birla vidya niketan pushp vihar celebrated 29foundation day for the junior and senior branches the senior school felicitated over 50 academic achievers and awarded merit scholarships to 104 students while the junior school awarded prizes to 840 students the chief guests for the occasion were arvinder singh lovely minister for urban development govt of delhi and cultural activist academician dr navina jafa principal senior school minakshi kushwaha and vice principal junior school ranjana joshi presented the school report before the gathering of managing committee members dignitaries educationists school staff and students filmmaker nila madhab panda and secretary general awic manorama jafa were the guest of honour the students presented a cultural programme reaching for the stars viceprincipal senior school desmond d monte and educational consultant tapati singhi were also present g d goenka public school sec22 rohini participated in the interschool music competition and bagged the overall roling trophy gurpreet kaur secured the second position in solo song while the band of 14 students stood third in the group song himanshi siwach and queeta mannava grabbed the best instrumentalist and best compere award respectively the event was held at holy child auxilium vasant vihar aravali international school faridabad student dakshveer singh won gold medals in trap shooting u19 category he participated in the all india level shooting championship gun for glory organised by khel ratna awardee gagan narang the tournament was held in pune director aravali international schools harshvardhan bhadana said that we always encourage our students to take interest in extracurricular activities and ensure to nurture talented students chairperson aravali institutions dhan singh bhadana also admired dakshveer sonali vij radhika manchanda akansha gupta vibhor goel and tamanna advani of mother teresa public school preet vihar did the school proud by bagging the first prize in the skit competition the event was held at india habitat centre on the theme save our ozone layer organised by ozone cell ministry of environment forests around 60 schools from delhi ncr showcased their performance two team members were also invited to speak on the theme on the occasion of the award ceremony held on september 13 each team member was awarded with a certificate trophy and a cash prize of rs 20000 dignitaries from the montreal protocol and ministry of environment forests were also present indirapuram public school indirapuram organised mini marathonrun for peace and pride2012 olympian yogeshwar dutt was the chief guest for the event around 500600 children from 50 schools of delhi ncr participated the marathon was flagged off by meena singh chairperson indirapuram group of institutions from the amphitheatre shipra mall indirapuram other dignitaries present on the occasion were vishal singh managing director indirapuram group rita singh school principal and director indirapuram group shalini singh chairman tapindu educational society and archana browne the chief guest felicitated the winners with certificates and trophies the top 50 received freebies and complimentary prizes all the participants were given