. Sunita Singh and Mrs. Nisha Sharma were Felicitated by Birla Education Trust for completing more than 25 years of service on the eve of Teachers Day 2013.

A farewell was organized for Dr. Manjula Khare, HOD Physics on 25th Nov 2013 in the school auditorium . It began with a short introduction of Dr. Manjula Khare, who joined Birla Balika Vidyapeeth on 17th September 1981 as Sen-ior teacher for Physics and served the institute for 33 long years. Students portrayed their love in the form of dance & English skit . Dr. M. Kasturi, Principal and gave the farewell note, Mrs. Raka Tripathi, Mrs. Shachi Sehgal, Mrs. Kanchan Saini, Mrs. Savitri Dhayal & Mrs. Vijayshree Singh shared their experiences and nostalgic moments.

People come, people go but leave some imprint that exist on our heart forever.

One such amazing person is Khare Madam.

FAREWELL

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HEAD OF

DEPARTMENT

PHYSICS

DR. MANJULA KHARE

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RAMAYAN PATH To begin the session with the blessings of the Almighty the School organized ‘Sundarkand Path’ on 6th April, 2013. It was conducted Hindi Department . All the students involved in the chorus along with the, Principal and teachers. All the activities of session follow thereafter. RAMNAVAMI On 19th April 2013 to commemorate the Birth Anniversary of our great patron, Philanthropist, Educationist, Industrialist Dr. Syt. G.D. Birlaji our honorable Founder Trustee a floral trib-ute was offered by Director, Birla Museum, Principals of various BET Schools, teachers and students. His multifaceted personality and humbleness was remembered by all. The BET staff members were motivated to work with utmost sincerity and honesty to bring about the dreams of Founder Father true.

JANMASHTAMI JHANKI – 28.8.13 Jhanki commenced with the Joyful festive celebration of Gokul on the birth of Krishna in Nand and Yashoda’s house. The next scene depicted Krishna playing with his friends near Yamuna and after the ball sank into Yamuna. He jumped in the river and controlled and danced over the hood of deadly poisonous snake Vasuki.Then further Krishna enjoyed Dan-dia Raas with Gopis and played colorful Holi. The celebra-tion ended with Aarti and Prasad distribution.

DIWALI CELEBRATION The festival of light ‘Diwali’ was celebrated with great zeal in the school. The school offered the students with a number of entertaining events to make them feel at home. On the day of Diwali Pooja (2nd Nov 2013) a dance party and a visit to Connaught place was organized. Continuing with the celebra-tion on the next day of Diwali (3rd Nov) – Laxmi Ganesh Pooja, bursting of crackers and decoration of school and houses with candles and Rangoli took place. The celebration ended on the next day (4th Nov) with a visit to Riddhi-Siddhi temple at Bagar

CHRISTMAS EVE & NEW YEAR CELEBRATION A colourful cultural fiesta was celebrated on the eve of Christ-mas on 25th Dec. 2013 by Class XII and Band students. Teachers and students cut the Christmas cake and enjoyed a musical evening. Magnanimous Santa Claus made the show all the more fantastic.

NEW YEAR PARTY FOR RDC BAND STUDENTS The majestic PILANI BAND as per the schedule departs eve-ry year on 29th of Dec. to display & march at Rajpath New Delhi. The 51 proud & privileged cadets from Birla Balika Vidyapeeth, to represent Rajasthan contingent made a move for Rajpath with Commanding Officer NCC Col. K D Shar-ma, ANO Mrs. Snehlata Sharma, Band Master Sub.Maj Raj Kumar. To make their departure memorable party was organized to celebrate New Year for Band students along with teach-ers & staff and 2013 Band Leaders in the New AV Room. The party began on a very motivational note by a presenta-tion by the teachers followed by motivating talks by Bursar & the Senior band cadets. The New Year cake was the centre for attraction for all the students and the party ended with a High Tea.

RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL FESTIVALS CELEBRATED TO INCULCATE VALUES

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COMMEMORATING THE ICONS DR. BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR JAYANTI On 14th of April 2013 we celebrated the 122nd Birth Anni-versary of the ‘Architect of the Indian Constitution’ Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar. Principal Dr. M. Kasturi initiat-ed the ceremony with lighting of the lamp and by paying homage to Dr. Ambedkar, Riddhi Modi of class XII E deliv-ered a speech on the life of Dr. Ambedkar, Suchitra Choudhary focused on his works, achievements and famous quotations. Dr. Sandhya Vyas highlighted the main contri-butions and his role in drafting Indian Constitution. GANDHI JAYANTHI To commemorate the birth anniversary of Father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi all BET schools assembled at Gandhi Statue on 2nd October 2013.The Principal Dr. M. Kasturi, BBV coordinated the celebration. Mrs. M. Rastogi Art Teacher & Mrs. Navjot Kaur, Art teacher and Fine Arts stu-dents beautifully decorated the area around the Gandhi Stat-ue. Mrs. Sunita Singh, Asstt. Teacher (Hindi) conducted the programme. The programme started with Bhajans from the students of all BET schools. ‘Ramdhun and Vaishnav Jana To’ the favorite dhuns of Gandhiji were also chanted. Dy.Director (GA), Birla Education Trust Shri J C Pande made the audience to take an oath on this occasion to fol-low the path of truth and Ahimsa shown by Gandhiji. The programme concluded with Pushpanjali and lighting of lamp. Our second Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastriji was also paid homage and Pushpanjali by the gathering on his birthday. SADHBHAWANA DIWAS Sadbhavana Diwas is celebrated in commemoration of birth anniversary of late Prime Minister of India, Shri Rajiv Gan-dhi. Hence, every year 20th August is observed nationwide as the day of Sadbhavana. Sadbhavana literally means ‘Good Intentions’ or ‘Good feelings’. The main theme of Sadbhavana is to promote goodwill, national integrity and communal harmony among the people of India irrespective of caste, creed and religion. The theme is promoted by taking the ‘Sadbhavana Day Pledge’.

Special assembly was conducted with garlanding the photograph of the first Prime Minister of India, Pt. Ja-waharlal Nehru. The assembly was addressed by Mrs. Raka Tripathi high-lighting the contribution of Pt. Nehru in India’s develop-ment. A fancy dress competition was organized for Jr. Sec. kids in the school auditorium which was followed by a fun fete in the school playground, where various games stalls and eatables were arranged for the children. Students had dressed up in the character of famous leaders. Everyone enthusiastically participated in the event.

TEACHER’S DAY To commemorate the birthday and as a tribute for the greatest teacher ‘Dr. S. Radhakrishnan’ on 5 Sept.2013 Teacher’s Day was Celebrated. A festive vibe enthralled all students and staff which was showcased in form of cultural programs . A motivational talk was presented by Mrs Anita Mishra Sr Academic Coordinator .

CHILDREN’S DAY Children’s Day was celebrated on 14th Nov 2013 at BBV.

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NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL DAYS INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION ? On the occasion of Independence Day 2013 on 15th August

Dr. M. Kasturi graced the occasion as Chief Guest. The function started with Guard of honor followed by the un-furling of the Tricolor by the Chief Guest. The hair erect-ing unfurling message was conveyed by the Chief Guest to evoke nationalism and patriotism. The youth were advised to perform their best in whichever and whatever task they are assigned with. The students were motivated by the Chief Guest to emerge as heroes and were reminded of the sacrifice of the Great National leaders. The speech was followed by a disciplined and fabulous March past by NCC and non NCC Troops and the programme ended with a fan-tabulous Band Display echoing “Sare Jahan se accha” in the sky. At 8.30 a.m.

? Deputy Director Sri J C Pandey hoisted the tricolor at Birla Education Trust. His motivational talk to evoke patriotism was quite appropriate according to the demand of the time.

EARTH DAY CELEBRATION On 21st April, Earth Day was celebrated by an inspiring talk in assembly. All students took oath to protect the environment by adopting all eco friendly ways in life.Tree Plantation was done on the occasion. WORLD DANCE DAY Celebration of World Dance Day was held on 27th April 2013 . Each class presented a folk dance from different states like Konkani, Assamese, Bengali, Pahari, Kashmiri, Punjabi and Western Dances like Jazz, Salsa, Hip-pop etc. Around 200 students participated in the program. LABOUR’S DAY CELEBRATION

1st May 2013 was observed and celebrated as Labour’s Day to honour dignity of labour. It commenced with the lightening the lamp by Principal Dr. M Kasturi, Bursar Mr. Attar Singh and other Senior teachers, along with Senior Class IV Em-ployees. Students delivered emotional heart touching speeches in Hindi and English . Miss Savita, Library Attdt. addressed the gath-ering. Children entertained all subordinate staff by singing memorable songs.

MOTHER’S DAY Card Making Competition on Mother’s Day – On 7.5.2013 the students of middle section participated in card making competition. The cards represented cozy and warm relation of a mother and daughter. Students wrote beautiful quotes de-picting the love of mother and daughter. WORLD POPULATION DAY Skit was staged in assembly on the occasion of World Popu-lation Day on “Population Explosion” on 11.7.2013 The students displayed their talents in the field of acting and their skills of staging the Drama. WORLD OZONE DAY On 16.9.13 an Assembly talk was delivered about the importance of Tulsi and its role in releasing Ozone in the atmos-phere. Tulsi plantation was done by the students on the occasion of World Ozone Day. INVESTITURE CEREMONY Another new Prefectorial Batch was sworn on 30th July 2013 to shoulder their responsibilities in the Hostel and the School. Ms. Ayushi Tiwari was nominated The School Head, Ms. Smriti Rai & Ms. Nimisha Bajaj as Hostel Heads, Ms. Sandhya Gaur as Senior Hostel Head. The Ceremonial passing of responsibility with the transfer of candles from Class XII to Class XI was done in the pres-ence of Teachers & Students.

WORLD DANCE DAY 2013

Earth day celebration

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BET INTER SCHOOL COMPETITIONS

BET INTER SCHOOL PATRIOTIC SONG COMPETITION 120 students of Vidyapeeth participated in the competition for four events Middle section Regional, Middle Sec Hin-di and Sr Section Regional and Sr sec Hindi Patriotic songs and bagged first position in Regional Song (Sr.Sec). We also bagged overall trophy.

BET STORY WRITING COMPETITION BET Story Writing Competition was organized by BSP on 14.9.2013 for classes X & XII. Five students of our school Swati Dhillon XI, Vaishnavi Singh XI, Astha Jindal X, Pihu Gupta & Divya Pant IX participated . Debate competition “Women Reservation Policy in Panchayat is justified”

BITS (UGC Centre for Women Studies) conducted debate competition on 16th Nov. All BET Schools participated in this event. From each school four students participated in the programme. Students of class IX to XII expressed their views on Women Reservation Policy in Panchayat is justified or not justified. Entire programme was orga-nized under the supervision of Prof. Sangeeta Sharma (Coordinator UGC Centre for Women Studies). Form Birla Balika Vidyapeeth four students participated in the debate competition i.e Sandhya Singh Gaur, XII D & Sadhna Singh, XII E (against the motion), Sukanshika Vatsa, XI E & Tanya Chauhan, XI E (for the motion). Form Birla Balika Vidyapeeth Sandhya Singh Gaur got first position and Sukanshika Vatsa got third position. The Birla School Pilani got second prize. It was intellectu-al forum for young generation reflected through the de-bate.

BET SCIENCE QUIZ Junior Section On 30.11.2013 the four BET schools participated in Science Quiz competition held at BBVP. .Miss Nupur Gupta & Miss Suman, B.Tech students from BKBIET took charge as quiz masters of the event. The results were as follows: I Position - Birla Balika Vidyapeeth II Position—Birla Public School III Position—Birla School Pilani Middle Section on 2.12.2013 four teams comprising of three students (classes VIII & IX) from all four schools of BET participated. Quiz masters from BKBIET con-ducted the Quiz. The results were as follows: I Position - Birla Balika Vidyapeeth II Position—Birla Public School III Position—Birla School Pilani Senior Section on 6.12.2013 four BET schools partici-pated in Science Quiz competition held at BBVP. There were 8 different rounds namely invention round, Phys-ics round, Buzzer round, Chemistry round, Biology round, visual round and rapid fire round. Quiz master Ms. Shubha Dubey, Ph.D. Scholar from BITS Pilani conducted the Quiz. The result s were as follows I Position - Birla Public School II Position—Birla Balika Vidyapeeth III Position—Birla School Pilani BET KAVITA PATH COMPETITION BET Kavita Path Competition was held at BSP on 14.9.2013 for class VI to IX students. Two students of class VIII – Vidushi Singh & Aditi Gaur participated in it. Vidushi Singh bagged II prize and school secured second rank.

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INTER SCHOOL COMPETITIONS

MATHS QUIZ COMPETITION AT BRCM BAHAL On 30th August 2013, four students Prashansa, Mansi Gupta, Gunjan Vijay and Deeptakshi of classes XII & XI of Birla Balika Vidyapeeth participated in 2nd All India Inter School Maths Quiz Competition 2013, organized by BRCM School, Bahal .Birla Balika Vidyapeeth won the runners up trophy in the event.

MATHS COMPETITION AT BAL BHARTI PUBLIC SCHOOL PITAMPURA:

Students of Vidyapeeth participated in National conference on learning Mathematics at Bal Bharti Public School, Pitam-pura, New Delhi. On 150th death Anniversary of great Indi-an Mathematician RAMANUJAN

Mathematical Poster Competition - Rishika Deswal, Harshita Verma, Urvashi Gupta of Class XI Mathematical Rangoli making Competition - Samidha Bharti & Preeti Yadav of class IX . INTER SCHOOL DEBATE COMPETITION Students participated in the Inter School Debate competition held under the aegis of the ‘Sahodaya Schools Samiti on the 10th August 2013. Ayushi Tiwari and Ananya Pal from class XII A expressed their views on the topic ‘The Himalayan Tsunami: A culmination of Man’s reckless and intensive attitude towards Nature’ & secured an overall II position. HINDI DEBATE COMPETITION SR. SEC. SHEK-HAWATI SAHODAYAY SCHOOL COMPLEX ? Debate Competition Sr.Sec. of Shekhawati Sahodaya

School Complex was organized by ‘Dundlod Vidyapee-th’ on 31st July 2013. Topic was “Paschatya sanskriti ka anukaran chatro ke charitra nirman me sahayak hai” Nine school participated in the competition. Our school students Pihu Gupta X & Rishika Deswal XI par-ticipated in it. Rishika got first prize and overall school stood III position.

? Students participated in ‘Shekhawati Sahodaya School Complex’ was held in CEERI Vidya Mandir on 7.9.2013. The topic was ‘Shiksha mein badhti tak-neeki ka prayog Vidyarthiyo ke chintan aur srijan kaushal ko ksheen kar raha hai”. Khyati Gupta, VIII got second prize and overall school also stood second position.

COMPETITIONS HELD DURING MEGA TRADE FAIR ORGANIZED BY RAJASTHAN PATRIKA

Mehendi Competition Rangoli Competition

Suman - First Anampreet - Third

Sonakshi, Pavitra Rathore, Rounak Gaur and Neha Choudhary - First in Jr.Sec.

Quiz Competition Drawing Competition

Mehak, Pihu, Aastha Jindal and Nivedita – Second

Deeptakshi - First

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INTER SCHOOL COMPETITIONS VERBAL DUAL COMPETITION: A verbal Dual Competition was held at J K Laxmipat Singha-niaUniversity, Jaipur on 25th Oct. 2013. The competition was held at school as well as College level. There were around 13 teams competition at the School level. Four teams of two members each participated from our school. The participants were Tanvi Singh Cl. XII & Riya Singh class XI, Anushna Sen class XI & Aditi Priya class XI, Muskan Sain class XI & Chet-na Singh class XI; Aishwarya Belle class XII & Priyal Sri-vastava class XII along with the teacher escort Ms. Anwita Tandon. Anushna Sen Class XI and Aditi Priya class XI were declared the winners and Tanvi Singh class XII & Riya Singh class XI were runner up of the competition. Thus, both the prizes were bagged by the school. A cheque of Rs.8,000/- & 5,000/- was awarded to the winner team and the runner team.

IPSC CULTURAL AND LITERARY FEST 2013

The IPSC Cultural and Literary Fest 2013 was held from 13th to 15th Oct.2013 at Daly College Indore. A group of 47 stu-dents along with two teachers, Mrs. Priya Dinesan & Mrs. Anwita Tandon participated in it. The cultural Fest com-prised of total 16 competitions out of which the school partici-pated in 11 competitions. INTER SCHOOL ENGLISH DEBATE COMPETITION

The students of Birla Balika Vidyapeeth added another feather to their cap in the interschool English Debate organized by G. B. Modi Vidya Mandir, Jhunjhunu on 4th Dec 2013 on the topic ‘Regional Parties are a threat to National Parties’ which is a burning topic with the Lok Sabha elections

Event Participants Position

English Skit– Mod-ern Romeo Juliet

Aditi Priya XI, Chetna Singh XI ,Anushna Sen XI, Moksha Sharma XI, Riya Sen XI , Ankita Km. XI

Second

Solo Classical Dance

Sneha Mahesh XII Consolation

Hindi Poetry Writ-ing Competition

Asawari KeskerIX First

Turncoat Aditi Priya – XI Second

Extempore Com-petition

Aditi Priya – XI Second

approaching. Aparajita Srivastava of class X bagged the 1st Runners up in the Individual Event & received a cash reward of Rs 2100/-. Along with Oorjita Shahi of class X, they brought laurels for the school by securing the 1st Runners up position in the team event. IPSC ENGLISH DEBATE 2013 Bhavana Choudhary and Reetika Srivastava of class XII participated in the Vidya Niketan BPS Pilani Inter-school English debate competition held on 31 August 2013 The Topic of the debate was “Social network-ing sites can bring about desirable changes in the social political economical and educational milieu’

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ZENITHApril2013—December2013 INTER SCHOOL COMPETITIONS INTER HOUSE AQUATIC MEET

Inter-house Aquatic Championship was held on 7th August 2013. It was organized in three categories Senior, Middle and Junior. Swimmers from all four houses participated in various eleven events. Results are as follows: Champions for different sections are: Senior Section – Riya Yadav (XII) - Kamal House Middle Section – Sanjeevani (VIII) – Champak House Junior Section – Tenzin (VI) – Champak House Overall Winner House – Champak House Overall Runner’s House – Kamal House RAJASTHAN INTER SCHOOL STATE SPORTS MEET Aquatic Meet - Sanjeevni, Ayushi, Gargi, Twisha and Pra-kriti of Class VIII participated at Rajkiya Uch Madhyamik Vidyalaya Jodhpur from 21st to 26th Sept.13. Sanjeevani got 2 medals (one Bronze in 200 m Backstroke & one Bronze in 100 m. backstroke). INDIAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS’ CONFERENCE IPSC (Aquatic Meet) Ten students of Birla Balika Vidyapeeth participated in IPSC Aquatic Meet organized by VDJ School, Hissar from 22 to 25 October 2013. Sanjeevni class VIII got bronze medal in 200m back stroke. Sanjeevni & Prakarti class VIII are select-ed for SGFI Nationals.

SCHOOL GAMES FEDERATION OF INDIA SGFI National Swimming Championship Prakriti Pandey class VIII & Sanjeevani Class VIII of Birla Balika Vidyapeeth participated under 14 SGFI National Swimming Championship which was held at Pune Maha-rashtra from 10 Dec. to 15 Dec. 2013.

IPSC BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Twelve students of Birla Balika Vidyapeeth participated in IPSC Basketball Championship organized by DPS R K Pu-ram, Delhi from 8 to 10 October 2013.

ACTI-FIT PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM

ACTI-FIT Programme Test conducted by Col. R B Singh & Mr. Daleep Singh Dhaka was Oct. 2013 to 24th Oct. 2013. 498 Boarder Students of Birla Balika Vidyapeeth Pilani of Class IV to X & XI section participated. 468 students ap-peared for the test .

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INTER SCHOOL DISTRICT ATHLETIC MEET : at BSP ground on 30.9.13. 11 girls participated.

SPORTS ACHIEVEMENTS

Name of participant

Category Event Position

Sampada U—16 100 m Long jump

I Position I Position

Apoorva U—16 800m III Position

Sunita U—16 Discus throw III Position

Pragati U—16 Hammer throw III Position

Chanchal U—18 Discus throw Hammer throw

II Position II Position

Poonam U—18 400m Hammer throw

III Position III Position

Manisha U—18 800 m III Position

Divya U—18 Discus throw III Position

Sukanshika U—18 100 m III Position

Amit Ku-mari

U—20 Discus throw III Position

ATHLETIC OPEN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP- at Birla School Playground Pilani from 27th to 29th Sept.2013. Sampada of class XI participated in U-16 Sec-tion. She got one silver in 100 m & one Bronze in Long jump. IPSC ATHLETIC MEET 2013-14

Twelve girls of our school participated in IPSC Athletic meet held at Punjab Public School, Nabha from 7-10 Nov. 2013. Their performances were remarkable and were ap-preciated by all.

ANNUAL SPORTS DAY 2013-14

(Inter House Athletic Meet)

Inter House open Athletic meet marked its opening on 18 Nov. 2013 and continued till 21 Nov. 2013. The final day was celebrated as ‘ANNUAL SPORTS DAY’. Participa-tion of approximately 140 students made the event a grand success in order to enhance the spirit of sportsmanship among the students. Out of this 90 students bagged gold, silver, and bronze medals. The enthusiasm and zeal to participate, demonstrated by the students was remarkable. The whole event was a fun filled experience.

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SPORTS ACHIEVEMENTS

IPSC Yoga : At Mayo Girls College Ajmer. Muskan IX got 1 gold & one silver in group U-19. Two girls are selected for Nation-als. Asmi IX & Muskan IX. IPSC Yoga Championship IPSC Yoga Championship was organized by Mayo College Girls’ School Ajmer from 29th Sept. 2013 to 01st Oct.2013. 19 girls participated from BBV. Two girls are selected for SGFI Nationals; Muskan got one Gold medal in U/19 Artistic Yoga event class IX and one Silver Medal in U/19 Athletic Yoga event. Asmi class IX Qualified for Nationals.

RAJASTHAN OPEN STATE LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP Simmi Singh, Priyanka Chauhan, Anushka Choudhary, Ankita Kashyap, Muskan Sain & Kirtida participated in Rajasthan Open State Lawn Tennis Championship held at Alwar from 19th to 21st April 2013. Priyanka Chauhan reached to the quarter finals and won her first three matches, Anushka Choudhary reached to the pre-quarter finals and won her first 2 matches.. State Tennis Tournament State Tennis Tournament U/14 at Ajmer from 5-10 Oct.2013. Priyanka class VIII & Yashita VII participated from our school and Priyanka was selected for National. RAJASTHAN INTER SCHOOL STATE SPORTS MEET ? Tennis Tournament - at Mayo College Girls’ College, Ajmer from 21.09.2013 to 26.09.2013. Two students Simmi Class XII & Muskan P. Sain XI participated in U-19 Section (played Quarter final). IPSC TENNIS TOURNAMENT 2013-14 Eleven girls of our school participated in IPSC tennis tournament held at DPS, R.K. Puram, Delhi from 10-13 Nov. 2013. The girls did their level best and gave a tough competition to their competitors. Their performances were appreciated by all.

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Trainee/Officer Snehlata Sharma and Savita Sharma were detailed for Ref-cum-pro JW-53course at Officers Training Academy Gwalior from 01 July - 31st July, 2013. Mrs. Snehlata bagged a Gold Medal in the training.

Annual Training Camp (ATC) for Sr. Wing - 23 students of BBV attended NCC camp from 15.7.13 to 24.7.13 at Jaipur.

Achievements: Best Disciplined School, - IInd Poster Making Competition (Ankita Rathore XI) - IInd Gargi XI Firing International Target - Ist Annual Training Camp for Jr. Wing Based on theme “Never give up, get up

again” from 4th Sept.-13th Sept. 13 Thal Sena Camp (TSC), Jodhpur 10 cadets of class XI and 8 cadets of class IX attended Thal Sena Camp in Jodhpur

which was held from 4.8.2013 to 13.8.13. All the cadets performed very well and are selected for the next camp i.e TSC-II.

Junior Wing - Ist Senior Wing - Ist Taniya Chouhan XI - Best shooter Thal Sena Camp (TSC), Garrison Ground, New Delhi

Three cadets of Senior wing (Kirtida Agarwal, Gargi Dhaka, Tanya Chauhan) and four cadets of Junior Wing (Pritika Chadda, Sanskriti, Nikku and Akanksha were selected for the final TSC camp, They attended this camp at Garrison Parade Ground, New Delhi from 26.9.2013 to 8.10.2013. These cadets took active participation in the activities held there. Kirtida Agarwal of SW in Public speaking at National level - Gold Medal NCC National Games 2013 Shivangi Choudhary a Junior wing cadet of class IX was selected to represent Rajasthan Directorate for table tennis. She attended NCC National games 2013 at Delhi from 17th Oct.2013 to 28th Oct. 2013. She represented Rajasthan Directorate and got overall 11th position. Pre RDC I Cadets viz Aditi Chaudhary, Pritika Chadda and Akanksha from Junior Wing and cadets viz Parul Chauhan and Gargi Dhaka from Sr. Wing attended Pre Rupublic Day Camp – I at Gandhi Nagar, Jaipur from 20th Nov 2013 to 29th Nov 2013. They had undergone tough training and challenging competitions. Three cadets viz Aditi Chaudhary class IX, Pritika Chadda class IX and Gargi Dhaka class XI are selected for the Pre RDC – II which will be held from10th Dec 2013 at Jai-pur. NCC DDG Commendation Card Riddhi Modi a NCC Cadet and Second Officer Snehlata Sharma an ANO of Birla Balika Vidyapeeth are given letter of appreciation on 24th Nov 2013 (NCC Day) by Dy. Direc-tor General NCC, Rajasthan for their dedication to service, selfless devotion to duty and exemplary work during the year. Trekking Camp Nine cadets of class IX attended trekking camp in Ajmer from18th Nov 2013 to 25th Nov 2013. They did trekking and participated in other activities conducted over there. They were enlightened by a talk on personality development.

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Annual Training Camp:

23 cadets of Senior Wing and 60 cadets of Junior wing attended Annual Training Camp at Vrindavan. It was from 4th Sept. 2013 to 13th Sept. 2013. It was based on the theme “Never give up, get up again”. It was to groom up their overall personality. Training included : Map reading, , traffic rules, Disaster Management, navigation by Magnetic compass, Fire Fighting, Career Counseling, Personality development and leadership. They had Guest lectures on Hygiene & Sanitation and AIDS. They also had drill classes and firing. During the visits of the group commander, Col. Sunil Diwan and the Director of BTTI BBVP Band gave wonderful display and was appreciated by the dignitaries. The Results of the competitions are as follows

The best cadet of the camp in the Senior Wing Category was under Officer Sadhana Singh. The best cadet in the Junior Wing was Mishika Verma. Three cadets are selected for the next level Pre-RDC camp held at Churu from 25.9.2013 to 4.10.2013.

NATIONAL CADET CORPS CAMPS

S.No Event Name of Participant Position

1. Drawing Competi-tion

Kanika Bhati (SW) Ananya Dhaka (SW) Samidha Bhati (JW)

I Position II Position Special Prize

2. Line Layout Com-petition

Senior Wing Junior Wing

II Position II Position

3. Cross Country Sadhana Singh (SW) Urmila (SW)

I Position II Position

4. Firing Compeition Mridiul Panwar (SW) Sadhana Singh (SW)

I Position II Position

5. Group Song Astha and Group (SW) Shivangi (JW)

II Position II Position

6. Solo Song Astha Saxena (SW) Shivangi (JW)

I Position II Position

7. Group Dance Kanika & Group (SW) Monika & Group (JW)

I Position I Position

8. Solo Dance Kanika (SW) Monika Yadav (JW)

I Position Special Prize

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NCC BAND—THE PRIDE OF VIDYAPEETH IPSC BAND COMPETITION 2013

37 girls of Birla Balika Vidyapeeth, Pilani participated in the IPSC Band Competition, 2013 organized by Lawrence School, Lovedale, Ooty, Tamilnadu on 29th November 2013 under the leadership of Ms. Ridhi Modi. Even before the competition, our girls were talk of the town as they were competing with boys in an open competition. The event was judged on mainly two areas i.e. Band Marching and Display. Band inspection had instruments (10 points), turn out (10 points) & strength (5 points) and display included four quick march formations (20 points), four slow march for-mations (20 points), Echo sound (20 points) and march past (15 points); that made total of 100 points. 8 selected tunes of quick march, 2 tunes of slow march and 3 of echo were given to be played by all teams.

The girls stole the whole show and stood out to be the winners of the competition. The guests and the students gave the standing ovation to our girls and all the news channels and the newspapers of Ooty gave a wonderful coverage to our girls and the Band. The Band Master - Mr. Rajkumar and the team managers - Mrs. Savitri Dhayal and Mrs. Sneh-lata Sharma were also felicitated on the victory of their Band. The brightness of Crystal Trophy and the glow on faces of the winning Band cadets was seen all over the Nilgiri Hills. The troop also went on sightseeing of Ninth mile shoot-ing spot, Pykara dam, falls, boat house and Mudumalai Wildlife Safari to celebrate their victory. Overall it had been overwhelming, exciting, and thrilling trip with a proud success for our school band.

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Right to Information Day was celebrated on 26th October 2013 at Birla Balika Vidyapeeth, Pilani. About 40 students from BET schools (BPS, BSP, BSV & BBV) participated in slogan writing, lecturate, essay writing and written quiz. Birla Balika Vidyapeeth was the winning team of the programme. BET Rolling Trophy was conferred by the Chief Guest Maj Gen (Retd.)SS Nair (AVSM) & Dr(Mrs.) M. Kasturi, Principal BBV to the winning team, BBV.

RighttoInformationDaywasconductedbyBETandcelebratedatBirlaBalikaVidyapeeth,Pilani.RTIDaywasorganizedintheschoolasahallmarkactivityenlighteningstudents,makingthemawareabouttheirdemo-craticrightsdutiesandsigni icanceoftheRTIAct.RTIisoxygenofdemocracy.Itreducesthecloudofigno-ranceandensuresthetransparencyandaccountabilityofthepublicauthorities.

About40studentsfromBETschools(BPS,BSP,BSV&BBV)participatedinvariousactivities.Eachschoolwasrepresentedbytenstudentsof9thto12thstandard.ThestudentsactivelyparticipatedinEnglishEssaywritingcompetition.Thetopicofthiseventwas‘ContributionsofRTIActtowardsstrengtheninggrassrootde-mocracyinIndia”. ItwasfollowedbywrittenQuiz.Studentsexhibitedtheircreativeskillsinsloganwritingcompetition.Lastlytherewaslecturateonthetopic“WhytheGovernmentshouldgiveupallattemptstoamendRTIActwithaviewtoweakenit”.

BirlaBalikaVidyapeethwas thewinning teamof theprogramme. BETRollingTrophywasconferredby theHonourableChiefGuestMajGenS.S.Nair (AVSM)&Dr(Mrs.)M.Kasturi,PrincipalBBV to thewinning team,BBV.DirectorofBETinspiredandappreciatedthestudents.Studentsgotarevolvingplatformtoexhibittheirvariousskills&toempowerwithknowledgeknowledge.ProgrammewasorganizedbySocialSciencedepart-ment&CoordinatorwasDr(Mrs.)SandhyaVyas.

CELEBRATION OF RIGHT TO INFORMATION (RTI) DAY

BETRollingTrophywascon-ferredbytheHonourableChiefGuestMajGenS.S.Nair(AVSM)&Dr(Mrs.)M.Kasturi,PrincipaltothewinningteamBirlaBalikaVidyapeeth.

LECTURATEONTOPIC

Why the Government shouldgive up all attempts to amendRTIActwithaviewtoweakenit.

ESSAYWRITINGCOMPETITION

Contributions of RTI Act to-wards strengthening grass rootdemocracyinIndia

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