The AssAm VAlley schoolyeArbook 2014-15

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The AssAm VAlley schoolYearbook 2014-15

CHIEF STUDENT EDITORHiya Harinandini, ISC 2016

DEPUTY STUDENT EDITORSPrerna Barooah, ISC 2016Devneel Goswami, ISC 2016Sriparna Gogoi, ISC 2016Anurag Das, ISC 2016

PRODUCTIONMr. R. ChauhanMrs. Priyanka JoshiRakshita Mittal, ISC 2012

PHOTOGRAPHY The AVS Photographic SocietyAnurag Das, ISC 2016Vivek Raj Singh, ISC 2009AVS ARCHIVESJavin Print Craft

STAFF EDITORSMs. Shubha Chatterjee Ms. Rimjhim Ghosh PyneMs. Mousumi TalukdarMrs. Nidhi SinghMrs. Vinita Watts

PUBLISHERThe Head of School, The Assam Valley SchoolWith special thanks to the Head of School, Ms. Sonya Ghandy Mehta for her constant support, the Administrator, Mr. Amit Jugrran for the logistics & Ms. Sarmistha Paul Sarkar for the student resources.

THE ASSAM VALLEY SCHOOLP.O. & T.O. Balipara, District Sonitpur, Asom- 784 101, India.Telephone: +919678074320, 21, 22, 23 & 25School Website: www.assamvalleyschool.com

DESIGN & PRINTJaVin Print Craft (0)9216722442

Image by Vivek Raj Singh, Class of 2009Image by Vivek Raj Singh

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ForewordLooking back is never easy, more so when you glance through the achievements this School has made in its last two decades under the guidance of my three predecessors. Mr. Paul Carling, the First Headmaster of The Assam Valley School, took it upon himself to make the School his home and family, each child of the School was his son or daughter, each member of the School community became a family member. He lived and breathed AVS, his dedication had enabled the budding dream of an Institution to find solid ground under its feet. The Second Headmaster, Dr. Leslie Fox’s contribution towards the administrative growth of the School is unquestionable, along with other milestones that he achieved. To Mr. Derek Mountford, the Third Headmaster, the School owes its gratitude for placing it on the map of India in the Academic, Cultural and Sports arena. During his tenure, AVS achieved stellar board results for the first time in its history. The baton has been passed on to me, the challenge is great but my dream for my children of The Assam Valley School is even greater and I have faith in myself and my team, that one day we are going to make The Assam Valley School the No. 1 Residential School in India.

Guiding and steering the destiny of AVS down the years, each Head of School has left their mark, which this Yearbook justly tries to chronicle through images and words. Enjoy the sweet nostalgia of bygone years as you flip through the pages of our Yearbook 2015, to have a glimpse of the daily life of this 21st Century dreamland called AVS.

As I look back through my predecessors’ eyes and see The Assam Valley School, I have a sense of pride at the amount the School has achieved already, but at the same time the inner voice in me whispers one of my favourite lines from Robert Frost “ But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep”.

Yes, there were promises that I had made to myself when the responsibility of this wonderful Institution was entrusted on me. On the 20th anniversary of the AVS, as we take our young 21st global citizens ahead in their various endeavours, it gives me an opportunity to revisit and make those promises become reality. The system of Education has come out from the confinement of four walls called a classroom, it broadens its horizon where a child’s complete development depends on the different survival skills he learns and applies in his daily life. In short, unapplied knowledge is of no consequence in the real world outside School.

The journey through two decades was not a simple one; there were ups and downs, stories of success and failure, dreams realized and dreams forgotten, so many untold histories were made of unsung heroes, where do I start?

Ms. Sonya Ghandy Mehta Head of School

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The yeArbook TreAsury

• FOREWORD

• THE PUPIL LEADERS’ VOICES

• TWENTY YEARS OF AVS

• AVS KALEIDOSCOPE OF TWO DECADES

• TWENTY YEARS IN WORDS

• LOOKING BACK

• FOUNDERS’ 2014

• ACADEMICS

• CO-CURRICULAR VISTAS

• CDT

• PASTORAL ASPECT

• SUNNYSIDE

• LEAVERS

• SPORTS

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The yeArbook TeAm

First Row (L – R): Mrs. Priyanka Joshi, Ms. Mousumi Talukdar, Ms. Rimjhim Ghosh Pyne, Ms. Shubha Chatterjee, Hiya Harinandini, 12, Mr. Amitabh Agnihotri, Mrs. Nidhi Singh, Mr. Tushar Bharadwaj, Mr. R. Chauhan.

Second Row (L – R): Sriparna Gogoi, 12, Devneel Goswami, 12, Anurag Das, 12, Prerna Barooah, 12, Anahita Hazarika, 9, Uroolee Changmai, 9, Samiksha Dowerah, 9, Tulika Bhargav, 9.

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20 yeArs of AVs

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From The ChieF STudenT ediTorIt is queer how none of it feels queer any longer- the drag and climb of feet which have learnt to think and meekly expect in one direction, the merciless shuffle of a bag which knows the adventures of the ritual more than it knows its sameness. A busy afternoon which almost always beckons the evenings with the Dame’s blithe threat of ‘another black dot’ against the name on the attendance register as those same weary feet find their way back at erratic timings. All that follows is the mundane, the heard, and the known- fleeting hours thinking about what has been lost out while juggling to keep a routine intact. A ‘masterpiece’ is one less stroke and more scarred with the ideas of what it should be, than what it can be. Be it the coffee-stained page of your first novel which wrenches the heart in a flutter lasting a little longer than what everyone else considers justified. Or the last strand of black hair whose solace of exception dies away a little with every passing day, lives are as flawed by a speck as by a blow. And yet, the art of it all is painfully baffling and to a certain extent, even inexplicably pleasing.

Two years can be as diversely exciting or as lazily the same as twenty. Unlike most swansongs which swerve around the comic tragedies and the little ironies of School life and are perpetually considerate enough to spare a

Hiya Harinandini, ISC 2016

generous part of their page coverage to the ‘Big, Bad World’, I don’t have a wholesome AVS experience to write and console myself. I don’t have starry walks to and from the Senior Common Room or the blazing dance of fireflies around the hoolas to describe, no rare remembrance of just standing at the LOC in the waning daylight and drinking in the bewitching colours, or gazing at the overcast peaks of the mountains I don’t know of, as I sit atop the pavilion hillock. All I have are pieces, broken, bent and mended, and the assumptions of their perfectness or ordinariness. The Yearbook, chronicles the onset and the march of the laurels, the changes which flow and ebb with time. There had been not a very distant point of time when its optimism had repelled me; its hardbound cover and sleek contents had appeared a mere decoy to ward off the truth and the banal drudgery which goes into moulding it. The altercations which recur to an eternity, the momentary frenzy of loss when MS Word abruptly gives way to distorted alignment at one careless click and sends the whole document to a toss; only to normalise within seconds, and the hours of nervous slog and final documentation in the Library which seem to take forever- all this which perishes into

anonymity at the bulky cost of one concrete entity. During moments like this you do wish that the fatigue stays, seeps within, and closes down on you, shutting out all thoughts which promise of a better existence.

Today, after having lived and slept through the muted turmoil, the look of nothingness defined by the stare of two helpless eyes at a blank wall, the moments of hope which never really surfaced where and when craved for the most, I would have no qualms admitting how the process of creating something as figuratively and essentially overwhelming as the Yearbook can bring forth moments when one would find oneself devoid of choices, chances and company. However, no matter how collaborative a team you boast of or how efficient an editor you have proved yourself to be, in the end, the humility of creation is what pulls you through it all.

As I write now, I try to live by every word before it fades away into oblivion. I try not to cater to the almost obligatory criterion of elegance that the Chief Student Editor’s article is assumed to display within the eventual glossy pages whose dimensions, colour and essence are only figments of hopeful imagination to me as of now. When I had first forayed into The Assam Valley School two years ago, life had been no more than a clear blur. Today, not much has changed but for a subtle wish to seek, discover and believe. Be it the aimless afternoon strolls along the MSB corridors during brief interludes from work which urged me to strongly believe that the world is a happily sad place, or the irresistible ritual of smuggling a humble amount of tuck every evening to the Boarding House to make up for what was missed out in the evening tea menu, the Yearbook has marked a phase where all that has been lost out but has been backed by something greater and fuller. This Yearbook, more than being the pride, the labour, or the coveted entity whose glory one soaks in, has been a calming sadness for me. And somehow, its lone existence feels more beautifully exclusive than its reality ever will.

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from The school cApTAinSiddhant Mehta, ISC 2016

Looking back at the past six years down the AVS lane has left in me the bewilderment and awe that usually grains the daily hectic yet evolving life of a teenager who has indeed inherited in his will the motto of this institution- “Truth is Strength”.

I had never thought that I would be given the opportunity to understand and imbibe this value, once unknown to me. To be entrusted with the mammoth responsibility of nurturing the School spirit as the School Captain, I feel proud and honoured beyond expression. Perfection is what everyone expects but the one truth that prevails is that no one is perfect. Being an Aviator is not just a label stamped onto our fledgling identity; it is a lifestyle. My life at AVS, challenging yet exciting, has taught me to nourish an open mind, to learn and practice acceptance and stand up for what I believe in. It is my belief that there is no better place than AVS to grow up in. This is a community of myriad shades and diverse perspectives, an incredible marvel.

Being a witness to the evolution on campus, I hope I have made a difference for the very talented and dynamic Aviators to come. Nursing the dream of being a Prefect just like most other students, I was overwhelmed by the prospect of being the “School Captain”. To be a leader is a statement. But to act a leader is the real challenge. In an institution where the students’ demands range from reasonable to inconsequential and School policies hold the potential of being pleasing as well as restrictive, how does one strike a fair balance between the two ends that never meet and yet work together? As they say, a leader walks a lonely path. To deal with situations one faces proves one worthy of the position he holds.

This being my envoi, I would ask my fellow Aviators to refrain from setting boundaries in life. Know that to be freed of your limitations, you have to dare to excel and grab the number of opportunities provided by this School. Believe in yourself as you venture into the gigantic and deceptive ‘Big, Bad World’, where it is tougher for the tough to get going than the going to ever get tough. Don’t forget that The Assam Valley School is a gift to the North-East, a gift that can contribute greatly to the budding youth of our country by producing impeccable citizens in the making. Setting standards and living up to them should be instilled in an Aviator for life. In this process, we must remember that appreciation is not only an art but also a sacred obligation. We owe it to AVS to have made us what we are today.

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from The heAd GirlSriparna Gogoi, ISC 2016

Progress can sometimes hinder realization and so can words sometimes fail to express a mind that remains in a constant frenzy in anticipation of the future and the charily learned lessons of the past. However, it would be a lie to say that I haven’t grown at all. To say that the girl who naively walked in through the gates of The Assam Valley School, gaping in awe whilst absorbing the ‘giant’ that it had looked like two years ago, is going to leave the same sans impressions or expressions, would be incorrect.

When the badge, I so profoundly consider a possession now, was first pinned to the lapel of my blazer, I knew I had to carve a niche for myself. The moment you walk out, the blazing winter sun isn’t what catches you off guard; the fact that a piece of metal can suddenly make people take notice does. No matter where you are, people will always treat you according to their convenience and no amount of achievements or goodwill will ever be able to influence that. The purpose of this, readers and especially the young ladies who have perhaps looked at me and wondered how it must feel like, is to let you know that life isn’t so much about the destination as it is about the journey that will lead you there. In all probability, even that may not be the end.

A year ago, I remember the time when I sat cross-legged in the Kopili common room and the Housemistress asked the newcomers to introduce themselves. I sat up, took a deep breath and on being asked what I liked, I said, “I like talking a lot.” And that is how it had all begun. Kopili embraced this talkative ‘newcomer’ and provided her with all the warmth it could offer. There are not many things one can be too sure of in life, and sometimes, one can never be too sure of anything at all. However, there is one thing I am sure of, that she never stopped learning. From learning about the school, steadily, trying not to let go of the patience that seemed to slip out of my fingers rapidly, to learning that team work matters more than we tend to realize; she has evolved. From accepting that not every girl in the Tsuki department is the same and they should not be, to trying to be someone they can at least relate to if not idolize; the thriving woman in me has gotten another dimension. From understanding that not every idea you believe in will be accepted by the people you work with, or even the ones you live with, to feeling the need to know that there is always, almost inevitably a story that remains untold behind every story, the leader in me has learned to embrace criticism. And more than any certificate can certify, medals can decorate or a sentence can signify, I think it is the impact that an institution can have on a person.

I am not apologetic, at least not for doing things I felt strongly about as the Head Girl of The Assam Valley School, because to have betrayed what I believed in, would have been defying my identity. For the badge will be passed on but I will have to be answerable to the person I am. Probably decades after I have left this pedestal and you want to know who I had been, you do not need to ask people what it takes to be the Head Girl. You have to only look, but see deep within what holds you back, to register that if your dreams do not scare you, they are not big enough. The Assam Valley School, forgive my fantasies, but from the bottom of my heart, I give you all my love for being my wonderland.

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from The heAd BoyRohan S. Nandy, ISC 2016

Looking back on all which has been, all that which is and all which is going to be just memories in another eight months, I stand at the culmination of six years of Chhota Hazri and One-Act Play; six years of eternity spent in a blissful yet industrious pursuit of something tangible which quantifies as well as qualifies my school life as an achievement. Today, with one foot inside the cocooned confines of AVS and the other on the brink of the ‘Big, Bad World’, it truly is a bittersweet feeling.

John Lennon once said, “Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.” It is a tumbling roller-coaster ride full of expectations, disappointments and those rare moments of unbounded joy. Having said that, I can genuinely vouch for the fact that my life at AVS has been the greatest treasure hunt, with each successive moment blowing me over. AVS has given me that one thing for which I shall be indebted to it for life; ‘definition’.

After having spent 6 glorious years in the evergreen pastures of this Institution; which you vow to hate but cannot help but falling in love with, it goes without saying that this all-encompassing, awe-inspiring, catalytic place, which in so many ways symbolises Eagles’ famous line, “You can check-out any time you like, But you can never leave!” shall be missed. In true public school spirit, it has honed my intellect even as it has taught me the ‘gentlemanly’ way of life. But, did I mention that my departure is a bitter sweet feeling. Bitter because this at-times-frustratingly overwhelming place which has become home and sweet because with everything that I have learnt here, I am rearing to go out into the real world.

Being able to give back to the School in any capacity is not enough and when I was entrusted with the Headship of the boys, I took it upon myself to give it all that the badge asked of me and more. Quite obviously, I cannot be my own judge. But speaking about the Prefectorial Body of 2014-2015, I can say without an iota of doubt that it has made a commendable effort.

The Class of 2016 actually envisioned a future for the School in this year. A lot happened and a lot did not, but the School, I believe, has come a long way from where we had taken over. There is a lot we planned for but did not happen, but I am sure that our successors will continue to live and uphold the many extraordinary and few realistic dreams that we saw. A dream for The Assam Valley School to be the most respected school on Indian soil. To achieve this, it was but a necessity to have an ‘all in’ effort, to give all that we have and ‘do’ not just ‘try doing’. It’s not easy to climb a mountain, let alone a range of never-ending mountains, while we strive to catch a glimpse of only the foothills, but when the going gets tough, the tough get going and in the true ‘AVIATOR’ fashion when we really want something, we do ‘go’ for it relentlessly.

To end in words of Che Guevera, “If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine.”

Thank you, AVS, for everything. The pleasure, quite simply, has been all mine.

TRUTH IS STRENGTH!

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from The culTurAl AFFAirs cApTAin Stuti Bazari, ISC 2016

When I joined AVS two years ago, I had never imagined that I would be writing this article as the Cultural Affairs Captain of AVS. However, AVS had encouraged me to pursue my singing from day one and has even entrusted me with the responsibility to manage the cultural activities of the School. At AVS, we consider the co-curricular affairs very important but to meet everyone’s expectations and fulfil the responsibility has not been an easy task. I hope I have been able to do justice to the trust placed in me.

The School has given me the opportunity to showcase my leadership and organizational skills at the various big events which happened in the past year. Be it the Round Square Adventure Engagement or the Cultural Exchange Programmes like the Pune Festival and the IPSC Cultural event, it was a pleasure to work for each of these and be a part of the same.

This year, as the Cultural Affairs Captain, not only have I enhanced my vocal skills but also learned some leadership skills. Being calm, composed, and encouraging my fellow participants minutes before a performance, is a feeling I have grown to love over the past year. Also, this journey speaks of a relationship which sprouted with the perfunctory idea of an official collaboration and ultimately stands today as a firm friendship. I am immensely indebted and grateful to the Activity Vice- Captain Shounak Ganguly for his constant support and the encouraging approach which eased the challenge of this mammoth responsibility for both of us. This year has made me realise the importance of patience and perseverance. I would be ever grateful to AVS for believing in me more than I did in myself and giving me the opportunity to prove myself. It has boosted my self-confidence.

As I come to the end of the days of experiencing challenges in School, I can say that our ability to handle challenges is the measure of the strength of our character. We should always try and learn from yesterday, live for today and hope for tomorrow.

I would certainly cherish all the moments that I have had in this School as the Cultural Affairs Captain and more importantly, as an Aviator.

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GeNesIs

Wrapped in her tender dreams,A sapling was planted twenty years ago.

A magic, a wish filled with potential,Unprecedented

Untrodden pathsA unique sapling of love and dreamPlanted in midst of the Tea territory-

They called it “The Assam Valley School”,Nicknamed ? – AVS

Julia’s little sapling;Nurtured by the Williamson Magor Trust…

Able Gardeners came,Carling, Fox, Mountford…

Tended lovingly by Paul,It spread its branches…..

Tiny feet pattered underneath,Songs of laughter and cry reverberatedAs they came with hope and dreams…

Watered gently by Leslie,New leaves sprouted…

Nourished by Derek,Slowly the sapling stood tall-

Bore flowers and fruits-From one dream, new dreams took birth,

Reflected in the young eyes,The inquisitive hearts spoke...

An infant, a toddler, a teenager,Now an adult- - the AVS sapling

Found the love of a Mother again-

Wrapped in Sonya’s powerful vision,The Youth AVS of two decades-

Takes its Spartan stride,Its destiny beckons to touch new heights,

scaling the sky into infinity…

Rimjhim Ghosh Pyne

Image by Anurag Das, ISC 2016

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Foundation1990-1994

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Head of School’s Bunglow in the early 1990sRising from the Rubble

Mrs. Julia Magor

Dignitaries at Foundation Laying Ceremony 1990Mr. R. B. Magor, Mr. B.M. Khaitan and other Dignitaries at Foundation Laying Ceremony 1990

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Timeline1995-1999

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First Aviators The first batch of AVS Staff Early entrants at AVS

The First Race

Roll number 1 Supantha Gogoi, lighting the candle

Inaugural Assembly by Mr. Paul Carling

18 The Early BirdsThe Young Men of Tomorrow

Bird’s Eye View

Mrs. Julia Magor meets the early Staff of AVSThe Company Cessna

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1st Quiz Master

The AVS audience -1995 Winners of the First Quiz, Manas Boys

Jubilation of young hearts on the 1st Sports DayConstruction Site of WMH

20 Anxious FacesThe Cricketing PioneersShow of Strength

Mrs. Jennifer Garwood and Mr. Paul Carling

ATPSF Raising Day 1996First Founders’ Assembly

21Mid Nineties Boys’ Common RoomTable Tennis

Mid Nineties Girls’ Common Room

Mr. Kevin Phillips, the House Master and his boysMrs. Jane Carling and her girls

22 Inviting Waters in the Mid NinetiesGame Anyone

Timeless ServiceWelcome to the Dorm

Interacting with parentsThe Tables Await

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Happy Independence DayInaugration of Girls’ Hostel (Kopili - Subansiri) 1997

Lighting the Lamp at the Founders’ Foundation of the Girls’ Hostel 1997

Puja at Kopili-Subansiri HousePuja at the Swimming Pool

24Water Polo MatchWinner takes it all 1997

In StrideMr. David Summerscale & Mr. Paul Carling on Sports Day

The Wheel Barrow RaceAnd they go marching on

25Founders’ Lunch at the Hostel Dining HallDignitaries at Founders’ Buffet

Founders’ Exhibition

The Future Beckons

Founders’ Chief Guest arrives by the Chopper

The First Manasites

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Kitchen

Mr. Carling on Independence DayBonding

Snack Time

Riding

The Soccer Team of the Nineties

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Gen. Kalra with the Students

Head of School’s Bunglow in the late Nineties

Farewell to Mr. & Mrs. CarlingBursar Mr. Sameer Katre speaking at Head Master’s farewell

The AVS Staff

The First Computer Room

Mr. & Mrs. Carling with Mr. and Mrs. Watts

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Timeline2000-2004

29A light momentDr. Fox with Kitchen staff

Dr. Fox with teachersBursar Mr. Sameer Katre with Dr. Leslie Fox

Tug of warDr. Fox with Chief Guest

30 Bidding adieu to Dr. Fox

AVS Staff

Happiness in numbers

A cheerful moment

Dr. Fox

Dr. Fox HM, Mrs. Raman Singh DOS, Dr. Amlan Kr. Saha DHM,Mrs. Vidya Borah HOD Biology

31Checking in to AVSNew Admissions

Welcome to AVS

Mr. Mountford at Founders’ with the grand daughter of Mrs. Julia MagorMr. Mountford with Mrs. Jennifer Garwood

32Torch Tattoo

Mr. Pinto Khaitan writes a line in appreciation

Mr. Mountford with Mr. Mani Shankar Aiyar Chief guest at Founders’ 2003

Mr. Mountford with students

Trial by Fire

Mr. Mountford at Founders’ with Mrs. Jennifer Garwood and her daughter

33Dress up and runHuman Pyramid

Human Pyramid

In Flight Poised Perfection Flying Colours

34Dance at Fusion Fest Torch Tattoo

Musical MedleyStriking a pose

Western Choir Rongali Bihu

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The Lion KingThe Lion King

Students with Mr. Mani Shankar Aiyar

Mr. Mountford with the ATPSF contingent Mrs. Jennifer Garwood with her daughter at Founders’

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Timeline2005-2009

37Mr. Summerscale and Mrs. Raman SinghSir Mark Tully at Founders’After the Match

Mr. Summerscale greets the Founders’ awardees

Meeting the playersSoccer Tournament

38 Song SymphonyActions Speak

Twinkle ToesThe Indian Music Choir

Tune inLittle spectators

39AssemblyFirst Summer fest

Let’s take a plungeSwimming Pool Gallery

AVS RockBand at Rock fest

40AVS Staff

Taking care of the little onesMrs. Sahana Majumdar, Mrs. Kalpana Singh and students at the dining hall

Dressed to Kill All smiles

41We the AviatorsGraduation dinner at WMH 2005

Mr. & Mrs. Watts at Graduation dinner 2005

Men in BlackGraduation dinner 2005, student & staff

Graduates of 2005

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Timeline2010-2015

43Founders’ 2012 Exchange Board 2011 Founders’ 2012, Atheletics

Farewell to Mr. Mountford

Founders’ 2012

The Time Capsule

44 Green School Award 2012Cleanliness Day Drive

Dance workshop 2014

GleeCDT 2014, Ms. P. Joshi with students

Sunnyside

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Junior School Play 2012 NASA Trip 2012

Founders’ 2013 Board of Governors and Dignitaries Founders’ 2013 Board of Governors and Dignitaries

Indian Music 2013Founders’ 2013 Board of Governors and Dignitaries

46Girls CDH under construction Pupils at Graduation Day, 2014 Graduation 2014 Mementoes

SMT at dinner, Graduation 2014Inter House Riding 2014

Teachers’ Day 2014 Staff Choir, Graduation Day 2014

47Rongali Utsav 2014 Inter House Original One Act Play 2014

Head’s Gold Medal Debate 2014Hindi Summer Production 2014

Fund Raising Day, 5th June 2014 Indian Music Presentation 2014

48 Inter House Cricket Competition 2014Inter House Marathon 2014

HOS congratulates the winning swimmers

Inter House Swimming Competition Winners 2014Inter House Riding 2014

Inter House Swimming Competition 2014

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Tihu Assembly 2014

Sunnyside 2014

Inter House Culinary Competition 2014 Study timeCleanliness Drive

NIMAS, September 2014NIMAS, September 2014

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Review of CDH prior to its inauguration

HOS and DOS at the CDHBoys CDH Inauguration

Dinner time

Inter House Lower School Debate

51Mr. Amit Jugrran on Admission Day 2015Bingo Night at staff club, May 2015

Inauguration of Namdang MascotHoli at Dirang hilltop during NIMAS, March 2015

HOS and Secretariat, 2014

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Under the able guidance

Summer Fest 2015Summer Fest 2015Escapades Adventure 2015, Subansiri

Escapades Adventure 2015, BhoroliEscapades Adventure 2015, Jinari Escapades Adventure 2015, Kopili

53The SMTWorkshop on Theatre in Education by Mrs. Readman, May 2015

Workshop on Theatre in Education by Dr. Readman, May 2015Teachers’ Workshop by Dr. & Mrs. Readman, May 2015

The Successive Heads of School- Pass It On

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Image by Vivek Raj Singh, Class of 2009

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The DrAmA JuDGe’s commeNTs (1995) Mr. D.P.K. Carling

Date: 1st April, 1995 Venue: The Main School Building

It was a bright clear day. The Assam Valley School had opened its doors to students from all over India, specially the North-Eastern States. That day I saw the arrival of about sixty five boys and girls, for classes VII, VIII and IX. Another hundred students were expected the following day in classes IV, V, VI.

At 10.30 A.M. the parents and students gathered in the Central Courtyard of the main school building for the very first assembly to be held on the school premises. The Headmaster, Mr. D.P.K. Carling, stood at the podium and the staff sat behind him. The parents, guardians and students waited expectantly in the audience. It was a big day for everyone and emotions were rising high. Though the students had been in there for only a few hours, there already seemed to be a sense of belonging.

The Headmaster called on Supantha Gogoi, the student with Roll No.1, to light the lamp, and in this universal and traditional way declared The Assam Valley School open. He spoke about the background of the School, thanked the various organizations and individuals who had contributed towards making the 1st of April, a reality, and also talked about the aims and objectives of the School.

At the various houses, students and parents met with the staff over a cup of tea. One can without doubt say that all those present at the Assembly were bound together with this feeling of pride and honour and wished The Assam Valley School every success.

The first thing to be said is that this was a fantastic performance by all, bearing in mind the fact that there had only been a month in which to prepare and rehearse. Add to that the fact that Mr. Watts, Mr. and Mrs. John and Ms. Sharma took on directorial duties in their first week at the School and you have a fine achievement indeed.

The first difficulty the judges had was balancing the individual performances against the ensemble playing of the whole cast. We decided in the end that it had to be the dramatic effect created by all the players that must be the deciding factor. Next we were looking for entertainment value but that obviously was going to be affected directly by elements such as confidence, ability to get inside a character, articulation and projection of the voice.

The Junior section threw up some good individual performances – Shatadru Ghosh and Sitanshu Jhunjhunwalla in “Ernie’s Incredible Illuminations” carried this play along with its difficult changes of scene and a demand to keep the imagination of the audience alive to the imaginary world of Ernie. Pranbihanga led the Lohit cast well through another medical play, “Tell Me Here It Hurts”. There was some accomplished playing by all the characters. It was neatly done and rattled along with a good dramatic conclusion. The winners in the Junior Section, however, were Bhoroli with “Robot TS 137”. There was lovely interplay between Piya Srinivasan and Ayesha Ritwika Dasgupta as the sparring couple looking for a servant robot. Pallavi Rajkhowa exuded a mechanical efficiency through her robot suit and all the cast were aware of their part in the proceedings. It was a complicated piece but the ensemble playing meant that it moved effortlessly through the plot to a good, clean ending.

In the Senior section, Hemant Changakakoty of Class VII turned in a remarkably mature performance of Noah in Obey’s play of the same name. It is a play which is quite simple and complicated at the same time and therefore difficult to perform. Lohit tried hard to pull all the action together, the ark had been well constructed and the animal masks were beautifully made. When the pace faltered, the furious savagery of Sushil Suraj Borah injected a new vitality. The dramatization of “The Pearl” was very powerful. Stark, and with no wasted moment, it displayed a very mature, thoughtful and provocative emotional variety. It moved from one dramatic moment to another with great assurance and confidence. It is very difficult to pick out one performance because the ensemble playing was so even. The minor characters were a seamless part of the whole action. However, the winners were Manas with “The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole”. It just had the edge on the other movement and dance, an attempt of exploit lighting and a full display of effects on offer. They had daringly changed it to the Indian and AVS context and this came off well without the self indulgence that can accompany such an attempt. There was very good characterization throughout the cast but mention must be made of Randeep Baruah’s performance in the lead part. He changed magnificently from the confidential to taking his role in the drama. It is a complex character but he conveyed the confusion, pomposity and arrogance of someone growing up.

I said at the end that there is a difference between a drama festival and a competition. It is a slight regret because in a competition there are by nature losers. However, I reiterate when I say I believe there was only one winner to come out of the first Assam Valley Drama Competition and that is the future of Drama at the Assam Valley School.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the casts, the helpers and the directors. It was a thoroughly enjoyable two nights.

The fIrsT Assembly AT The AVs

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AVeBI-MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF THE ASSAM VALLEY SCHOOL Vol I, No.1 April 15, 1995

A WORD FROM THE HEADMASTER

AVE?! The name of the Assam Valley Express? A bi-monthly magazine about ornithology? Those of you who have been poring over the Asterix books in the Library might be familiar with the Latin salutation ‘Ave’ addressed to an important person meaning ‘Hail’ or ‘Welcome’. Whatever its origin, you are indeed welcome to the first edition of the Assam Valley Newsletter in which we will record the events, happenings, achievements, opinions and life of the pupils and staff at the School.

Although we are just at the end of the first month much has happened in the School, some of which you will read about in these columns and some of which is unrecorded. It will provide a valuable

record at a future time of the beginnings of a truly great

venture- the first residential and co-educational school in the North-East of India.

I thank Mr. Subir Roy and his editorial team for providing the impulse for this letter, congratulate all those who have written for its pages and I thank, in advance, all

those who will fill pages in the future. To them all I say, ‘Ave’.

D.P.K. Carling

fouNDers’ DAy sPeech

11th February 1997

In my class I Geography at the moment, we are studying the creation and evolution of the solar system almost 5000 million years ago. The start of a journey that brings us to the world we experience and know today – a blue-green planet, the third rock from the sun, uniquely as far as we know, able to sustain a bewildering diversity and variety of plant, animal and human life. And of course the question that we ask ourselves, whether we are scientists, students, teachers or religious thinkers, is- How did it all begin? There are various theories. A religious view of the world, creation by the supreme being, a scientific view of the creation, Big Bang with the solar system being formed from a swirling mass of dust and gas. But whatever the answer is, still the question has to be asked- How does something come out of nothing?

And that is what we must ponder today- the wonder of the school arising from a notion, an idea and today that notion growing to action, and that action growing to a community and how that community doesn’t remain a static thing but a moving and dynamic force.

To commemorate the anniversary I would like us to take two initiatives to mark the event. The first is to develop the area around the original foundation memorial into a garden, designed and developed by the students as part of Community Service, so that in future when the School develops there might be an area away from the bustle of the campus where students and staff could take some time away for reflection and peace.

But I would also like to undertake, again in Community service time, to develop the area and the facilities for the new Kindergarten school in the Service area, so that some of the energy and vision that were so vital in the establishment of the School, live on in our work and activity.

As we take some time of quiet meditation to dwell on some of these ideas and the gift of the foundation of the school, I would like us to finish with the words of Robert Kennedy, who like his brother, John Kennedy, President of the United States, had his life snatched away from him by an assassin’s bullets, as he pursued his duty and the dream: he said, “Some men see things as they are and say why?

We dream things that never were and say why not?”

Mr. D.P.K. Carling Headmaster

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excerPTs from AN INTerVIew wITh mr. T. bhArADwAJ, 1997

The mAkING of The AssAm VAlley school Mr. D. Pariat, 29th March, 1997

EXCERPTS FROM AN INTERVIEW WITH MR. T. BHARADWAJ, 1997

Q: When and where were you born?

A: I was born in India on 11th January, 1972. Our family had moved to India from North-Eastern Pakistan after the partition of India. Even though I was not there to feel the pain of being driven away from our native land, I can surely feel it now. According to me, the Partition of India has been the saddest event in the history of India.

Q: When did you decide to come to AVS?

A: After completing my graduation in 1990, I started my career as a Management Trainee with ICS but soon

The Assam Valley School- When did I first hear of it? Well, then, about ten years ago in 1987 when Mr. V. Bharadwaj, a gentleman from our Head Office, arrived at the estate (Harchurah) one day and said that he had been sent to have a look at estate air field, without wasting time, we headed for the airstrip. On arriving there, Mr. Bharadwaj took a good long look at the field, up and down and promptly declared, “It’s too small.” Not knowing what he was talking about, I asked him “Too small for what?” His reply was, “It’s too small for a School”. That was when I first heard of the future Assam Valley School. Further discussions followed about alternative areas and Mr. Bharadwaj made a note of the adjacent land which was then under thatch and scrub jungle. The next day the gentleman left for Calcutta and nothing was heard of the project for quite some time.

It was during the middle of the monsoons of the following year when word came to clear thatch bari

afterwards I lost interest in it and took up teaching at Dr. Graham’s Homes, Kalimpong. It was only last year that I heard of AVS and was pretty impressed with what I got to know. So I applied for the post of a Computer Teacher and joined in July this year.

Q: What subjects do you teach?

A: I love to teach Computers, Hindi and History. Mathematics has always been my favourite subject which unfortunately I have never taught.

Q: What are your hobbies?

A: I am interested in classical music and listening to it is my favourite pastime. Besides, I write poetry and have a plan to publish a collection of poems in Hindi in

the near future. I have also been an active quizzer and I am lucky to have got the responsibility to look after the Quizzing society here.

Q: As you know a lot of languages, which one is your favourite among them?

A: Hindi is my favourite language owing to the fact that it is the national language of India.

Q: Which is your favourite sport?

A: I like football and I would certainly like the children of AVS to take up football seriously.

for surveying. It was pouring rain almost every day and with the thatch quite tall it was no mean task we were asked to carry out, especially when the area involved was a vast one. Anyway ‘a hukum was a hukum’ and a small army of men was deployed to start clearing the thatch and the jungle. The area was, of course, infested with leeches, snakes and the occasional leopards and elephants---it was tough but exciting work and as someone has mentioned, we do owe a lot to those men who day in and day out worked for long hours in the sun and the rain to clear the area, bravely enduring leech and snake bites and always on the lookout for an angry elephant or leopard.

After the clearing was completed in the proper time, the surveyors then moved in. This, again, was no easy task: the land was interspersed with deep hulas and the thatch was regrowing in places. As often happens, confusion also reigned for a while as there was disagreement between the surveyors and the architects about the details of the survey work but matters were sorted out in due course.

In the mean time Mr. Zufi Sultan the then Superintendent at the Phulbari, had been hard at work liaising at the State Electricity Board for some power. He also kept busy dealing with other Government legalities connected with the school project.

The adjacent bamboo bari, a favourite place of the elephants, sad to say, had to be cleared in record time to deny them a hiding place and to, therefore,

ensure the safety of the workers. The company bulldozer was put to use and the bamboos cleared.

All these efforts finally culminated in the foundation stone laying ceremony in February 1990-this again had required a great deal of work and organization and the function was rather large with all the company VIPs, some top Government officials, local dignitaries and all Managers and their wives. The Foundation Stone was put in place by Mrs. Julia Magor, wife of our London Chairman Mr. Richard Magor. The function went off well and ended with a lunch at Thakurbari Club.

All the work carried out in the first phase of the project had required tremendous effort, dedication, perseverance, patience and cooperation among all those involved and if these same qualities prevail amongst the staff and students of AVS (which I am sure they do) then I see no reason why the school cannot be the best in the land.

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THEN AND NOW- A TAle of TeN summers

Change is inevitable. However, change for the better or the worse is up to us to decide. Ten years is a long time, a long period in which AVS has gone through changes of enormous magnitude. Fifteen years ago, when the Foundation Stone was laid by Mrs. Julia Magor on 11th February, 1990, who would have thought that these 95 hectares of swamps and jungles, occupied by elephants, cheetahs and king cobras would one day be teeming with hundreds of children growing up in a lush environment, surrounded by beautiful infrastructure and wonderful teachers?

The School was opened on 1st of April 1995. It was an ambitious venture by the Williamson Magor Education Trust. There were 10 teachers and 162 students. There were three hostels to accommodate the students and one main building where the schooling took place.

Imagine yourself as a student way back in ’96. The campus looked quite barren, the forest having been recently cleared. Every morning, you are awakened by a bell and, led by your seniors; you run to the football fields for your daily workouts. The fields

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are in a bad state, especially during the rainy season, when the many bald patches on the field turn to sticky, slippery ditches, which dirty your shoes. You have everything to complain about, except the exercises, which you know are beneficial for you.

You return from the field, have your breakfast and leave for assembly, during which you stand around the Central Courtyard with the scorching sun’s rays falling on your face, and then you have your classes. As far as facilities are concerned, the School has a set of three small rooms for a library, crammed with books leaving a tiny space for you to slide through to look for a book. There are three laboratories to conduct experiments, though, once in a while; there is a shortage of equipment. In the afternoon, after classes, there are clubs, societies, hobbies or games.

Ten years; i.e., today, you are still a student, the name of the School is the same, but almost everything else has changed. There are now nine houses for students. Every morning you jog to well-maintained football fields and practice P.T. You have nothing to complain about, except the P.T. tableau, which doesn’t seem interesting to you. The assembly

is held in an air-conditioned auditorium called Williamson Magor Hall, where you sit comfortably while the Headmaster stands and addresses. The Library is not crammed any more. You come and lose yourself in the world of books in its air-conditioned premises. The classes are somewhat the same, but of course, the standard of teaching has reached new heights. With the construction of indoor badminton courts, the swimming pool, the squash courts and the all-weather tennis court, you may have options for specialisation.

Ever since it’s opening on that fateful day of 1st April, 1995, the School has grown and is still growing at a rapid pace. Ten years from today, I wonder where the School will stand. It is beyond my imagination to predict what the School will look like in another decade. After all, a decade is a long time, long enough for a dream, a dream seen by a group of people standing amidst a 95-hectare jungle to turn into a reality.

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KNIGHT ON CAMPUS

This year, The Assam Valley School will be honoured to have Sir Mark Tully as Chief Guest for Founders’ Day. An international journalist and one of the best in his field, Sir Mark Tully will be flown in by a private jet to attend the annual Founders’ Day at AVS.

Sir Mark Tully was born in Kolkata in 1936, and was educated at Marlborough College and Cambridge University.

Sir Mark Tully’s career as a journalist has set him apart from mediocrity. His works form prominent pieces of reporting in the media world. He has covered the wars in Bangladesh, Mrs. Gandhi’s state of emergency, the execution of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the Russian occupation of Afghanistan, Operation Blue Star and the assassination of Indira Gandhi.

He joined the BBC in 1964; in 1972, he became Chief de Bureau in Delhi. In June 1996, when there was a restructuring plan for the BBC’s World Service, Sir Mark Tully strongly protested, being of the view that this would affect “the measured, impartial and highly respected voice of Britain”. This paved the way for his parting ways with the organization he had served with distinction for 22 years.

Adam S. Halliday, Founders’ Day 2004

After quitting the BBC, he became a freelance journalist contributing on the South African Affairs to CNN. He also has several books to his credit which include “Amritsar: Mrs. Gandhi’s Last Battle”, “The Defeat of a Congressman”, “India: Forty Years of Independence” and “No full stops in India”, etc.

Sir Mark Tully has lived in India for almost three decades, and has adopted the country as his home. He is popularly known as “The Voice of India”, a phrase coined by Andrew Walker of the BBC’s News Profiles Unit.

Sir Mark Tully’s name figured in the New Year Honours List of 2002, for conferment of knighthood by the Queen of Britain in recognition of the former BBC India correspondent’s deep understanding of his subject and respect in the region. When the British High Commissioner in India informed him about it, Sir Mark was “totally surprised”. In a later interview, he admitted, “It is nothing in my wildest dreams that I expected to happen.”

Sir Mark Tully’s story inspires us to dream and work towards the fulfilment of that dream. Who knows, our dreams could lead us to being knighted some day!

The AVIAN VocAbulAry (AVe founders’ Issue 2004)The Aviators have their own language, which is almost a dialect of English, with words originating from highly unusual sources. This particular English is, however, confined to the boundaries of this School. Very seldom is it used by Aviators outside the bounds of the main gate. Nevertheless, we have decided to acquaint the world with our unique lingo.

U.T: The behind-the-scenes workers in our school. We remember them when we can find no community service to do and on Independence Day, when we show them a movie. The nickname is an acronym for ‘utility workers’.

Chillax: Chill-out and relax rolled into one. Imported by Dr. D.K. Panda from JNU. It has been enthusiastically adopted by the senior students beginning with Surya. Variation- ‘Swallow the chill pill’.

LOC: Line of Control, it is the road that demarcates the girls’ side from the boys’ side. However, one may cross the LOC during specified hours (unlike LOC in Kashmir) legally for the various school activities. Aka-Aks drive

Chop: Something sarcastic said to embarrass another in public. Some of us (labelled ‘smartmouths’) have turned it into an art.

Dhop: A white lie usually said in order to seek attention or to play a prank. Related term ‘Dhoparoo’ (a person who dhops).

Jhang: An altercation or argument between two parties. Very common occurrence. May escalate into mob violence if outside school premises.

Tong: An out-of-world experience, usually experienced by ‘those midnight dragons who emit fumes from their mouth as though they are living dragons’.

Phalo: The act of doing extremely well in a test or exam. It can also be used to refer to an incident which has turned out unexpectedly well. It originates from the fact that people who ‘phalo’ the test, tear up the question paper by the end of the test.

Cute boy: A boy who is constantly trying to impress girls (definitely normal) and achieving only limited success.

BHMB: A small girl who has the potential to grow up into a beauty queen. This term has gradually dropped out of use.

Hella Girlies: A term of greeting amongst girls. It is

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accompanied by a hand-gesture that is guaranteed to make everyone present laugh. Abhayraj’s Mod.- ‘Hello, ladies’.

Oooozzz: An exclamation of approval. Synonyms- ‘jazz’, ‘chal’, ‘tatka’, etc.

Bae: A necessary part of almost every sentence. Since we are not very fond of punctuation, we prefer to use this in place of commas, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks.

Faeltaa: Coined by Ankur and Moklan during a trip to Colombo. According to Moklan- ‘It is a word that defines every other word. However, it evolved as a word to describe something useless (faltoo). Now, its popularity has led to its use almost as a greeting. Accompanied by a hand-gesture.

Aun-Pawn: Pronounced ‘au-pau’, it is used to describe a parallel connection, i.e. something totally incomprehensible and out of context. Accompanied by a hand-gesture, this is synonymous with the word itself.

Lota: A bit of hair [a.k.a flicks] that finds its way from ‘neatly’ tied hair to the face. [It’s only with the girls by the way]. It’s probably an attempt to decrease the circumference of the face or just some sort of fad which has been around since yesteryear. The origin is from the word ‘Lota’, which is Assamese for creepers and tendrils.

BTM: An abbreviation for ‘Behenji turned Mod.’ In today’s language- wannabes. Those ladies who ‘wanna be’ super cool modern women are apparently very far from it. Actually, a very sad insult.

LS: An abbreviation for ‘Low society’- not a very nice thing to say to someone, maybe that is why it’s an insult. The meaning is really mean and not hard to figure out.

Gun types: ‘Gun’ is actually a very distorted pronunciation of the word ‘Gone’. When someone is in big trouble, the person is probably ‘gun’ or gone as in… PFFT!! As for the ‘types’…..it is a combination form. No one really knows why it’s there.

So base: Used when a boy, ugly by normal standards, appears in front of one’s eyes. It’s a two word adjective used to describe the ‘so-called’ unpleasant sight.

CONCLUSION

So for all the wannabe Aviators out there, just two little words of advice, “learn these”. It will help

you to blend in this exclusive AVS crowd in a considerably short period.

HIGHER AND HIGHER (AVe founders’ Issue 2004)

AVE was born as a fortnightly on 15th April, 1995. It was meant to record, inform and entertain. Like everything else associated with its progenitor, Mr. D.P.K. Carling, AVE carried the spirit of adventure.

AVE was well received during the Carling years, especially after my successor, Mr. Abraham Patrick, improved its then drab appearance. Since then, like all growing things, AVE has had its ups and downs.

The advent of Mr. D.N.A. Mountford brought about a qualitative change in all spheres of the School-AVE was no exception. The HM demanded excellence from us and we responded. With the induction of Mr. R. Chauhan, as Production-in-Charge, AVE became a weekly on the 11th February, 2004. The two other editors, Ms. Shubha Chatterjee and subsequently, Mr. S.S. Rathore, have certainly made their presence felt.

However, a school newsletter is only as good as its student editors: Kabyashree, Adam, Obja and Rushnaf have formed the hub of the wheel that has driven AVE. They along with several other class 12’s have done it all: from writing to motivating others to write; from collecting articles to editing; from doing research to typing. Kabya and her enthusiastic team have driven us to keep our public commitment to maintain AVE as a weekly.

Kabya and her team have realized that AVE- which is itself a small part of AVS- is bigger than all of us. They have nominated their successors whose duty it now will be to lift AVE to a place of pre-eminence in India’s Public School circuit.

Mr. Subir Roy

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I Spy (2004)Au RevoiR, ARjun

Welcome to the New Year, which promises to be new in more ways than one. DNA has definitely done his homework over the holidays. However, the only committee that seems to have been announced is the Entertainment Committee, which didn’t exactly have a dream start with the showing of ‘Zeus and Roxanne’… The students were actually dreaming throughout the movie! The much – hyped School Council is yet to be born. Hello… we’re still waiting, DNA.

The new routine is certainly better than the one we had in the previous terms. However, here are some quotes that present both the good and the bad:

The Good: ‘It’s good we don’t have time to feel bored.’

‘No afternoon classes, three cheers for DNA’

The Bad: ‘Could we have some breathing space, please?’

‘When do I get to socialize (read date)?’

The ‘dynamic’ and ‘charismatic’ Headmaster definitely has a large fan club, even though he isn’t here to ‘win a popularity contest’. His popularity is evident from the common usage of ‘Mountfordian phrases’ such as ‘I care two hoots’ and ‘ethos of the Public School’.

Usually, community service is something the students of AVS are forced to do, rather than volunteer for. However, on a Saturday afternoon, when DNA asked 12 students to go to Sessa with him for community service, most of the class 11 girls (including Prefects) and some class 9 boys (who didn’t know what they were going for), along with the Head Boy and Head Girl made a beeline to be on the list. The girls weren’t disappointed as DNA picked them up on the way in his car. Maid – in – waiting was almost in tears because she was one of the few who wasn’t picked up.

I think that Arjun Rajkhowa, the outgoing Head Boy of The Assam Valley School, has contributed more to the development of AVE than anyone else, past or present. Over the past twelve months, Arjun has forged a solid team and led from the front.

Arjun has motivated his peers to write, has himself written voluminously, has edited, nurtured, typed and organised, I can now reveal that he has even broken School rules a number of times by leaving Manas late at night to type articles. Perhaps Arjun’s greatest achievement has been to make the AVE team truly student-driven for the first time in its eleven-year history.

Having entered AVS at the tender age of nine, Arjun has gradually blossomed into a mature, dedicated journalist. He has been writing for a leading daily of Asom for quite some time now. Although Arjun Rajkhowa is surely a product of AVS, I cannot claim any credit for his development, as I never had the good fortune to teach him.

Arjun, now is the time to put your labour of love on hold and, unfortunately, devote all your energies to the making of marks, for that will be crucial to the building of your career. I salute you for having agreed to edit AVE online gratis for a period of one year, after the ISC exams.

May I also take this opportunity to thank the entire AVE Team- my colleagues, editors, reporters, and the large circulation network for all the hard work that they have put in this year?

A new set of talented girls and boys is getting ready to take over the responsibilities of AVE post-Founders’ and they are confident that they can continue the tradition and make their newsletter worthy of this great School.

-Scrutin Eyes Mr. Subir Roy

The Prefects for 2004 have taken up their responsibilities with a lot of zeal and enthusiasm. It remains to be seen whether they can sustain this spirit for the rest of the year. Some of the Prefects appear to be overenthusiastic at the moment.

The cafeteria is certainly a cool hangout though it looks more like a dhaba and less like a cafeteria at the moment. The food is above average and the people who run it are friendly enough.

With exams around the corner, most of the senior school is having sleepless nights. The customary moans and groans about exams are audible all over the school.

Change seems to be the buzzword of the term. House Staff have been reshuffled and the old House system has been restored.

Some people are really upset that we are no longer allowed to wear home clothes; this is especially true for the Class 11 girls. They’ll no longer have the chance to show off their designer dresses (which show more skin and less cloth). How disappointing for the class 12 boys with whom they hang out even more than their classmates!

The Senior Debating Society has been formed with a fancy name and even fancier emblem and motto. Even the members, when asked, didn’t know what the motto meant. However, it is certainly a major step forward in promoting excellence in every sphere of life at AVS.

As far as my/our identity is concerned, I can give you a hint: ‘Do not look where you would be expected to look, look where you would not be expected to look.’ That’s all from me this time. Till next time, then….toodles.

(AVE Founders’ Issue 2006)

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The School came back to life once again on the 1st of February, with students pouring in after a month and a half holiday. Everybody is looking forward to a new and dynamic start under the new Headmaster, who has promised a new and better lifestyle.

We arise at sunrise (5:45 a.m.) and return to our Houses shortly before sunset (4:30 p.m.).

The major attraction of this week has been the opening of the AVS Cafeteria, which serves each House on different days. The 11s and 12s have an exclusive time slot on Sundays. The cafeteria is highly appreciated by all.

On the 7th, a group of 28 students escorted Mr. Mountford on a mission to clean up the Sessa area. Other than the joy of picking up all sorts of rubbish, every single soul was thrilled with the joyride on the tractor-trailer.

Sunday, the 8th, was a rather eventful day. The first movie of the term was screened in the afternoon, thanks to the Entertainment Committee. The movie, “Zeus and Roxanne”, was liked by all.

The 11th of February was Commemoration Day and there was a special assembly. It started with the traditional lighting of the lamp by

News of the Week (11th February, 2004) Nisha Singh, Class 11

the Governor, Mrs. Jennifer Garwood. The new Prefects were inducted by Mrs. Garwood and the other British Governor, Mr. David M. Summerscale. Apart from the Governors, staff and students, this assembly was also attended by Mrs. Promila Kaul, an expert in ICSE and ISC English. After the assembly, the AVS Cafeteria was inaugurated by Mrs. Garwood, who told the students to enjoy it as much as possible.

Last but not least, a tennis coaching camp was organized at AVS. The trainer, Mr. Pinak Gogoi, aims at teaching beginners and helping the advanced players improve their skills.

The first few days of a year which aims to make the School attain high standards of excellence in every way possible, has started well. All of us pray for the sustained progress of AVS. To achieve this, both the students and the staff need to come together and ‘make magic’.

THE FIRST 10 OF AVS1st concept of AVS: Mrs. Julia Magor1st registration at AVS: Supantha Gogoi1st Goal in a Soccer match: Randeep Baruah1st concert: 4th April, 19951st song in Assembly: ‘Help somebody today’1st Housemistress: Ms. Sumitra Siromani1st ‘Spy’ of AVE: Shalini Siromani1st Remedial class: 1st May, 19951st Half century at AVS: Mr. R. Chauhan1st Century at AVS: Ankur Rahman

THE FIRST 10 TEACHERS OF AVS (Among those present in 2005)Mr. Kevin Phillips Mrs. Vidya BorahMrs. Shakila BanuMr. Subir RoyMrs. Sikha RoyMrs. Hema JoshiMr. Ramesh BabuMrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Mr. L.P. WattsMrs. Vinita Watts

FIRST TEN OF AVS10 Favourite Hangouts of AviatorsLOCCaféRoundaboutLibraryOrnamental GardenCorners of the WMHBasketball CourtsFront of the Sports ComplexInfirmarySquash Courts

10 UNSOLVED MYSTERIES OF AVSThe old woman behind Manas HouseManas House being built on a graveyard Crocodile in the HulaRahul Guha’s eco friendly <silent> laughMr. Harpreet Singh’s sudden disappearanceKaustav’s yellow teethBornav’s perpetual hibernationSudden disappearance of this year’s ‘Spy’Secret behind Miguel’s spell binding voice (one...)Annual visit of elephants to AVS

10 AVIATORS WE ARE PROUD OFJanice Pariat (Bhoroli)Angana Choudhury (Bhoroli)Ranveer Raj Jain (Manas)Anjan J. Talukdar (Manas)Prateek Misra (Lohit)Savi Jain (Lohit)Saurav Agarwal (Lohit)Vivek Borah (Dhansiri)Akhil Dokhania (Dhansiri)Avinash Thakur (Dhansiri)

10 UNUSUAL PLACES WE HAVE GONE TONagappattinam (Tamil Nadu)Gorky (W.B)Paro (Bhutan)Tumling (W.B)Gachcham (Arunachal Pradesh)Vigyan Bhavan (New Delhi)Glaramara (U.K)Langrula (Arunachal Pradesh)Kwazulu Natal (South Africa)Samsing (W.B)

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LITERACY ProGrAmme

DRAMATICS

Every Tuesday, 23 of us from Classes 9 to 12, along with Mrs. P.K. Gill, leave for Harchurah Tea Estate at 2.30 pm to teach small children in a school run by the Kasturba Gandhi Memorial Trust. This trust was established in 1946. On 9th January of the same year, Mahatma Gandhi had inaugurated the training centre at Sarania Ashram in Guwahati and entrusted it to Smt. Amalprava Das. Even though Smt. Amalprava Das passed away in 1996, the trust is still active, dedicated to the welfare of society.

The literacy programme, conducted once a week for an hour and a quarter is enthusiastically welcomed by the children and no better motivation is needed to inspire us in our interaction with them.

As future citizens, we have a duty to accelerate progress in our country. Our involvement with the KGMT School in Harchurah, in a small way, offers us the opportunity to honour Mahatma Gandhi in this initiative.

The Senior English Dramatics Society of AVS made a bold foray into the world of complex adult theatre-hitherto virgin territory- handled with sensitivity and cerebral brilliance by Ms. Natasha Mountford of iReine Production, Mumbai. Ms. N. Mountford’s labour of love was conceived and delivered with the finesse characterizing a thinking person’s director.

The staging of Ayn Rand’s Night of January 16th at Founders’ was the culmination of the unseen hours of hard labour put in by the director, cast and production crew. Paucity of time notwithstanding, one saw these very children breathing, eating, walking, talking and dreaming theatre. It seemed to be a consuming passion with them and it certainly elicited their best.

As the play progressed, the audience was mesmerized by the actors evolving to create that perfection which is every director’s dream. While it is difficult to attribute the success of the play to any particular actor, the performances of Navid Chowdhury, Arjun Rajkhowa, Tiara Chatterjee, Disha Barooah, Parnalekha Paul and William are landmarks in AVS’s thespian treasure.

Night of January 16th, Rand’s first play, billed by the Long Beach playhouse as a ‘courtroom drama with a twist’ consists of three acts, each covering a different day of the trial. Karen Andre, a secretary accused of killing her wealthy boss and lover, the hero Bjorn Faulkner, stands on trial. Though Karen was Faulkner’s

Priyadarshini Singha, Class 11Each One Teach One

Ms. Shubha Chatterjee records a viewer’s standpoint on the Senior Dramatics Production, “Night of January Sixteenth” by Ayn Rand

confidante, he had jilted her to marry the wealthy Nancy Lee Whitfield, daughter of one of New York’s richest and most respected citizens. The case against Andre seems to be easy to prove; the evidence, witnesses, apparent motive and admissions clearly point to her guilt. However, suspense is introduced in the plot as Andre dexterously plays with facts and logic so that her accusers – those good folk who slander her employer- are exposed as people of dubious character themselves.

At AVS, the fate of Karen Andre was decided by six members of the audience who were selected to serve as the jury. It was not until their verdict was declared that the rest of the audience knew the outcome. As the play unravelled itself, many a critic amidst the audience tended to be judgmental – only to be drawn into the vortex of intense emotion fostered by the imbroglio being presented on stage. I must say candidly that I was one of them.

If Art imitates life, then Ms. N. Mountford and the band of AVS thespians proved beyond doubt that their adaptation of Rand’s play did justice to the aspirations of the participants and audience alike. And, like the overwhelming majority of the audience, I longed for an encore- there were mute appeals in our eyes- if only it had happened!

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REFLECTIONS IN SOLITUDEREFLECTIONS IN SOLITUDE

How, when and where should I begin?An awkward start I know won’t do-But the blush on my cheek has toldWhat I strive to withhold-A while ago, I found my long forgotten first love,Many loves have come and gone since then. But none have filled me with that ardour as my first one…

Through the ages it’s been a part of meShaped me into what I am today and yetI never could proclaim.My silence spoke volumes of eloquenceAwaiting bold expression.Waiting patiently, then, impatiently. Suddenly I can wait no longer!My love is not mute anymore. It is lucid, articulateStreaming its way into discerning minds.So, I speak to you through my love(As you know it now.)I have broken free of cerebral restrictions,You’ll hear no cavil from meAs I cavort with the verbose.

Ms. Shubha ChatterjeeThe past month’s frenetic pace encompassingKaleidoscope events; Soccer, Half Yearlies,Round Square, AVS Fete, East India DebatesAnd Pre- Founders’ daily schedule has driven AVS on an ascending spiralReaching dizzy heights. AVS with its Sustained dynamism is a marvel. WhatInexhaustible energy pervades AVS in its March through a decade of time?

Mirroring AVS in minute detail. Tracing itsFlamboyant renewal. With sincerity and dedication.AVE- so integral to AVS, owes aDebt of gratitude to all those Wonderful people, past and present,Involved in AVE’s genesis and evolution.The constant winds of change at AVEHave made their presence felt. Be it Farhana, Lenong, Twinkle, Shawon, Nimisha or Bornav-Prodigies who belong to a humble band-Encomiums be lavished on them. Do they ever fail to serveAmple food for thought? No, never!And what can AVE say about Mr. Derek Mountford?Genuinely, the supportive Headmaster. Many, many Thanks to him. Well does he ensure the Umpteen AVS happenings jostling for right of wayIn AVE week after week. Is it any wonder That AVE is in black and white?

An inimitable medley of activity-Frayed tempers, feverish writings, deep disappointment,Fatigue and laughter to top it all-Culminating in the Founders’ AVE issue,So the AVE heart pines for more,Inebriated, intoxicated and inspiredTo do the inexorable and inevitable.

Bridging AVS with the world,Deeply conscious is AVE of the world’s critical gaze,Standing up to scrutiny, oh an old AVE habit,That’s exacting in performanceAnd rewarding in assessment.Still AVE serves to enthrall.

AVE today- Not an end in itself. OnlyA cherished beacon illuminatingThe untraveled path tomorrowAVE traverses in progressive growth.So, AVE is poised for exalted flight expedited by AVS life.

The waltz has glided me through time.A timeless experience.You know that, don’t you?My love spoke and so I wrote.But I must love you and leave you now,To meet you again at another timeAnd maybe at another place?

Image by Anurag Das, ISC 2016 AVE Founders’ Issue 2005

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LINGOWe choose the best mess-ups of the year. Congratulations to the ones who have made it!Atho S.: If I had 7 bullets, I would have shot 3 at Piyush, 3 at Pegam and 3 at Asyush.- Special offer: buy 7 bullets, get 2 free.Luvish M.: I can defeat you in losing.- He has mastered the art of losing.Afifa B.: Caesar gave his funeral speech.- He came, he died, and he spoke.Amanjot B.: The music sent my tap feeting.- Music can work wonders.Urvashi D.: She is wearing a black multi-coloured shirt.- There must be prisms in your eyes.Gautam G.: I am going to be much more reproductive in class 11.- That explains India’s populations.Mriganka G.: I’ll teach you underground swimming.- The master of the earthworm stroke.Akum L.: Didn’t you hear me hugging him so loudly?- Must be the sound of his bones breaking.Javed S.: It was so hot that I was transpiring.- Javed with a leafy body.Duboree D.: I forgot to put suntan.- So that’s the secret of your beauty.Nikita B.: I am the highest of all my sisters.- Mt. Nikita of the Baruah range.Kaustav T.: What colour is yellow colour.- The colour of your teeth.Akshendra S.: What do you call your wife’s wife?- Ask your wife.Sanchet S.: The liberty of statue is very beautiful.- Sanchet’s comment on his vacation to the US.Saurav C.: When is Goldmaster’s Head Medal Debate?- The Headmaster’s head must be the medal.Monyo N.: Priyadarshini, you should drink lots of fruit.- An apple drink a day keeps Dr. Monyo away.Sunaina J.: My hair is fairer than my face.- Did you mistake Fair and Lovely for Mediker?Mamu H.: Once in a moonlight, we have the Fusion Meeting.- Confusion due to fusion on a student’s English. Holika S.: Which tenniser does Anushka like?- Must be Anna-ushka Dowerah-kova.Shankarjeet.: Manipur is a remote control.- You must be the TV.Aparajit B.: Keep it under the sun for the whole night and it will dry up/- I wonder which ‘sun’ lights up Aparajit’s nights.- Look at the fan, it is directly under the sun.- And look at your legs, they aren’t there.

AV-oicesYour thoughts on AVS completing a decade.Sahir J.: Growing old.Smrita C.: Thank God it survived. Pinky B.: Calls for a celebration.Vibhuti J.: It’s good, yaar.Wasim H.: AVS has miles to go before it sleeps.Rohan M.: The positive change in attitude deserves greater acknowledgement than the completion of 10 years.Amrit S.: The trees have grown.Swashti A.: I think it’s early for AVS to have branches.Talimoa A.: Somehow, somewhere, we’re in the ‘BIG LEAGUE’ now

SUPERSTITIONS OF AVIATORS

It may sound a little old fashioned if I state that Aviators, no matter how modern or techno-crazy they are, still nurture superstitious beliefs in their little minds, be they from the books of Harry Potter or from the unforgettable midnight stories of their grandmothers.

So enter the magical world of the superstitious Aviator. I bet you know most of them; otherwise, this might help you update your knowledge.

Touch wood/ Touch head: If you are talking about some good quality in yourself or something that is lucky for you and do not want that lucky charm to fade away, you touch your head or the nearest wood object available. Don’t worry, if you cannot find anything ‘wooden’, even paper will do!

One for sorrow/ Two for joy: When you see a pair of birds perched somewhere, you should say “Two for joy”; someone should hear it and thereafter, the rest of your day turns out to be lucky. But unfortunately, if you happen to see only one bird, it is meant to be “One for sorrow”. So get ready for some severe misfortune!

Moon through the ring: This belief is prevalent only in the girls’ department. It goes like this- on a full moon night, if you look at the moon through a gold ring, your wish will surely come true.

Crossing a tree: If you and your friend pass a pole, make sure that both of you are on the same side of the pole. Letting it pass between you will break your friendship.

Under the net: You should never go beneath a net while crossing the tennis court. It will bring bad luck to your team for a given match.

Catch the leaf: If you manage to catch the leaf falling from the tree, hold it and make a wish. Your wish is sure to come true by the grace of the divine providence.

Upturned sandals: If you see any footwear upside down on the ground, you should immediately turn it to its proper position, or it will turn to be unlucky.

Open umbrella: Never have an open umbrella above you when you are under a roof, or you will become shorter.

Cutting nails: Some people believe that they can cut their nails only on particular days of the week. Surely a clever excuse made by the girls with long nails to fool prefects!

Aa-chooh: If you are constantly sneezing or getting hiccups, somebody is surely remembering you.

Watchout singers: This is mostly a form of sarcasm for our budding singers. It goes like this- if someone is pathetic and still dares to sing in public, it is soon going to pour down heavily. So watch out!

Speaking together: If two or more people suddenly say something in unison, they are supposed to hold hands and make a wish, which will surely come true.

The Victory Path: This one is a superstition followed by our very own Mr. Chauhan. He believes that when the AVS cricket team plays a match elsewhere, it must travel along a particular route for good luck, although that route is longer by a few kilometers.

As I jot down this last superstition, I can feel a slight tinge of superstition myself, as I could think of exactly 13 of them and 13 is supposed to be an unlucky number. Need I say more?

Shawon Senjuti, 12

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In a dalliance with history, in a moment that comes but once in a year, I rise to present the Headmaster’s Address on the 14th Founders’ Day of The Assam Valley School.

As I stand here, engulfed by impression and uncertainty, in bondage to the fetters of the present, yet witness to an extraordinary year choreographed with memories, I am acutely conscious that I do not possess the eloquence and brilliance to capture the poetry of the year that was.

As the shadows lengthen on the academic year, our memories still dance around the things that were, a collective memory of wondrous beauty, a bewitching melody of the blossoming of youth, the agony and ecstasy of growth, of exhilaration and tears, our world bound in the smiles of yesterday. And today, on Founders’ Day, a time for renewal and reflection, there echoes and re-echoes in my ears the School motto: ‘Truth is Strength’.

Long years ago, the great British explorer George Mallory, who was eventually to die on Mount Everest, was asked why he wanted to climb it, and he said, quite simply, “Because it is there.” Equally at AVS, we believe that education should be the greatest adventure on which a young person should embark in his lifetime. At the School for Adventure we also believe that although it is important to shape our shoe to fit the changing educational foot, the essential eternal attribute of a good education is to inform children with a sense of idealism.

Not ‘idealistic’ as opposed to ‘realistic’, but a triumph of contemporary realism where everything of value about our children is within them as the eternal qualities of youth: not a time of life, but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of imagination, a predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease.

Put differently, at AVS, we are committed to the building of young people for a globally-connected life in the 21st Century.

Yet, Ladies and Gentlemen, let us be unblinking in sharing the complex reality of building a child’s individual personality in transition between the culture of ‘home’ and ‘boarding school’. While for teachers and parents alike, this is not time for temporizing or game-playing or evading responsibility, there are many people who do not understand the value of a public school education.

Let them come to AVS.

There are some who say that residential schools are not the way of the future.

Let them come to AVS.

Let them come, as Mansfield said, “to a place where those who hate ignorance may strive to know, where those who perceive truth may strive to make others see.”

Indeed, in a world torn by strife and terror and conflict, here we are in togetherness and oneness in a hall which houses stakeholders from five countries, twelve Indian states and eight religions.

And then a million images of beige and green, our children as we remember them today in this island of opportunity we call The Assam Valley School, I see another child this evening.

Almost always marginalized by the brutalities of an exceedingly indifferent world, she has dreams, impossible dreams and can only be helped on her journey through life by inspirational boarding-school teachers and courageous friends.

And I have no doubt in my mind that at AVS first there will be a handful, then 10, then 100 and finally so many, many more who will work for her success.

And so this evening, as we reaffirm our commitment to the vision that founded this School, let us look into our hearts, and let us look down into the faces of our children. They are our hope, our love and our courage. Allow them to dare to dream. Give them a vision, values and awaken their hopes. Inspire them, lift them to a higher destiny, to a new plateau of compassion, and feed them with the inspiration of consciously choosing their calling, of eventually doing their jobs with love and imagination.

And finally, to the graduating Class of 2010 whose days here now grow to a close, I recite, heartfelt, the closing lines of Marilynne Robinson’s Pulitzer Prize-Winning ‘Gilead’:

“I’ll pray that you grow up a brave man in a brave country. I will pray you find a way to be useful. I’ll pray, and then I’ll sleep.”

excerPTs from The heADmAsTer’s 14Th fouNDers’ DAy ADDressMr. D.N.A. Mountford

Image by Anurag Das, ISC 2016

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(mAy 2015-April 2014)

May 2015: A new set of students joined AVS on the Induction Day, 2015. This month saw the wide array of Inter-House events, namely, Upper School English Debates, Lower School Maths Quiz and the Volleyball and Basketball matches. While Debaters headed for the Bishop Cotton School, Shimla to participate in the Reverend Dr. Samuel Slater Memorial Invitational Inter-School English Debates and Tennis players proceeded to Imphal, the 3rd Invitational Basketball Tournament was hosted by AVS. The month ended with the ‘Northeast in the Mainland’ presentation and the Hindi Summer Production.

April 2015: The Graduation Ceremony for the Batch of 2015 was held to mark the end of their school life and the beginning of their ‘adult life’. A delegation of riders from the School participated at the Delhi Horse Show. The Inter-House Cross Country Championship marked the end of another academic year at AVS. The Debaters were busy participating in the D.F. Jack Memorial Inter-School Debates, Hindi Debates and Quiz which took place at the Daly College, Indore.

March 2015: The Inter-House Lower School Sculpture and Painting Competitions and the Inter-House Lower School English Debates took place as the newly promoted Class 10s attended the camp at NIMAS. The AVS Cricket Team departed to several schools for Inter-School fixtures. The School hosted the regional Round Square Adventure Engagement in liaison with NIMAS, while the post Conference Tour was held at Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh. The Final Examinations for the students of the Lower School was held while the Board Exams came to an end.

Prerna Barooah, ISC 2016

LOOKING BACK

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February 2015: The Batch of 2015 was bid adieu by each House before their Board Examinations started. As the cross country practices started in full swing, a group of students from The Punjab Public School, Nabha stayed at AVS for a week as part of an Exchange Programme. The Inter-House Lower School Western Music Competition took place while classes 9 and 11 wrote their Final Exams, after which they enjoyed two days of Sports Gala. A group of students participated in the Junior Robotryst Championship held at IIT Delhi and brought laurels to the School.

January 2015: The AVS Cricket Team headed for Ajmer to attend the Mayoor Challenge Cricket Cup. The Aviators returned to AVS for the short Winter Semester. The Board Classes wrote their Pre-Board Exams while the rest celebrated Republic Day. The Inter-House Cricket matches for Lower and Upper School brought the month to a close.

December 2014: The semester ended with a delightful Christmas Presentation and the Annual Inter-House Athletics and March Past Championship. The School Tennis Contingent was kept busy in the holidays owing to several fixtures at varied locations.

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November 2014: The month kicked off with the 19th Founders’ Celebrations which was observed with much fanfare. As the rest of the School headed home for the Exeats, the Soccer, Debating and Media Teams of the School stayed back to host and participate in the 11th North-East Soccer Tournament, the East India Debates and the 1st Creative Eye Film Fest, respectively. The students returned, to enjoy a fun-filled Children’s Day followed by the appointment of a new Prefectorial Body. As the DOA and his team organized the All India Entrance Examination and Interview, the School entered ‘Exam Mode’, in readiness for their End of Semester and Trial Examinations.

October 2014: The new students presented a ‘Cultural Evening’ at the WMH showcasing their talents while a delegation from AVS departed for an International Round Square Conference to Jordan. The School celebrated Durga Puja and Diwali whilst the preparations for Founders’ started in earnest. The teachers and the students went up against each other in ‘The Big Fight’, a Community Debate. The month concluded with the Annual School Picnic and the First Alumni Meet.

September 2014: The pupils returned to School for the much-awaited Founders’ Semester. In the very first week, they participated in the Initiatives of Change Workshop. The Prefects managed to pull off a spectacular Teachers’ Day Ceremony, continuing the ‘Teach for AVS’ tradition. Inter-House events such as the Hindi Debates, Movie-Making, Sports Quiz, Hindi Poetry Writing, Tennis, Soccer, Table Tennis and Water Polo took place even as the students of the Science and Commerce Streams of the Eleventh Standard headed to the National Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports (NIMAS) in Arunachal Pradesh for a week full of adventure. The AVS Soccer Squad headed for the Pinegrove School for the 4th Sant Singh Memorial Tournament. In the last week of the month, classes 5 to 9 and 11 wrote their Mid-Semester Examinations while the Board Classes appeared for their Special Exams.

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August 2014: While the rest of the student body slumbered, the AVS Soccer Team participated in the Inter-School Soccer Championship held at the Bishop Cotton School, Shimla where they managed to emerge as the runners-up. A team of writers and editors also attended the 3rd Editors’ Conference held at The Scindia School, Gwalior.

July 2014: With the arrival of the torrential rains which dampened the atmosphere, the students sat down for their End of Summer Semester Exams, though most could not help but gear up for the upcoming mega events. The semester drew to a close with the Head of School’s Gold Medal Debate, Inter-House Swimming, the Inter-House Gardening-for which the students had persevered the entire semester- and the power-packed Inter-House Dance Competition. Few senior students stayed back after the School closed to help organize and participate in the Indian International Model United Nations Guwahati Chapter which was hosted for the very first time by The Assam Valley School. The Debating Contingent also participated in the Shri Debates hosted by the Shri Ram School in Gurgaon.

May 2014: The new session commenced with welcoming new pupils on Induction Day and a number of workshops including the Astrotrek Workshop, Getting to Zero, Kick the Habit and the Conflict Management Workshop. These were conducted in the first week itself. A new initiative, ‘North-East in the Mainland’ was conducted to raise awareness about the North-East in the rest of India. The AVMUN for Lower and Upper School was also conducted successfully. The various Inter-House fixtures which took place were Hindi Creative Writing, Volleyball, T- shirt designing, Chess and Golf.

June 2014: The World Environment Day was commemorated and a mini fundraiser was also organized. While a contingent from AVS took part in the Pathways Round Square Collaborative Service Project, the Girls Department enjoyed their respective House outings. Moreover, the students were kept busy by the back-to-back Inter-House Contests which included Upper School Quiz, Basketball, English Debates for Upper and Lower School and the Original One-Act Play. The students were entertained by the Hindi Summer Production even as the gifted artists of the School geared up for the Roy McComish Art Competition.

April 2014: The vibrant Inter-House Cross Country Championship was followed by the Graduation Ceremony for the ISC Batch of 2014. While most students left for Bihu Break, as the Academic Year ended, some students toiled even in the vacation. The AVS Debating Team participated in the prestigious Rev. Dr. Samuel Slater Memorial Debates at Bishop Cotton School, Shimla and the Hugh Catchpole Debates at RIMC, Dehradun. The AVS cricketing team, too, had a fruitful holiday attending various tournaments across the country.

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Founders’ 2014 was celebrated on 1st and 2nd of November, 2014.We present the highlights of Founders’:*Founders’ Assembly*Founders’ Exhibitions*Founders’ Day Speech by the Head of School*Governor, Mr. Victor Banerjee’s Speech*Chief Guest, Professor Malabika Sarkar’s Speech*Upper School Presentation *Lower School Presentation *Founders’ English Play*Founders’ Awards and Speeches –Vignettes*Founders’ Awards 2014Image by Anurag Das, ISC 2016

F O U N D E R S ’2 0 1 4 The Assam Valley School

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fouNDers’ Assembly

The 19th Founders’ Day Celebrations started with the Founders’ Special Assembly on the evening of the 31st of October. Precisely at 6 p.m., we commenced the Assembly with the ‘Gayatri Mantra’ followed by the hymn ‘On This School Your Blessing, Lord’. The Head of School, then, led us in prayer. The AVS Community prayed for the wellbeing of the School, expressing their gratitude to the founders of The Assam Valley School for realizing and achieving their dream of setting up a School which is nestled in the heart of the lush green tea gardens of remote Assam. The Head of School expressed her vision for the coming years, signaling the coming of a new era in AVS’s journey to become one of the finest institutions in the country. She ended the Assembly with two Parsi prayers and their translations thereafter.

Junaina Firdaus, ISC 2016

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Founders’ eXhiBiTions

THE HELICRAFT EXHIBITIONInspired by Flying ChoppersCRAFT DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY CENTER

Highlights• Wood & Bamboo Craft• Zentangle Art• Creative Textiles• Papercraft• Stone Art• Lighting & Shades• Other Crafts in Mixed Media

ROBOTICSRobotics is the study of robots. Robots are machines that can be used to do our jobs. Today, many of our daily appliances and equipment use electronics, sensors and sophisticated computer technologies. Circuit designing is an integral part of any electronic gadget or robotics.

AERO-MODELLINGAero-modelling is the art of designing and flying unmanned aircraft. The aircraft can be a scale model of a full size aircraft or a design specifically for the sport or hobby.

Junaina Firdaus, ISC 2016

“ROW – 2014”PHYSICS IN ACTION: ROBOTICS, AERO-MODELLING & WORKING MODELS

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VIBGYOR(CHEMISTRY EXHIBITION)ENJOY THE WORLD OF COLOURFUL CHEMISTRY!!!

BOTANICATHE WONDERFUL WORLD OF PLANTS!

GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENTWRATH OF NATURE

• Extraction of coloured pigments from natural sources and making of crayons and paints

• Lava lamp, golden rain and rainbow rose

• Artificial silk (rayon) from filter paper

• Learn new technique for drying the flowers keeping the colour and the texture intact.

• Hydroponics: grow plants without soil! Quite handy if we want to have an indoor garden.

• Micropropagation: Tissue culture techniques used to grow plants without seeds.

• Cloning in plants? Is it possible? Yes, plants do clone themselves.

Owing to the recent floods that have shocked the regions of Jammu and Kashmir and Assam, the Geography and E n v i r o n m e n t a l E d u c a t i o n D e p a r t m e n t have decided to showcase this Wrath of Nature along with few other mind boggling natural phenomena.

HIGHLIGHTS

HIGHLIGHTS

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VIBGYOR(CHEMISTRY EXHIBITION)ENJOY THE WORLD OF COLOURFUL CHEMISTRY!!!

INCREDIBLE INDIA & SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT PRESENTED“ABHIVYAKTI …. An Expression”

SPARSH 6

*Nyishi tribe from Arunachal Pradesh

*Bhil tribe from Rajasthan

*Jat Sikh from Punjab

*Todas from Tamil Nadu

The AVS Photographic Society of The Assam Valley School had their annual photographic exhibition “SPARSH 6”.

HIGHLIGHTS

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JuNIor reD cross

socIAl serVIce leAGue exhIbITIoNs

lITerAcy ProGrAmme

The Junior Red Cross Exhibition portrayed the work done by the Junior Red Cross volunteers. The exhibits were displayed in the form of charts and photographs. The Exhibition also displayed the type of Awards a volunteer could win.

Work done by the JRC volunteers over the year:

*Garbage disposal problems and solutions.

*Members visited an orphanage in Tezpur.

*Collected clippings from newspapers to showcase the developmental work done by the Government in the North-East.

*Drew charts on the causes of religious conflicts in India.

*Visited a slum in Tezpur.

*During the holidays each volunteer taught an illiterate person in their respective home towns.

*Visited the school for the handicapped children in Biswanath Chariali.

The Social Service exhibition showcased the various activities done by the volunteers of Social Service in the year 2013-14.

This Exhibition showcased the endeavour of a group of Aviators working towards eradicating the root cause of all social evils - Illiteracy. The work done by the volunteers was displayed in the form of charts and a model.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Building toilets for the girl child

• Organization of the Health camp at Lachit Ville//Harchurah T.E./ Addabarie T.E.

• Health and sanitation programme at Harchurah T.E.

• Fund raising events

• Food drives

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PoP ArT exhIbITIoNAn exhibition of Pop Art was held by the students. It displayed works belonging to the Pop Art genre which is a major trend in this modern era.

buoyANcyexhibition by seN centreThe Exhibition showcased different services, products and support available at AVS in the fields of Psychology and Learning Difficulties.

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The 7 hAbITs of hAPPy kIDs & The leADer IN me

The pupils of Sunnyside from Playgroup to Class 4 showcased the ‘7 Habits of Happy Kids’ by Sean Covey. Visitors watched them singing, dancing and enunciating the timeless principles of leadership. These are qualities which are essential for every child to imbibe. The objective is to instil in our pupils the thought, ‘Leadership is doing the right thing when nobody is watching’.

welcome To momATh 2014Go Down Deep Enough into Anything and you will find Mathematics

hINDI PrADArshINI sAhITyA Aur PArIVArTAN[exhIbITIoN of The DePArTmeNT of hINDI ]

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TechsmITh, 2014

The Department of ICT presented “TECHSMITH, 2014” under two categories; Upper School Activity Programme and Lower School Activity Programme.

The “CAD Exhibition” was done by the pupils of the Upper School. They had created a number of industrial designs using Auto Desk 3D Studio Max and Blender. The “Web Page Designing Exhibition” displayed the work done by the Upper School pupils who had designed and created a wide variety of web pages using Microsoft FrontPage, Web Page Maker, A4 Desk-pro and Dreamweaver. In the “Desktop Publishing Exhibition”, the pupils of the Lower School had worked on MS Paint, MS Word, PageMaker and Photoshop. They had exhibited their talent in designing greeting cards, magazine covers, collages, bookmarks and presentations.

A sTITch IN TIme sAVes NINeDon’t Underestimate the Need of Needlework. We all need it!!!

hIsTory & PolITIcAl scIeNce exhIbITIoN“leADershIP N leGAcy”The exhibition showcased the lives of individuals and organizations that have left their imprint on our lives.

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TImePIeces [exhibition of the Publication Department]We wield the pen and you skim through the pages. We write and you read. We realize and you acknowledge. Within the shabby, little room above the library looms the world of a cult who holds the fortitude of ideas and brandishes it with ink that marks as well as mars. With impending deadlines breathing down our neck, we forge ourselves an identity on paper while keeping the truth unscathed. We invite you to spare a visit to our haunt where you shall see the past, the present and at times the future been chronicled and brought to life.

“VIGNeTTes of The PAsT”[A Debut exhibition from the Archives of AVs]

“I kept on trying to use so many media and ideas in my work because our horizon is so vast and Indian culture is so rich that I think what we are today, culturally, we have a unique position and I don’t think one lifetime is enough to encompass it”.

-By M. F. Husain

exhIbITIoN of The ArT DePArTmeNT

This Exhibition took you on a visual expedition, as the 19 year history of The Assam Valley School unfolded before your eyes through words and images….

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fouNDers’ DAy sPeech by The heAD of school Let me begin by quoting an extract from A School Principal’s speech.....

He said “The Doctor wants his child to become a doctor.........

the Engineer wants his child to become an engineer...

The Businessman wants his ward to become CEO.....

BUT a teacher also wants his child to become one of them, as well..!!!!

Nobody wants to become a teacher BY CHOICE” .... Very sad but that’s the truth.....!!!

The dinner guests were sitting around the table discussing life.

One man, a CEO, decided to explain the problem with education. He argued,

“What’s a kid going to learn from someone who decided his best option in life was to become a teacher?”

To stress his point he said to another guest; “You’re a teacher, Bonnie. Be honest. What do you make?”

Teacher Bonnie, who had a reputation for honesty and frankness replied, “You want to know what I make? (She paused for a second, then began...) “Well, I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could.

I make a C+ feel like the Congressional Medal of Honour winner.

I make kids sit through 40 minutes of class time when their parents can’t make them sit for 5 minutes without an I-Pod, Game Cube or movie rental.

You want to know what I make?

(She paused again and looked at each and every person at the table)

I make kids wonder.

I make them question.

I make them apologize and mean it.

I make them have respect and take responsibility for their actions.

I teach them how to write and then I make them write.

Keyboarding isn’t everything.

I make them read, read, read.

I make them show all their work in math.

They use their God given brain, not the man-made calculator.

I make my students from other countries learn everything they need to know about English while preserving their unique cultural identity.

I make my classroom a place where all my students feel safe.

Finally, I make them understand that if they use the gifts they were given, work hard, and follow their hearts, they can succeed in life (Bonnie paused one last time and then continued.)

Then, when people try to judge me by what I make, with me knowing money isn’t everything, I can hold my head up high and pay no attention because they are ignorant. You want to know what I make?

I MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN ALL YOUR LIVES, EDUCATING KIDS AND PREPARING THEM TO BECOME CEO’s, AND DOCTORS AND ENGINEERS..........”

Well this is in short what every adult member of the AVS community does... they make a difference to the life of our young Aviators.

It is my privilege and honour to introduce to you and welcome our Chief Guest, Prof. Malabika Sarkar, who is a TEACHER, and an educationist of great renown, who is also a Member of the Governing Board and First Vice Chancellor, Presidency University, Kolkata; the highly distinguished members of the Governing Body; Members of the Faculty; honourable guests, respected parents, and my dear Boys and Girls of The Assam Valley School.

Nineteen years ago our Founders brought forth to the North-East of India a new School, conceived in idealism and dedicated to the belief that young people should be encouraged to pursue their childhood dreams.

On an occasion such as this, it is a singular honour to host as our Chief Guest an alumnus of Cambridge University, an educationist par excellence and an erudite commentator on matters educational. Prof. Sarkar, Ma’am, may I take this opportunity to express our gratitude and appreciation for so graciously consenting to be with us this morning.

We observe not just another Founders’ Day, but more, we are gathered here to reflect upon why we do what we do at the School for Adventure.

On this very special day, symbolizing an end as well as a beginning, at a moment in time signifying renewal as well as change, I extend our gratitude and appreciation to you for presiding over the 19th Founders’ Day Celebrations of the School. Your presence here today is an encouragement and an inspiration to all of us.

Before going any further, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce to the parent community the Deputy Head, Mr. Amitabh Aghnihotri, who joined our family in September. Having spent his own school life and most of his professional life in residential schools he has made his mark felt in the short while he has been here.

You will realize that summarising in a few minutes all the momentous achievements of Team AVS is a colossal task but I would still like to present before you some of our major achievements in the year gone by, our present engagements and our plans for the future.

I am happy to share with the audience that we have retained our No. 1 rank in the state of Assam and the Northeast for the last five years in the annual Education World Survey. AVS is ranked No. 5 in the country in the Co-Ed Residential School category and No. 1 in the categories of Co-curricular Education and Infrastructure provisions.

It has been my endeavour over the past few months to promote a spirit of ownership and camaraderie among all members of the AVS community. I think it would be fantastic if all Aviators could grow up to become responsible citizens and quite frankly I see a whole lot of them already making their presence felt. True education educates not only the mind but also the heart. A defining moment that shows that The Assam Valley School is well

on its way in providing true education to our students is when all students voluntarily offered to sacrifice a part or their entire weekly pocket money they get for the cafeteria, for flood relief. The AVS community, student and staff collectively raised Rupees 2 lakhs towards this cause. Sharing this with this august gathering truly makes me very proud as this is not a stray incident of charity, but just the tip of an iceberg. In this year our students have organized two fundraising fetes which have allowed us to build toilets in 2 more neighbourhood schools in the Tea gardens nearby. This brings the total number of schools where toilets have been built to three.

I really marvel at the immense potential that our students possess be it in Academics, Music, Dance, Art and Craft, Robotics or Sports. Our Students have excelled in all fields but it is my proud privilege to announce that our performance in both the ICSE and ISC board exams was stupendous this year.

The Award Ceremony and the Multimedia Presentations that are to follow shortly will encapsulate the achievements of our pupils in various disciplines over the last one year.

However, I shall be failing in my duty if I did not mention the names of Prerna Barooah our topper at the ICSE - 2014 with an aggregate of 96.20% in her best 5 subjects and Joyeeta Dutta our topper at the ISC- 2014 with an aggregate of 99.50% in her best 4 subjects.

It is no mean achievement for a school to have all its pupils score above 80% marks on the aggregate in both the Year 10 and Year 12 examinations with most pupils scoring over 90%. Last year 93 students who took the ISC Examination got placed in prestigious universities all over India. Most of them not very surprisingly headed for top colleges in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Pune, Ahmedabad and Bengaluru for their higher education. Almost all of them are well placed and I wish them a bright future.

Special mention needs to be made of three class XII students who cracked the National level exam for the National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad and joined NID in June 2014. The students were the CDTians- Daksha Salam, Shaunak Sokey and Jansher Aidan Nongrum Bakshi. I am mentioning these names as they attempted the examination from AVS along with lakhs of students from other parts of India. Only 100 students get admission and three Aviators made it to this elite list thus registering the first major success for ‘Mission Design’ at AVS.

Nothing pleases us, the teachers, more than to see our children excel in their careers.

To improve the academic rigour in the School the following initiatives have been put into place this academic session:

Academic under performers are given an extra hour to study in the morning. This time is used to complete work given by the teacher and also to hold extra remedial classes for these students to ensure that all students clear their doubts and do well in the various exams held in school.

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The school has also tied up with Dimensions, a Tezpur based Science Coaching institute run by IIT & IIM graduates to help our senior students prepare for the Medical/Engineering entrance examinations. In a departure from the previous years, we now offer this coaching from Class 9 onwards.

In the field of education, there are innovations being made constantly and I strongly believe that as teachers we need to be lifelong learners, if we want to give our students the best. Hence I have started placing greater emphasis on self development and self learning for the staff.

All teachers have set at least two Professional Learning Goals for themselves. One is primarily an academic goal for their students and the second is a goal focussed on self development. This in turn will help them develop into better teachers.

Apart from the Professional Development that takes place at the beginning of the Semester, two afternoons (2nd and 4th Thursdays) every month are spent in sharing of best practices and other innovative teaching methodologies that have been researched by groups of teachers. Moreover every teacher’s class is observed at least once a month by a colleague, the Chair of the Department, or the Dean of Studies. This is done not to find faults but to share experiences and mutually gain from the same.

There is a lot of emphasis being laid on improving our classroom teaching methods and making the entire exercise more interesting and meaningful for our students. Imparting knowledge or content in a subject is easy. However that can even be acquired through Google! What differentiates a teacher from Google is when we teach our students how to apply this in real life situations so that learning is more meaningful and relevant.

In an effort to collaborate and take advantage of the best practices prevailing in other good schools across the country we have started sending our teachers out for workshops, teacher exchanges and seminars during vacation time. These teachers in turn become resource persons and conduct in-house training sessions for their colleagues. This leads to a systematic delivery of content, encourages healthy feedback on the progress made and most importantly collaboration. This is in addition to the regular council workshops that our teachers have already been taking part in.

Our goal as educators must be to prepare our students for life and how to be good citizens. Today the world is changing so rapidly, it is imperative that our education system keeps pace. Most of the National Curricular is focussed on knowledge / content building and rote learning, which was in keeping with the industrial age. Having moved away from this into a more global economy the requirements of a School, too, have undergone a metamorphosis.

Tony Wagner, a renowned educationist and the Founder and co-director of the Change Leadership group at the Harvard Graduate School of Education has listed skills that schools need to prepare students for 21st century

careers and citizenship. These skills have evolved after extensive interviews with scores of business leaders ranging from Apple and Dell to Unilever and the U.S. Army as well as reviewing the research on workplace skills. In short these skills are:

1. Critical thinking and Problem solving

2. Collaboration and Leadership

3. Agility and Adaptability

4. Initiative and Entrepreneurship

5. Effective Oral and Written Communication

6. Accessing and Analyzing Information; and

7. Curiosity and Imagination

To this list I add multicultural awareness, which I believe is equally important and relevant in today’s world. This is the blueprint that we, at The Assam Valley School are using to set the tone for imparting education to our students.

AVS is often referred to as ‘the School for Adventure’. This year we re-introduced sending our children of classes 11 and 12 out for mountaineering and trekking expeditions to the National Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sports, (NIMAS) Arunachal Pradesh. The children and their escort teachers really benefitted a great deal from these trips and came back with lots of stories about their varied experiences and what is more important - ‘Self Confidence.’ Such outdoor activities promote a spirit of adventure, risk taking, decision making, leadership and lead to experiential learning which is generally missing in a classroom. I take this opportunity to thank all parents for encouraging their wards to take part in these expeditions. For those children who could not go I can only say ...you missed out on a life time opportunity.

Other events worth a mention are - the Global Harmony 2014; an All India Multilingual Drama, Dance, Music contest and Fest organized by the Akhil Bhartiya Sanskrutik Sangh Pune. Our immensely talented musicians and dancers from AVS really and truly stole the show and were recipients of many accolades and awards. Last December, a Dance and Music troupe toured India on a cultural Exchange and performed in MNSS Rai, Scindia Boys School, Gwalior, Scindia Kanya Vidhayala, Gwalior, and Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls Public School, Jaipur. The Interact Club formed at the Assam Valley School has also been recognized by Rotary International.

As some of you might have already observed we are in the final stages of completing the construction of our two Central Dining Halls (one for girls and another for boys). Once these halls become operational hopefully by the beginning of the next academic year, we would have managed to create more living spaces for our students and staff thereby reducing congestion in the hostels to a very large extent.

It is proposed that in the next five years we would have refurbished or upgraded all our existing facilities as per the requirements of the present times.

I take this opportunity to thank all stake holders for all their encouragement and support to me at all times and can only say a small but heartfelt and sincere “Thank you”! My speech would not be complete if I do not take a moment to thank the members of the Governing body, those present and even those who with us only in spirit, all of whom are unflinching

pillars of support and strength, not only to me but to all the staff at AVS as well. It is indeed rare to have a Governing body so focussed on the betterment of the School that they ask for nothing but to see that the school grows from strength to strength.

On this auspicious occasion I would like to reiterate my commitment and resolve to keep the AVS flag flying high.

With my heartiest congratulations to all award winners this morning and their proud parents I would now request the Master of Ceremonies to take the proceedings forward.

Thank you once again for being part of our 19th Founders’ Day celebrations.

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GoVerNor, mr. VIcTor bANerJee’s fouNDers’ DAy sPeechSunday, 2nd November, 2014

Dear doting Parents, dear worn out teachers and staff, my little friends who fail to understand why when they are just beginning to learn to read and write, they are not allowed to talk in class, and finally, all you lovely fast-becoming Ladies and moustache sprouting Gentlemen who prepare to take on a world that not only whirls around in space but whose velocity and position on every issue, social, educational or moral is smothered by unimaginable principles of uncertainty that your Physics teacher will one day unravel and explain.

I am here to convey the regrets of the Chairman of the Board of Governors who, due to completely unavoidable circumstances, is unable to be with us although this day is always a red-letter day on his calendar of events every year.

However, midst all the uncertainty and confusion that surrounds us in an age of freedom, with a million multiple choices that are driving us crazy and turning us, particularly the young and malleable, into psychological wrecks, there is ONE comforting certainty: ONE heartening, joyous and prize-winning certainty, and that, dear friends, is the greatness of this Grand School, the Assam Valley School.

I have just completed my first year on the Board and, as you know, I now know all the little ins and outs and secrets about governance and governing and, let me assure you, I am extremely proud to be associated with the Khaitan family and illustrious members of a Board who have liberated ideas and work with remarkable diligence and honesty and transparency, for nothing but the best for every man, woman and child associated with this School. You’re in good hands, I promise you!

I come from the Doon Valley, famous for some of the best schools in India and let me tell you that all of them now look East with envy and trepidation. Envy because we live in an environment that is impossible to match – in addition, a diverse social and rich and unique cultural environment that they are getting to learn more and more about with each passing

day of abuse or threat to Northeasterners. We are not thick-skinned here. We are from the land of Shankardeva, a neo-Vaishnavite saint who was the first Indian to ever dream and speak of the concept of a united “Bharatvarsha”, 500 years ago. Those schools and communities look at us with trepidation because we offer the best life and best education in an environment that is not consumed by casteism and manipulated religious divide. The Northeast is a land of genuine smiles, open hearts and wild elephants who love hooch but when provoked can be unpredictable. We have the guts to recognize and fight enemies. And an institution like AVS will teach us how to do it with that greatest weapon of mass inspiration known to man, the human intellect. It is said that when you have forgotten everything you learned in school, what is left is your education. In that case dear brothers and sisters, we’re here sitting on a gold mine of opportunity and learning and must collectively make the most of it for the betterment of our children, so they can leave a better India for their children than the one we bestowed on them.

But study the life of every achiever and you will discover one fundamental secret for their success – as harebrained as Einstein, Mozart, Beethoven, Maqbool Fida Husain, Uday Shankar or Ravi Shankar, Bhimsen Joshi or Kishore Kumar, Bhupen Hazarika or Jyoti Prasad Agarwala or Kala Guru Bishnu Prasad Rabha may have been, all their talents were underlined with discipline. Without discipline you will achieve nothing: and it is at home, and at school, during the formative years of one’s life that this must be inculcated, even if it is sometimes thrust down our throats. It’s a bitter pill with a fabulous after taste that we must all learn to swallow.

I encourage parents and teachers to inspire their wards to understand and respect discipline, in all its aspects, in private lives and in institutional environments. This Governing Body while giving the children of AVS a long rope to play with will not permit them to hang themselves, their futures, and their families’ futures, with it.

On behalf of the Governing Body I take this opportunity to congratulate our Head of School, her able band of teachers who have once again proven their worth and all the staff members from the kitchens to our gardens who make this an enjoyable and beautiful place to live and work in.

We envy you. We love you all. Take good care of yourselves and, you will have served our purpose. Always remember, we are here to serve, not govern you.

Hari Om

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chIef GuesT, Professor mAlAbIkA sArkAr’s fouNDers’ DAy sPeechSunday, 2nd November, 2014

A very good morning to everyone on this glorious day - the Head of School, teachers, administrators, parents, guests, and most important of all, the students of Assam Valley School. Good morning!

It is indeed a privilege for me to be here with you on the occasion of your 19th Founders Day. When Mr. B.M. Khaitan very graciously asked me to come, I accepted out of respect for Mr. Khaitan. I did not fully understand then, that it was an invitation to enter into what has been, for me, an amazing experience. Nestled as you are in the midst of truly Wordsworthian tranquillity, you do indeed have “one foot in Eden” as your former Headmaster Derek Mountford’s book on the flora and fauna of this region suggests.

Another poet familiar to you, John Keats, in one of his great odes, imagines a region which is a “wide quietness”, a “sanctuary”, but also the abode of a “working brain”. And that is exactly my impression about your School. There is so much meaningful activity that goes on in this secluded place – academics, sport, art, debates, photography, music, indeed a wide range of co-curricular activities. Last evening I watched the play and listened to the music and today I visited the rooms where the Exhibitions had been set out. I was charmed with the vibrant atmosphere that the students were able to create. And having spent my time primarily in literature studies, I looked at your earlier publications before I arrived and read your poems and essays with great interest. I was happy to find the subject of love recurring – and you write about love with the excitement and wisdom that only the young can command. Such meaningful activity is best conducted in an idyllic place like this. Those of you who are keen on literature may even be thinking of Andrew Marvell’s great poem The Garden and its exploration of “a green thought in a green shade”.

Until May of this year, I was Vice-Chancellor at another idyllic place, Presidency University. Founded in 1817 as Hindoo College, it was renamed Presidency College in 1855, and made a constituent college of Calcutta University in 1857. Presidency became an autonomous university in 2010. It will be celebrating its bicentenary in 2017. I described Presidency as also an idyllic place. So it is, but in many ways very different from The Assam Valley School. It is located right at the heart of College Street in North Kolkata, a bustling city street with trams trundling down it, pavements lined with bookshops with many, literally, on the pavement, with a corner of the street resembling Speaker’s Corner at Hyde Park, London, with speeches of all political hues periodically delivered through microphones. The area immediately surrounding Presidency University has Calcutta University, Sanskrit

College, Hare School and Hindu School. And in the lane directly opposite the main gate of Presidency is the famous Coffee House, home to intellectuals for generations. Anything but quiet, you might say. However, once inside the gates, you are transported into a different world. The list of Presidency alumni reads like a fairy tale. It includes a former President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, and scientists such as Acharya J.C.Bose, who discovered the millimetre wave and the microwave before Marconi, the pioneering chemist Acharya P.C.Ray, S.N. Bose, Meghnad Saha, Prashanta Mahalanobis.

Alumni also include the novelist Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, iconic film director Satyajit Ray, and, though for a short time, Swami Vivekananda. And, more recently, the economist, Professor Amartya Sen. I have named only a very few of the distinguished galaxy who make up the alumni list. I have always believed that the walls and floors of the heritage buildings of this College Street campus are imbued with their spirit. Presidency’s faculty have all been recently recruited – I began by selecting faculty no. 1 and in fact selected about 170 faculty members of different levels of seniority – about 50% of them relocating to India from different countries of the world – committed to both teaching and research. Students who join Presidency find it truly inspiring and a natural place for intellectual excellence.

You will have guessed, I am sure, that my reason for saying so much about Presidency lies in the hope that the best among you will look towards Presidency as your next destination. I am aware that all too often our brightest students look for opportunities in other countries immediately after school. But I have a different view about this. I strongly believe that laying the foundations of education is not complete until you have completed school and the three years you spend in getting a bachelor’s degree in college or university. A good college or university in India will take you to that next level after an excellent school education and start you off on research in your chosen field. Then the world is before you to choose your place for a masters or Ph.D. or any professional course.

There is another dimension to your doing your three years’ college in India. It gives you a unique opportunity to understand Indian society, our cultural diversity, and our value systems. You meet the brightest minds from a wide range of economic backgrounds and school backgrounds. The experience can be a great leveller and prepares you well for the unfolding adventures of life.

Being a Chief Guest at a school Founder’s Day almost gives one the licence to speak like the senior citizen that I am and give advice. But I don’t mean to sound superior. I know that in this internet age when we can all claim to be global citizens and amazing portals of knowledge open up at the click of a mouse, young people like yourselves will explore many options before you make up your minds. I simply wished to share with you my own beliefs regarding higher education in the hope that these may be of some use to some of you.

True education, as we are all aware, is not the acquisition of information but the process of opening minds. The knowledge we imbibe as students must become a part of the texture of our being. It must heighten our understanding, increase our awareness of many facets in the world around us, and make the business of pursuing knowledge exciting and endless. Those of you who have had the privilege of being students at The Assam Valley School will find that this experience will give you great confidence. I sincerely hope that as you go out into the world beyond school you will carry that confidence, not with arrogance, but with grace, compassion and dignity. That is the best gift that you can give to your school.

My grateful thanks to Mr. B.M. Khaitan, to the Head of School, Ms. Sonya Ghandy Mehta, to the teachers, administrators and corporates, and indeed to all of you students – you make me feel young again! – for inviting me to this Founder’s Day. I extend my very best wishes to all of you.

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upper school presenTATionSriparna Gogoi, ISC 2016

For all those who were yearning for Founders’ and then hopelessly complaining about the lack-lustre, Founders’ feeling, the monochromatic screens drew open to a well-deserved wait for the Founders’.

The students of Upper School Indian Music production featured some of the most popular musical instruments of the yesteryears. The students were trained by Pandit Devendra Sharma and began the show with his original composition. Apart from the vocalists, the instrumentalists adorned the stage with the Tabla, Sitar, Tanpura, Synthesizer, Flute and Violin. They also performed an A.R. Rahman composition, followed by a Bhupen Hazarika number.

Following the Indian Music Production, the Senior School Choir took to the stage and in perfect unison began with ‘A Thousand Years’ by Christina Perri. The Western Music Orchestra was definitely a treat for the senses as they enthralled us with numbers ranging from ‘Nostalgia’ to ‘Wedding Dress’ and then brought about a sense of energy in the WMH with the number ‘Bailando’ by Enrique Iglesias. Overall, it was a good rendition offered by the Western Music Department.

Images by Anurag Das, ISC 2016

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The next presentation was a solo number composed by Mala Sailo who also performed on it. The composition was subtly appealing and the audience appreciated the spirit and effort with which the performance was executed.

The Upper School Indian Dance depicted Shiva and Parvati as the right and the left side of the human body, more popularly known as Ardhanarishwara. Performing the dance form Odissi, they ventured into the mysteries of the relationship between man and nature and man and woman with grace and poise.

The Western Dance Department presented a collaboration of Jazz, Latino, Salsa and other dance forms which were choreographed by Yvette Mawrie. There was charm in the performance. The Orchid Dance that followed was choreographed by Ripunjoy and executed well by the students, who in their neon costumes under the neon lights managed to draw appreciation from the audience as the lights faded. Then, the sight of spectacularly bright ‘orchids’ brought smiles on our faces.

The next dance performance was the Modern Dance that was also choreographed by Ripunjoy. A special mention must be made of the practice and perfection with which the stunts were presented. The audience held its breath and watched in surprise at a particular leap by the dancers which was the best expression of their art.

The last performance of the afternoon was the Sattriya Dance which depicted the life of Krishna.

All in all, the Upper School Dance and Music provided an appealing palate to the audience.

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lower school presenTATion Devneel Goswami, ISC 2016

The curtains drew back once more for the Lower School Dance and Music Presentation and the audience settled in their seats to witness the young performers.

The first item, Raag Yaman, was performed beautifully by the Indian Music Orchestra. The myriad instruments including the Sitar, Sarod and the Hawaiian guitar brought forth melodies while the percussionists provided the upbeat rhythm which kept the audience in high spirits. The sheer effort of the students was generously applauded, especially that of the percussion department, who did a commendable job.

The adventures of Lord Krishna have been depicted in dance, music and literature. The AVS Dance School embarked to portray the life of Lord Krishna through the mystical Odissi dance form, and brought to life various instances from childhood of the Vishnu-Avatar. Displaying graceful coordination, the dancers did not fail to convey the spirit of devotion that we feel for the Lord of Vrindavan.

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Written by Arun Sharma, ‘The Poster’ was a multilingual play which depicted the trials and tribulations known only to the less fortunate and underprivileged. The underlying messages of the play were; fighting against injustice and resisting the urge to give in to oppression.

The next performance was a contemporary dance, depicting child labour. The final piece that afternoon was a patriotic dance expressing reverence for our motherland. It portrayed the fervent appeal made by the youth to respect the Tricolour.

As the curtains drew close at the end of the Presentation, the audience applauded the pupils of the Lower School for taking them through this memorable journey of Dance and Music.

The next performance was a Sattriya Nritya which was dedicated to the Vaishnav Spirituality, which is an essential part of the Assamese culture. The essence of Sattriya, which has somewhat meandered from its holy path of devotion nowadays, was revived in its originality once again on stage. This was presented from the perspective of its creator, Srimanta Sankardeva, the founder of Satriya Nritya in the Sattras of Assam.

The Western Music Choir’s r e n d i t i o n of ‘Happy’ and ‘Just the Way You Are’ brought cheer to the audience.

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fouNDers’ eNGlIsh PlAy Hiya Harinandini, ISC 2016

The stage is your cradle. Let it sway you gently back and forth. As the WMH was packed to its capacity with an overwhelming crowd and then enveloped in an eventful darkness, the velvet curtains parted to present the sensational English play composed by Nick Broadhead, Altered Egos.

The play centred around Bernard and Delia, who were caught in a turbulent marriage and demanding lifestyle, and their respective alter egos that eventually bloomed into independent individuals and tended to connect the distant dots of congeniality

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which were lacking in the couple’s relationship. The scenes which followed traced the journey of Bernard and Delia from a state of tangled priorities to that of fulfilment. Towards the end of the play, while their alter egos bloomed into independent entities and found solace in each other’s company, Bernard and Delia’s relationship materialised into something malleable yet strong.

Manav Chaudhuri who put up a stellar act as Bernard, was probably one force on stage that held the attention of the audience with his performance. Renita Saikia played Delia to perfection by adding poise and command to her presence on stage.

Sriparna Gogoi and Dhruv Dutta, who played the alter egos of Delia and Bernard respectively, held their own and effortlessly slipped into the life of the characters, portraying them well to receive acclaim. The role of the parents, played fittingly by Rohan Nandy and Tanya Rose Rao, and George, enacted with disarming ease by Abhiman Paul, added class to the play.

As the hectic day closed down on us, the play gave us a reason to look deep within ourselves to seek our real self, the ‘self’ which is never born, so that it may exist in the shadows within our minds.

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Mr. Victor Banerjee released the ‘Jagaran’, the Indian Languages Journal, gave another set of awards and made a concise but emphatic address wherein he stated that “Schools of the supposed mainland, now, look towards the East with trepidation”. He emphasized that unlike other schools, our School displays a rare unity in diversity. He opined that all great achievers, be it Bhupen Hazarika or Jyoti Prasad Agarwalla, no matter how extraordinarily talented they were, had been extremely disciplined.

Founders’ AwArds And speeches - ViGneTTesPrerna Barooah, ISC 2016

On the 2nd November, 2014, the School along with the venerable guests and proud parents gathered for the 19th Founders’ Awards and Speech Ceremony at the Williamson Magor Hall. The Event Manager, Mr. L.P. Watts welcomed the gathering and the programme began with the hymn, ‘All in All’, followed by a short prayer read by the Head Boy, Irwin Daimari. The Head of School, Ms. Sonya Ghandy Mehta started her speech, by presenting succinctly the accomplishments of the Aviators in various fields and concluded by thanking the governing body for their unflinching support and intrinsic vision in making the School what it is today. The Media Presentation which followed showcased the academic achievements of the students of AVS in the year gone by.

Mrs. Kavita Khaitan released the Coffee Table Book, ‘Eye of the Camera’, and gave away the Academic Awards. The Lower School Scholar’s Tie Awardees received their ties from Mr. A. Kapoor while the Upper School Scholar’s Tie Awardees received theirs from Mr. Sarkar. After this, the Head Girl, Suravi Podder gave a passionate speech on change, vision and dreams. Emphasizing the need for transition to avoid stagnancy she thanked her teachers and batch mates. Next was a Media P r e s e n t a t i o n on the accomplishments of the Aviators in the sporting arena which included the Soccer, Tennis and Equestrian events.

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The final Media presentation was based on the various triumphs of the School in Debating, Art, Music, Photography and Dance.

The English Literary Journal was released by Mr. Rajeev Takru, who also gave away the Cultural Awards.

Thereafter, The Yearbook was released by the Chief Guest, Professor Malabika Sarkar who also presented the Cultural Cup to Kopili-Dhansiri, the Academic Cup to Subansiri-Namdang, the Sports Cup to Kopili-Dhansiri, the Quiz Cup to Jinari-Manas and the coveted R.B. Magor Trophy for the Best House to Subansiri-Namdang.

Professor Malabika Sarkar began with a quote by Keats, “A wide quietness, rosy sanctuary and abode of a working brain”, aptly highlighting the tranquillity of AVS. Having been the first Vice-Chancellor of the Presidency University at Kolkata, she hoped that some of the Aviators would choose Presidency as their next destination. She stated that the pursuit of knowledge is an exciting and endless experience and urged us to carry the confidence AVS gives us with grace and compassion and not with arrogance.

As the curtain closed on our 19th Founders’ Day Celebrations with the singing of the School Song, ‘Pass It On’, the State Anthem and the National Anthem, what remained in our hearts were the words of the Chief Guest, “True education is not the acquisition of information but the opening of minds.”

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Young Achievers’ Award (Lower School): Anushcka Joshi

The Indian Instrumental Musician of the Year: Abhishek Mech

The Most Promising Artist of the Year: Trinayan Saikia

Best Young Pupil Award (Lower School): Aakangsha Dutta

The Percussionist of the Year: Priyam Bhoopal

The Most Talented Performer of the Year: Barkhaa Goswami

Most Promising Pupil (Lower School): Devaansh Jallan

The Artist of the Year: Nilofar Farheen

The Most Promising Performer of the Year: Shiney Kasshyap

Founders’ AwArds 2014

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The Most Promising Reader of the Year: Ojas Jyoti B. Hazarika

Vocalist of the Year (Western Music): Kohtiba S. Sangtam

The Designer of the Year: Melissa N. Terangpi

Excellence in Craft, Design & Technology Award: Murongpang Imsong

Photographer of the Year: Anurag Das

The Best Elocutionist of the Year (Lower School): Anushcka Joshi

The Best Speaker of the Year (English): Dhruv Dutta

Individual Speech Trophy

The Best Speaker (Hindi) / The Best Actor of the Year : Shivam Saraf

Hindi Theatre

Individual Speech Trophy

Founders’ AwArds 2014

Highly Recommended for All- Round Achievement (Academics, Cultural, Events & Sport): Ajay SharmaThe AVS Award for the Pursuit of Excellence: Najiba YasminThe Best Actress of the Year: Umme Mehr HazarikaMost Promising Sportsman of the Year: Nammeir AhmedStuti Pandey Prize (Improvement, Determination and Perseverance): Nilofar FarheenAngshuman Nath Trophy (Excellence and Leading Contribution to Various Areas of School Life): Suravi PodderVocalist of the Year (Indian Music): Ipshita PratapThe Quizzer of the Year: Demita NambamThe Reader of the Year: Mayank AgarwalThe Most Promising Actress of the Year: Siddhi AgarwalThe Most Promising Debater of the Year (English): Anushka GanguliThe Most Promising Delegate of the Year: Harsh SiddhantaAVS Award for Leadership: Murongpang ImsongMost Promising Photographer of the Year: Himangshu BaruahHead’s Award: Organisational Ability: Akanksha Jain

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The Most Promising Elocutionist of the Year (Lower School): Toko Tato

The Best Debater of the Year (English): Suravi Podder

The Most Promising Debater of the Year (Hindi): Maulik Jain and Shubham Bajaj

The Most Promising Quizzer of the Year: Avinash Pratim Sarmah

The Best Debater of the Year (Hindi): Devangi Sharma

The Most Promising Actor of the Year: Dhruv Dutta

English Theatre

The Most Promising Actress of the Year: Suravi Podder

The Most Promising Actor of the Year: Aditya Kothari

The Best Delegate of the Year: Nehal Ahmed

Model United Nations

Hindi Theatre

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The Best Actress of the Year: Stuti Bazari

Hindi Theatre

The Journalist of the Year (Print Media): Najiba Yasmin

Outstanding Contribution to Service: Akanksha Jain

The Journalist of the Year (Electronic Media): Aayush Singhania

Outstanding Contribution to Social Service: Hifzur Rahman

Heather Carling Prize: Dramatics: Manav Chaudhari

Head of School’s Gold Medal Debate: Suravi Podder

Sportsman of the Year: Nummeir Ahmed

Most Promising Sportswoman of the Year: Jaagriti Borah

Founders’ AwArds 2014

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more AwArds For The yeAr 2013-14

ACADEMIC AWARDS CARLING AWARD FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

ISC 2014: JOYEETA DUTTA

CARLING AWARD FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE ICSE 2014: PRERNA BAROOAH

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A C H I E V E R S The Assam Valley School

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scholArs of The yeAr

recIPIeNTs of scholArs’ TIe

First Row (L-R): Aakangsha Dutta, Anushcka Joshi, Mrs. Shakila

Banu (Dean of Studies), Sonam Khunjuju

Second Row (L-R): Pranjael Bagaria,

Pratyush Jalan, Nehal Ahmed

First Row (L-R): Harsh Siddhanta, Krishna Beriya, Pranav Bagaria, Maulik Jain, Kaustav Tamuly,

Mrs. Shakila Banu (Dean of Studies), Yash Jalan, Anunay Jalan, Nehal Ahmed, Mahima Agarwalla

Second Row (L-R): Nilasha Bhimsaria, Shemmi Ningshen, Wasfia Safi, Shonali Kundu,

Anuja Barooah, Asmita Kakaty, Kavisha Poddar, Nilay Dhakal, Sonam Khunjuju, Leyi Lego,

Tisha Maheshwari, Moom Lego, Takhe Tamo Reela, Anushcka Joshi, Neha Swabnam

Third Row (L-R): Adrika Borah, Aaryav Dutta, Shubham Paul, Barun Jitani, Devaansh Gupta,

Arushi Agarwal, Priyanchi Sarmah, Isheeta Singha, Aarushi Agarwal, Pranjit Goswami, Pranav

Chandhoke, Humraj Jassal, Devansh Jalan

Fourth Row (L-R): Priyanka Das, Aakangsha Dutta, Uroolee Changmai, Hrishita Agarwal,

Shiney Kasshyap, Abhijay Hazarika, Mehak Matharu, Asita Dhanuka, Banshika

Bhimsaria, Shivani Chhawchharia, Harshika Deorah, Prarthana Sharma

Fifth Row (L-R): Nicky Tahbildar, Nabaraj Mahanta, Aaryan Sahu, Dithaingam Panmei, Dikshit Singh, Pratyush Jalan, Pranjael Bagaria, Chiranjeev Goswami, Shaurya Pratap Singh, Jaagriti Borah, Kanishka Killa

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recIPIeNTs of fouNDers’ AwArDs

First Row (L-R): Anurag Das, Aditya Kothari, Swaraj Singh, Manav Chaudhuri, Sriparna Gogoi, Nehal Ahmed, Maulik Jain.

Second Row (L-R): Ojas Hazarika, Avinash Sharma, Devansh Jalan, Himangshu Baruah, Simran Agarwal, Toko Tato, Harsh Siddhanta, Anushcka Joshi.

Third Row (L-R): Nammeir Ahmed, Ishika Jain, Shiney Kasshyap, Jaagriti Baruah, Abhishek Mech, Mayank Agarwal, Aakangsha Dutta

recIPIeNTs of 90� AND AboVe IN I.c.s.e

First Row (L-R): Maricca Rasaily, Krishna Beriya, Nikunj Khatuwala, Rohan Tayal, Victor Bharadwaj, Mrs. Shakila Banu (Dean of Studies), Harsh Siddhanta, Yash Jalan, Nehal Ahmed, Mahima Agarwalla

Second Row ( L-R): Sanjukta David, Ria Aradhyya, Saurav Dahiya, Dewangi Sharma, Aakankhya Bordoloi

Third Row ( L-R): Hrishikesh Baruah, Puja Chakraborty, Sarthak Bajaj, Shyam Mandhania, Pranav Bagaria, Bhargav Parashar, Sanskar Jalan

Fourth Row (L-R): Anunay Jalan, Nitya Bagrodia, Milap Basumatary, Caren Sahu

Fifth Row (L-R): Madhav Chettri, Pratinav Kashyap, Aditya Barooah, Nicky Tahbildar, Maulik Jain, Tejesh Saraf

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recIPIeNTs of school colours

recIPIeNTs of culTurAl TIe

recIPIeNTs of sPorTs TIe

First Row (L-R): Sriparna Gogoi, Prerna Barooah, Kaustav Tamuly, Manav Chaudhuri,

Shounak Ganguly, Rohan Nandy

Second Row (L–R): Bommi R. Nvucho , Aakangsha Dutta, Asita Dhanuka, Bhargav Parashar,

Anunay Jalan, Shiney Kasshyap, Arushi Lohia, Bamang Tagokoboro

Third Row (L-R): Maulik Jain, Abhishek Mech, Nehal Ahmed, Tanbir Ullah, Mindar Acho Rongphar,

Harsh Siddhanta, Sanskar Jalan

First Row (L-R): Victor Bharadwaj, Debajit Saha, Parth Lohia, Siddhant Mehta,

Tenzin Choidup, Digvijay Goyal

Second Row (L–R): Kekhriesilie Rio, Jaagriti Borah, Renim Das, Kashmiri Rabha

Third Row (L-R): Angad Singh Sekhon, Abhijay Hazarika, Aditya Narayan Bajpai,

Nammeir Ahmed, Boris Nambam, Saurav Dahiya

(L-R): Jaagriti Borah, Anushcka Joshi, Shiney Kasshap, Aakangsha Dutta, Nehal Ahmed

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recIPIeNTs of mAJor colours IN AcTIVITIes

recIPIeNTs of mINor colours IN AcTIVITIesFirst Row (L-R): Yash Jalan, Maulik Jain, Prerna Barooah, Prince Rasiwasia, Mayank Agarwal, Stuti Bazari, Manan Chalani, Pooja Saboo, Manav Chaudhuri, Pranav Bagaria, Rohan Tayal, Yuvraj Khaund, Siddhi Agarwal

First Row (L-R): Bedika Saikia, Anurag Das, Hiya Harinandini, Nehal Ahmed, Stuti Bazari, Shounak Ganguly, Sriparna Gogoi, Mindar Acho Rongphar, Kaustav Tamuly

Second Row (L-R): Humraj Jassal, Rhea Bali, Asita Dhanuka, Bhargav Parashar, Shiney Kashyap, Diptamoi Kakati, Aarushi Lohia, Aakangsha Dutta, Sanyukta Karki

Second Row (L-R): Jernia Khyoda, Bianca Karbak, Manish Borah, Devansh Jalan, Abdullah Ashraf, Dhritee Goswami, Bommi R. Nvucho, Sengthunglo Yanthan, Neha Swabnam, Shivansh Agarwalla, Sanendi Toy, Aditya Agarwal, Domeeya Mithi

Third Row (L-R): Shivam Kalwar, Sedikim Perme, Bamang Tagokoboru, Nilutpal Das, Avinash Sharma, Gaurav Agarwal, Tanvi Chandhoke, Vaishnavi Koona, Adrika Borah, Marcchy Kasshyap, Prajalita Borah, Kapish Harsinghpuria, Partha Saikia, Kashyap Kalita

Fourth Row (L-R): Rohit Agarwal, Nitya Bagrodia, Priyanchi Sharma, Ishika Jain, Rashika Mittal, Nikunj Hansaria, Krishna Beriya, Anoushhka Priyadarshini Kashyap, Tanisha Jallan, Hrishika Sharma, Hrishita Agarwal, Shivani Chhawchharia, Antara Ganguli, Serdimi Timungpi, Rishab Saikia

Fifth Row (L-R): Hrishiraj Hazarika, Kundan Jaiswal, Sempi Toy, Nabaraj Mahanta, Chiranjeev Goswami, Nehal Ahmed, Aditya Chowdhury, Shaurya Pratap Singh, Akshata Mahanta, Anchita Gupta, Hevikali Benjamin, Mehar Chauhan, Sumedha Singh

Sixth Row (L-R): Ritvick Raag, Dino Huidrom, Saurav Dahiya, Anuraaj Barua, Harsh Siddhanta, Sanskar Jalan, Tezraj Kayshap, Sahil Periwal, Juliet Paul, Uroolee Changmai, Sanaya Singh, Puja Chakraborty

Third Row (L-R): Mayank Agarwal, Anushka Ganguli, Joshita Kashyap, Maulik Jain, Aditya Kothari, Manav Chaudhuri, Pratinav Kashyap, Vipul Raj Singh, Anunay Jallan, Neeraj Barooah, Dewangi Sharma, Harshit Sarawgi

Fourth Row (L-R: Victor Bharadwaj, Prerna Barooah, Ronojit Bhuyan, Kunal Dey, Saket Mittal, Pratyush Jalan, Sudeep Laikhuram, Parth Deorah, Devneel Goswami, Priyanka Das, Shaurya Pratap Singh

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recIPIeNTs of mAJor colours IN GAmes

First Row ( L-R): Victor Bharadwaj, Yuvraj Khaund, Leonard Pator, Areeb

Ahmed, Puneet Jain, Prince Rasiwasia, Aditya Barooah Thekedath

Second Row (L-R): Abdullah Ashraf, Havika Apang, Nishan Rapsang, Nilim Bordoloi, Chou Liangwang Choutang,

Adrija Mahanta, Mughdha Bordoloi

Third Row ( L-R): Arijit Barooah, Rhidhwiman Baruah, Limathung

Euzung, Sudeep Laikhuram, Pratyush Pran Das, Neerav Jain

recIPIeNTs of mINor colours IN GAmes

First Row (L-R): Partha Saikia, Anunay Jalan, Yuvraj Khaund, Pranjael

Bagaria, Antara Ganguli, Mindar Acho Rongphar, Saptarishi Sharma,

Anushcka Joshi, Madhav Chettri

Second Row (L-R): Nilutpal Das, Junafisa Pakyntein, Himangshu

Baruah, Gurveer Singh, Shaurya Pratap Singh, Rohit Agarwal,

Rangding Meru, Bhargav Parashar, Nabaraj Mahanta, Dewangi Sharma,

Hrishita Agarwal, Manish Borah

Third Row(L-R): Shreyash Sodhani, Mohit Golchha, Dipankar Chowdhury,

Rajashree Baumatary, Milap Basumatary, Raghav Bagaria, Nicky

Tahbildar, Manan Sharma, Shreyansh Agarwal, Rajnish Goenka

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heAD of school wITh PrefecTs 2014-15

First Row (L-R): Udayvir Guha Sircar, Pooja Saboo, Areeb Ahmed, Rohan Nandy, Ms. Sonya Ghandy Mehta (Head of School), Siddhant Mehta, Sriparna Gogoi, Stuti Bazari, Shounak Ganguly

Second Row (L-R): Devneel Goswami, Mayank Agarwal, Manav Chaudhuri, Saket Mittal, Gaurav Krishan, Eshan Sahu, Sudeep Laikhuram, Rohan Abrar, Nayanjyoti Ramchiary, Sunny Warbah

Third Row (L-R): Renita Saikia, Adhvika Poddar, Harshit Sarawgi, Emul Pao, Puneet Jain, Tanya Rose Rao, Raeesah Jahan Ahmed, Alexzandrea McLuskie, Pragya Gupta

Fourth Row (L-R): Sukisungla Jamir, Bedika Saikia, Prerna Barooah, Aishwarya Dutta, Avanti Pema Lama, Jennifer Baruah

First row (L-R): Devansh Jallan, Pema Khrime, Mrs. Sahana Mazumdar, Mr. Amitabh Agnihotri, Ms. Sonya Ghandy Mehta, Mrs. Shakila Banu, Mr. Pulok Borborah, Saumya Jindal, Akanshit Sharma

Second row (L-R): Kapinjal Sharma, Jirmin Tok, Antara Ganguli, Kashmiri Rabha, Anwesha Chaliha, Harshit Sarawgi, Adhvick Pal, Priyanchi Sarmah, Rashi Lal, Divyana Das, Nilasha Bhimsaria

Third row (L-R): Sanaya Singh, Vansh Sharma, Rohan Abrar, Chris Harris, Tezraj Kayshap, Aaryan Sahu, Priyanka Das, Stuti Bazari, Yash Jalan, Maulik Jain

heAD of school wITh PuPIl AcADemIc couNcIl

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heAD of school wITh rouND sQuAre commITTee members

First Row (L-R): Shounak Ganguly, Sriparna Gogoi, Siddhant Mehta, Mr. A.S Huidrom, Ms. Sonya Ghandy Mehta (Head of School), Mr. Amitabh Agnihotri (Deputy Head), Manav Chaudhuri, Sibasish Borah, Rohan Nandy

Second Row (L-R): Pooja Saboo, Udayvir Guha Sircar, Devneel Goswami, Areeb Ahmed, Tanavi Chaudhury, Stuti Bazari, Leonard Pator

heAD of school wITh DIscIPlINAry commITTee

First Row (L-R): Mrs. Shalu Sharma, Mrs. Meenakshi B. Das, Mrs. Nancy Kwan Baruah, Mrs. Smita Borah, Mrs. Nomita Huidrom, Mr. V.P Rao, Mrs. Sahana Mazumdar, Mr. Amit Jugrran, Ms. Sonya Ghandy Mehta, Mr. Amitabh Agnihotra, Mr. Tushar Bharadwaj, Mrs. Shakila Banu, Mr. Pulok Borborah, Mrs. Mousumi Talukdar, Mr. Sanjay Singh, Mrs. Daisy Baruah, Ms. Pamela Syiemlieh, Mrs. Tamanna Seth

Second Row (L-R): Mr. Shabir Ansari, Mr. Debnath Pyne, Mr. Ritochit Baruah, Mr. A.S Huidrom, Sukisangla Jamir, Alexzandrea McLuskie, Puneet Jain, Gaurav Krishan, Siddhant Mehta, Emul Pao, Rohan Nandy, Nayanjyoti Ramchiary, Prerna Barooah, Sriparna Gogoi, Mr. Mintu Borah, Mr. Manoj Sharma, Mr. L.P Watts, Mr. R. Chauhan

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heAD of school wITh school currIculum commITTee members

First Row (L–R): Mrs. Nidhi Singh, Mr. Manoj Sharma, Mrs. Sahana Majumdar (Director Educational Administration), Mr. Tushar Bharadwaj (Director of Activities), Mr. Amitabh Agnihotri (Deputy Head), Ms. Sonya Ghandy Mehta (Head of School), Mrs. Shakila Banu (Dean of Studies), Mr. Pulok Borborah, Mrs. Minaksshi Gogoi, Dr. Kuljeet Singh, Mr. A.S. Huidrom

Second Row (L – R): Mr. Minto Borah, Mrs. Joyce MacDonald, Ms. Sangeeta Saikia, Dr. (Mrs.) Hemashree Deka, Mr. Manas Mukhoti, Mr. Thajeb Ali Hazarika, Mr. Sanjay Kumar Dixit, Mr. Sanjay Sharma, Mr. B. Moses Herick, Ms. Shubha Chatterjee, Mrs. Meenakshi Baruah Das, Mrs. Urmimala P. Mukhoti, Mr. V.P. Rao

First Row (L - R): Mrs. Nomita Huidrom, Mrs. Priyongu Borborah, Mrs. Janet Bharadwaj, Mrs. Neeta Hazarika, Mrs. Nancy Kwan Baruah, Mrs. Shalu Sharma, Mrs. Meenakshi Baruah Das, Dr. Dimple Baruah, Mr. Amitabh Agnihotri (Deputy Head), Ms. Sonya Ghandy Mehta (Head of School), Mr. Amit Jugrran (Administrator & DPE), Mrs. Tamanna Seth, Mrs. Pamela Syiemlieh, Ms. Smita Borah, Mrs. Sahana Majumdar, Ms. Mousumi Talukdar, Mrs. Daisy Rani Baruah, Mrs. Jilpa Bhutia, Mrs. Protima Mathur.

Second Row (L - R): Mr. Sabir Ansari, Mr. B. Moses Herick, Mr. R. Chauhan, Mr. L.P. Watts, Mr. Debnath Pyne, Mr. Pulok Borborah, Mr. Ritochit Barua, Mr. A.S. Huidrom, Mr. Manoj Sharma, Mr. Minto Borah, Mr. V.P. Rao

heAD of school wITh PAsTorAl commITTee members

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heAd oF school wiTh school council memBers

First Row (L-R): Ms. Rimjhim Ghosh Pyne, Mr. Pulok Borborah, Mahima Agarwalla, Rohan Nandy, Mr. Tushar Bharadwaj (Director of Activities), Mr. Amit Jugrran (Administrator & DPE), Ms. Sonya Ghandy Mehta (Head of School), Mr. Amitabh Agnihotri (Deputy Head), Mrs.Shakila Banu (Dean of Studies), Siddhant Mehta, Sriparna Gogoi, Mrs. Sahana Mazumdar (Director Educational Administration), Mr. Abhinav Gogoi

Second Row (L-R): Adrika Kaushik, Priyadarshini Barua, Banshika Bhimsaria, Leonard Pator, Puja Chakraborty, Sayan Nag, Parth Lohia, Aaryan Sahu, Partha Saikia, Devaansh Gupta, Aakangsha Dutta, Jirmin Tok, Anushcka Joshi

Third Row (L-R): Mr. V.P Rao, Mrs. Mousumi Talukdar, Mrs. Shalu Sharma, Mr. L.P Watts, Mr. B.Moses Herick, Dr. Dimple Borah, Dr. Sunil K.Rai, Mr. Debnath Pyne, Mr. Rupjyoti Das, Mrs. Neeta Hazarika, Mrs. Meenakshi B. Das, Mr. Naveen Jha.

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heAD of school wITh AcTIVITy lrPs

First Row (L – R): Mr. L.P. Watts, Ms. Sarmistha Paul Sarkar, Mrs. Priyanka Joshi, Dr. (Mrs.) Hemashree Deka, Mrs. Sahana Majumdar, Ms. Sonya Ghandy Mehta (Head of School), Mr. Tushar Bharadwaj (Director of Activities), Mr. A.S. Huidrom, Mr. V.P. Rao, Mrs. Nancy Kwan Baruah, Mrs. Nabanita Kaur Jassal

Second Row (L – R): Mrs. Ruby B. Bordoloi, Mr. Sanjay Sharma, Mr. Manoj Hazarika, Mr. Arvind Benjamin, Mr. Abhinav B. Gogoi, Mr. Ritochit Baruah, Mr. Pranjal Saikia, Mr. R. Chauhan, Mr. Pranjal Baruah

First Row (L-R): Mr. Ridip Mahanta, Mr. Jayanta Borah, Mr. Monjit Roy, Mr. T.C Keot, Mr. Dhiraj Das, Mr. Devendra Verma, Mr. Amit Jugrran (Administrator & DPE), Ms. Sonya Ghandy Mehta (Head of School), Mr. Amitabh Agnihotri (Deputy Head), Mr. Sanjay Singh, Mr. Sanjay Pathak, Mr.Jamlanthanng Hangzo, Mr. Rajiv Doimary, Mr. Abhijeet Baruah

Second Row (L-R): Narita Singh, Priyadarshini Barua, Geyum Sora, Pinpo Terang, Areeb Ahmed, Dodum Natung, Trinayan Saikia, Chris Harris, Parth Lohia, Siddhant Mehta, Shubham Barjatya, Vishal Agarwal, Debajit Saha, Shreyash Sodhani, Aishwarya Dutta, Yangtila Ozukum, Leonard Pator

heAD of school wITh GAmes commITTee members

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AcAdemicsBOARD RESULTS, PAR EXCELLENCE ONCE AGAIN

ISC & ICSE BOARD RESULTS - 2015

Aashna Chhawchharia CLASS 12 TOPPER 98.75%

Nehal Ahmed CLASS 10 TOPPER 97.60%

The results were declared at 11:30 am on 18 May, 2015, and we are happy to announce that all candidates were declared to have passed their respective examinations.

AVS sent up 103 students for the ISCE (Class 10) examination and 116 students for the ISC (Class 12) examination.

It is indeed an achievement that year upon year, tirelessly and selflessly, teachers at The Assam Valley School produce excellent board results. This is a clear indicator that in its twenty year history, The Assam Valley School has developed and sustained a robust academic result oriented paradigm. It must also be mentioned that AVS has a very varied co-curricular programme running concomitantly with academics and students are actively engaged in more than one activity and any given time in the year.

The Head of School, Ms. Sonya Ghandy Mehta confirmed that Aashna Chhawchharia (Humanities) secured an impressive 98.75%, Shantanu Mittal (Science) secured a staggering 97.75% and Priyam Bhoopal (Commerce) secured a whopping 97%. Ms. Mehta reiterated that such quality results at the individual level as well as commendable class aggregates of 86.71% at the class 10 (ICSE) and 87.51% at the class 12 (ISC) level position the School as one of the premier educational institutions in the country.

ISC students of the Humanities stream secured a class aggregate of 88.65%, Commerce stream students 87.32% and Science stream students 85.41%. Individual subjects too boast an upward swing with Psychology and Physics topping the list with an appreciable 7.45% and 7.07% respectively. Another statistic worth noting is that 46.60% of students scored an overall aggregate of 90% and above and 37.06% scored between 80% to 89%.

With such laudable results it is little wonder that most of our students enter into some of the most hallowed portals of tertiary education. A number of AVS students have gone on to study at the prestigious National Institute of Design (NID), many others at St Stephen’s College, Lady Sri Ram, SRCC, Hindu College, Christ College (Bangalore). Still others venture further afield and opt for a degree abroad.

In the 2015 ICSE (Class 10), the results were even better with AVS having bettered its results with an overall upward swing of over 1%. This year the topper was Nehal Ahmed with an impressive 97.60%. Following close on his heels were Yash Jalan (97.40%), Harsh Siddhanta (97%), Victor Bharadwaj (97%), Mahima Agarwalla (96.60%), Ipshita Pratap (96.40%), Samyak Sethi (96.20%), Anushka Ganguli (96.20%), Maulik Jain (96%), Pragati Thapa (96%) and Olivia Nambam (96%).

AVS sent up 103 students of which 42% secured aggregates of 90% and above while 34% secured aggregates of 80% to 89%.

Indeed the entire AVS family is proud of this joint achievement: parent – student – teacher and are committed to walking that extra mile to ensure that every student does his or her very best thus giving them the confidence to tackle the next chapter in their lives.

Congratulating every teacher and student, the Head of School did not forget to mention the most important stakeholder in this triangle — the parent, whose constant inspiration and guidance was a boost to every student’s morale in their hour of need.

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isc 2015 resulTs AT A GlAnce

SL. Name of the Student %age90% and above

1 Aashna Chhawchharia 98.75

2 Shantanu Mittal 97.75

3 Kareena Bordoloi 97.50

4 Anauska Dutta 97.25

5 Priyam Bhoopal 97.00

6 Rohan Saraf 96.75

7 Abhinav Khaitan 96.75

8 Srishti Bhargav Singh 96.50

9 Prarthana Baruva 96.50

10 Deepam Gattani 96.25

11 Supriti David 96.25

12 Keshav Agarwal 96.00

13 Aayush Agarwal 96.00

14 Najiba Yasmin 95.50

15 Akanksha Jain 95.25

16 Deepankar Deorah 95.25

17 Shreyansh Dugar 95.00

18 Mukund Harlalka 95.00

19 Suravi Podder 95.00

20 Vani Vandana Chhetri 94.75

21 Nathan Kaurinta Zeliang 94.75

22 Jayant Agarwal 94.50

23 Simone Sarma 94.50

24 Reshmee Das 94.25

25 Lalmalsawma Sailo 94.25

26 Harsha Pareek 93.75

27 Radhika Jalan 93.25

28 Saloni Saraogi 93.25

29 Umme Mehr Hazarika 93.25

30 Kyzom Yangchen Tenzing 93.25

31 Shnehansu Raj Baruah 92.75

32 Demita Nambam 92.75

33 Sonal Bhartia 92.75

SL. Name of the Student %age85% and above

1 Hifzur Rahman 89.75

2 Swarup Paul 89.25

3 Badonnam Pyrbot 89.25

4 Ojingso Paul 89.25

5 Antara Borah 89.00

6 Ayush Kumar Bajaj 88.75

7 Margarita M. R. Pakyntein 88.75

8 Lisathung Patton 88.25

9 Sumixna Borchetia 88.25

10 Meenal Pasari 88.00

11 Karan Raj Gupta 88.00

34 Lalrinawma Chhangte 92.75

35 Keshav Rathi 92.25

36 Hardik Agarwal 92.00

37 Murongpang Imsong 92.00

38 Visakha Kashyap 91.75

39 Kaveri Roy 91.50

40 Nilofar Farheen 91.25

41 Kirtiman Hazarika 91.25

42 Anushka Barman 91.00

43 Shubham Bajaj 91.00

44 Simran J Vaswani 91.00

45 Swati Baruah 90.75

46 Sakshi Saraf 90.75

47 Dagi Ngomdir 90.50

48 Rojaskiya Ranjeet 90.50

49 Rohan Dastidar 90.50

50 Tanzeeb Iqbal 90.25

51 Jirnia Taying 90.25

52 Rajat Singh Gill 90.00

53 Aditya Agarwala 90.00

54 Kaushik Das 90.00

12 Yvette Mawrie 88.00

13 Ashu Sharma 87.75

14 Harvey Newton Diengdoh 87.75

15 Mayukhraaj Saharia 87.00

16 Boris Raj Borgohain 86.75

17 Rishabh Patni 86.75

18 Jessica Chowdhury 86.50

19 Archiya Habib 86.00

20 Shivalika Choudhury 86.00

21 Aayush Singhania 86.00

22 Darpan Bora 86.00

23 Dhruv Dutta 85.50

24 Irwin Daimari 85.50

25 Arindam Barooah 85.25

26 Norbu Choden 85.00

27 Abhiman Paul 85.00

28 Rupali Sharma 85.00

29 Aalia Singh 84.75

30 Barkhaa Goswami 84.75

31 Priya Elangbam 84.50

32 Laloo Phassang 84.25

33 Srishti Dutta 83.50

34 Melissa Nongkynrih Terangpi 83.25

35 Eurika Rymbai 83.00

36 Himanshu Agarwalla 83.00

37 Nummeir Ahmed 82.00

38 Chipenla Chang 82.00

39 Abhishek Daimari 81.25

40 Shivraj Nunisa 81.00

41 Mahasweta Das 80.50

42 Alemso Tawsik 80.50

43 Jason Nongmaithem 80.00

S U M M A R Y Number of Pupils: 85% and above = 43 Number of Pupils: 90% and above = 54

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ISC RESULT ANALYSIS : 2011 – 2015BEST YEAR - 2012 - 88.68% (BEST 4) 84.79% (ALL SUBJECTS)

Subject 2011 No. 2012 No. 2013 No. 2014 No. 2015 No. Change

Accountancy 82.44 34 85.44 32 86.77 30 83.92 36 83.66 41 -0.26

Art NA NA NA NA 91.33 3.00 96.00 4 97.00 4 1.00

Biology 79.45 11 76.00 9 85.33 12 87.75 12 84.37 19 -3.38

Biotechnology 95.67 3.00 95.75 4.00 96.45 11 96.00 6 99.33 6 3.33

Business Studies 62.00 9 64.00 4 80.80 10 80.25 12.00 76.36 14 -3.89

Chemistry 81.23 13 79.63 16 71.68 22 77.83 18 75.37 27 -2.46

Commerce 83.62 34 86.69 32 83.17 30 89.03 36 87.61 41 -1.42

Computer Science 90.00 1 96.57 7 96.00 3 96.67 3 98.75 4 2.08

Economics 70.71 45 80.64 39 77.32 37 89.02 41 85.71 52 -3.31

English (Compulsory) 84.92 86 83.56 77 86.86 85 86.62 93 88.00 116 1.38

Environmental Education 80.69 86 89.91 77 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

EVS NA NA NA NA NA NA 87 8 92.00 2 5.00

History 74.56 36 83.41 29 79.85 33 84.92 38 82.85 48 -2.07

Mathematics 74.55 40 82.70 43 81.83 41 85.90 41 80.76 58 -5.14

Physics 79.00 16 75.13 16 76.73 22 70.89 19 77.96 27 7.07

Political Science 83.33 36 86.62 29 92.15 33 85.44 39 75.60 48 -9.83

Psychology 76.84 38 85.11 27 83.47 30 84.38 34 91.83 36 7.45

Sociology 87.93 28 90.52 21 87.61 23 95.88 25 93.05 38 -2.83

TOPPER’S AVERAGECommerce Pranay Matharu Vedant Jain Padma Todi Parth More PRIYAM BHOOPAL

Avg Best 4 95.50 96.00 97.50 98.25 97.00 -1.25

Humanities Tanvi Bist & Prapti Bora Uttara T. Marak Ananya Hazarika Joyeeta Dutta AASHNA CHHAWCHHARIA

Avg Best 4 94.00 98.75 98.25 99.50 98.75 -0.75

Science Vanessa Surong Anirudh Deorah Shakti Yambem Arpit Agarwal SHANTANU MITTAL

Avg Best 4 92.50 97.00 93.50 96.75 97.75 1.00

SCHOOL AVERAGES 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Change

No. of Candidates 86 77 85 93 116 23.00

Avg All Sub. 79.94 84.79 83.79 86.00 84.69 -1.30

Avg Best 4 84.01 88.68 86.57 88.44 87.51 -0.93

P.C.N.A. 0 0 0 0 0 NA

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SL. Name of the Student %age90% and above

1 Nehal Ahmed 97.60

2 Yash Jalan 97.40

3 Harsh Siddhanta 97.00

4 Victor Isaac Bharadwaj 97.00

5 Mahima Agarwalla 96.60

6 Ipshita Pratap 96.40

7 Samyak Sethi 96.20

8 Anushka Ganguli 96.20

9 Maulik Jain 96.00

10 Pragati Thapa 96.00

11 Olivia Nambam 96.00

12 Krishna Beriya 95.80

13 Nitya Bagrodia 95.60

14 Anunay Jallan 95.40

15 Pratik Baid 95.40

16 Yash Gattani 95.40

17 Nicky Tahbildar 95.40

18 Dewangi Sharma 95.20

19 Bhargav Parashar 95.00

20 Naman Goyal 94.80

21 Pranav Bagaria 94.80

22 Suvinay Bothra 94.60

23 Rohan Tayal 94.40

24 Sneha Sharma 94.20

25 Pratinav Kashyap 94.20

26 Aditya Barooah 94.00

27 Shyam Mandhania 93.60

28 Madhav Chhetri 93.00

29 Nikunj Khatuwala 92.80

30 Ria Aradhyya 92.80

S U M M A R Y Number of pupils: 80% and above = 35 Number of pupils: 90% and above = 43

SL. Name of the Student %age85% and above

1 Biyir Karbak 89.80

2 Abhishek Mech 89.60

3 Tanvi Chandhoke 89.00

4 Nandini Modi 88.60

5 Meghna Lahiri 88.20

6 Muskan Agarwal 88.20

7 Mustaque Aqib Ahmed 88.20

8 Mahek Agarwal 88.00

9 Barsha Daimary 87.80

10 Ronak Gogoi 87.60

11 Sungtiben Toy 87.20

31 Tejesh Saraf 92.80

32 Caren Sahu 92.60

33 Maricca Madan Rasaily 92.60

34 Titiksha Kashyap 92.40

35 Aakankhya Bordoloi 92.00

36 Ayush Dowerah 91.80

37 Milap Jiu Basumatary 91.00

38 Sanjukta David 90.80

39 Sarthak Bajaj 90.80

40 Puja Chakraborty 90.60

41 Hrishikesh Baruah 90.60

42 Saurav Kumar Dahia 90.60

43 Sanskar Jalan 90.00

12 Abhiraaj Saharia 86.60

13 Catherine Lily Vincy 86.40

14 Ashley Zothansangi Sailo 86.40

15 Toko Thutop 85.60

16 Dodum Natung 85.20

17 Omkar Singh Shekhawat 85.00

18 Partha Pratim Sarmah 84.80

19 Sraddha Dutta 84.80

20 Mindar Acho Rangphar 84.60

21 Jema Ninhshen 84.40

22 Joshita Kashyap 84.40

23 Seeim Engleng 84.20

24 Withina Choutang 83.20

25 Shubamso Paul 83.00

26 Taba Yadap 82.80

27 Prince Bajaj 82.60

28 Jarema Balo 82.00

29 Nikhil Shagolsem 81.80

30 Jyotishka Saikia 81.60

31 Lleyong Chenzin Phempu 81.20

32 Aniho Chishi 81.00

33 Yuvraj Khaund 80.60

34 Diptamoi Kakati 80.00

35 Vanshika Sharma 80.00

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ICSE RESULT ANALYSIS: 2011 - 2015BEST YEAR - 2011 - 88.43% (BEST 5) 83.26% (All Subject)

Subject 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Change

English (Compulsory) 86.44 83.03 84.86 84.98 89.13 4.15

SECOND LANGUAGESecond Language: Assamese 92.20 90.90 93.27 89.56 92.43 2.87

Second Language:Bengali 76.00 79.67 66.50 66.00 NA NA

Second Language:Hindi 82.06 79.88 86.88 80.28 79.66 -0.62

GROUP IICommercial Studies NA 87.92 73.92 NA NA NA

Economics NA 76.4 72.10 NA NA NA

Environmental Science NA 72.08 75.67 72.00 NA NA

EED 96.69 92.80 NA NA NA NA

History, civics and Geography 84.95 82.88 84.04 84.93 90.78 5.84

Mathematics 74.35 70.75 76.04 75.91 73.95 -1.95

Science (Phy, Chem., Bio) 69.31 69.32 69.58 71.03 72.98 1.95

Group III SubjectsArt 88.63 90.50 90.67 92.20 90.50 -1.70

Physical Education 91.33 94.68 95.63 96.36 97.67 1.32

Computer Applications 86.91 88.74 90.86 94.50 97.35 2.85

Economics Applications 85.78 90.91 91.22 84.78 91.00 6.22

Environmental Applications NA NA NA 92.33 92.64 NA

Commercial Applications 89.33 85.80 90.35 91.64 89.83 -1.80

Indian Dance (IND) NA NA 90.86 89.60 89.40 -0.20

Indian Music (IMH) 89.00 92.40 89.88 93.20 98.60 5.40

School AveragesAll Subjects 83.26 82.11 82.62 81.84 83.83 1.99

Best 5 88.43 87.18 85.64 84.53 86.71 2.18

No. of Students 96 101 118 121 103

P.C.N.A. 0 0 0 0 0

Toppers’ Average (Best 5) T. Agarwal P. Chamaria Anauska Dutta Prerna Barooah Nehal Ahmed

All Subjects 95.57 96.29 95.50 95.83 97.33 1.50

Best 5 97.00 97.20 96.20 96.20 97.60 1.40

Lowest Performer’s AveragesBest 5 67.14 64.43 64.67 60.00 69.60 9.60

All Subjects 72.40 71.80 68.40 57.33 66.00 8.67

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sTAr priZe winners yeAr 2014-15

MERIT LIST ( STAR AWARD)- CLASS 5ACADEMIC YEAR (2014-15)

HONOURS HOLDERSl No House Roll No Name Ye a r ’ s

AveragePosition

1 J 2649 Adrika Borah 95.38 Honours

2 J 2652 Priyanchi Sharma 93.55 Honours

3 B 2589 Takhe Tamo Reela 92.44 Honours

4 K 2634 Nilasha Bhimsaria 91.77 Honours

5 S 2650 Anushcka Joshi 91.71 Honours

6 B 2842 Bhavika Goyal 90.16 Honours

7 J 2841 Dimpal Deori 89.72 Honours

8 L 2856 Rotozo Tetseo 89.49 Honours

9 K 2624 Jarnia Balo 89.44 Honours

10 B 2710 Shonali Kundu 89.22 Honours

11 J 2867 Saumya Jindal 89.10 Honours

12 S 2613 Neha Swabnam 87.99 Honours

13 L 2684 Baristha Bibhav Gogoi 87.88 Honours

14 B 2592 Moom Lego 87.71 Honours

15 D 2849 Hitansh Jalan 86.66 Honours

MERIT LIST ( STAR AWARD)- CLASS 6Sl No House Roll No Name Ye a r ’ s

AveragePosition

1 L 2566 Aaryav Dutta 95.73 Honours

2 M 2852 Harry George Elangbam 94.93 Honours

3 S 2999 Himaanshi Sharma 94.33 Honours

4 B 2705 Anuja Barooah 93.93 Honours

5 B 2724 Asmita Kakati 93.73 Honours

6 S 2700 Sonam Dema T Khunjuju 92.80 Honours

7 B 2991 Sikunpriyaa Goswami 91.20 Honours

8 M 2657 Nilay Dhakal 90.93 Honours

9 J 2745 Kavisha Poddar 89.00 Honours

10 N 2924 Aryan Khatuwala 88.53 Honours

11 K 2756 Tisha Maheshwari 87.06 Honours

12 S 2702 Leyi Lego 86.80 Honours

MERIT LIST ( STAR AWARD)- CLASS 7Sl No House Roll No Name Ye a r ’ s

AveragePosition

1 K 2268 Aakangsha Dutta 93.20 Honours

2 B 2707 Sonal Agarwal 92.26 Honours

3 L 2855 Tushar Das 92.06 Honours

4 L 2828 Shlok Jhunjhunwala 91.73 Honours

5 L 2476 Subham Paul 91.60 Honours

6 L 2622 Devansh Gupta 91.20 Honours

7 K 2648 Nishika Agarwal 91.06 Honours

8 D 2608 Dikshit Singh 90.46 Honours

9 M 2712 Aaryan Sahu 89.20 Honours

10 B 2881 Arisha Chaliha 87.93 Honours

11 M 2750 Kapish Harsingpuria 86.53 Honours

12 D 2276 Pranjit Narayan Goswami 86.06 Honours

13 K 2836 Divyana Das 86.00 Honours

14 N 2907 Jagrit Kasera 85.93 Honours

15 M 2919 Ishaan Dabriwal 85.26 Honours

16 L 2739 Suyash Agarwal 85.20 Honours

MERIT LIST ( STAR AWARD)- CLASS 6Sl No House Roll No Name Ye a r ’ s

AveragePosition

13 B 2730 Akinali Ayemi 86.60 Honours

14 K 2486 Shemmi Ningshen 86.60 Honours

15 M 2489 Humraj Singh Jassal 86.60 Honours

16 J 2763 Wasfia Safi 86.53 Honours

17 J 2887 Anushka Bora 86.00 Honours

18 B 2686 Ipsita Diganta Kashyap 85.20 Honours

19 N 2721 Param Singh Nongmaithem 85.06 Honours

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MERIT LIST ( STAR AWARD)- CLASS 8Sl No House Roll No Name Ye a r ’ s

AveragePosition

1 S 2688 Arushi Agarwal 94.46 Honours

2 B 2576 Uroolee Changmai 93.53 Honours

3 B 2304 Lune Lakshmi Dai 91.13 Honours

4 M 2681 Pranav Chandhoke 90.93 Honours

5 J 2079 Mehar Chauhan 90.20 Honours

6 N 2746 Keshav Bimalesh Goenka 89.40 Honours

7 N 2392 Devaansh Jallan 89.33 Honours

8 S 2618 Aarushi Lohia 89.06 Honours

9 K 2632 Shivani Chhawchharia 88.46 Honours

10 N 2176 Kausik Das 87.80 Honours

11 B 2181 Anuradha Das 87.80 Honours

12 K 2601 Isheeta Singha 87.66 Honours

13 B 2220 Isheeta Hazarika 87.60 Honours

14 J 2397 Rashi Lal 87.46 Honours

15 S 2826 Ishika Tibrewal 87.20 Honours

16 N 2892 Aditya Borooah Thekedath 86.93 Honours

17 B 2760 Afshin Choudhury 86.80 Honours

18 N 2718 Mehul Rungta 86.53 Honours

19 B 2372 Antara Ganguli 86.46 Honours

20 B 2877 Debanika Choudhury 86.46 Honours

21 M 2896 Shivansh Bajar 86.40 Honours

22 J 2060 Jaagriti Borah 86.40 Honours

23 D 2938 Aditya Vinod Saraf 86.33 Honours

24 J 2508 Rhea Bali 86.13 Honours

25 L 2116 Toko Tato 86.00 Honours

26 N 2931 Surya Ranjan Sengupta 85.93 Honours

27 L 2736 Abhijay Hazarika 85.73 Honours

28 M 2420 Nilutpal Hojai Das 85.06 Honours

MERIT LIST ( STAR AWARD)- CLASS 9Sl No House Roll No Name Ye a r ’ s

AveragePosition

1 L 2719 Pranjael Bagaria 92.03 Honours

2 D 1998 Chiranjeev Narayan Goswami

90.53 Honours

3 S 2728 Asita Dhanuka 90.29 Honours

4 B 2499 Priyanka Das 89.87 Honours

5 K 2451 Shiney Kasshyap 89.08 Honours

6 N 1999 Shaurya Pratap Singh 88.91 Honours

7 S 2734 Hrishika Sharma 88.74 Honours

8 B 2462 Kashmiri Rabha 88.37 Honours

9 M 2751 Nabaraj Mahanta 87.83 Honours

10 D 2564 Priyank Kumar Agarwalla 87.66 Honours

11 S 2407 Hrishita Agarwal 87.53 Honours

12 K 2165 Banshika Bhimsaria 87.37 Honours

13 B 2862 Ishika Jain 87.03 Honours

14 M 2630 Vipul Raj Singh 86.83 Honours

15 D 2472 Barun Jitani 86.33 Honours

16 M 2666 Shaashwat Agarwal 86.20 Honours

17 K 2777 Mehak Matharu 85.66 Honours

18 D 2805 Dithaingam Panmei 85.66 Honours

19 S 2421 Mugdha Bordoloi 85.54 Honours

20 D 2183 Samaloy Hazarika 85.45 Honours

MERIT LIST ( STAR AWARD)- CLASS 11Sl No House Roll No Name Ye a r ’ s

AveragePosition

1 J 2500 Prerna Barooah 95.45 Honours

2 K 2972 Hiya Harinandini 94.10 Honours

3 K 2983 Sriparna Gogoi 93.90 Honours

4 K 2986 Stuti Bazari 92.50 Honours

5 B 1689 Khriebunuo Zutso 90.70 Honours

6 J 2239 Narita Singh 90.25 Honours

7 D 1748 Pratyush Kumar Jalan 89.65 Honours

8 D 2966 Raunak Kumar Maloo 88.50 Honours

9 S 2434 Pragya Gupta 88.00 Honours

10 M 1884 Devneel Dev Goswami 87.20 Honours

11 L 2982 Devesh Khaitan 86.65 Honours

12 S 2089 Shristi Bordoloi 86.20 Honours

13 L 1923 Parth Deorah 86.05 Honours

14 B 2975 Ayushi Saharia 85.65 Honours

15 M 2959 Farhan Syed Hussain 85.60 Honours

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The heAd oF school And sTAFF wiTh The isc BATch, 2016

First Row (L-R): Mr. Amitabh Bandophadyay, Ms.Sangeeta Saikia, Mr. Thajeb Hazarika, Mrs. Meenakshi B. Das, Mr. V.P Rao, Ms. Shubha Chatterjee, Mr. Pulok Borborah, Mr. Amitabh Agnihotri (Deputy Head), Ms. Sonya Ghandy Mehta (Head of School), Mrs. Shakila Banu, Mr. Tushar Bharadwaj, Mr. Manoj Sharma, Dr. (Mrs.) Hemashree Deka, Mr. Manas Mukhoti, Mrs. Joyce MacDonald, Mr. Debnath Pyne, Dr. Sunil K. Rai, Mr. Amar Mathur

Second Row (L-R): Devneel Gowami, Puneet Jain, Prince Phukan, Ritabrata Gogoi, Nayanjyoti Ramchiary, Prantor Borthakur, Anurag Das, Debajit Ranjan Saha, Mayank Agarwal, Farhan Hussain, Rohan Abrar, Kunal Dey, Brandon Billing, Pinpo Terang, Areeb Ahmed, Devank Agarwal, Rituraj Kalita, Jennifer Baruah, Anwesha Chaliha

Third Row (L-R): Yash Kumar Jain, Digvijay Goyal, Leonard Pator, Sayan Nag, Prerna Barooah, Aditya Kothari, Parth Deorah, Priyam Garg, Shreyash Sodhani, Rotluangkima Ralte, Sunny Warbah, Rahul Das, Ankit Dey, Prince Rasiwasia, Shivam Bajaj, Devesh Khaitan, Harshit Sarawgi, Blaine Knight, Bedika Saikia

Fourth Row (L-R): Priyadarshini Barua, Narita Singh, Ishita Kashyap, Yangtila Ozukum, Tenzin Yingsel Deru, Rupert Rapsang, Shristi Bordoloi, Avanti Pema Lama, Priyanka Kumari, Hiya Harinandini

Fifth Row (L-R): Ayushi Saharia, Sriparna Gogoi, Riyaa Sougaijam, Raeesah Jahan Ahmed, Pragya Gupta, Renita Saikia, Ashrita Saikia, Rabja Keot, Supria Borbaruah, Tanya Rose Rao, Tanavi Chaudhury, Geyum Sora, Pooja Saboo, Disha Neog, Khriebunuo Zutso, Aishwarya Dutta, Ungerna Toy, Sukisangla Jamir, Adhvika Poddar, Junaina Firdaus, Vardhika Maheshwari, Alexzandrea McLuskie, Stuti Bazari

Sixth Row (L-R): Manan Chhalani, Eshan Sahu, Sudeep Laikhuram, Emul Pao, Shounak Ganguly, Chris Harris, Pratyush Jalan, Kaustav Tamuly, Parth Lohia, Siddhant Mehta, Gaurav Krishan, Aditya Narayan Bajpai, Tachang Phassang, Saket Mittal, Swaraj Singh, Manav Chaudhuri, Raunka Maloo, Rohan Nandy, Udayvir Guha Sircar.

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clAss 5

First Row (L - R): Manisha Kalita, Sampada Malpani, Prisha Singh, Mrs. Mamta Mishra

(Class Teacher), Juri Das, Pema C Khrime, Isha Singh

Second Row (L - R): Harshvardhan Keyal, Arman A Imdad, Nyikum Toko, Tenzin Peldon

Thungon, Anya Tayeng, Reva Joshi, Vinayak Kumar Kandoi, Techi Lozin.

Third Row (L - R): Tadar Yajum, Manalisa Narzary, Leiki Choden, Limeka Hutoi Ayemi,

Abhyuday Bhalla, Suhayb Ahmed, Sahil More, Luvish Sharma, Supriya Boro.

Fourth Row (L - R): Laksh Gupta, Abhinav C.S., Aayush Agarwal, Vidit Jain,

Gaurav Kumar Beria, Ayush Agarwal, Karlin Tok, Madhav Kumar Lohia

clAss phoToGrAphs

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clAss phoToGrAphs

clAss 6A

First Row (L - R): Baristha B. Gogoi, Akanshit Sharma, Shonali Kundu, Mrs. Pavitra Sharma (Class Teacher), Adrika Borah, Dristi Rathi and Yai Yangfo.

Second Row (L - R): Krushelu Sazo, Ashlesha Saikia and Swaptadeep Paul.

Third Row (L - R): Hiramoni Basumatary, Prakriti Sharma, Joel Vanlalruatfela, Rafiul Huda, Donna Subhalaxmi, Adrija Mahanta, Jernia Balo and Aryan Neog.

Fourth Row (L - R): Gagan Malik, Keziengunuo Sekhose, Longbinong Timung, Ribrib Ranjit, Srutashman Baruah, Tshoshenii Jhon, Yuvraj Singh and Livanthung Ezung.

First Row (L - R): Harshil Goel, Sanendi Changkiri Toy, Anam Aviva Ahmed, Mrs. Indra Rao Mahanta (Class Teacher), Priyanshi Sharma, Takhe Tamo Reela, Moom Lego

Second Row (L - R): Natish Barjatya, Lhakii Eton, Chesta Mundra, Bhumika Chandu Das, Tejal Verma Saikia

Third Row (L - R): Garv Agarwal, Manyan Mudra, Pema Youdon Thungon, Doyin Padung, Aarohan Chaudhury, Abhigyan Narayan, Hitansh Jalan, Kashvi Oleman Kalita

Fourth Row (L - R): Shresth, Ibom Angu, Nishanta Tamuli, Luqmaan Ahmed, Akanshya Kakati, Anish Sinhal

clAss 6b

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clAss 6c

clAss 6D

First Row (L - R): Tusharjit Saikia, Vanshika Kejriwal, Sparsh Agarwal,

Mr. Abhinav Gogoi (Class Teacher), Nilasha Bhimsaria, Neha Swabnam, Gora Gungte

Second Row (L - R): Raseen Shah, Rounak Sutradhar, Arjyadeep Mridha

Third Row (L - R): Dhritiman Talukdar, Mayukh Jain, Kaustav Garg, Dikshita

Bhuyan, Manan Agarwal, Syed Rakin Nafi, Barnabh Choudhury,

Trinabrita Bujar Baruah

Fourth Row (L - R): Ternemla Imsong, Dimpal Deori, Muskan Sarda, Tatiana Lakiang,

Karma Kalden, Riang Timung, Jaskaran Singh Sodhi, Kashmira Sigchi

First Row (L - R): Pratham Somani, Anushka Barua, Hanisha Jain, Mrs. Barnali Baruah

(Class Teacher), Ayang Borang, Saumya Jindal and Kuhu Bakliwal.

Second Row (L - R): Mubin Hussain Khan and Arjun Aryan Chaliha.

Third Row (L - R): Gyamar Kumanam, Subh Mall, Angree Killingpi, Bipasha Haloi,

Anushcka Joshi, Mahi Agarwal, Nripanksh Krishnatrya andand Parth Agarwal.

Fourth Row (L - R): Anindita Sumal, Rotozo Tetseo, Abhinav Jain, Angshuman Sarma, Tithismita Bhowal, Partho Pratim Borah,

Samrat Gupta and Bhavika Goyal

clAss phoToGrAphs

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clAss 7A

First Row (L - R): Aryan Khattuwala, Nishant Barua, Aryan Dutta, Mrs. Vinita Watts (Class Teacher), Tanvi Agarwal, Khushi Basumatary, Sneha Sonowaj

Second Row (L - R): Keshav Agarwalla, Talum Toko, Tisha Maheshwari, Limaanzuk Kichu, Arindom Pator, Kaushik Jain

Third Row (L - R): Mriganka Das, Rahav, Mehul Agarwall, Sulegna Deb, Hriyanka Bhuyan, Wasfia Safi, Vaibhav Garodia, Aaryaman Choudhury

Fourth Row (L - R): Lydia Timungpi, Urvee Samir, Kunam Gyamar, Sunepienla Aier, Atisha Kochulu, Humraj Singh Jassal, Anahita Stephen, Kritika Deorah

First Row (L - R): Param Singh Nongmaithem, Pragyanjit Bhuyan, Harry George Elangbam, Mrs. Nabanita Jassal (Class Teacher), Kavisha Poddar, Havika Ome Apang, Ashmita Phukan.

Second Row (L - R): Remin Kabak, Aditya Kumar Agarwal, Debangan Paul, Taying Paul, Aftab Ali Ahamed, Ketan Agarwal.

Third Row (L - R): Anushka Bora, Peter Seth, Archit Pathak, Diya Harlalka, Nishant Bezbaruah, Priyanka Agarwalla, Anushka Agarwal, Himanshu Lohia, Nandan Agarwal.

Fourth Row (L - R): Aishwariya Sharma, Priyanka Saharia, Nitya Saraf, Shivombika Kashyap, Astha Saikia, Kasish Agarwalla, Jonnong Borang, Asmita Kakati

clAss 7b

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clAss 7c

clAss 7D

First Row (L - R): Rigyal Yousal, Parikhit Baruah, Nilay Dhakal, Mr. M. C. MacDonald

(Class Teacher), Neha Gupta, Himaanshi Sharma, Anuja Barooah

Second Row (L - R): Sneh Agarwal, Charitra Sethi, Suyash Borgohain, Aryaman Sumal,

Vasudev Verma, Techi Lonin, Satvik Keshan, Somaina Boro

Third Row (L - R): Radhika Kanoi, Shemmi Ningshen, Aruni Manchey, Jagrit Bhuyan,

Stephan Rongmei, Adrika Kaushik, Leyi Lego, Ananya Singh

Fourth Row (L - R): Divyesh Jalan, Reshilong Norbu, Sanen Norbu, Dhajen Basumatary,

Samar Mazumdar, Tsering Wnagchuk, Upangana Chodhury, Anchal More

First Row (L - R) : Vansh Sharma, Fazil Rounak Hazarika, Jishnu Bharadwaj, Ms. R. G. Pyne

(Class Teacher), Sonam Dema T Khunjuju, Aayushi Sarmah, Bonolakshmi Brahma

Second Row (L - R): Bidisha Hazarika, Biraaja Chingakham, Nunu Liyak, Yuthika Kejriwal,

Celina Chowdhury, Yashvi Agarwal, Ipsita Diganta Kashyap

Third Row (L - R): Adarsh Agarwal, Bomlen Basar, Rajarshi Bandyopadhyay,

Manish Borah, Vansh Jalan, Akinali Ayemi, Chahel Agarwal,

Fourth Row (L - R): Dakgo Ngomdir, L. Imna Senden Jamir, Sikunpriyaa Goswami,

Kanishk Nowal, Hrishi Raj Sureka, Gautam Soni Shah, Rachit Agarwalla, Anikesh Das

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clAss 8A

First Row (L - R): Divyam Kasera, Pranjit Goswami, Ishaan Dhabriwaal, Mrs. P.K. Gill (Class Teacher), Aakangsha Dutta, Syeda Rabab Shahana, Divyana Das

Second Row (L - R): Shagun Agarwalla, Takar Liyak, Shanentina Imsong, Aakangsha Talukdar, Aadarsh Moore, Tadar Yaza, Snigdha Bharadwaz, Keshav Agarwal

Third Row (L - R): Niraj Poddar, Mehul Agarwal, Pratik Pareek, Semfrisang Joy, Amudhyan Bandyopadhyay, Hrishiraj Hazarika, Hrishikesh Dihingia, Avinash Sharma

First Row (L - R): Vinayak Jhuria, Aniketh Das,Kapinjal Sharma, Mr. Sazid Zaman Ahmed (Class Teacher), Balkirat Kaur, Sieyina Meru, Nuby Loriak.

Second Row (L - R): Dhritee Goswami, Mumlina Taloh, Jerina Taba.

Third Row (L - R): Rohan Prasad Gupta, Gora Tajo, Krishan Gam,Debaashish Chingakham, Deep Ngangom, Kapish Harsingpuria, Abbiso Pul, Pratik Bagaria, Markio Dota,.

Fourth Row (L - R): Partha Saikia, Advait Bajaj, Uddipta Sarania, Bishwajit Pritam Saha, Dhreety Haloi, Sahil Goyal, Nishika Agarwal, Livikali. A Zhimomi

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First Row (L - R): Subham Paul, Dikshit Singh, Bommi Rebom Ngucho, Mr. Amalmani Sarma

(Class Teacher) Harshika Deorah, Rishita Dhelia, Shreya Singh

Second Row (L - R): Debakshee Goswami, Aman Kumar Jain, Ankita Das, Kabak Nemin,

Jefrin Ahmed, Keshav Maheswari

Third Row (L - R): Anupama Tirkey, Nitya Bhatt, Ayangsana Rajkumari, Subrata

Phukan, Vishesh Jain, Jirmin Tok, Diya Nath

Fourth Row (L - R): Shivansh Gaggar, Tushar Das, Ngukivi Chishi, Jagrit Kasera, Gaurav

Dhoot, Prakhya Boiragi, Gaurav Agarwal, Nilimoy Das

First Row (L - R): Jian Moji Jini, Shanmen Riddi, Devansh Gupta, Dr. R.K.Mishra

(Class Teacher), Yayum Toko, Tanisha Som, Veronica Chowdhury

Second Row (L - R): Akash Kr. Pandey, Abdullah Asraf Imdad, Krishnav Saraf, Ojas

Jyoti Borah Hazarika, Dronashish Goswami

Third Row (L - R): Abhijit Dey, Aseng Tayeng, Trisha Barua, Shenella Ann Watson, Marcchy Kasshyap, Arhata Saikia, Sristhi Kayum Pegu

Fourth Row (L - R): Suyash Agarwal, Tenzing Munsel, Ankit Singhal, Rohit Sharma, Nachiket Jha, Tenzing Tsering Bhutia,

Pallab Priyam Pathak

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First Row (L - R): Saptarishi Acharjee, Himangshu Baruah, Aryan Sahu, Ms. S.P Sarkar (Class Teacher ), Tamanna Ahmed, Sentinungla Jamir, Prarthana Sharma

Second Row (L - R): Toko Jirmin, Farial Shahin, Lokit A Dalmia, Rashika Malpani

Third Row (L - R): Arpit Agarwal, Khushi Jain, Dhrub Choudhury , Pratham K. Jain, Aditi Burman, Priyam Choudhury, Saloni Agarwal, Tanay gupta

Fourth Row (L - R): Kushal Surekha, Dakshyaratna S Thapa, Kundan Jaiswal, Himangshu Ramachiary, Nivrangshu Baruah, N. Ryan Iangrai, Shlok Tulsian

First Row (L - R): Mayank Bajaj, Shivansh Bajar, Gaurav Kumar, Ms. Pooja Jain (Class Teacher), Diana Puning, Arushi Agarwal, Tanishaa Jallan

Second Row (L - R): Domeeya Mithi, Vanchano Patton, Jyotika Baro, Bianca Karbak, Dixita Hazarika

Third Row (L - R): Aadhvick Pal, Shivam Kalwar, Anahita Hazarika, Yardan Ryan, Yashvi Lohia, Keshav Goenka, Akshata Mahanta

Fourth Row (L - R): Angad Singh Shekhon, Aditya Saraf, Limathung Ezung, Yash Bihani, Kausik Das, Miftaul Choudhury, Leander Terang

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First Row (L - R): Ritvik Raag, Kashyap Kalita, Devaansh Jallan, Dr. Hemashree Deka (Class Teacher), Senthunglo Sandie Yanthan, Tulika

Bhargav, Shobita Mein.

Second Row (L -R): Bishakha Sharma, Rotha Saikia, Paridhi Keshan, Bhavya Kedia.

Third Row (L -R): Sanyukta Karki, Jason Sailo, Amar Okram, Debanika Choudhry, Aarushi

Lohia, Pranav Chandhoke, Udipta Deka, Paridhi Shah.

Fourth Row (L -R): Deepti Agarwal, Tenzin Dorjee, Aditya Thekedath, Jishnu Kashyap,

Aashim Mukhtar, Bikash Singh, Worngam Ningshen, Shahirul Ahmed.

First Row(L - R): Neeraj Barooah, Prajoth Goenka, Abhijay Hazarika, Mr. Sanjay

Sharma (Class Teacher), Uroolee Changmai, Anannya Wal, Jaagriti Borah

Second Row (L -R): Ishika Tibrewal, Tonushree Borborah

Third Row (L - R): Gurveer Singh, Ragini Chauhan, Sedikim Perme, Anuvesh Mawrie, Aradhya Bagrodia, Ashley Kharpuri, Rishab

Saikia, Antara Ganguli, Anuradha Das

Fourth Row(L - R): Siddharth Bajaj, Lotsulu Sazo, Chou Liang, Ryan Bordoloi, Kaushal

Agarwal, Aahan Roy, Gaurav Kashyap, Anastasia Kiera, Geeta Englengpi

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First Row (L - R): Vijayratna S. Thapa, Bamang Tagokuburu, Mehul Rungta, Ms. Aditi Neog (Class Teacher), Lune Dai, Sumedha Singh Jamwal, Sanaya Singh

Second Row (L - R): Nilutpal Hojai Das, Aryan S. Ronee

Third Row (L - R): Akash Prasad Shah, Jitaditya Das, Ragini Agarwala, Afshin Choudhury, Isheeta Hazarika, Aritra Ganguly, Bhargabi Mahanta, Shivansh Agarwala

Fourth row (L - R): Jaiba Tanbi, L. Merenkala Jamir, Keshav Kabra, Praneel Bhatt, Anurag Jyoti Brahma, Mihir Saraf, Mehar Chauhan, Bomgul S. Jamoh

First Row (L - R): Toko Tato, Natasha Rose Rao, Surya Ranjan Sengupta, Dr. A. Dey (Class Teacher), Rashi Lal Rhea Bali, Shivani Chhawchharia

Second Row (L - R): Vatsal Mittal, Srishti Basak, Kushal Mittal, Ishita Singha, Shubh Mishra, Kushal Agarwal

Third Row (L - R):) Bhumika Saharia, Shreya Agarwal, Vishnoo Jotshi, Gregen A Mcluski, Prasurjya Gogoi, Samiksha Daurah, Khushi Pareek

Fourth Row (L - R): Chau K. Mungyak, Harshita Gogoi, Gurbaj S. Gill, Sheikh N. Emnaan, Tanbir A. Rajak. Akhilesh Bora, Suzan S. Ahmed, Meyitir Imsong

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First Row (L - R): Aditya Choudhury, Barun Jitani, Shaurya P. Singh, Mr. Dulu Dutta

(Class Teacher), Mehek Matharu, Kashmiri Rabha, Kanishka Killa

Second Row(L -R): Liza Kukreja, Hrishita Agarwal, Rishita Seth, Naku Hage, Mihir

Agarwal, Hevikali Benjamin, Moumili Dutta, Daisy Boro

Third Row (L -R):Tenzing Ngroup, Niharika Gautam, Dino Huidrom, Aditya Raj Sharma,

Rajnish Goenka, Renim Das

First Row (L - R): Pranjael Bagaria, Dithaingam Panmei, Hrishika Sharma,

Mrs. Debajani Sarma Bora (Class Teacher), Samaloy Hazarika, Sreyansh Agarwal,

Priyanka Das

Second Row (L - R): Sidhi Kabra, Anamika Dey, Junafisa Pakyntein

Third Row (L - R): Sukanya Hazarika, Serdimi Timungpi, Khrekhriesilie Rio, Kosato

Nakhro, Neerh Krishnetrya, Anchita Gupta, Eden Lhamu Bhutia

Fourth Row (L - R): Harshit Poddar, Dipankar Choudhury, Zorintluanga, Roshan Warbah,

Aditya Sarawgi, Rohit Agarwal, Boris Nambam, Priyank Ruthiya

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First Row (L - R): Sarwagya Jain, Priyank Kumar Agarwalla, Mugdha Bordoloi, Mr. Umesh Singh (Class Teacher), Shiney Kasshyap, Chiranjeev N.Goswami, Abhijit Das

Second Row (L - R): Nangthiseng Chiring Daosong, Imkong Sanen Jamir, Vipul Raj Singh, Prithiraj Bhuyan, Juliet Paul, Prishita Choudhary

Third Row (L - R): M. Kevin Sandeep, Rishab Jain, Ronojit Bhuyan, Rhidhwiman Baruah, Pratyush Pran Das, Aadarsh Alec Stephen

First Row (L - R): Siddhi Agarwal, Sahil Periwal, Asita Dhanuka, Ms. Jemsi Dodum (CT), Arijeet Barooah, Banshika Bhimsaria, Rashika Mittal

Second Row (L - R):Vaishnavi Koona, Piyush Kumar Agarwalla, Mayank Agarwal, Bhumika Beria, Shaashwat Agarwal, Binoy Bikash Bora, Jermin Taba Matha

Third Row (L - R): Moitri Kashyap, Rituraj Brahma, Lanchenba Waikhom, Raghav Bagaria, Munguli Sangtam, Kaustabh Dipankar Das, Aban Dodum Padung

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clAss 11hFirst Row (L -R): Priyangsha Anette Chittaranjan,

Puja Chakraborty, Rhea Borkotoky, Dewangi Sharma, Nikhil Shagolsen, Mr. Thajeb Ali

Hazarika (Class Teacher), Nitika More, Nazarane Ampang Sangma, Syed Sarfaraz Hussain, Mahip

Mahanta, Anusha Dutta.

Second Row (L -R): Sanjukta David, Richa Dutta, Jyotishka Saikia, Radhika Bayanwala, Albright

Shangne, Caren Sahu, Ashley Sailo, Shreyaa Goswami, Elgiva Nola Kharkang, Tolino Chishi,

Anam Tok,Tanvi Chandhoke.

Third Row (L -R): Emisaka Lamar, Aniho Chishi, Diptamoi Kakati, Joshita Kashyap, Sumair

Singh Jamwal, Chau Mungyak, Thutop Toko, Anoushkaa Kashyap, Ethan Kharpuri, Rangding

Meeru, Jaremo Balo, Nandini Borgohain.

Fourth Row (L - R): Swagat Rajkhowa,Yuvraj Khaund, Prince Bajaj, Aranyam Bora, Lobsong

Jimba Norbu,Tsering Gyurmik Bhutia,Tenzin Choidup, Ronak Gogoi, Anuraaj Barua, Dodum Natung, Mohit Golchha, Kaustab Moni Gogoi

First Row (L - R): Nitya Bagrodia, Harsh Siddhanta, Mahima Agarwalla, Dr. Sunil K.

Rai (Class Teacher), Yash Jallan, Anunay Jallan, Sanskar Jallan

Second Row (L -R): Kritika Singhal, Aakankhya Bordoloi, Sarthak Bajaj,

Siddhanshu Agarwal, Nikunj Siotia, Nikunj Khatuwala,Tejash Saraf, Mahek Agarwal

Third Row (L - R): Tannaz Haque, Anisha Pareek, Nikunj Hansaria, Anmol Bhartia,

Siddhartha Bhattacharya , Arjun Parasramka, Muskhan Agarwal, Dipti Saraf

Fourth Row (L - R): Paras Paliwal, Shyam Mandhania, Yash Bukalsaria, Tushar Soni,

Jayant Chandak, Manan Sharma, Siddhartha Gaggar, Vidit Deorah

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First Row (L -R): Anushka Ganguli, Victor Bharadwaj, Nehal Ahmed, Mr.Taufique Ansari (Class Teacher), Krishna Beriya, Pranav Bagaria, Maricca Rasaily

Second Row (L -R): Jema Ningshen,Biyir Karbak,Tenzin Tsomu, Nandini Modi, Sungtiben Toy, Ria Aradhyya, Sraddha Dutta, Shivani Koona

Third Row (L - R): Madhav Chetri, Hrishikesh Baruah, Shivesh Khaitan, Abhishek Mech, Mindar Acho Rongpar, Pratinav Kashyap, Bhargav Parashar, Duncan Justin, Maulik Jain

Fourth Row (L -R): Saurav Dahiya, Rohan Tayal, Milap Basumatary, Siddhant Agarwal, Nicky Tahbildar, Rajat Mandiwal, Aditya Barooah, Arsal Imtiaz

First Row (L - R): Anurag Das, Khriebunuo Zutso, Ungerna Toy, Mr. K.V.P. Rao (ClassTeacher), Prerna Barooah, Alexandrea Marie Mcluskie, Rohan Nandy.

Second Row (L - R): Brandon Hanaman Billing, Anwesha Chaliha, Disha Kashyap, Udayvir Guha Sircar, Blaine Axel Knight, Tachang Phassang, Manav Chaudhuri, Leonard Pator.

Third Row (L -R): Jennifer Baruah, Tenzing Yingsel Deu, Sunny Warbah, Sibasish Borah, Devneel Dev Goswami, Sayan Nag, Rahul Das, Priyanka Kumari.

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First Row (L - R): Manan Chhalani, Pooja Saboo, Rupert Rapsang, Mr Pulok Borborah

(Class Teacher), Siddhant Mehta, Adhvika Poddar, Saket Mittal

Second Row (L -R): Harshit Sarawgi, Rotluangkima Ralte, Parth Deorah, Aditya

Narayan Bajpai, Debajit Ranjan Saha, Puneet Jain, Aditya Kothari, Yash Jain

Third Row (L - R): Devesh Khaitan, Sukisungla Jamir, Vishal Agarwal, Shivam Bajaj,

Geyum Sora

First Row (L -R): Sudeep Laikhuram, Tanya Rose Rao, Hiya Harinandini, Ms. Sangeeta

Saikia (Class Teacher), Sriparna Gogoi, Aishwarya Dutta, Nayan Jyoti Ramchiary

Second Row (L -R): Yangtila Ozukum, Pinpo Terang, Rohan Abrar, Swaraj Singh, Farhan

Hussain, Ritabrata Gogoi, Rabja Keot

Third Row (L -R): Priyadarshini Barua, Ishita Kashyap, Ashrita Saikia, Pragya Gupta,

Srishti Bordoloi, Narita Singh

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First Row (L - R): Parth Lohia, Stuti Bazari, Ayushi Saharia, Mr. Manas Mukhoti (Class Teacher), Tanvi Choudhary, Supriya Borbaruah, Pratyush Jalan

Second Row (L -R): Areeb Ahmed, Kunal Dey, Eshan Sahu, Subham Barjatiya, Emul Pao, Raunak Maloo, Mayank Agarwal

Third Row (L -R): Digvijay Goyal, Shreyash Sodhani , Devank Agarwal, Prince Rasiwasia, Priyam Garg

First Row (L -R): Ankit Dey, Riyaa Sougaijam, Avanti Pradhan Lamar, Mrs. Joyce MacDonald (Class Teacher), Bedika Saikia, Vardhika Maheshwari, Raabi Pator

Second Row (L -R): Renita Saikia, Prantor Borthakur, Shounak Ganguly, Kaustav Tamuly, Gaurav Krishan, Chris Harris Momin, Prince Phukan

Third Row (L -R): Raaesah Ahmed, Rituraj Kalita, Trishank Saharia, Junaina Firdous

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C O - C U R R I C U L A R V I S TA S

The Assam Valley School

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Mr. Tushar Bharadwaj, Director of Activities

The Assam Valley School has a rich and varied Activity Programme and offers a wide spectrum of options to the students. It is mandatory for each student to choose an activity and to make the programme meaningful and interesting. There are as many as fifty activities on offer. The Activity Programme is divided into four categories: -

The AcTIVITy ProGrAmme• The Upper School Activity Programme

• The Lower School Activity Programme

• The Upper School Clubs & Societies Programme

• The Lower School Reading Programme

Each programme has an Activity In-charge who is responsible for its functioning and creating opportunities for the students by conducting field trips, organizing workshops and hosting competitive and non-competitive events throughout the year. The students play an important role in planning the events. The progress of the students is closely monitored and they are graded every Semester. They are required to log their work in a log-book which is kept in the custody of the respective Activity In-charges. The School has a thriving Craft, Design and Technology Centre, a Music School, a Dance School and an Art School. To ensure individual attention to those who have opted for Performing Arts and Art & Craft based activities, they have been divided into groups based on their experience and skills. Our students participate in a number of Inter-School events and Cultural Festivals across the country. We have signed a MoU with National Mountaineering and Allied Sports (NIMAS), an Institution run by the Indian Army where our senior students visit for Adventure Engagements on a regular basis. This year, we have founded “SAHAYOG” a student-led NGO which has provided a new meaning and purpose to our Social Service League. The Exchange Board of the School organizes Exchange Programmes with Schools across the country. This year we have had reciprocal exchanges with Daly College, Indore,

Yadavindra Public School, Patiala, Campion School, Mumbai and Punjab Public School, Nabha. These exchanges provide opportunities for our students to share the rich tradition of the North East while allowing them to interact and learn about India’s myriad cultural heritage. “The Athenaeum”, the Society for Debating and MUN, is a vibrant community which upholds the School’s exhaustive debating culture with a calendar that includes the most prestigious Debating competitions across the country. “The Athenaeum” organises the Annual Inter-House Debate, the prominent Head of School’s Gold Medal Debate and hosts the popular East India Debate, an Inter- School event which sees the participation of some of the finest schools across the country. The School has also hosted the Guwahati Chapter of IIMUN for the last two years. These events not only provide our students with leadership opportunities but also enhance their organizational ability.

Rooted at the core of its vision, the School aspires to make education an adventure for the student, where curiosity drives an insatiable thirst for knowledge and propels them to become lifelong learners. As such, the Activity programme stands at the pivot of an Aviator’s journey and holds the ethos for all that a student is to become tomorrow.

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6 Film Appreciation Society

7 Global Citizen Club

8 Indian Music (Percussion)

9 Indian Music (Vocal)

10 Indian Music Society(Flute)

11 Interact Club of The Assam Valley School

LOWER SCHOOL ACTIVITY PROGRAMME

Activity

1 Acoustic Guitar

2 Art Related Activities

-Water Colour

-Oil Pastel

-Monochrome: Pen And Ink

-Glass Painting

-Papier Mache

-Charcoal/ Pencil Shading

-Acrylic Painting

-Pottery

-Sculpture [Relief & 3 Dimensional]

-Collage / Montage

-Print Making

-Perspective Drawing

-Calligraphy

3 Assamese Literary Activity

4 Best Out Of Waste (Bow)

5 Chess

6 Classical Dance- Bharatnattyam

7 Classical Dance- Sattriya

8 Creative Craft

-Candle Making & Decorating

-Ceramic Work

-Origami

9 Craft And Design

-Cane And Bamboo

-Screen Printing

Activity 1 Acoustic Guitar

2 Art Related Activities

-Oil Painting

-Water Colour

-Oil Pastel

-Monochrome: Pen and Ink

-Glass Painting

-Papier Mache

-Charcoal/ Pencil Shading

-Acrylic Painting

-Pottery

-Sculpture [Relief & 3 Dimensional]

-Collage / Montage

-Portrait Study

-Perspective Drawing

-Calligraphy

3 Classical Dance -Bharatnattyam

4 Classical Dance - Sattriya

5 Craft and Design

-Cane and Bamboo

-Screen Printing

-Natural Dyeing

-Creative Weaving

-Sewing and Embroidery

-Fibre Glass Work

-Wood Work

-Graphic Design

-Metal Work

-Paper Craft

club AND socIeTIes AT AVs

AcTIVITIes AND serVIces uPPer school AcTIVITy ProGrAmme-Natural Dyeing

-Creative Weaving

-Sewing And Embroidery

-Fibre Glass Work

-Wood Work

-Graphic Design

-Metal Work

-Paper Craft

10 Culinary Skills

11 Techsmith Jr

12 English Debating

13 Environmental Initiatives At Avs

14 Hindi Creative Writing & Hindi Publications

15 Indian Vocal Music

16 Indian Percussion Instrument: Tabla

17 Instrumental Music- Stringed Instruments

18 Instrumental Music- Wind Instruments

19 Interactive Physics

20 Junior Red Cross

21 Literacy Programme

22 Mathematical Activity

22 Model United Nations

23 Project Based Chemistry

24 Publications (Acorn Chronicles)

25 Piano

26 Photography

27 Robotics

28 Our Heritage

6 Culinary Skills

7 Debating (English)

8 Dramatics (Hindi)

8 Electronic Media

9 Environmental Initiatives at AVS

10 Eureka (Physics Related Activities)

11 Indian Percussion Instrument: Tabla

12 Indian Vocal Music

13 Instrumental Music- Stringed Instruments

14 Instrumental Music- Wind Instruments

15 Junior Red Cross

16 Literacy Programme

17 Math-magic

18 Model United Nations

19 Photography

20 Piano

21 Project Based Chemistry

22 Publications: (AVE & Print Media)

23 Robotics

24 School Archives & Museology

25 Social Service League

26 Techsmith Sr. (ICT Related Activities)

27 Theatre & Dramatics

28 Western Dancen

12 IT Club

13 Jagaran (Hindi Publication)

14 Journalism Club

15 Kids for Tiger

16 Maths Colloquium

17 MUN Club

18 Needlework Society

19 Ornithology Club

20 Quiz Club

21 Scientific Society

22 The Choir Club

23 Theatre & Dramatics

24 Think Tank

25 Western Music (Guitar)

CLUBS & SOCIETIES

1 Art Club

2 Assamese Music Society

3 Book Club

4 Chess Club

5 Debating (English)

6 Debating (Hindi)

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The INTerAcT clubMr. Debnath Pyne

ACHIEVEMENTSThe Interact Club of The Assam Valley School was founded in March, 2014 and presently it has 149 members. It undertook the following projects in the year 2014-2015:

• Donation of Text Books and customised Stationery items among the students of the Kasturba Gandhi Memorial Trust School at Harchurah.

• Organised a Dental Camp at Harchurah to identify the children who need further treatment and sent them to the dental camp organised by the Rotary Club of Tezpur.

• Organised a Substance Abuse Workshop with the Kripa Foundation at Nepali Gaon.

• Organised Fundraisers at The Assam Valley School jointly with the Social Service League

• The following members were elected to constitute the Board of Directors for the year 2015- 2016.:

PRESIDENT : Devank Agarwal VICE PRESIDENT : Ayushi Saharia PRESIDENT ELECT : Muskan AgarwalSECRETARY : Pooja SabooJOINT SECRETARY : Leonard Pator TREASURER : Saket MittalSERGEANT-AT-ARMS : Manav Chaudhuri DIRECTORS : Pratyush Jalan Raunak Maloo Mayank Agarwal Jyotiskha Saikia

First Row(L-R): Manav Chaudhuri, Raunak Maloo, Pooja Saboo, Saket Mittal, Ayushi Saharia, Mr. Debnath Pyne (MiC), Devank Agarwal, Muskan Agarwal, Pratyush Jalan, Leonard Pator, Jyotishka Saikia

Second Row(L-R): Jennifer Baruah, Vishal Agarwal, Renita Saikia, Mayank Agarwal, Sibashish Bora, Siddhant Mehta, Swaraj Singh, Yangtila Ozukum, Ishita Kashyap, Bedika Saikia, Avanti Pema Lama, Areeb Ahmed

Interact Club is an organisation for youth aged 12 to 18 years who want to connect with others in their community or school. The members have fun while carrying out service projects and learning about the world. All the Interact Clubs organize at least two service projects a year: one that benefits their community and one that encourages international understanding. While Interact Clubs receive guidance from individual Rotary Clubs, they govern and support themselves.

VISION• To see differently: Our multidisciplinary

perspective helps us see challenges in unique ways.

• To think differently: We apply Leadership and expertise to social issues and find unique solutions.

• To act responsibly: Our passion and perseverance create lasting change.

• To make a difference at home and around the world: Our members can be found in your community and across the globe.

MISSIONThe Mission of the Interact Club, as stated in the Rotary International website, is to encourage and foster the ideal of service based on these parameters:• First: The development of acquaintance as an

opportunity for service.• Second: High ethical standards in business

and professions; the recognition of the worth of all useful occupations and dignifying each Interacter’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society.

• Third: The application of the ideal of service in each Interacter’s personal, business, and community life.

• Fourth: The advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

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eXchAnGe proGrAmmes AT The AssAm VAlley schoolMrs. Nabanita Jassal

Each day holds a surprise. But only if we expect it, we can experience it when it comes to us. We believe that it will certainly open a new place in our hearts, a place where we can welcome new friends and celebrate fully our shared fraternity. Hence, The Assam Valley School enjoys each and every exchange programme.

In the past year, the School has successfully organized Exchange Programmes with various institutions from all over India. We have hosted teams from the Punjab Public School, Nabha in February, 2015 and Daly College, Indore in March, 2015. The team from Punjab Public School comprised of eight girls from Class 10 along with the teacher, Mrs. Sapna Gill. The team from Daly College, Indore participated with nine girls from Class 11 and their teacher, Mrs. Noopur Dube. The

teams had an enriching experience at The Assam Valley School in every facet, Academic, Cultural, Sport, and Activity and had a fruitful interaction with the pupil community. The workshops at the Art Department and the Crafts & Design Technology Centre were highly successful learning experiences. They also visited the Harchurah Tea Estate and the Kaziranga National Park. The trip to Kaziranga was adventurous and energizing. They explored the core of the Park and observed the famous one-horned rhinos at close proximity. They forged a bond of strong friendship with the Aviators and netted very well into the intricacies of the boarding life at The Assam Valley School.

The Assam Valley School sent a team of eleven pupils from Class 9 for an Exchange Programme to the Yadavindra Public School, Patiala in the

month of April, 2015. The boys in the team were Ritvik Raag, Aditya Thekedath, Bikash Singh and Pranav Chandhoke. The girls were Uroolee Changmai, Arushi Agarwal, Afshin Choudhury, Isheeta Hazarika, Bomgul Jamoh and Jaiba Tanvi.

The programme provided an insight to our pupils into the life and culture of the people in Patiala. An enriching learning experience was gained in the dance forms of Giddha, Bhangra, the Punjabi language, and tradition of Baisakhi, the rural life, Phulkari handicrafts and the Royal Legacy of the Yadavindra Public School. The Exchange Programme marked the beginning of a strong bond of friendship and genuine integration of two prestigious institutions.

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GAP YEAR PLACEMENT AT THE ASSAM VALLEY SCHOOLMrs. Nabanita Jassal

The Gap Year placement was earmarked by hosting Ms. Rakshita Mittal, who is an alumnus of The Assam Valley School, in the month of June, 2015. Rakshita graduated in Business Administration from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata this year. In the School, she contributed significantly to the designing of the Yearbook. She is trained in book designing and photography. She was able to gain a flavour of the work culture in the School and to navigate her way

through the various Departments. She also tried a hand at teaching History in the Junior School. Being pleasant, capable and a hard working young lady she was able to interact effortlessly with the pupil community as well. She is currently pursuing her Masters’ program in Designing, at Bangalore. Until next time, we wish her good luck and God Bless…

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AcousTIc GuITAr

INDIAN clAssIcAl musIc socIeTy

wesTerN musIc socIeTy

In AVS, Guitar is the most popular instrument. Students are highly dedicated to this instrument to fulfill their dream of being rock stars. The School provides varieties of branded guitar and facilitates Inter-School, National and International level performances and competitions.

In Classes 5-8, students are learning in the regular class twice a week and as an activity once a week in two groups. In Classes 9-12, selected students are taking guitar as an activity once a week in two groups. In Classes 9-12, selected students have also opted for Guitar Club once a week.

Apart from the various performances at WMH, some selected students have been appearing for the Trinity Guildhall Practical Examination since the last five years. This year 40% of the guitar students will appear for the Trinity Guildhall Practical Examination. Our students like Mindar Acho Rongphar participated at the Akhil Bharatiya Sanskrutik Sangh music festival at Pune last year and achieved the 1st position in the string category. This year also, few students will participate at the IPSC Music Competition.

Music is an art that requires intensive dedication and practice. It is a sheer delight to see that there are many individuals willing to put in the time and effort to hone their skills.

Many new opportunities have sprung up for musicians at AVS, notably the Pune Fest and IPSC competitions. At the school level, there are various platforms for the budding musicians to explore their talent.

At AVS, the seniors are always there to help the juniors so that they are not solely dependant on the teachers for help and guidance. We can see a number of young musicians who have the ability to scale great heights.

Currently, AVS has a mix of seasoned performers and upcoming talents. We can safely say that Indian Music in AVS is in very good hands for years to come.

Mr. Manoj Kumar Hazarika

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The AVs DANce school

The AVS Dance School participated in the Sattriya Dance Workshop which was held from the 4th to the 10th of April, 2015. The workshop was conducted by Padmashree Ghana Kanta Bora Borbayan at the Sangeet Satra Bhawan, Guwahati.

Representing the AVS Dance School, Dhritee Goswami, Adrika Bora and Anuradha Das performed on the National platform offered by the Assam Sahitya Sabha.

The AVS Dance School also participated in National Harmony 2015 organized by Akhil Bharatiya Sangskrutik Sangha, Pune. In the solo category, Aakangsha Dutta achieved the 2nd position in the Sattriya Dance. The duet category also bagged a commendable 2nd position and in the folk dance category, the same group received the Chairman’s Award.

The 9th AVS Rongali Utsav was held on 23rd June, 2015. The evening started off with a folk dance by the Aviators followed by a scintillating Guest Band performance.

The AVS Community witnesses rising standards year after year in the Inter-House Dance Competition. As the evening of 12th July, 2015 unfolded, one was enraptured by the strikingly delightful display of the vibrant performances on stage. The categories of dance were Solo (Indian Classical), Duet (Free Style), Indian Classical Group and Free Style Group. The results of the Inter-House-Dance Competition are as follows:

Best Performer: Violeena BordoloiMost-Promising Performer: Yangtila OzukumBest House: Kopili-DhansiriRunner Up: Subansiri-Namdang

Mrs. Ruby Bordoloi

Category: Winners Runner UpIndian Classical Solo Violeena Bordoloi

(Kopili-Dhansiri)Tannaz Haque (Subansiri- Namdang)

Free Style Duet Bhoroli-Lohit Kopili-Dhansiri

Indian Classical Group Kopili-Dhansiri Subansiri-Namdang

Free Style Group Kopili-Dhansiri Bhoroli-Lohit

Choreography Kopili-Dhansiri Bhoroli-Lohit

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Western Dance as an activity in the School is in its fourth year and is gaining in popularity slowly but steadily. There are usually more girls who opt for this activity but surprisingly this year we have had more boys eager to learn Western Dance.

The children are introduced to Western Dance with the basic steps and then graduate to livelier and more complex moves. The Latin American form of the Ballroom Dance is more popular and students have learnt the Cha Cha Cha, the Jive and the Salsa with precision. All these dance forms are then put together and choreographed as a Production for the Founders’ Celebration.

Mrs. Vinita Watts

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INTer-house orIGINAl oNe AcT PlAy comPeTITIoNIt was fierce. It was healthy. It was lovable. It was likeable. That defines exactly what the road leading to the Inter-House Original One Act-Play, 2015, was all about. In the words of Arthur Miller, “The theatre is so endlessly fascinating because it is so accidental. It is so much like life.” You need three things in theatre-the play, the actors and the audience- with each giving momentum to the stage in their own ways. The 22nd June was a graceful fusion of all three.

shAbANG! - The DIVINe INTerVeNTIoN

Jinari-Manas appeared on stage with “Shabang!- The Divine Intervention.” After a rather serious play that Bhoroli-Lohit had presented, Jinari-Manas kicked off on a lighter note. Expectations rose as the pressure of keeping up the legacy of winning the One Act Play fell heavily on their shoulders.

The play showed Rajeev and Shonali, enacted by Rohan Nandy and Renita Saikia respectively, in their married life as a real life portrayal of “happily ever after”. However, when Shonali’s pregnancy begins, their marriage starts to fall apart. After a lot of nagging and arguing, they reach a point in their lives where they fail to comprehend each other and yearn for each other to understand their misery. This is when the play earns its title and “SHABANG!”, there is a divine intervention, and they find their souls switched into each others’ bodies. Laughter fills the auditorium as Nicky Tahbildar, playing Ramu, tries to understand why Rajeev was doing his nails and Shonali is cheering for KKR in the IPL.

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Even though most of the play revolved around casual humour, the audience laughed heartily as the play went down extremely well with the Aviators. The production team rightfully took away the award for ‘Best Production’, choosing wisely to keep stage transformation minimalistic.

Jinari-Manas executed their play exceptionally well and managed to develop a connection with the audience. The actors delivered their roles with great zest and had full control of the stage. A special mention must be made of Prerna Barooah who played the role of the mother-in-law with such casual disdain that she could have given the vamps of the Ekta Kapoor factory a run for their money. Rohan Nandy and Renita Saikia executed their roles beautifully as well, portraying with meticulous ease the switching of souls.

Best Actor: Rohan Nandy Best Actress: Renita Saikia Most-Promising Actress: Prerna Barooah Best Scriptwriter(s): Devneel Goswami and Rohan Nandy Best Director(s): Rohan Nandy and Devneel Goswami Best Production: Jinari Manas Best Execution: Jinari Manas Overall: 1st position

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The last House to grace the stage was Kopili-Dhansiri with their cleverly titled play “Withering Heights”. Starring Manav Chaudhuri, Sriparna Gogoi and Brandon Billing, the play revolved around a society founded by Cyrus Braganza called “Withering Heights”-the organisation which lives to kill with grace. The play started with Cyrus Braganza counselling a troubled young lady struggling to lose weight. Jokes centred on obesity extracted roars of laughter from the crowd. As the play progressed,

Taking a more microscopic view of the World War II, Bhoroli-Lohit took it upon them to show the veracity of the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Bombing. As the audience watched keenly, the cast and crew served a contrivance of trust, diplomacy, betrayal and actuality, all on the same platter.

Even as the play portrayed the success of the

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Tezraj Kashyap, 10

it was quite evident that simultaneous use of three stage sets had been done skilfully.

The protagonist of the play- Panno T. Chaudhuri- was an unsuccessful businessman, henpecked and unheard husband, and the last man in his world. His ill fortune continued to overshadow his dying marriage. The leading lady, Aparna Sengupta was a woman stuck both literally and metaphorically. Be it her stagnant love affair or her neglected stature in

the family, she is the one who doesn’t have enough. Nehal Ahmed as Bajrang with his exaggerated Bhojpuri accent was hilarious. Restrained to a corner of the stage, he managed to keep the spotlight pinned on him by the sheer strength of his acting even as he baffled his clients. As their paths collide, it resulted in an exciting confusion of love, death and dilemma.

Most of the actors in the play, barring one or two, were seasoned actors and played their roles with characteristic aplomb. Credibly, the remarkable feature of the play was essentially the script. Written with flair, it used complexity to sketch in detail, the lives, triumphs and failures of the characters. Portraying the intricate whims of life while battling the palpable temptations of escape and death, the star of the Kopili-Dhansiri play was most definitely the script and its writers Hiya Harinandini and Sriparna Gogoi.

Overall: 2nd position Most Promising Actor: Manav Chaudhuri

Manhattan project, the dilemma of Oppenheimer, played by Toko Tato, took centre stage with the haunting Sanskrit shlok “Gajya Gajya Rena” hinting at the devastation to come. President Roosevelt played by Blaine Knight is worth mentioning, as the stage came alive while debating with his cabinet ministers on the possibilities of a nuclear retaliation against Japan.

Whilst the play built up towards its climax, the twist in the tale was wedged in the ‘conscience scene’ by Truman, played by the versatile Pranav Bagaria. In the role of the ‘conscience’ of President Truman, he artfully brought out his hunger for vengeance and ambition to be remembered in history for all time. Pranav’s forceful depiction as Truman’s conscience was praiseworthy with his casual transition between the mild-mannered conscience and the devil’s enticing advocate.

With a contingent of first time actors, the Bhoroli-Lohit play was a heroic venture to bring to stage an extravaganza revolving around one of the most historic events of all times. Anushka Ganguli’s maiden venture as a script writer deserves kudos for its precision and sheer audacity of dramatizing the events that led to the Hiroshima-Nagasaki tragedy.

Overall: 3rd position

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A truly impressive plot went on display as the lead actor shook the stage. The story began with Gaurav Krishan playing the role of Captain Miller, the head of the DEA. Accompanied by his assistant, agent Rhodes, he attempts to protect the life of the Senator who is to seal the deal of the millennium. The deal gives USA possession of 60% of the world’s resources, hence making their long-cherished dream of imperial USA a reality.

No dream is ever easy to accomplish, especially when there’s a mole within.

The story unfolds as Captain Miller appoints Jack and King, played by Harsh and Sayan respectively to fulfil the task at hand. Ace, played by Kushagra is an outsourced professional accompanied by Queen, enacted by Kavita, and is employed on the mission as well, but they have an ulterior motive, to steal a priceless package.

The story progresses and the idea, a beautifully conceptualized one, evolves itself along the lines of the game of Poker. The code names Jack, King, Queen and Ace are all but mere players in front of the final, tactful trump card.

The idea explores intelligence and espionage and the betrayal that accompanies it. The plot takes several twists and turns and has a new idea to introduce at every juncture. It was a well conceptualized, but a not-so-well executed script with confusion shrouding ideas that did not see the light of the stage.

A major flaw that the actors overlooked was that several dialogues went unheard, and hence, the audience found it difficult at times to keep up with the pace of the play. There were, however, commendable performances by Jack, King and agent Rhodes. Jack, played by Harsh, depicted an array of emotions that went on to meticulously define his character but the climax, however, was his death which ensured more than a few

gasps from the audience. Mention must be made of Sayan as King, who managed to stay frozen on stage for almost half the duration of the play. An actor who was worth of praise for his dialogue delivery and ability to get into the character was Sudeep Laikhuram or agent Rhodes.

The script took them far, but it’s only that far a script can take you.

Overall, it was a play which deserves applause for bringing onto stage fresh faces and a novel idea. It was creative, but much work was left

unattended in the realm of direction.

Overall Position: 4th position

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The Art Department comprises of Mr. Milan Moshahary, Mr. Chinmoy Goswami and Mr. Ritochit Barua. Recently, it conducted the Lower School Inter-House Sculpture Competition on the 1st of March, 2015 and the Lower School Inter-House Painting Competition on the 8th of March, 2015. Participation from the students in a number of Inter-School events has been very encouraging, two of them being the All India Drawing Competition and the Jindal Art Fest held in The Vidya Devi Jindal School in Hisar, Haryana.

The themes chosen by the Art Department for this year are Indian Culture and the Diversity of Indian People. The Department will

attempt to portray the themes through familiar mediums like water colour and acrylic paintings as well as pottery and sculpture, along with various supplementary mediums, with new talent steering the creative wheel.

Mr. Ritochit Barua

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NASA’S KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, ORLANDO, USA

ROBOTRYST - 2015: A NATIONAL ROBOTICS CHAMPIONSHIP FOR SCHOOLS AT IIT, NEW DELHI

SPACE TREK

On the 5th of January, 2015, sixteen pupils from The Assam Valley School accompanied by Mr. A.S Huidrom began their journey to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Orlando in the United States for a five day ‘Near Space Investigation Programme’ at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

The mission being ‘integration of complete payload of weather balloon and launch in time’, the pupils worked as teams to build “Habitat” and tested it on a weather balloon flight.

During the course of the programme, pupils had the opportunity to have lunch and meet with the NASA astronaut Rick Searfoss, who shared his experiences in space and also introduced the pupils to rocket

AVS took part in the Annual National Level Robotics Championship for Schools at IIT, New Delhi.

The grand finale took place during 27th February - 3rd March, 2015 at IIT, New Delhi.

One of our School teams secured the 9th position and the other AVS team secured the 30th position out of the first best 45 schools in India. It was a great achievement. Congratulations to all the participating students!

Mr. A.S Huidrom

Mr. A.S Huidrom

science, engineering and the difficulties of living and working in the harsh environment of space.

First row (L-R): Devansh Gupta, Ritvick Raag, Mr. A.S Huidrom, Kushal Mittal, Siddharth Bajaj

Second row (L-R): Kato Benjamin, Shivam Kalwar, Aditya Agarwal, Limathung Euzung, Chau Liangwan Choutang, Shivansh Agarwala

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sIx DAys of INsIGhT

The Chemistry Department takes immense pride in organising various events in order to popularise the subject among Aviators whose minds are in an indefinite frenzy of conflicting figures and abstractions. In order to make the learning of the subject as interesting as it can be, vivid activities were conducted. The efforts of the pupils were praiseworthy as they participated in the following activities with great enthusiasm:• National Science Day Celebration at Tezpur University• Chemistry Wall-Art project in synergy with Art

Department• Australian National Chemistry Quiz• Founders’ Exhibition on Colour Chemistry• Sciencetoon for Lower school• Chemistry Workshop and Design: An Experiment

Competition• Chemistry Quiz for Lower school• Chemistry Department Assembly

The students enrolled in this activity, learn basic cooking methods and techniques of food preparation including knife skills, preparation of soups and sauces, grilling and baking, and also simple mocktails and beverages, not to mention cooking with eggs.

Knowledge of spices and herbs is also disseminated. Essentials of food safety and culinary terms are also learnt. Sumptuous cakes, mouthwatering cheese toasts, pizzas and pasta Alfredo are made. Working as a team, the students pick up the importance of concentration, reading and understanding steps in recipes and measuring ingredients accurately to make the final product perfectly delicious.

At the Circular Garden Party, when Mr. Chandresh Shah proposed that Mr. Pranjal Baruah and I should conduct a workshop on Vocal and Percussion Music at the Moran Blind School, we gave our consent immediately because it was a good opportunity for us to serve the under-privileged children. Then we discussed this idea with the Chairman and Owner of the Moran Blind School (MBS), Mr. Victor Banerjee and fixed our schedule for the April, 2015 vacation.

On 22nd April, 2015, we departed from AVS for our destination, MBS. While we went, we could never imagine what unforgettable moments were awaiting us. Having arrived at the School, we found a peaceful environment where students were moving here and there with the help of each other. Students were polite and obedient and teachers were also cooperative. We were astonished to see their talent. What couldn’t they do? Except for the lack of vision power, they are blessed with every other potential. They can sing, they can play Tabla and Flute, they can even weave cloth. Within a short period, we taught them many songs and Tabla compositions, and they learnt it very quickly. We noticed one thing- dedication. Then why should we call them blind? No, there is no difference, except that while we can see the beauty of this world, they can feel it instead.

The students of MBS felt upset when we returned home on 27th April, 2015. We also felt sad but had to come back with only sweet memories as a gratifying compensation.

Dr. K. Singh, Mrs. S. Banu, Mrs. Shalu Sharma, Dr. Alpana Dey, Mrs. D. P. Nath

Mrs. Tamanna Seth

Mr. Pranjal Saikia

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The 1st Creative Eye Film Festival was held from the 5th of November to the 10th of November, 2014. This was an initiative taken up by the very vibrant media centre of The Assam Valley School led by Aayush Singhania. The participating teams included Delhi Public School, Ludhiana; Royal Global School, Guwahati; Maharani Gayatri Devi School; Scindia School, Gwalior and The Assam Valley School.

The Creative Eye Film Festival begun with a workshop conducted by Mr. Moji Riba, an experienced filmmaker who has a number of documentaries to his name and is the Head of the Department of Mass Communication at The Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh. Mr. Bhargav Saikia, an ex-Aviator and the producer of the critically-acclaimed movie ‘Kaafiron ki Namaaz’, graced the event as the Chief Guest.

Devneel Goswami, ISC 2016

The workshop gave the participants an insight into the world of mass communication and enlightened the students about the various degrees of acting, direction and editing amongst other important aspects of filmmaking.

The hovering challenge for the participants now was to make a movie of their own with the theme for the respective movies being ‘Rat Race’.

On the 10th of November, it was finally time for the screening at 6:30 in the evening. The first movie presented to the audience was by The Assam Valley School which portrayed the various trials and tribulations in ‘Bollywood’, giving us a glimpse of the notorious ways which actors make use of, to scale the rungs of Showbiz.

The movie aired by the Royal Global School seemed like another version of ‘Inception’ because what it tried to show, clearly went over the heads of the hapless audience.

In contrast The Delhi Public School, Ludhiana presented a movie that was understood well enough by the audience but completely deviated from the theme of the competition.

The movie by Scindia Boys, Gwalior, brought the life back into the competition as it represented the myriad struggles in a schoolboy’s life with competition raging around him; the element of surprise at the end of the movie was most certainly the game changer.

Scindia School was awarded the Best Director’s Trophy and won the competition as a whole, followed by The Assam Valley School. The Best Script Trophy was

bagged by DPS Ludhiana while Maharani Gayatri Devi School took home the

Best Creative Concept Trophy.

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INTerNATIoNAl AwArD for youNG PeoPle (IAyP)Mr. A.S Huidrom

First Row (L-R): Blaine Knight, Nikunj Khatuwala, Mr. A.S Huidrom, Areeb Ahmed, Pooja SabooSecond Row (L-R): Rajarshree Basumatary, Sahil Periwal, Mrs. Hemashree Deka, Tezraj Kashyap, Aditya ChaudhuryThird Row (L-R): Aahan Roy, Arijeet Barooah, Dipankar Chowdhury, Priyank Ruthia, Shreyash Sodhani

Rajat Singh Gill, ISC 2015, received a gold badge and certificate for the year 2015. The Assam Valley School organized an adventure course for Bronze Level Camp in collaboration with the Counter Insurgency Training School (CITS), Harchura during 24th-25th January, 2015. Twenty-eight students took part in this Camp.

The adventure course for Silver and Gold levels was organized in the month of March, 2015 under the aegis of National Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sport (NIMAS), Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh.

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At The Assam Valley School we embrace the Six Pillars or IDEALS of the Round Square which are as follows:

I-Internationalism D-Democracy E-Environment A-Adventure L- Leadership S-Service

This year, The Assam Valley School organized Round Square Regional South Asia & Gulf Region Adventure engagement from 19th March to 22nd

Mr. A.S Huidrom

First Row (L-R): Rohan Nandy, Mayank Agarwal, Pooja Saboo, Dr. Sunil Rai, Ms.Sarmistha Paul Sarkar, Mr. A.S. Huidrom, Mrs. Hemashree Deka, Ms. Jemsi Dodum, Tanavi Chaudhuri, Manav Chaudhuri, Siddhant Mehta.

March, 2015. More than 41 pupils participated in the adventure engagement under the aegis of National Institute of Mountaineering and Allied Sport (NIMAS), Dirang, Arunachal Pradesh.

On the 1st of June, 2015 four students accompanied by Dr. Sunil Rai took part in the 3rd Rudraprayag Social Service Project for 10 days organized by The Doon School. This Project was historic, as so far,

no school students have trekked to Kedarnath Temple after the 2013 devastation.

The Round Square International Conference 2015 is being hosted by United World College of South East Asia, Singapore. The theme for the Conference is “Act Today, Change Tomorrow”. The RS International Conference will be held during 2nd- 8th October, 2015.

Second Row (L-R): Tenzing Yingsel Deru, Prerna Barooah, Nitya Bagrodia, Devank Agarwal, Vishal Agarwal, Emul Pao, Subham Barjatiya, Aranyam Bora, Rounak Maloo, Pinpo Terang, Anoushka Kashyap, Tanya Rose Rao.

Third Row ( L-R): Shristi Bordoloi, Geyum Sora, Anunay Jalan, Pragya Gupta, Sriparna Gogoi, Renita Saikia, Ashrita Saikia, Albright Shangne, Nikunj Hansaria, Priyadarshini Barua, Avanti Pema Lama, Narita Singh.

AVS Delegates at Round Square Conference, Singapore, October 2015

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The lIbrAry reADING chAlleNGe 2015: myThIcAl mAZe

“Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life. Libraries change lives for the better.” - Sidney Sheldon

Not so long ago, students stacked books onto numerous shelves that filled large, dusty rooms. Others sat at tables and took notes from huge volumes of Encyclopaedias. Librarians flipped through card catalogues to find book titles that aided students’ research.

Today, students sit at computers, read kindles, work on net books and browse online databases for the information they need. The AVS Library is not just a room with books on shelves any longer. It is a multifunctional space meant to unite a community and aid the creative and innovative learning and teaching process.

Librarians have had to adapt to changes and master resources which an earlier generation of students did not do. We are committed to provide the best services to the community with the help of latest technology. We are planning to have full digitization of the AVS Library by the end of this year. The AVS Library is also committed to organizing monthly book fairs and annual British Council Reading Programmes for our budding readers. Our motto is ‘Provide right information to the right reader at the right time’.

Please visit our website http://assamvalleyschool.com/infra_acad_lib.html for details.

AVS is also a part of this programme and year after year our young readers have been benefited through this. We feel that the Reading Challenge is great fun for every child and it also gives children a real sense of achievement. This year the Reading Challenge was conducted on 10th and 11th of July, at AVS.

Key Features of the Programme:• The essence of the Reading Challenge is ‘read a book in a week’. • Children will have to read books from the collection of books procured

specially for this Programme for their respective age groups. They can choose the books they want to read from a wide range of books on the theme.

• Every participant gets a Welcome Kit, which contains a membership card, book review forms etc.

• All participants will receive certificates from The UK Reading Agency and British Council; those who read 6 or more books also receive medals!

Mr. R. Chauhan Mr. R. Chauhan

The Reading Challenge is a massive reading programme for the promotion of reading amongst children and young people in the UK. It is conceptualized by The Reading Agency in collaboration with the Arts Council of England and the BBC and is run in libraries and schools all over the world by the British Council. Children are challenged to read a range of books and are encouraged to complete the challenge with an exciting range of incentives and activities.

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cAreers ProGrAmme AT AVs The VIew from The ToP

The Careers Department at the Assam Valley School is ever striving

and actively focused on helping students make the right educational

and career choices. The Department has set for itself 6 major aims:

The Publications Unit of the School is a small niche consisting of a dedicated team of students whose hours and days revolve around unravelling the enticing world of ideas. Secluded from the humdrum of the frenetic pace of School life, in a small alcove above the library, the Unit stands as a melting point of creativity, ingenuity and passion.

The Unit boasts of publishing two bimonthly Newsletters, the Acorn Chronicles of the Junior School and the Teenturn AVE of the Middle School where young budding writers not only find a platform to exhibit their creativity but are also encouraged to learn the nuances of journalism. The Print Media at the Lower School is a team dedicated to inspire the love of words amongst every student while helping them traverse the fascinating world of creative writing.

The Senior School Newsletter called the Assam Valley Express but more popularly known by its famous acronym AVE, is a weekly publication and the chronicler of all School events. It captures the life, times and spirit of the Aviators reflecting their actions, voicing their thoughts and most essentially chalking the image of a School in the making. At AVE, one gets a firsthand experience at Print Journalism while understanding the technicalities attached with this high-pressured result-oriented profession. Here one learns to juggle with deadlines and designing programmes, editing and copy writing, but most essentially at AVE, one learns the idealism that goes behind becoming a Professional.

The Publications Unit of the School is a universe within itself, striving each day to better the work of the day gone by and in the process, attempting to provoke thoughts which go on to mould informed opinions. The Print Media is a Unit which stands witness to collaboration, originality and resourcefulness. It transports those who devote themselves to its incessant demands from an activity to a lifestyle.

Mrs. Meenakshi B. Das Ms. Sarmistha P. Sarkar (HCC, M/ic AVE)

• generate interest, highlight, and recommend subject and career choices• inculcate awareness about various education paths and careers by creating

individual student profiles• guide students in aptitude advancement and interests in diverse fields• proffer university information and facilitate in the application processes• provide guidance and awareness on various competitive tests and exams • ensure recruitment through a sustainable mentoring program and

comprehensive guidance counselling.In order to achieve these objectives, our prerogative is to provide for the holistic development of a child, accounting for his or her performances in academic, cultural, sports, pastoral and school development activities; also, to understand a child’s education and career choices by gauging and assisting in the child’s inventory building processes, personality and skill sets and providing careers fairs, guest lectures and introspective exercises. These are conducted by in-house counsellors as well as outsourced counsellors and resource persons.

The careers related activities is conducted for two focus groups, one group consisting of students of Classes 8 and 9, while the second group consists of students from classes 10, 11 and 12. The primary goal for the first group is the development of a ‘smart mind and smart personality’, while in the latter group is the development of a ‘focused line of application for higher studies and career choices’. The sessions involve individual as well as group presentations and counselling sessions, with more emphasis on individual counselling in senior classes.

In the last year, the Careers Department hosted several resource persons of various universities from India and abroad, who came on recruitment missions to the School. One Step-Up (Delhi), ICS (Lucknow), Manya Abroad (Guwahati) and National Law School (Bengaluru) have provided career counselling and guidance to students over the last year. As such, the School has been able to place its students in top end colleges in the country and around the world, including Kings University (London), Singapore Institute of Management (Singapore), University of Melbourne (Australia), University of California (Los Angeles), as well as top end colleges in India like St. Xavier’s College (Kolkata and Mumbai), St. Stephen’s College, Hindu College and Lady Shri Ram College (Delhi) and Christ College (Bengaluru) among others, and in top medical and engineering institutes of India.

It has to be noted that, above 90 % of the students from the batch of 2014 have been placed in colleges and in courses which were their first preference. Having been already very proficient in placing students in top Indian universities, the focus of the Careers Department this year is to increase the number of applicants going abroad with scholarships and grants.

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MEMBERS OF THE JUNIOR RED CROSS

The Social Service League of AVS has undertaken numerous projects last year to help people living in the neighbouring villages. The most significant of these projects is the building of toilet facilities in two more schools, Harchurah L.P School and New Addabarie L.P School. These projects are carried out on holidays and Sundays, along with the regular activity day, Monday.

Here is a brief report on the activities done by the SSL volunteers in the year 2014- 15.

8 May 2014

A Health Camp was organised for the children of Harchurah T. E in which free health and dental check up was done by the School RMO and Dr. Ajay Sharma. Free medicines, toothpaste and toothbrushes were distributed to the children who came for the check up. The girls had more dental problems than the boys as they were denied even proper toothbrushes just because they were ‘girls’.

Mrs. Debajani Sharma Borah

31 May 2014

On World No Tobacco Day, the social service members decided to launch a campaign against chewing of tobacco. A group of 12 members went to neighbouring villages with posters and presentations to educate people on the consequences of chewing tobacco. The Campaign was a major success as several adults came forward to share their problems of dealing with tobacco addiction.

5 June 2014

5th June, marks World Environment Day and also marks the birthday of Kurt Hahn, the founder of the Round Square movement. The Social Service League celebrated this important day by organising a Fund raising event so that money could be generated to help underprivileged people in the neighbouring areas. A part of the money was also used to build toilets for girls in two schools.

First Row (L-R): Mehar Chauhan, Sanaya Singh, Mrs. Sahana Majumdar, Mr. Minto Borah, Khushi Pareek, Rashi Lal, Rhea Bali Second Row (L-R): Bomgul Jamoh, Shristi Basak ,Sohaib Hussain, Sheikh Noor Emnaan, Shreya Agarwal, Ragini Agarwal

20 June 2014

Another venture undertaken by the Social Service League was helping Dolan Das, an academically bright but financially poor student; take admission in the Silchar Engineering College by providing the required money for admission. Dolan Das got through the JEE to take up Electronics in Silchar Engineering College.

Other initiatives taken: • Community Lunch• Second Fund Raiser• Food Drive• Project Toilet- Phase II• Project Hygiene• Health Camp at New Addabarie-

17th June, 2015• Fund Raising Event- 5th June, 2015

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lITerAcy ProGrAmmeMs. Aditi Neog

First Row (L-R): Raeesah Jahan Ahmed, Bedika Saikia, Mr. Sanjay Sharma, Ms. Aditi Neog, Meyitir Imsong, Riya Borkotoky, Aditya Kothari. Second Row (L-R): Naku Hage, Daisy Boro, Ashley Sailo, Junafisa Pakyntein, Liza Kukreja, Mehek Agarwal, Shraddha Dutta Third Row (L-R): Miftaul Alam Choudhury, Nandini Modi, Nilim Bordoloi, Farhan Hussain, Mehak Matharu, Moitri Kashyap, Syed Sarfraz Hussain.

The AVS Literacy Programme is an extended part of the School’s Social Service League and has been involved in promoting literacy in and around the School Community since its inception in the School. Initially, this activity was only open to the students of Classes 9 to 12 as a part of Senior School Activity. However, since the last three years, Literacy Programme has also been offered as a choice of activity for the Lower School children of AVS. To deliver for this noble cause, the members of the Literacy Programme visit the Kasturba Gandhi Memorial Trust (KGMT) School, Harchurah every Monday and Tuesday, without fail.

KGMT School, a learning centre situated amidst the greenery and calm of Harchurah Tea Estate in Sonitpur District, provides for free basic elementary education to the students of classes 1 to 4 in Assamese medium. The KGMT trust was established in 1945 as a result of the national endeavour, led by Mahatma Gandhi, to address the issues of women in rural India. The unique history of the Kasturba Gandhi Memorial Trust is set against the backdrop of the history of India’s freedom struggle. The trust has remained true to its ideals for over fifty years of constructive work among women and children in rural India – in the fields of healthcare, education, literacy, vocational training, and relief work and employment generation. The founder of KGMT trust in Assam is Smt. Amala Prabha Das.

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Lack of adequate facilities like the requisite number of classrooms and teaching faculty has always remained an impediment in the School’s development. One can only imagine the plight of the two teachers who try to optimize the time and resources available to them, just to ensure that all the subjects are taught to all the four grades of students, and to make matters even more challenging, only a single classroom is available at their disposal. So, as a humble gesture, AVS pupils contribute 3 hours a week in helping the two teachers in teaching basic Maths and English to the students of KGMT. To make the activity more exciting, AVS pupils play with the students and teach them rhymes, songs, games and even basic mathematical skills, in addition to imparting the 3 R’s (Reading, Writing and Arithmetic). The AVS students interact with them and share information on healthy habits, hygiene, discipline and code of conduct in school, to name a few, among the various other eclectic topics that they discuss about.

In the years gone by, AVS has helped the KGMT School by renovating the school building and by placing painted blocks of alphabets on the walls of the School. The students of KGMT were also hosted in our School during the first week of Summer Semester in May, 2015 for a fun-filled Adventure engagement followed by lunch, organised especially for them. Like every year, this year also we have donated regular Stationery, Notebooks, Chalk, Chess Board, Buckets etc. We have also recently installed a ceiling fan and three tube lights in their School. AVS Social Service League has successfully completed the “Project Toilet” by building six toilets for the School from the money collected from the Fund-raiser conducted by the students. We further plan to bring the children of KGMT to AVS once in two weeks to use our ICT and smart class resources for enhancing their learning experience.

In essence, the whole activity is a two way learning process for the members of the Literacy Programme. Not only do they learn to relate and teach the students less privileged than themselves but also start appreciating the basic qualities of tolerance, patience, acceptance and humility by spending time with them. Through this programme we have tried, in whatever small way possible, to help the underprivileged to experience the fun-filled life of education. We hope to continue this association with the KGMT School and would like to see more pupils coming forward in our endeavour to touch lives by promoting literacy and hope in our community.

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The AVs PhoToGrAPhIc socIeTy

The DebATING socIeTy of AVs

If you are a beginner, you may wonder why photography is so important. The answer is, time changes things and our fickle minds forget how things were yesterday. The only way we can record what time has forgotten is to take a picture and thus bring time to a standstill. Life happens in moving pictures. Photography lets you pause these frames, if but for a moment.

To give a child a camera is to open a world of perspective, expression and quiet communication. Capturing just the right image at just the right moment allows the photographer to reveal his or her artistic expression and

Public speaking is one of the greatest fears people face these days. The Debating Society in The Assam Valley School strives to make young minds inquisitive and thoughtful along with instilling the ability to air an informed opinion. We motivate students to think logically and argue confidently. With the help of various topics and activities, we make the sessions informative, interactive and fun-filled. We hold various internal debating events like the Lower & Upper School Inter-house Debates, The Head of School’s Gold Medal Debate, Community Debates and a grand external event, The East India Debates.

Mr. R. Chauhan

‘For good ideas and true innovation, you need human interaction, conflict, argument, DEBATE’ Margaret Heffernan.

perspective. At AVS, we have the AVS Photographic Society which is responsible for honing the skills of photography among young minds. We offer photography to our Junior School (Classes 4-5), Middle School (Classes 6-8) and

(L-R): Shaurya Pratap Singh, Harsh Siddhant, Nehal Ahmed, Prerna Barooah, Mr. L.P. Watts, Sriparna Gogoi, Anushka Ganguli, Maulik Jain, Pranav Bagaria

Senior School (Classes 9-12). This society convenes once a week, separately, for all categories. The AVS Photographic Society arranges outdoor trips during term time and vacations. Recently the AVS Photographic Society visited Kaziranga National Park, Tippi (Arunachal Pradesh), Guwahati, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Kanyakumari and Pondicherry. The Society’s upcoming tours include Leh-Ladakh, Mumbai and Gujarat.

Image by Anurag Das, ISC 2016

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The QuIZ club

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The Quiz Club takes pride in being one of the most proactive and popular clubs for students at The Assam Valley School. The Quiz Club provides a wonderful opportunity to Aviators to explore information pertaining to not only current affairs but also human history dwelling in the realm of the bygone era.

Comprising of twenty members, the club is dedicated to preparing and hosting quality quizzes for the students. Equipped with variegated arenas of quizzing such as Sports, Science and Mathe-magics among others, and not to forget, the Annual General Quiz, the club offers a competitive platform for the students. The gamut of activities include the Quiz Day ( an Inter-House event ) involving quizzes covering specific themes, such as business, sports, literature, fine arts, entertainment, history and politics. With a motivated team of members and an encouraging response from the students, the Quiz Club promises to cultivate a passion for quizzing among the participants.

The Assam Valley School is committed to helping the students with different learning difficulties in the best possible way. Given the increased number of pupils attending AVS, with a variety of learning challenges and special educational needs, the management decided to establish special needs resource centre to provide additional teaching support to the pupils.

The School has established a state of the art SEN Centre to provide additional teaching support for children with special needs who have been integrated into the mainstream school and who need such support. In addition, the department functions as an advisor and liaises with other teachers, parents and relevant professionals in the interest of the children.

The main functions of the SEN Centre are to increase awareness and understanding of children with Learning Difficulties, guide teachers in understanding the characteristics of learning disabilities and identify and utilize available resources within AVS for working with children with Learning Difficulties at the individual, group and class room levels.

The most important activity of SEN Centre is to screen Learning Difficulties / Behaviour Problems and reassess children who have been already identified and have received special educational inputs elsewhere. Follow up sessions are held with students to review assessment results and to cooperatively design an instructional plan that builds on the student’s strength (IEP – Individual Educational Programme). Programme Planning (Development of IEP) for identified and enrolled students is made in consultation with different stakeholders to establish specific techniques, technology and instructional strategies to modify instructions for children / students who may have learning differences.

Dr. Sunil K. Rai

Mr. B. Moses Herick

• Curriculum Based Intervention • Toe -By -Toe Language Intervention• Proficiency in Sentence Writing Skills• Psycho Diagnostics / Assessments by

Professionals and Professional Organization

• Art Therapy• Play Therapy• Music Therapy• SIS Language Therapy • Elementary Maths Mastery• Counselling and Psychotherapy

SERVICES PROVIDED BY SEN CENTRE:

Peer tutoring is available to all students enrolled in SEN Centre during the regular academic year. This involves facilitating students to share and learn from each other and thus foster epistemic monitoring and reflexive thinking. Peer tutoring is a great way to get extra help from the peers.

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ArchIVes AND museoloGy

On May, 2014, Archives and Museology Activity was added as another feather to the rainbow – hued array of AVS Activities. Memories are usually fleeting, evanescence being their very character. A few odd memories may return to haunt but their transience is well-known. Our wish to recall memories and preserve them for posterity has been fulfilled in the AVS Archives. Through our maiden Exhibition Vignettes of the Past held during Founders’2014, we had taken you down the memory lane which dates two decades ago.

The Assam Valley School Archives are tangible memories documented chronologically since time does not stand still. Moving back in time tells us what we used to be and how much we have learnt from that experience. Armed with that knowledge, we understand the reality of the present to move into the future with hope. The students enjoy knowing more about their School’s past while at the same time they learn the techniques to treasure and preserve history in a professional Museum method. The School Archives at AVS serve as a clear mirror which will tell posterity of not only our crests but also our troughs in the years to come. Let the evolution of AVS be perceived through the AVS ARCHIVES.

(From L - R): Nikunj Siotia, Anahita Hazarika, Tulika Bhargav, Prajalita Borah, Ms. Rimjhim Ghosh Pyne, Sukanya Hazarika, Uroolee Changmai, Shamiksha Duarah, Tshering Bhutia

Ms. Rimjhim Ghosh Pyne

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As The Assam Valley School pupils embarked on their one and a half month holiday sojourn, delegates for the much awaited and prestigious IIMUN (Indian International Model United Nations) arrived at the School campus. This venture was an earnest effort by the IIMUN organization to spread the culture of Model United Nations in North-East India. The conference started with the opening ceremony on the 15th of July, 2014 which took place in the AVS auditorium, the Williamson Magor Hall as Suravi Podder, the Secretary-General of the IIMUN Guwahati Chapter and also the erstwhile Head Girl of AVS, took over proceedings. Introducing the delegation teams and the faculty advisors to the concept of IIMUN,

IImuN rePorT 2014the highlight of the evening was most definitely the keynote speaker Mr. Vivek Podder whose words of wisdom beautifully inspired the delegates. As the Secretary-General declared the ceremony open Rishabh Shah, the most experienced and enthusiastic MUN-ner of India, also the founder of IIMUN, delivered his enlightening welcome speech. With that, the opening ceremony came to an end making way for two days of vigorous debating to unlock all mind blocks and promote creative thinking.

On 16th of July, the six committees, namely Human Rights Committee, Historic Security Council, DISEC, Lok Sabha, NEIC and World Health Organisation assembled in the Main School Building to begin the First Session of IIMUN, Guwahati Chapter. As many delegates claimed to be first timers, they were introduced to the rules and procedures of IIMUN by their respective chairs. This session acted as an ice-breaking session wherein all the delegates got into the flow of the set agendas. Delegates worked on various agendas and tried their level best to get them passed.

The Second Session began after a brief respite and steadily everything fell into place. The Lok Sabha was chaired by the Secretary-General, as they discussed ‘China’s claim over Arunachal Pradesh’ and opened a Moderated Caucus on the topic of Trust Deficit. While, the WHO Committee’s agenda was Global Health Norms for Commercial Sexual Services; the delegates definitely had a very “healthy” discussion. The DISEC’s agenda was ‘Establishing and Protecting the Political and Territorial Integrity of the Middle-East’, which shaped into a verbal war between the delegates of Israel and Palestine. The paper named “Down with Evil People” was sanctioned at the cost of sweat and fret of the author. An interesting facet of IIMUN was ‘CHALLENGE’, which made a remarkable

difference in the committees and offered delegates with better platforms to state their causes. In the Third Session, the update declared by the Chair brought overwhelming results to the NEIC as it saw the delegates Harka Bahadur Chhetri, Sushma Swaraj and Jyoti Basu enthusiastically battling it out. Yet again, delegates challenged each other and produced prolific consequences.

On the second day, the NEIC continued with its discussion on the previous update on the abduction of girls. DISEC carried on discussions on the Middle- East during the rest of the day. Two working papers were successfully passed during the second session and a crisis regarding an epidemic, gonorrhoea, got every delegate pacing back and forth to come up with solutions. As emergencies were declared and successfully dealt with, and resolutions were passed signalling the end of committee sessions, the delegates attended ‘socials’ to have a gala time and bring this conference to an end with a ‘bang’.

The 18th of July, marked the closing of the Indian International Model United Nations, Guwahati Chapter. As the curtains drew upon yet another endeavour taken up by The Assam Valley School, it can be aptly concluded that it had been three days of serious debating which had been an enjoying and enriching experience for everyone involved. With the closing ceremony marking the end of proceedings, the delegates departed with heavy hearts but looked forward fervently for IIMUN, Mumbai.

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First Row (L - R): Harry George, Aftab Ali, Aaryab Dutta, Mrs. Nabanita Jassal, Shonali

Kundu, Balkirat Kaur, Merenkala JamirSecond Row (L - R): Devansh Jallan, Debashish Chikanggam, Surya Ranjan Sengupta, Humraj

Jassal, Dhrub Chaudhury, Keshav Goenka

First Row (L - R): Dhritee Goswami, Dimpal Deori, Tanushree Borborah, Anuja Barooah, Trinabrita Baruah, Mrs. Ruby Bordoloi, Hiramoni Basumatary, Adrika Borah, Anushka Borah, Ashlesha Saikia, Anuradha Das.Second Row (L - R): Adrika Kaushik, Remin Kabak, Sulagna Deb, Ipshita Kashyap, Ribrib Ranjit, Shamiksha Duarah, Uroolee Changmai, Priyanchi Sarmah, Priyanka Saharia, Khushi Basumatary, Balkirat Kaur, Kuhu Bakliwal, Somaina Boro.

First Row (L - R): Abhishek Mech, Shounak Ganguly, Stuti Bazari, Mrs. Ruby Bordoloi, Mr. Pranjal Saikia, Mr. Sanjay Sharma, Mr. Pranjal Baruah, Mr. Manoj Hazarika, Saket Mittal, Saurav Dahiya, Mindar Acho RongpharSecond Row (L - R): Shanmen Riddi, Kapish Harsinghpuria, Humraj Singh Jassal, Gaurav Agarwal, Vansh Sharma, Aaryan Sahu, Kapinjal Sharma, Jitaditta Das, Tanavi Chaudhury, Diptamoi Kakati, Joshita KashyapThird Row (L - R): Yashvi Lohia, Bommi Ngucho , Siddhart Bajaj, Asita Dhanuka, Aakangsha Dutta, Aarushi Lohia, Anuja Baruah, Adhvick Pal, Subrata Phukan, Arindam Pator.

First Row (L - R): Emul Pao, Chau Kosavi Mungyak, Neeraj Barooah, Mindar Angcho Rongphar, Ronojit Bhuyan, Mr. Arvind Benjamin, Mr. Manoj Hazarika, Victor Bharadwaj, Diptamoi Kakati, Worngam Ningshen, Joshita Kashyap.Second Row (L - R): Tanushree Borborah, Bianca Karbak, Fazil R.Hazarika, Nilutpal Das, Piyush Agarwal, Natasha Rose Rao, Ritvick Raag, Dewangi Sharma, Priyank Agarwal, Advait Bajaj, Debashish Chikanggham, Anuradha Das, Shemmi Ningshen.

First Row (L - R): Rounak Sutradhar, Pratyush Deka, Aaryan Sahu, Chiranjeev Goswami, Mr. Pranjal Saikia, Mr. Pranjal Baruah, Saket Mittal, Saurav Dahiya, Humraj Singh Jassal, Pranjit Goswami.Second Row (L - R): Vaibhav Agarwal, Srutashman Saikia, Kapinjal Sharma, Subrata Phukan, Aryan Neog.

AWARDEES OF THE PUNE FESTIVAL 2015

BHATKHANDE AND SURNANDAN BHARATI EXAMINEES - TABLA AND VOCAL

SATTRIYA NATIONAL EXAMINEES

TRINITY EXAM AWARDEES

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‘DesIGNING crAfT, crAfTING DesIGN’

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.” - Steve Jobs

Innovation, imagination and creativity are not simply idle pursuits; they are the building blocks of careers today as well as of the future. The Craft Design & Technology Center offers one of the most creative, engaging and successful programmes at AVS.

Mrs. Priyanka Joshi, Chair, Craft Design and Technology (CDT) Center

‘Learning by doing’ is what we ‘CDT-ians’ believe in. We aim to nurture the minds of creative individuals, unlock their potential and prepare these aspiring young minds to pursue their dreams and achieve success in their professional careers when they leave school. Our vision is reflected in the wall mural of ‘the mermaid reaching out to the moon’ made by Melissa N. Terangpi, which has become a permanent exhibit at the entrance of the MSB from the CDT side. This is a truly beautiful reflection of the aspirations of our young designers at AVS.

Here are the highlights of the variety of accomplishments during our creative journey in the past one year:

Founders’ Exhibition 2014Our ‘Star Exhibit’ for the Founders 2014 Exhibition was the bamboo structured Helicopter. The eagerness of audience to capture this work of art in full glory, with an appropriate Selfie to take back home, was the highlight of the Exhibitions in recent years held at AVS. The ‘Helicraft’ is a new entry in the AVS dictionary and has even been telecast by the news channel DY365. With this perfect juxtaposing of the scientific and creative sides of our brains, our students also created perfect miniaturized helicopter effigies to supplement the main exhibit.

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The ‘Einstein’ bamboo lamps inspired many in their quest for knowledge. The French Decoupage bamboo furniture, and the fibreglass and recycled bottles and the very skilfully crafted Chinese dragon screen construction, teleported us into the heart of the Cultural Revolution we have always wanted.

For those who want the pristine rays of the sun to play in the yard of their abode, our students created some beautiful Suncatchers, which force even the sun to stop and stare at them. For those who love to dream beyond dreams, AVS pupils crafted Dreamcatchers to assist them to have that perfect dream using various techniques of thread work.

The collection of decorative fire screens by the CDT designers was truly an elegant combination of art and design. The Zentangle tiles and coasters were appreciated by all during the Exhibition.

Psychedelic imagination and back breaking patience, gives us mortals a chance to experiment with paper craft and get the best out of it. Recycled Handmade Paper Lamps, ‘In house Paper Production’ has been an ongoing task since they were first displayed at the Exhibition. Recycled Jam Jars were painted in vibrant colours to take the shape of Candle lights.

Digital Print Workshop – Student Exchange Programme at AVS during the Winter SemesterStudents from PPS, Nabha and Daly College, Indore undertook lessons on learning to design T-shirts & Mug prints and eventually printing an end product digitally, using Photoshop Studio software. They went home wiser with a bagful of creativity.

Dry Seed Craft and Stone Art WorkshopBeautifully crafted items with paddy husk and grains and the local ‘Tokna’ flowers, were created by our little enthusiasts from Sunny side and from the Lower School. The students also had a lot of fun making creatures from the jungle, in Stone Art.

Inter-House T-shirt Design Competition- 10th of May, 2015The theme was – ‘Summer Fest’. The design was to reflect the fun element of the Summer Fest at AVS. The winning design of Harshit Poddar was printed on T-Shirts at the CDT Center for the student community to wear during the Summer Fest on 5th and 6th June, 2015.

Bamboo Product Design Workshop- 23rd May to 29th May, 2015Mr. Susanth C S, Head, Centre for Bamboo Initiatives at National Institute of Design, Bengaluru took a week long Bamboo design workshop at AVS. The aim of this workshop was to experiment with the usage of bamboo as a substitute for wood to make designer products. The students made creative products which would go a long way in promoting bamboo as a sustainable option for product design in the coming days. The finished products will be displayed on the World Bamboo Day in CDT on 18th September, 2015 for all Aviators to view and learn from this initiative.

Inter- House Bamboo Product Design Competition- 30th May, 2015The theme for the competition was to design and fabricate a knock-down bamboo stool or side table. Emphasis was laid on the design, workmanship, branding and presentation of the product created by each house. It was heartening to see that the benchmark is becoming higher each year and the students are doing a good job, even though it is a race against time.

Recycled Bottle Craft- 8th June to 23rd June, 2015This was a project involving creation of furniture and accessories with a bold and experimental look with exclusive use of recycled bottles. It was indeed an exciting exercise for the students. The finished products can be viewed at the CDT.

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Singapore in Oct 2015. The Roy McComish Art Award will go to the school whose art best captures the C o n f e r e n c e theme, “Act Today, Change T o m o r r o w ” in the limited colour scheme of red, white, and/or black only.

Paper Quilling Workshop – 22nd June to 25th June, 2015The workshop involved experiments with patterns, art and design principles and new quilling techniques to create artworks, jewellery, ornaments etc. All participants were excited with the end results achieved. Most of the products designed as part of this workshop will be available for sale during the Founders’ 2015 celebrations.

Inter-House Roy McComish Art Competition- 23rd June, 2015This year’s theme was “Act Today, Change Tomorrow”. Each House had to submit two Artworks which could be either a digital image or a video. The winning Artwork will represent our School and will be displayed during the RSIC 2015 Conference, at

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First Row (L - R): Mr. Sanjay Sharma, Dr. Hemashree Deka, Mr. V.P. Rao, Mrs. Nidhi Singh, Mrs. Joyce MacDonald, Mrs. Minaksshi Gogoi, Mr. Manoj Sharma, Mr. Pulok Borborah, Mr. Amit Jugrran (Administrator), Ms. Sonya Ghandy Mehta (Head of School), Mr. Amitabh Agnihotri (Deputy Head), Mrs. Shakila Banu (Dean of Studies), Mr. Tushar Bharadwaj (Director of Activities), Mrs. Sahana Majumdar (Director of Educational Administration), Dr. Kuljeet Singh, Mr. Manas Mukhoti, Mrs. Shubha Chatterjee, Mrs. Priyanka Joshi, Mr. A.S. Huidrom, Mr. Sanjay K. Dixit.

Second Row (L - R): Mrs. P. K. Gill, Mrs. Sapna Chauhan, Ms. Rimjhim Ghosh Pyne, Mrs. Debjani P. Nath, Mrs. Rubina Rikhye, Mrs. Mamta Mishra, Ms. Sarmistha Paul Sarkar, Ms. Jemsi Dodum, Mrs. Preeti Sharma, Mrs. Seema Sharma, Mrs. Ruby B. Bordoloi, Ms. Naina Rikhye, Ms. Barnali Baruah, Mrs. Pavitra Sharma, Mrs. Pamela Syiemliah, Mrs. Urmimala P. Mukhoti, Mrs. Tamanna Seth, Ms. Mousumi Talukdar, Mrs. Mandeep Kaur, Mrs. Suman Singh, Mr. R. Chauhan.

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Third Row (L - R): Mrs. Indra Rao Mahanta, Mr. R.K. Mishra, Dr. Parinita Goswami, Mr. Rajen Bharali, Mr. Piyush Mishra, Mr. Sanjay K. Singh, Mr. Minto Borah, Mr. Sanjay Sharma, Dr. Alpana Dey, Mr. Pranjal Baruah, Mr. Manoj Hazarika, Mr. Harinaryan Baruah, Mr. Amalmani Sharma, Mr. Sazid Zaman Ahmed, Mr. Umesh Singh, Mrs. Bhadrawati Borah, Mrs. Sabita Devi Benbow, Ms. Aditi Neog, Mrs. Meenakshi Baruah Das, Mr. Sabir Ansari, Ms. Sangeeta Saikia.

Fourth Row (L - R): Mr. B. Moses Herick, Mr. C.S. Shankar, Mr. Prem Kumar Singh, Mr. Rajib Hazarika, Mr. Bhola Prasad, Mrs. Nabanita Kaur Jassal, Mrs. Shalu Sharma, Ms. Pooja Jain, Mr. Dullu Dutta, Mr. Ritochit Baruah, Mr. Abhinav B. Gogoi, Dr. Sunil K. Rai, Mr. S. Mahendra Singh , Mr. Thajeb Ali Hazarika, Mr. Debnath Pyne, Mr. Amitava Bandyopadhyay, Ms. Smita Borah, Mrs. Madhusmita Neog, Mr. Arvind Benjamin, Mr. Taufique Alam Ansari, Mr. Pranjal Saikia.

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First Row (L - R): Mr. Pramod Kumar, Dr. Javed Ansari, Dr. Dimple Baruah, Mr. D.K. Borah, Mr. Amitabh Agnihotri (Deputy Head), Ms. Sonya Ghandy Mehta (Head of School), Mr. Amit Jugrran (Administrator), Mr. Niku Sharma, Mr. Som Dutta, Mr. Nabin K. Jha, Mr. Parag Goswami

Second Row (L - R): Mrs. Anna Maria Knight, Mr. P.K. Pathak, Mr. Deepak Sharma, Mr. Rupjyoti Das, Mr. Dipjyoti Borah, Mr. Arunangshu Chaudhury, Mr. T.C. Keot, Mr. Monjit Borah, Mr. Sanjay Dutta, Hav. (Retd.) H. Gogoi, Mr. Gaurav Das, Mr. Arvind Das.

First Row (L - R): Mr. Amitabh Agnihotri (Deputy Head), Ms. Sonya Ghandy Mehta (Head of School), Mrs. Shakila Banu (Dean of Studies).

Second Row (L - R): Mr. N.N. Goswami, Mr. K.C. Neog, Mr. Lakhyajit Bora.

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THE BENGALI DEPARTMENT

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THE ASSAMESE DEPARTMENT

THE DANCE DEPARTMENT

Mrs. Urmimala P. Mukhoti

(L - R): Mr. Arvind Benjamin, Mr. Manoj Hazarika

(L - R): Mr. Harinarayan Baruah, Mrs. Priyanka Joshi (Chair)

(L - R): Mr. Manas Mukhoti (Chair), Mr. Amar Mathur

(L - R): Dr. Parinita Goswami, Mrs. Minaksshi B. Gogoi (Chair).

(L - R): Mrs. Ruby B. Bordoloi, Mr. S. Mahendra Singh

THE CDT DEPARTMENT

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THE LIBRARY DEPARTMENT

THE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

THE BIO-TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT

THE ART DEPARTMENT

(L - R): Mr. Pranjal Saikia, Mr. Sanjay Sharma, Mr. Pranjal Baruah

(L - R): Mr. Chandan Bania, Mr. R. Chauhan, Mrs. Bhadrawati Borah

(L - R): Mr. B. Moses Herick, Ms. Sangeeta Saikia, Mr. Thajeb Ali Hazarika

(L - R): Mr. Abhinav B. Gogoi, Dr. Hemashree Deka (Chair), Mrs. Indra Rao Mahanta

(L - R): Mrs. Meenakshi Baruah Das, Ms. Aditi Neog

(L - R): Mr. Dhruba Jyoti Bora, Mr. Chinmoy Goswami, Mr. Milan Moshahary, Mr. Ritochit Barua

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THE BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT

THE GEOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT

THE PHYSICS DEPARTMENT

THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT

(L - R): Mrs. Nabanita Kaur Jassal, Mrs. Meenakshi Baruah Das, Mrs. Joyce MacDonald (Chair), Ms. Aditi Neog, Dr. Hemashree Deka

(L - R): Mr. Rajen Bharali, Mr. Umesh Singh, Mr. A.S. Huidrom (Chair), Mr. Taufique Alam Ansari, Mr. Sazid Zaman Ahmed

(L - R): Mr. Minto Borah, Mrs. Pamela Syiemlieh, Mrs. Sahana Majumdar (Chair), Mrs. Indra Rao Mahanta, Mr. Abhinav B. Gogoi

(L - R): Mr. Debnath Pyne, Mr. Pulok Borborah (Chair), Mr. Amar Mathur, Mr. Bhola Prasad

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THE HINDI DEPARTMENT

THE ICT DEPARTMENT

(L - R): Mrs. Seema Sharma, Mrs. Mandeep Kaur, Mrs. Mamta Mishra, Mr. Sanjay Kumar Dixit (Chair), Dr. R.K. Mishra, Mr. Prem Kumar Singh, Mrs. P.K. Gill

(L - R): Mrs. Nabanita Kaur Jassal, Mr. Dulu Dutta, Mr. Tushar Bharadwaj (Chair), Mr. Paresh Basumatary

THE SEN CENTRE

(L - R): Mr. Ritochit Barua, Mr. Arvind Benjamin, Mr. B. Moses Herick (Head), Mrs. Barnali Baruah, Mrs. Mandeep Kaur, Mrs. Seema Sharma

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THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT

(L - R): Dr. Pooja Jain, Mrs. Tamanna Seth, Mr. Amitabh Agnihotri, Ms. Shubha Chatterjee (Chair), Dr. Sunil K. Rai, Ms. Mousumi Talukdar, Ms. Rimjhim Ghosh Pyne, Ms. Jemsi Dodum

(L - R): Mr. Thajeb Ali Hazarika, Ms. Sarmistha Paul Sarkar, Ms. Sangeeta Saikia, Mr. Amalmani Sharma, Mr. V.P. Rao (Chair), Mr. Sanjay Sharma, Ms. Mousumi Talukdar, Ms. Pamela Syiemlieh

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THE MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT

THE SUNNYSIDE STAFF THE CAREERS DEPARTMENT

(L - R): Mr. Amitava Bandyopadhyay, Mrs. Pavitra Sharma, Mr. Bhola Prasad, Mr. Piyush Mishra, Mr. Manoj Sharma (Chair), Mr. Sabir Ansari, Mr. C.S. Shankar, Ms. Smita Borah, Mrs. Barnali Baruah

(L - R): Mrs. Rubina Rikhye, Mrs. Sapna Chauhan, Mrs. Suman Singh, Mrs. Madhusmita Neog, Mrs. Nidhi Singh (Head of Sunnyside), Ms. Sabita Devi Benbow, Mrs. Preeti Sharma, Ms. Naina Rikhye

(L - R): Mr. Amar Mathur, Ms. Jemsi Dodum, Mrs. Meenakshi Baruah Das (Chair), Mr. Abhinav B. Gogoi

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THE CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT

THE SPORTS DEPARTMENT

(L - R): Mr. Rajib Hazarika, Dr. Alpana Dey, Dr. Kuljeet Singh (Chair), Mrs. Shakila Banu, Mrs. Shalu Sharma, Mrs. Debajani P. Nath

(L - R): Mr. Ridip Mahanta, Mr. Jayanta Borah, Mr. Monjit Roy, Mr. T.C. Keot, Mr. Dhiraj Das, Mr. Devendra Verma, Mr. Amit Jugrran (Administrator & DPE), Ms. Sonya Ghandy Mehta (Head of School), Mr. Amitabh Agnihotri (Deputy Head), Mr. Sanjay Kr. Singh Rajput, Mr. S.K. Pathak, Mr. Jamiamthang Hangzo, Mr. Rajiv Doimary, Mr. Abhijit Baruah

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THE AVS INFIRMARY STAFF

THE HEAD OF SCHOOL WITH DAMES

First Row (L -R): Sister Arina Aind, Sister Arati Koch, Dr Dimple Baruah(RMO), Dr Javed Ansari (Hospital Warden), Sister Narmada Tanti, Sister Jurimoni T BhuyanSecond Row (L - R): Reema Medhi (Night Attendant), Poornima Devi (UT staff), Kabita Das (UT Staff), Monu Borah (UT staff)Third Row (L - R): Nazir Hussain (Driver), Babul Dey (Driver), Snehmashi Aind (Driver ), Labendra Swargiary (Hospital Receptionist), Mihir Ganguly ( Houseman)

(L - R): Mrs. Protima Mathur, Mrs. Nomita Huidrom, Mrs. Priyongu Borborah, Mrs. Janet Bharadwaj, Ms. Sonya Ghandy Mehta (Head of School), Mrs. Daisy Rani Baruah, Mrs. Neeta Hazarika, Mrs. Jilpa Bhutia, Mrs. Nancy Kwan Baruah

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THE EVENT MANAGER WITH THE HOSPITALITY STAFF

THE HEAD OF SCHOOL WITH THE SUPPORT STAFF

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First Row (L- R):Yangtila Ozukum (12), Rabja Keot (12), Ishita Kashyap (12), Ms. Sarmistha Paul Sarkar, Sukisangla Jamir (12), Mrs. Daisy Rani Baruah (Dame), Mrs. Meenakshi Baruah Das (Housemistress), Dr. Parinita Goswami, Tanya Rose Rao (12), Ms. Sangeeta Saikia, Mrs. Urmimala P. Mukhoti, Tanavi Choudhary (12), Ungerna Toy (12)

Second Row (L - R): Ayushi Saharia (12), Tulika Bhargab (9), Jeffrin Ahmed (8), Debakshee Goswami (8), Balkirat Kaur (8), Shristy Pegu (9), Kabak Nemin (8), Vaishnavi Koona (9), Sungtiben Toy (11), Khriebunuo Zutso (12)

Third Row (L - R): Maricca Madan Rasaily (11), Lune Dai (9), Sanyukta Karki (9), Prarthana Sharma (8), Snigdha Bharadwaz (8), Siddhi Kabra (10), Bishakha Sharma (9), Shreyaa Goswami (11), Jermin Tok (8), Sieyina Meru (8), Sentinungla Jamir (8), Shivani Koona (11), Isheeta Hazarika (9), Afshin Choudhury (9)

Fourth Row(L - R): Moumili Dutta (10), Anushka Ganguli (11), Rhea Borkotoki (11), Anuradha Das (9), Rotha Saikia (9), Antara Ganguli (9), Kashmiri Rabha (10), Ananya Wal (9), Rishita Seth (10), Debanika Choudhury (9), Aakangsha Talukdar (8), Radhika Bayanwala (11), Prajjalita Borah (10), Junafisa Pakyntein (10)

Fifth Row (L - R): Aayushi Jain (10), Ishika Jain (10), Rashika Mittal (10), Priyangsha Chittaranjan (11), Uroolee Changmayee (9), Priyanka Das (10), Puja Chakaraborty (11), Samiksha Duarah (9), Anoushkaa Priyadarshani Kashyap (11), Nitika More (11), Anahita Hazarika (9), Anusha Datta (11), Natasha Rose Rao (9), Tanisha Jallan (9)

BHOROLI HOUSE

ACHIEVEMENTSSPORTS• Inter-House Athletics Championship: 1st Position

• Inter-House March Past Competition: 1st Position

• Inter-House Cricket Tournament: 1st Position

• Inter-House Equestrian Competition: 1st Position

• Inter-House Cross Country Championship: 1st Position

• Inter-House Volleyball Championship: 2nd Position

• Inter-House Archery Championship: 1st Position

• Inter-House Badminton Championship: 1st Position

CULTURE • Inter-House Roy McComish Art prize: 1st Position

• Inter-House Bamboo Product Design: 2nd Position

• Inter-House Chess Championship: 1st Position

• Inter-House Indian Music Competition: 1st Position

• Inter-House Quiz Competition: 1st Position

• Inter-House Lower School Maths Quiz: 2nd Position

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First Row (L - R): Junaina Firdous (12), Renita Saikia (12), Dr. Hemashree Deka, Mrs. Joyce Macdonald, Prerna Barooah (12) (House Captain), Ms. Sabita Devi Benbow, Ms. Pamela Syiemlieh (Housemistress), Mrs. Daisy Rani Baruah (Dame), AishwariyaDutta (12), Dr. Pooja Jain, Mrs. Debjani P. Nath, Pooja Saboo (12), Avanti Pema Lama (12)Second Row (L - R): Disha Neog (12), Ashrita Saikia (12), Priyanka Kumari (12), Narita Singh (12), Riyaa Sougaijam (12), Vardhika Maheshwari (12), Supria Borbaruah (12), Tenzing Yinsel Deru (12)Third Row (L - R) : Rashika Malpani (8), Jernia Khyoda (9), Dixita Hazarika (9), Sanjukta David (11), Liza Kukreja (10), Tanushree Borborah (9), Anupama Tirkey (8), Jyotishka Saikia (11), Naku Hage (10), Ankita Das (8), Mahima Agarwalla (11), Dhritee Goswami (8), Kanika Todi (8)Fourth Row (L - R): Tamana Tahrin Ahmed (8), Senthunglo Sandie Yanthan (9), Nitya Bhatt (8), Bomgul Jamoh (9), Khushi Jain (8), Nuby Loriak (8), Rashi Lal (9), Rhea Bali (9), Daisy Boro (10), Vanchano Patton (9), Siddhi Agarwal (10), Jyotika Boro (10)Fifth Row (L - R): Trisha Baruah (8), Albright Shangne Kaovala (11), Caren Sahu (11), Muskan Agarwal (11), Shobita Mein (9), Khushi Pareek (9), Sumedha Singh Jamwal (9), Jagriti Baruah (9), Sanaya Singh (9), Mehr Chauhan (9), Harshika Deorah (8), Prakhya Boiragi (8), Shenella Ann Watson (8), Aniho Chishi (11), Syeda Rabab Sahana (8).

CULTURE• Inter-House Original One Act Play Competition 2015 : 1st Position• Inter-House Lower School English Debates: 1st Position• Inter-House Movie Making Competition: 1st Position• Inter-House Sports Quiz: 1st Position• Inter-House Hindi Poetry Writing Competition: 1st Position• Inter-House Lower School Maths Quiz: 1st Position• Inter-House Lower School Painting Competition: 1st Position• Inter-House Upper School Quiz: 2nd Position• Inter-House Upper School English Debates: 2nd Position• Inter- House Hindi Debates: 2nd Position

SPORTS• Inter-House Cross Country Championship: 1st Position• Inter-House Squash Competition: 1st Position• Inter-House Water Polo: 2nd Position• The Sports’ Tie was awarded to Namrata Baruah and Jaagriti

Baruah.• Somaina Boro broke the record for the U-10 Girls Category in the

100 metres race at the Athletics Meet.

JINARI HOUSE

ACADEMICS• ICSE Results: Mahima Agarwalla scored 96.60% and Caren Sahu

scored 92.6% in their Best Five Subjects.• ISC Results: Kareena Bordoloi scored 97.5% and Supriti David

scored 96.25% in their Best Four Subjects.• Scholarship for Class 11 was awarded to Mahima Agarwalla.• Scholarship for Class 12 was awarded to Prerna Barooah.• Scholars’ Ties for the year 2013-14 were awarded to Mahima

Agarwalla, Jaagriti Baruah, Harshika Deorah, Kavisha Podder and Wasfia Safi.

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS• Bomgul Jamoh attended the 11th Global Harmony Bhaav-Raag-

Taal National Art Talent Search, 2015, Pune where she was awarded the 2nd Prize in the Trio Category and the 2nd Prize in the Group for the Junior Wind Category.

• Rashi Lal and Ribrib Ranjit participated in the Delhi Horse Show, 2015 where Ribrib Ranjit attained a Bronze Medal in the Children’s Three Category.

• Senthunglo Sandie Yanthan and Tanushree Borborah appeared for the Trinity Guild Hall Examination for Piano, where Sandie Yanthan was awarded a Merit Certificate.

• Mahima Agarwalla attended the 11th Global Harmony Bhaav-Raag-Taal National Art Talent Search, 2015, Pune where she received the 2nd Prize and the Chairman’s Shield for Group Dance.

• Siddhi Agarwal was awarded the Most Promising Actress for Hindi Dramatics during the 19th Founders’ Celebrations.

• Prerna Barooah participated in the JTM Gibson Memorial Invitational English Debates at Mayo College for Boys, the D.F. Jack Memorial Invitational English Debates at Daly College, the Rev. Samuel Slater Invitational Debates at the Bishop Cotton School Shimla and the East India Debates at the Assam Valley School. She has a total of three Most Promising Speaker Awards and one Award for Third Best Speaker.

• At the 16th National Science Day Celebrations held at Tezpur University: In the Poster Anatomy Category, Riyaa Sougaijam and Renita Saikia won the First Prize.

• In the Strokes Category, Junaina Firdaus won the First Prize while Riyaa Sougaijam won the Second Prize.

• At the State Tennis Championship and The Jorhat State Championship, Jaagriti Baruah reached the Semi-Finals. At Dhemaji, she was the Runner-Up.

• Namrata Baruah participated in the GAIL All India Talent Hunt for the fastest Indian and emerged 2nd in the 200 metres race and 3rd in the 100 metres race in the U-12 Category.

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KOPILI HOUSE

CULTURE• Inter-House Original One Act Play Competition, 2015 : 2nd

Position• Inter-House Hindi Poetry Writing Competition: 2nd Position• Inter-House Upper School English Debates: 1st Position• Inter- House Hindi Debates: 1st Position• Inter- House Sculpture Making Competition: 2nd Position• Inter-House T-shirt Designing Competition: 1st Position • Inter- House Lower School Hindi Quiz: 2nd Position• Recipients of the Cultural Tie 2014: Aakangsha Dutta, Nilofar

Farheen, Shiney Kasshyap, Suravi Podder & Sriparna Gogoi.

SPORTS• Inter- House Basketball Competition: 1st Position• Inter-House Badminton Competition: 1st Position• Inter- House Table Tennis Competition : 1st Position• Inter- House Horse Riding Competition : 2nd Position• Inter-House Archery Competition:2nd Position

ACADEMICS• ICSE Results: Pragati Thapa

scored 96.0% in her Best Five subjects.

• ISC Results: Aashna Chhawchharia scored 98.75% in her Best Four subjects.

• Raeesah Jahan Ahmed, Hiya Harinandini, Sriparna Gogoi and Stuti Bazari of class 12 received the School Academic Scholarship for the year 2014-15.

• Recipients of the Scholars Tie 2014: Aakangsha Dutta, Isheeta Singha, Shivani Chhawchharia, Banshika Bhimsaria, Mehek Matharu, Shiney Kasshyap and Aashna Chhawchharia.

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS• Sriparna Gogoi participated in the Rev. Samuel Slater

Invitational Debates at the Bishop Cotton School Shimla and the East India Debates at The Assam Valley School. She has a total of four Most Promising Speaker and two Best Speaker awards.

• Stuti Bazari took part in the Akhil Bharatiya Sanskrutik Sangh’s Music and Dance Festival, 2015 at Pune and acquired the First Position in Vocal Solo Category.

• Aakangsha Dutta received the First Position in the Sattriya Solo Category at the Akhil Bharatiya Sanskrutik Sangh’s Music and Dance Festival, 2015 at Pune.

• Havika Apang won six gold medals in the Inter-House Swimming Competition in these events : Mini Marathons, 50 m Freestyle, 25 m Butterfly, 25 m Freestyle, 25 m Breast Stroke and 25 m Back Stroke.

First Row (L - R): Jennifer Baruah (12), Bedika Saikia (12), Mrs. Ruby B. Bordoloi, Mrs. Pavitra Sharma , Sriparna Gogoi (12), Mrs. Neeta Hazarika (Dame), Mrs. Shalu Sharma (Housemistress), Alexzandrea Marie Mcluskie (12), Mrs. Priyongu Borborah (Dame), Mrs. Vinita Watts, Mrs. Indra R. Mahanta, Raeesah Jahan Ahmed (12), Stuti Bazari (12)Second Row (L - R): Yayum Toko (8), Tanisha Som (8), Srishti Basak (9), Aritra Ganguly (9), Hiya Harinandini (12), Bhargabi Mahanta (9), Ragini Agarwala (9), Shagun Agarwal (8), Toko Jirmin (8)Third Row (L - R): Domeeya Mithi (9), Bianca Karbak (9), Jema Ningshen (11), Biyir Karbak (11), Marcchy Kasshyap (8), Prishita Choudhary (10), Banshika Bhimsaria (10), Serdimi Timungpi (10), Eden Lhamu Bhutia (10), Anamika Dey (10), Aditi Burman (8), Elgiva Nola Kharkang (11), Isheeta Singha (9), Tanvi Chandhoke (11), Tadar Yaza (8)Fourth Row (L - R): Veronica Choudhury (8), Divyana Das (8), Violeena Bordoloi (11), Bhavika Sethi (11), Priyal Agarwal (11), Emisaka Lamar (11), Nangthiseng Chiring Daosong (10), Shivani Chhawchharia (9), Sejal Agarwal (11), Jarema Balo (11), Ria Aradhya (11), Tenzing Tsomu (11), Dewangi Sharma (11), Aakangsha Dutta (8), Nishika Agarwal (8)Fifth Row (L - R): Bhumika Beria (10), Shreya Agarwal (10), Moitri Kashyap (10), Shiney Kasshyap (10), Nitya Bagrodia (11), Niharika Gautam (10), Shreya Singh (8), Dhreety Haloi (8), Mahek Matharu (10), Joshita Kashyap (11), Rishita Dhelia (8), L. Merenkala Jamir (9), Jaiba Tanbi (9), Akshata Mahanta (9), Aakankhya Bordoloi (11).

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SUBANSIRI HOUSE

• WINNER OF THE R.B. MAGOR TROPHY 2014

CULTURE• Inter-House Lower School Western Music Competition : 1st Position• Inter-House Bamboo Design Competition: 1st Position• Inter-House Lower School Sculpture Competition: 1st Position• Inter-House Lower School Prashanotri Pratiyogita :1st Position• Inter-House Chess: 1st Position• Inter-House Semi-Classical Indian Music Competition: 2nd Position• Inter-House T-shirt Design Competition: 2nd Position• Inter- House Lower School English Elocution: 2nd Position

SPORTS• Inter-House Volleyball: 1st Position• Inter-House March Past and Athletics: 2nd Position• Inter- House Cross Country Championship: 2nd Position

ACADEMICS• ICSE Results: Ipshita Pratap scored 94.40%.• ISC Results: Anauska Dutta scored 97.20%

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS• Kavita Singh was selected for the National Swimming Trials. She participated in the State

Swimming Competition at Guwahati as well as the Inter-District Swimming Competition at Jorhat.

• Aarushi Lohia, Yashvi Lohia & Asita Dhanuka represented the School at the Akhil Bharatiya Sanskrutik Sangh’s Music and Dance Festival, 2015 at Pune.

• Mugdha Bordoloi represented the Assam Team in the National School Games in Tennis.

ACHIEVEMENTS

First Row (L - R): Geyum Sora (12), Kavita Singh (12), Ms. Aditi Neog, Mrs. Prayanka Rai, Pragya Gupta (12), Mrs. Priyongu Borbora, Mrs. Tamanna Seth (Housemistress), Mrs. Neeta

Hazarika (Dame), Adhvika Poddar (12), Dr. Alpana Dey, Mrs. P.K.Gill, Srishti Bordoloi (12)

Second Row (L - R): Paridi Keshan (9), Ishika Tibrewal (9), Farial Sahin (8), Mahek Agarwal (11), Diya Nath (8),Diana Puning (9), Saloni Agarwala (8), Bhumika Saharia (9), Ayangsana

Rajkumari (8), Jermin Taba (10), Shanentina Imsong (8), Mugdha Bordoloi (10), Kritika Singhal (11), Mumlina Taloh (8), Jernia Taba (8)

Third Row (L - R): Aseng Tayeng (8),Livikali Zhimomi (8), Anam Tok (11), Tolino Chishi (11), Sukanya Hazarika (10), Hrishita Agarwal (10), Arushi Agarwal (9), Anchita Gupta (10), Asita

Dhanuka (10), Lotsulu Sazo (9), Shraddha Dutta (11), Richa Dutta (11), Tannaz Hoque (11), Arhata Sakia (8), Z.Ashley Sailo (11)

Fourth Row (L - R): Geeta Englengpi (9), Deepti Agarwal (9), Hevikali Benjamin (10), Harshita Gogoi (9), Suzanne Ahmed (9), Anisha Pareek (11), Juliet Paul (10), Nandini Modi (11),

Nazarene A. Sangma (11), Hrishika Sharma (10), Yashvi Lohia (9), Anastasia K.N.Lakiang (9), Dipti Saraf (11), Aarushi Lohia (9), Nandini Borgohain (11)

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TIHU HOUSE

First Row (L - R): Kavisha Poddar (7), Kuhu Bakliwal (6), Anuja Barooah (7), Mrs. Suman Singh, Ms. Jemsi Dodum, Ms. Naina Rikhye, Sonam Dema Khunjuju(7), Mrs. Nidhi Singh, Ms. Smita Borah (Housemistress), Mrs. Nancy Kwan Baruah (Housemistress), Ashmita Phukan (7), Mrs. Mamta Mishra, Mrs. Preeti Sharma, Ms. Mousumi Talukdar, Mrs. Bhadrawati Borah, Mrs. Madhusmita Neog, Tisha Maheshwari (7), Urvee Samir (7), Kabak Remin (7)

Second Row (L - R): Tenzin Peldon Thungon (5), Manisa Kalita (5), Anushka Agarwal (7), Pema Youdon Thungon (6), Tsoshenii John (6), Celina Chowdhury (7), Priyanka Agarwalla (7), Bhavika Goyal (6), Dristi Rathi (6), Takhe Tamo Reela (6), Dikshita Bhuyan (6), Asmita Kakati (7), Limeka Ayemi (5), Ashlesha Saikia (6), Mahi Agarwal (6), Monalisa Narzary (5), Sneh Agarwal (7), Raseen Shah (6), Tadar Yajum (5), Himanshi Sharma (7), Prisha Singh (5), Hanisha Jain (6), Reva Joshi (5), Yai Yangfo (6), Sampada Malpani (5)

Third Row (L - R): Shonali Kundu (6), Saumya Jindal (6), Somaina Boro (7), Nilasha Bhimsaria (6), Bipasha Haloi (6), Kashvi Kalita (6), Jarnia Balo (6), Ayang Borang (6), Khrushelu Sazo (6), Lakhii Eton (6), Radhika Kanoi (7), Prakriti Sharma (6), Adrika Borah(6), Shemmi Ningshen (7), Diya Harlalk a(7),Bhumika Das (6), Biraaja Chingakham (7), Yashvi Agarwal (7), Anushka Borah(7), Tanvi Agarwal (7), Tejal Verma Saikia (6), Isha Singh (5)

Fourth Row (L - R): Leikhi Choden (5), Neha Gupta (7), Supriya Boro (5), Aishwarya Sharma (7), Chesta Mundra (6), Akangsha Kakoti (6), Neha Swabnam (6), Bonolaxmi Brahma (7), Bidisha Hazarika (7), Adrija Mahanta (6), Pema C. Khrima (5), Hiramoni Basumatary (6), Trinabrita Bujar Baruah (6), Anushcka Joshi (6), Ayushi Sarmah (7), Leyi Lego (7), Moom Lego (6), Ananya Singh (7), Ternemla Imsong (6), Juri Das (5), Anya Tayeng (5), Anindita Sumal (6)

Fifth Row (L - R): Manya Mundra (6), Nunu Liyak (7), Adrika Kaushik (7), Sulangna Deb (7), Wasfia Safi (7), Nang Aruni Manchey (7), Donna Subhalakshmi (6), Lidya Mirtara Timungpi (7), Kashmira Sigchi (6), Anam Aviva Ahmed (6), Priyanchi Sharma (6), Kritika Deorah (7), Anchal More (7), Akinali Ayemi (7), Ipshita Diganta Kashyap (7), Priyanka Saharia (7), Gyamar Kunam (7), Angree Killingpi (7), Anushka Barua (6), Dimpal Deori (6)

Sixth Row (L - R): Astha Saikia (7), Shivombika Kashyap (7), Sikunpriya Goswami (7), Khushi Basumatary (7), Ribrib Ranjit (6), Tatiana Lakiang (6), Kezienuguo Sekhose (6), Havika Apang (7), Upangana Choudhury (7), Tithismita Bhowal (6), Hriyanka Bhuyan (7), Sneha Sonowal (7), Anahita Stephen(7), Kashish Agarwal (7),Vanshika Kejriwal (6), Yuthika Kejriwal (7), Sunepienla Aier (7), Muskan Sarda (6).

The word ‘Tihu’ comes from the ancient word ‘Dihu’. ‘Di’ means water and ‘Hu’ means flow. According to the great Assamese Scholar Banikanta Kakati, as time passed, the name of the river transformed to ‘Tihu’. Forty one girls joined this year. With time and many events happening in the School, the girls quickly got over their homesickness and settled down.

Tihu currently caters to 109 girls. The pastoral team of Tihu consists of two Housemistresses, Mrs. Nancy K. Baruah and Ms. Smita Borah, with Mrs. Nidhi Singh as the resident tutor and Mrs. Suman Singh, Mrs. Barnali Das, Mrs. Bhadrawati Borah, Mrs. Mamta Mishra, Mrs. Madhusmita Neog, Mrs. Preeti Sharma, Ms. Mousumi Talukdar and Ms. Jemsi Dodum as tutors. Girls from Class 5 to 7 reside in Tihu House. Tihu believes in upholding its ethos. We believe in creating a safe, motivating, nurturing and fun environment for these girls. In doing so, in the Summer Semester, we had the highest number of events in Tihu. The girls were very excited about all the events like the Inter-House Singing competition, Fine Dining presentation and Tihu Inter-House Best Out of Waste Competition. Girls were overjoyed when they discovered that they had a Jam session and a trip to Accoland, Guwahati. The trip to Accoland, Guwahati was initiated by the HSMs after a gap of many years. Seeing the reaction, Tihu would like to continue this tradition and make it an annual affair. The best part was that the tutors’ excitement was more than that of the children.

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First Row (L - R): Debajit Ranjan Saha (12), Mr. Dulu Dutta , Mrs. Mandeep Kaur, Mrs. Rubina Rikhye, Mr. Dhiraj Das, Saket Mittal (12), Nayanjyoti Ramchiary (12) (House Captain), Siddhant Mehta (12) (School Captain), Mr. Sanjay Dixit, Mr. Sabir Ansari (Housemaster, Lower School), Mr. Debnath Pyne (Housemaster, Upper School), Mrs. Pratima Mathur (Dame), Mrs. Minaksshi Borah Gogoi, Mr. Manas Mukhoti , Mr. Sebu Sarma, Mr. Amalmani Sharma, Mr. Prem Kumar Singh, Dr. R. K. Mishra, Parth Lohia (12)

Second Row (L - R): Blaine Knight (12), Himanshu Lohia (7), Aadarsh More (8), Archit Pathak (7), Riang Timung (6), Dronashish Goswami (8), Limaangzuk Kichu (7), Kushal Agarwal (9), Toko Tallum (7), Toko Tato (9), Adhvick Pal (9), Rigyal Yousal (7), Rajarshri Bandopadhyay (7), Luqmaan Ahmed

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CULTURE • Inter-House Roy McComish Art prize: 1st Position• Inter-House Bamboo Product Design: 2nd Position• Inter-House Chess Championship: 1st Position• Inter-House Indian Music Competition: 1st Position• Inter-House Quiz Competition: 1st Position• Inter-House Lower School Maths Quiz: 2nd Position• Cultural Tie for the year 2013-14 was awarded to Priyam Bhoopal,

Abhishek Mech, Tanbir Ullah and Shanmen Riddi.

SPORTS• Inter-House Athletics Championship: 1st Position• Inter-House March Past Competition: 1st Position• Inter-House Cricket Tournament: 1st Position• Inter-House Equestrian Competition: 1st Position• Inter-House Cross Country Championship: 1st Position• Inter-House Volleyball Championship: 2nd Position• Inter-House Archery Championship: 1st Position• Inter-House Badminton Championship: 1st Position• Sports Tie for the year 2013-14 was awarded to Trisanka Banik, Himanshu

Agarwalla, Ajay Sharma, Siddhant Mehta, Aditya Narayan Bajpai, Parth Lohia, Debajit Ranjan Saha, Thutop Toko, Victor Bharadwaj, Khekriesilie Rio, Renim Das and Abhijay Hazarika.

(6), Dakgo Ngomdir (7), Aftab Ali Ahamad (7), Gyamar Kumanam (6), Techi Lonin (7), Raabi Riso Pator (12), Prince Rasiwasia (12), Ankit Dey (12)

Third Row (L – R): Devesh Khaitan (12), Shubham Paul (8), Rohan Prasad Gupta (8), Techi Lozin (5), Mubin H. Khan (6), Nyikum Toko (5), Aayush Agarwal (5), Doyin Padung (6), Manan Agarwal (6), Joel Vanlalruatfela (6), Vansh Jalan (7), Rotozotetseo (7), Abhigyan Narayan (6), Bomlen Basar (7), Chahel Agarwal (7), Mayukh Jain (6), Vinayak Jhuria (8), Barishta B. Gogoi (6), Samrat Gupta (6), Reshilong Norbu (7), Gora Samson (8), Keshav Agarwal (8)

Fourth Row (L – R): Shivam Bajaj (12), Pallab Pathak (8), Aaryav Dutta (8), Aradhya Bagrodia (9), Shanmen Riddi (8), Atisha Khochilu (7), Devansh Jalan (8), Kekhriesilie Rio (10), Suyash Agarwal (8), Bhavya Kedia (9), Dhajen Basumatary (7), Aahan Roy (9), Tenzin Bhutia (8), Mihir Saraf (9), Diptamoi Kakoti (11), Pratik Pareek (8), Mayank Agarwal (10), Tushar Das (8), Himangshu Baruah (8), Ngukivi

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ACADEMICS• ICSE Results: Victor Bharadwaj - 97% Pratik Baid - 95.40% Yash Gattani - 95.40% Pranav Bagaria - 94.20% Sarthak Bajaj - 90.80%

• ISC Results: Priyam Bhoopal topped Commerce stream at AVS with 97%, Rohan Saraf scored 96.75%, Deepam Gattani scored 96.50% and Kaushik Das scored 90%.

• Scholars’ Ties for the year 2013-14 were awarded to Rohan Saraf, Deepam Gattani,

Victor Bharadwaj, Pranav Bagaria, Yash Gattani, Pranjael Bagaria, Abhijay Hazarika, Shlok Jhunjhunwala, Subham Paul, Devansh Gupta and Aaryav Dutta.

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS• In the 11th Global Harmony Bhaav-Raag-Taal

National Art Talent Search 2015

Saket Mittal was awarded 1st Position in Senior Tabla Duet Category and Chairman’s Shield for Senior Tabla Solo Category.

Abhishek Mech was awarded 3rd Position in Senior String Duet Category and Senior String Trio Category.

Aadhvick Pal was awarded 1st Position in Junior String Duet Category and 3rd Position in Junior String Trio Category.

Shanmen Riddi was awarded 2nd position in Junior Wind Duet Category and Junior Wind Group Category, 3rd Position in Junior Wind Solo Category.

Kapinjal Sharma was awarded 1st Position in Junior Patriotic Vocal Trio and Duet Light Song, 2nd Position in Trio Folk Song.

• Among the Founders’ Awardees 2013-14, Priyam Bhoopal was awarded the Best Percussionist of the Year, Ajay Sharma was awarded the Best Actor of the Year (English Dramatics), Shivam Saraf was awarded the Best Actor of the Year (Hindi Dramatics), Shubham Bajaj was awarded the Most Promising Debater of the Year (Hindi Debates), Abhishek Mech was awarded the Best Instrumentalist of the Year and Pranjael Bagaria was awarded the Most Promising Scholar of the Year.

• Debajit Ranjan Saha represented the North-East Region in the Republic Day Parade, 2015 where he was awarded the Silver Medal in Equestrian.

• Siddhant Mehta represented the Under-17 Koliabor District Cricket Team.

• Mohit Golchha represented the Under-17 Golaghat District Cricket Team.

• Aditya Narayan Bajpai was ranked 18th in the All Assam Tennis Championship (Under-18)

• Abhijay Hazarika was ranked 9th in the All Assam Tennis Championship (Under-14)

• Parth Lohia was ranked 19th in the All Assam Tennis Championship (Under-18)

• Aditya Narayan Bajpai and Parth Lohia reached Quarter-Finals in the Inter-District Tennis Tournament, 2015, Jorhat.

• Abhijay Hazarika reached Finals in the All India Tennis Championship Series held at Manipur and was the Runner-Up in the Sivasagar Open, 2015.

• Pranav Bagaria was awarded the Most Promising Debater at the HOS Gold Medal Debate, 2014.

Chishi (8), Sanen Norbu (7), Nishant Bezbaruah (7), Shahirul Ahmed (9), Trishank Saharia (12), Toko Talar (12)

Fifth Row (L - R): Parth Deorah (12), Gaurav Dhoot (8), Shivesh Khaitan (11), Arjun Parasramka (11), Victor Isaac Bharadwaj (11), Sarthak Bajaj (11), Nikunj Siotia (11), Abhishek Mech (11), Kushal Sureka (8), Dakshyaratna Thapa (8), Rohit Agarwal (10), Mohit Golchha (11), Kapinjal Sharma (8), Anudhyan Bandopadhyay (8), Swagat Rajkhowa (11), Himangshu Ramchiary (8), Toko Thutop (11), Renim Das (10), Aban Padung (10), Miftaul Alam Choudhary (9), Biswajit Ranjan Saha (8), Zanato Assumi (8), Vishal Agarwal (12)

Sixth Row (L -R): Subham Barjatiya (12),Vijayratna Sumshere Thapa (9),Roshan Warbah (10),Kaushal Agarwal (9), Rajarshi Basumatary (10), Lanchenba Waikom (10), Siddhant Agarwal (11), Siddhanshu Agarwal (11), Prince Bajaj (11), Raghav Bagaria (10), Tshering Bhutia (11), Pranjael Bagaria (10), Aashim Mukhtar (9), Abhijay Hazarika (9), Tanbir Ullah (9), Lobsang Norbu (11), Rhidhwiman Baruah (10), Pranav Bagaria (11), Rajnish Goenka (10), Shreyansh Agarwal (10), Bikash Singh (9), Tachang Phassang (12), Aditya Bajpai(12)

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CULTURE• Inter-House Original One Act Play Competition : 1st Position• Inter-House Lower School English Debates: 1st Position• Inter-House Movie Making Competition: 1st Position• Inter-House Sports Quiz: 1st Position• Inter-House Hindi Poetry Writing Competition: 1st Position• Inter-House Lower School Maths Quiz: 1st Position• Inter-House Lower School Painting Competition: 1st Position• Inter-House Upper School Quiz: 2nd Position• Inter-House Upper School English Debates: 2nd Position• Inter- House Hindi Debates: 2nd Position

ACHIEVEMENTSSPORTS• Inter-House Cross Country Championship: 1st Position• Inter-House Squash Competition- 1st Position• Inter-House Water Polo: 2nd Position

ACADEMICSISC Results• Shantanu Mittal- 97.75% (Topped Science Stream in School), • Ayush Agarwal -96%• Shreyansh Duggar -95%,• Mukund Harlalka-95%

First Row (L - R): Mayank Agarwal (12), Mr. Pulok Borborah, Mr. DevendraVerma, Mr. Rajen Bharali, Mr. B. Moses Herick, Rohan Nandi (12), Puneet Jain (12) (House Captain), Mr. Amar Mathur, Mr. Manoj Kumar Sharma (Housemaster, Upper School), Mr. Minto Borah (Housemaster, Lower School), Mrs. J. Bharadwaj (Dame), Eshan Sahu (12), Mrs. Nabanita Kaur Jassal, Mr. Chinmoy Goswami, Mr. Thajeb Hazarika, Dr. Kuljeet Singh, Udayvir Sircar (12), Devneel Goswami (12), Leonard Pator (12).

Second Row (L - R): Pinpo Terang (12),Vinayak Kandoi (5), Ojas Jyoti Borah Hazarika (8), Takar Liyak (8), Nishant Borah (7), Nilutpal Das (9), Mehool Agarwal (8), Anikesh Das (7), Jaskaran Sodhi (6), Ishaan Dabriwal (8), Dhrub Choudhury (8), Angshuman Sarmah (6), Rakin Nafi (6), Suhaib Ahmed (5), Pragyanjit Bhuyan (7), Divyesh Jallan (7), Arindom Patar (7), Gautam Shah (7), Rupert Rapsang (12)

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Fourth Row (L - R): Anurag Das (12), Partha Borah (6), Jian Moji Jini (8), Rachit Agarwalla (7), Harry Elangbum (7), Humraj Singh Jassal (7), Aniketh Das (8), Ryan Bordoloi (9), Gurveer Singh (9), Gurbaaz Gill (9), Raju Shah (10), Shaashwat Agarwal (10), Sohaib Hussain (10), Vishnoo Jotshi (9), Shivansh Gaggar (8), Akash Shah (9), Tsering Wangchuk (7), Gaurav Agarwal (8), Pratham Jain (8), Pranav Chandhoke (9), Kapish Harsingpuria (8), Debaashish Chingakhm (8), Rahul Das (12).

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• Keshav Rathi -92.25%• Deepankar Deorah 95.25%• Hardik Aggarwal- 92%,• Kirtiman Hazarika- 91.25%,• Rajat Gill – 90%

ICSE Results • Maullik Jain- 96%• Nicky Tahbildar - 95.4%• Pratinav Kashyap -94.2%• Madhav Chhetri- 93%

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS• Leonard Pator and Udayvir Guha Sircar

represented the School in the IPSC Swimming Tournament.

• Rahul Das and Munguli Sangtam represented the School in IPSC Basketball Tournament.

• Rohan Nandy won the Best Actor in the Inter-House Original One Act Play, 2015.

• Devneel Goswami and Rohan Nandy were adjudged the Best Scriptwriters in the One Act Play Competition.

• Rohan Nandy and Devneel Goswami were adjudged the Best Directors in the One Act Play Competition.

• Rohan Nandy and Eshan Sahu represented the School in the IPSC Squash Championship.

• Rotluangkima Ralte has appeared in a Music show in MTV.

• Kapish Harsinghpuria and Gaurav Agarwal won a duet award in the Indian Vocal Category in the Akhil Bharatiya Sanskrutik Sangh, Pune Music Festival.

• Nabaraj Mahanta secured the 1st position in the Geography Olympiad & State Level Assamese Creative Writing. .

• Ramanuj Barua won the Silver Medal in the ASSET Test. .

• Nilim Bordoloi won the Silver Medal in the Australian Chemistry Quiz.

• Munguli Sangtam and Rahul Das went for the IPSC Basketball Tournament.

• Yash Bihani got the 1st Position in the Inter House Painting Competition and his drawing was sent to Bangladesh.

• Pratinav Kashyap secured the 1st Position in the Group Category at the District level Singing Competition.

• Yash Bukalsaria secured the 1st Position in the Editing Suryodaya IT Fest hosted by the Scindia School (Cyber Scindia)

• Mindar Acho Rongphar represented the Karbi Anglong District at a Badminton Tournament and secured the 1st Position in the Solo Guitar Category at the Pune Festival - 2105. He has won a Musical Award in the Akhil Bharatiya Sanskrutik Sangh, Pune Music Festival also.

• Maulik Jain got the 1st Position in the Group Song Category at the District level Singing Competition. He also represented The Assam Valley School in Hindi Debates and Quiz.

• Leonard Pator went for the National Swimming Trials (U-19) and won two silvers and one bronze medal in the Meghalaya Open.

Fifth Row (L - R): Binoy Bikash Bora (10), Neeraj Barooah (9), Madhav Chhetri (11), Syed Hussain (11), Shivansh Bajar (9), Kashyap Kalita (9), Nivranshu Baruah (8), Sahil Goyal (8), Gaurav Kumar (9), Prithiraj Bhuyan (10), Jason Sailo (9), Tenzin Dorjee (9), Angad Sekhon (9), Aaryan Sahu (8), Kanishk Nowal (7), Keshav Kabra (9), Anmol Bhartia (11), Maullik Jain (11), Nishan Rapsang (10), Kevin Thokchom (10), Nabaraj Mahanta (10), Rotluangkima Ralte (12)

Sixth Row (L - R): Farhan Hussain (12), Neerav Jain (10), Nilim Bordoloi (10), Pratinav Kashyap (11), Saptarshi Sarmah (10), Siddharth Bhattachrya (11), Pratyush Das (10), Yash Bakulsaria (11), Yash Bihani (9), Praneel Bhatt (9), Ramanuj Baruah (10), Nikhil Shagolsem (11), Nicky Tahbildar (11), Manan Sharma (11), Ronak Gogoi (11), Munguli Sangtam (10), Tezraj Kashyap (10), Anuraj Barua (11), Siddharth Gaggar (11),Vipul Singh (10), Mindar Acho Rongphar (11), Mahip Mahanta (11), Adwyet Agarwalla (9).

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CULTURE• Inter-House T-Shirt Design Competition, 2015 : 1st Position• Inter-House Lower School Western Music Competition: 1st Position• Inter-House Upper School English Debates: 1st Position• Inter-House Lower School Elocution: 1st Position• Inter-House Original One Act Play 2015: 2nd Position.

ACHIEVEMENTS

First Row (L - R): Swaraj Singh (12), Sibasish Bora (12), Mrs. Seema Sharma, Dr. Sunil Kumar Rai, Mrs. Sahana Majumdar, Mr. Harinarayan Baruah, Emul Pao (12) (House Captain), Mrs. Jilpa Bhutia (Dame), Mr. R. Chauhan (Housemaster, Lower School), Mr. L. P Watts (Housemaster, Upper School), Mr. Arvind Benjamin, Mr. Maxim Charles MacDonald, Mrs. Anna Knight, Mr. Sanjay Phatak, Mr. Sajid Zaman Ahmed , Mr. Amitava Bhandyopdhyay, Mr. Piyush Mishra, Manav Chaudhuri (12), Rohan Abrar (12)

Second Row (L - R): Manen Chalini, Vivor Rio (10), Subh Mishra (9), Abdullah Ashraf Imdad (8), Peter Seth (7), Rafiul Huda (7), Keshav Maheswari (8), Gaurav K.Beria (5), Pratik Bagaria (8), Vidit Jain

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Third Row (L - R): Devank Agarwal (12), Shlok Tushain (8), Pratham Somani (6), Swaptadeep Paul (6), Divyaj Agarwal (6), Parth Agarwal (6), Arman A Imdad (5), Garv Agarwal (6), Tusharjit Saikia (6), Ibom Angu (6), Nitish Barjatya (6), Kaushik Jain (7), Abbiso Pul (8), Kushal Mittal (9), Krishan Gam (8), Shivansh Agarwala (9), Aditya Agarwal (7), Adarsh Agarwal (7), Sparsh Agarwal (6), Parikhit Baruah (7), Yuvraj Singh (6), Pranjit Goswami (8), Imna Senden Jamir (7), Brandon Billing (12)

• Inter-House Hindi Debates: 1st Position• Inter-House Hindi Poetry Writing Competition: 2nd Position• Inter-House Sculpture Making Competition: 2nd Position• Recipients of the Cultural Tie 2014: Siladitya Samir, Nehal Ahmed, Mustaque

Aqib Ahmed, Manav Chaudhuri, Arindam Barooah.

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SPORTS• Inter-House Table-Tennis: 1st Position

• Inter-House Basketball: 1st Position

• Inter-House Badminton: 2nd Position

• Recipients of the Sports Tie 2014: Dodum Natung, Imkong Jamir, Nammeir Ahmed, Nathan Zeilang, Tenzin Choidup, Tenzing Ngorup

• Inter-House Horse Riding Competition: 2nd Position

• Inter-House Archery Competition: 2nd Position

ACADEMICSICSE• Nehal Ahmed was the School topper

with a whopping score of 97.60% while Aditya Baruah scored 94%.

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• Nathan Zeliang scored 94.5% while

Lalrin Changte scored 93%.

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS• Manav Chaudhuri was adjudged the

Most Promising Actor in the Inter-House One Act Play 2015.

• Dodum Natung was adjudged the Man of the Match at the Bishop Cotton Soccer Tournament, Shimla.

• Abdullah Ashraf Imdad was adjudged the Best Rider at the Delhi Horse Show in the Junior Category.

• Nammeir Ahmed has won Gold Medal at the Delhi Horse Show.

• Rohan Abrar came third in the Kolkata Marathons.

• Tachang Yangfo was awarded the Best Player Trophy at The Pine Grove Soccer Tournament.

• Arijeet Barooah was a nominee and finalist at the IPSC Swimming Meet.

• Kunal Dey was given the first prize in the IT Science Fest held at Scindia Boys’, Gwalior.

• Recipients of Scholars Tie 2014: Nehal Ahmed & Dithaingam Panmei.

Fourth Row (L - R): Priyam Garg (12), Hrishi Raj Sureka (7), Keshav Agarwalla (7), Chau Kosavi Mungyak (9), Barun Jitani (10), Worngam Ningshen (9), Shivam Kalwar (9), Gaurav Kashyap (9), Abhijit Dey (8), Gregen McLuskie (9), Piyush Agarwala (10), Saptarshi Acharjee (8), Arijeet Barooah (10), Priyank Agarwalla (10), Sarwagya Jain (10), Tachang Yangfo (9), Ashley Kharpuri (9), Advait Bajaj (8), Macjason P. Tham (8), Nilimoy Das (8), Anuvesh Py Mawrie (9), Udipta Deka (9), Rishab Saikia (9), Kunal Dey (12)

Fifth Row (L - R): Raunak Kumar Maloo (12), Yardan Ryan Nongkynrih (9), Rangding Meru (11), Tenzing Ngorup (10), Ethan Kharpuri (11), Chau Virasi Mungyak (11), Dancan Tham (11), Prasurzya Gogoi (9),Vidit Deorah (11), Prajoth Goenka (9), Ankit Sinhal (8), Nachiket Jha (8), Akhilesh Bora (9), Mihir Agarwal (10), Dithaingam Panmei (10), Nehal Ahmed (11), Yuvraj Khaund (11), Imkong Jamir (10), Chiranjeev Goswami (10), Zorin Luanga (10), Rohit Sharma (8), Pratyush Jalan (12)

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CULTURE• Inter – House Bamboo Designing Competition 2015: 1st Position• Inter – House Western Music Competiton:1st Position• Inter – House Hindi Hasya Kavita Path 2015: 1st Position• Inter – House T -Shirt Designing Competition: 2nd Position

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Inter-House Lower School Sculpture Competition: 1st Position• Inter-House Lower School Prashanotri Pratiyogita :1st Position• Inter-House Chess: 1st Position• Inter-House Semi-Classical Indian Music Competition: 2nd Position

• Inter- House Lower School English Elocution: 2nd Position

First Row (L - R): Chris Hariss (12), Mr. Rajib Hazarika, Mrs. Sapna Chauhan, Sunny Warbah (12), Mr. Abhinav Gogoi, Areeb Ahmed (12) (Sports Captain), Mr. C. S. Shankar, Gaurav Krishan (12) (House Captain), Mrs. Nomeeta Hudrioum (Dame), Mr. A. S. Hudrioum (Housemaster, Upper School), Mr. Ritochit Barua (Housemaster, Lower School), Mr. Milan Moshahary, Sudeep Laikhuram (12) (House Vice Captain), Ms. Rimjhim Ghosh Pyne, Mr. Bhola Prasad, Harshit Sarawgi (12), Mr. Sanjay Sharma, Mr. K. V. P. Rao, Shounak Ganguly (12)

Second Row (L - R): Digvijay Goyal (12), Stephen Rongmei (7), Devaansh Jallan (9), Nitya Saraf (7), Jonnong Borang (7), Lokit Agarwalla (8),Garrick Wahengbam (8), Vishesh Jain (8), Jitaddita Das (9), Deep Ngangom (8), Partha Saikia (8), Amar Okram (9), Sedikim Perme (9), DivyamKasera (8), Priyam Choudhary (8), Siddharth Bajaj (9), Subrata Phukan (8), Fazil Raunak Hazarika (7), Keshav Goenka (9), Abhinav Jain(6), Manish Bora (7), Jagrit Bhuyan (7)

Third Row(L - R): Rituraj Kalita (12), Karlin Tok (5), Nirpanksh Krishnatreya (6), Jishnu Bharadwaj (7), Rishitesh Deka (7), Vatsal Mittal (9), Bommi Nugocho (8), Livanthung Ezung (6), Sahil More (5), Hitansh Jalan (6), Barnabh Choudhury (6), Aryam Choudhary (7), Aryan Sharma (9), Abhyuday Bhalla (5), Suyash Borgohain (7), Dhritiman Talukdar (6), Markio Dota (8), Madhav Lohia (5), Satvik Keshan (7), Akash Pandey (8), Lavish Sharma (5), Sanendi Toy (6), Ritabrata Gogoi (12)

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Fourth Row (L - R): Vaibhav Garodia (7), Liangwan Choutang (9), Rishikesh Dhingia (8), Neerh Krishnatreya (10), Krishna Beria (11), Yash Jalan (11), Priyank Ruthia (10), Param Nongmaithem (7), Sempisang Toy (8), Samar Majumdar (7), Karma Kalden (6), Kundan Jaiswal (8), Tenzin Munsel (8), Vansh Sharma (7), Surya Sengupta (9), Srutashman Barua (6), Annunay Jallan (11), Nikunj Hansaria (11), Abhijit Das (10), Kato Benjamin (9), Ryan Nambam (8), Aryan Khatuwala (6), Sayan Nag (12)

Fifth Row(L - R): Yash Jain (12), Uddipta Sarania (8), Kosato Nakhro (10), Mehul Rungta (9), Anurag Brahma (9), Shaurya Singh (10), Rituraj Brahma (10), Jagrit Kasera (8), Rohan Tayal (11), Nikunj Khatuwala (11), Aditya B.Thekedath (9), Leander Terang (9), Sahil Periwal (10), Boris Nambam (10), Harshit Poddar(10), Kevin Sandeep (10), Kaushik Das (9), Mayank Bajaj (9), Hrishikesh Baruah (11), Bhargav Parashar (11), Prince Phukan (12)

Sixth Row (L - R): Shreyash Sodhani (12), Prantor Borthakur (12), Aditya Choudhary (10), Kanishk Killa (10), Dipankar Choudhry (10), Rishabh Jain (10), Harsh Siddhanta (11), Ronojit Bhuyan (10), Arhant Terang (8), Limhatung Ezung (9), Ritvik Raag (9), Milap Basumatary (11), Rajat Mandiwal (11), Aditya Sharma (10), Summair Jamwal (11), Sanskar Jalan (11), Adarsh Stephen (10), Kushagra Singh (10), Hrishiraj Hazarika (8), Kumar Kaustav Tamuly (12)

SPORTS• Inter – House Cross Country Championship

2015 : 2nd Position• Inter – House March Past and Athletics

Championship: 2nd Position• Inter – House Volleyball Championship 2015:

1st Position

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTS• Areeb Ahmed represented Dibrugarh

in U-18 Boys and participated as an athlete in the 39th All Assam Junior & Senior State Board Athletics Championship, 2015 organised by Dhekiajuli Sports Association under the aegis of Assam Athletics Association & Tezpur District Sports Association at Dhekiajuli from 20th January to 23rd January, 2015.

At the Akhil Bharatiya Sanskrutik Sangh’s Music and Dance Festival, 2015 at Pune :

• Shounak Ganguly won the Chairman’s Award in the Solo Senior String Category and acquired the 3rd Position in the String Trio and Duet Category.

• Siddharth Bajaj was awarded the 1st Position in the Duet Category and third position in the Trio Category.

• Bommi N. Gucho was awarded the 2nd Position in the Flute Trio and Group Category.

• Jeetaditya Das was awarded the 3rd Position in the String Trio Category.

• Vansh Sharma was awarded the 2nd Position in the Flute Group Category.

• Subrata Phukan was awarded the 1st Position in the Tabla Trio Category.

• Bhargav Parashar won the 3rd Prize in the State Level Assamese Book Review Competition.

• Surya Ranjan Sengupta & Devansh Jallan participated in the MCGSMUN held at Mayo College, Ajmer.

• Garric Wahengbam has been selected from the Manipur Swimming Trials for the National Swimming Meet at Pune.

ACADEMICS• Yash Jalan was the House ICSE 2015 topper with

97.4 %

• Abhinav Khaitan was the House ISC 2015 topper with 96.75%

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First Row (L - R): Udaysen Deka, Ankit Gautam, Ashmita Das, Ansh Sonar, Arbin Kalita, Aditi Das, Sagar Pare, Nausheen Alam, Akshaj Choudhury, Lakhinder Bouri, Uma Devi, Krish Kanda, David Barman, Hanisha Ghose, Sruti Mahali, Hrishi Hazarika.

Second Row (L – R): Jahanabi Nayak, Abhijit Dewan, Niharika Goswami, Aaikhya Kashyap, Mohit Verma, ¬ Arnab Sharma, Parinita Saikaia, Ryan Mukhopadhya, Om Agarwal, Shourya Chauhan, Donald Tirkey, Siddhant Yadav, Vardhan Bardia, Piya Das, Jai Vardan Singh, Nayanika Borah, Adrika Dey, Chahak Tibrewal.

Third Row (L - R): Benjamin MacDonald, Samonta Aind, Shabahat Ansari, Joshmita Nath, Shambhavi Chauhan, Jagriti Teli, Roshni Praja, Ayan Saikia, Siddhant Singh, Prabhsimrat Singh, Suryaveer Singh, Raunak Hazra, Urvashi Borah, Jivitesh Agrawal, Gitiraj Basumatari, Mridusman Barman, Kalyan Bharali, Sara Sharma, Dweepaneeta Nath, Sudipta Burman, Ronit Datta Roy, Angel Rai, Dhiramoni Sutradharm, Suvechha Borah, Edgar Bhutia, Pradanya Kashyap, Shreyan Bharathan.

Fourth Row (L - R): Avikam Bharali, Priyani Sharma, Abhinandan Sarmah, Ankita Pandey, Kum Kum Kumari, Bhumika Das, Gurmukh Singh, Saksham Bansal,

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Maanya Singh, Arpita Pareek, Tanisha Sisodia, Prisha Saikia, Adhayan Saikia, Shorya Kanda, Atharva Vashishtha, Parnavi Das, Anamika Sharam, Ahona Choudhury, Ganesh Maheshewari, Aaryavardhan Shekhawat, Ankita Das, Aanya Paul Sarkar, Pramiti Mohapatra, Arav Ayan Trivedi, Saksham Sharma, Rithwik Tibrewal, Vhiren Chopra, Vidhi Chopra, Anubhav Kakoty, Deepshikha Nath.

Fifth Row (L - R): Krishna Agarawal, Lavanya Garodia, Abhinashni Eon Baruah, Rajnish Sharma, Anikaith Annant Joshi, Shreyan Dutta, Swayam Rai, Aishwariya Pandia, Hana Shanifer Ahmed, Anvita Dey, Veesaj Goswami, Bhavini Singh, Tanwar Suryansh Yadav, Trisha Sisodia, Diksha Baruah, Fariha Zaman, Alloy Hazrika, Reeyan Alam, Abhinav Sharma, Jeet Agarwala, Janardhan Baruah, Harit Bansal, Anuran Paul, Rudra Kumar Choudhry, Aayush M. Singh, Siddhi Pathak, Aayat Hazarika, Ronald Tirkey.

Teachers – Preeti Sharma, Suman Singh, Madhusmita Neog, Sabita Benbow, Nidhi Singh, Rubina Rikhye, Sapna Chauhan, Naina Rikhye.

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Lakhinder Bouri, David Barman, Ankit Gautam, Udaysen Deka, Asmita Das, Ansh Sonar, Nausheen Alam, Mrs. Suman Singh (Class Teacher), Krish Kanda, Arbin Kalita, Hanisha Ghose, Sagar Pare, Aditi Das, Sruti Mahali, Uma Devi, Hrishi Hazarika

Class Play Group

Sitting (L – R): Gitiraj Basumatary, Anubhav Kakoty, Prabhsimrat Singh, Siddhant Singh, Jivitesh Agarwal, Rubina Rikhye (Class Teacher), Aarna Mech, Ayan Saikia, Kalyan Bharali, Mridusman Burman,Roshni Praja, Jaagriti Teli

Standing (L – R): Suryaveer Singh, Ritwik Tiberwal, Saksham Sharma, Avikam Deori, Aravayan Trivedi, Abhinandan Sarmah, Priyani Sharma, Vherin Chopra, Vidhi Chopra, Raunak Hazra, Urvashi Bora.

First Row (L - R): Om Agrawal, Arnab Sharma, Abhijit Dewan, Aaikhya Kashyap, Mrs. Madhusmita Neog (Class Teacher), Nayanika Borah, Mohit Varma, Parinita Saikia, Shourya Chuahan

Second Row (L-R): Vardhan Bardia, Joivardhan Singh, Ryan Mukhupadhaya, Pahal Viyas, Shiddhant Yadav, Piya Das

Class Nursery

First Row (L - R): Padanaya Kashyap, Jyoshika Sharma, Dhiramoni Sutradhar, Adrika Dey, Ms. Naina Rikhy (Teacher), Mrs. Sapna Chauhan (Class Teacher), Priyanka Bora, Angel Rai, Suvechha Borah, Shabahat Ansari

Second Row (L - R): Shambhavi Chauhan, Saara Sharma, Ronit Datta Roy, Benjamin Maxim Macdonald, Niharika Goswami, Shreyan Bharthan, Sudipta Barman, Chahak Tibrewal, Jusmita Nath

Class KG Class 1

First Row (L - R): Saksham Jain, Bhumika Das, Suman Verma, Ankita Pandey, Nidhi Singh (Teacher), Aaryavardhan Singh Shekhawat, Ganesh Maheshwari, Ankita Das, Aanya Sarkar Paul,Gurmukh Singh.

Second Row (L - R): Shorya Kanda, Adhyan Saikia, Prisha Saikia, Tanisha Singh Sisodia, Anamika Sarma, Maanya Singh, Pramiti Mohapatra, Parnavi Das, Ahona Choudhury, Atharva Vashishtha.

Class 2

First Row (L – R): Ronald Tirkey, Fariha Zaman, Siddhi Gupta, Abhinav Sharma, Ms. Preeti Sharma (Class Teacher), Reeyan Alam,Rudra Kumar Choudhry, Jahanabi Nayak, Bhavini Singh Tanwar

Second Row (L – R): Anvita Dey,Trisha Sisodia, Vaanya Vyaas, Adrija Mukhoty, Diksha Baruah,Hana Shanifer Ahmed, Suryansh Yadav,Veesaj Goswami,Aloy Hazarika

Class 4

First Row (L - R): Janardan, Jeet, Krishna, Arunan, Mrs. Sabita Benbow (Class Teacher), Lavanya, Abhinashni, Siddhi, Rajnish and Harit.

Second Row (L - R): Aayush, Swayam, Anikaith, Aayat, Shreyan and Aishwarya.

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Mrs. Nidhi Singh, Head, Sunnyside

The Mission statement for Sunnyside for the year 2014-15 was ‘I Can, You Can, Together We Can All Be Leaders!’The year was one of achievements by scaling new heights and setting higher benchmarks for ourselves. An interesting, exciting and successful journey through the year 2014-15. The activities organized through the year amply support our objective of building leadership skills in our pupils.

The Founders’ Exhibition 2014 The pupils of Sunnyside are happier and smarter. For the Exhibition, they learnt the song ‘The Seven Habits of Happy Kids’ with the tune of ‘Dynamite’. The experience was thrilling as they learnt the steps to perform to a packed audience at Founders’. Our pupils dressed up as the characters from Seven

Oaks and charmed the audience with their dramatization of the seven habits

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create the golden opportunity to be a happy child with leadership skills. The colourful crafts on display ranged from Chimes, Photo Frames, Pen Stands, Posters, Glass paintings and T- shirts, all of which embodied the theme of the Seven Habits.

Sports Gala -9th April, 2015With colourful Hooplas, tinsel Pom-poms, the pupils and teachers participated with enthusiasm in the Bunny Rabbit Race, Ball Relay Race, Bucket and Ball Race. The parents could not stop clicking the shutters.

Educational Zig ZagThe year was a witness to

the Weekly Show and Tell sessions with escalating

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on Health and Hygiene conducted by the RMO and Paper Craft Workshops at the AVS CDT enriched our pupils. The Annual Sunnyside Spelling Bee saw an interesting and nail biting finale, where our judge Mr. L.P.Watts was all praise for the Winners and the enthusiastic participation of the pupils. A special mention must be made of Shreyan Dutta and Abhinashni Eon Baruah as they had us spellbound with their spelling skills. The Annual English, Hindi and Assamese Elocution Competitions were empowering and prepared our future leaders for the centre stage. The Variety Show was a happy event, as many parents saw their little cherubs on stage for the first time. Each pupil of Sunnyside participated in the event. The introduction of the DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) Programme is an effective measure in our curriculum development. As we at Sunnyside believe that ‘Readers are Leaders’, it is a habit that leads us on to the path of success.

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Hiya Harinandini, ISC 2016

Nostalgia can be a colourful affair and the Graduation Day at AVS certainly stood a testimony to the same. The 2nd of March, 2015 drizzled much more than just the nagging downpour as the headlights of the vehicles flocked the campus. Faces only a few days off the AVS grid, alighted with exuberance, clicking away Facebook uploads of hours preceding the ceremony. The WMH lay in a bedazzled trance as the ISC batch of 2015 graced its endearingly familiar interior, with close family and friends in tow. Even as no lights emanated the austerity of the dimness, a conscious silence befell upon the surrounding and the surrounded, in a frenzy of expectations. The ceremony commenced with the School Choir belting out a quintessential rendition of ‘One Moment In Time’, followed by the Head of School’s speech which struck chords from across the podium to the figurative consciences looking up to it. It spanned articulately over the graduating class’s steep foray into

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the both literally and factually clichéd ‘Big Bad World’ and stressed upon the need for the bare intuition, which will alone keep the stagnancy of a seemingly fleeting ‘college’ life at bay. Amidst the upheavals of generous applause and vigorous cheers the staff choir braced itself for a performance which could be very aptly termed as the swansong of the muted toil, trailing their years in the process of moulding yet another exemplary outgoing batch from the bounds of the institution. Next in line was the eloquent speech of the erstwhile Head Girl of the School, Suravi Podder, who merged candid with the solemn to mesmerize the audience with the imagery and vision she had harboured of the institution which was her home for the past six years. The final event of the ceremony was the address of the Chief Guest, Dr. Pramath Raj Sinha, Founder and Trustee of the Ashoka University, who fervently drew emphatic instances from his school and college life to furnish the dilemmas, paucities and adventures of a life, lived in an ocean of social beings but of secluded souls. He concluded his speech with extending his heartfelt wishes to the graduating batch. The end of the formal ceremony was marked by the singing of the State and the National Anthem following which, the graduating batch was requested to ascend to the stage for the graduation photograph while their families were ushered to the swimming pool area for mocktails.

The royal silver R.B. elephant mementos reposed grandiosely on each lap as the graduates immortalised another legacy of farewell within the frame. The dancing area was shifted from the tennis court to the WMH owing to the weather debacle as class XIIs worked dexterously at overlapped and overloaded sets of chairs. Spontaneous shout-outs, warm embraces, nonchalant laughter and stereotyped AVS music suffused the atmosphere as what scattered voices claimed the ‘real night’ began. The representatives of the AVS Photographic Society had significant assignments with the photo booth installed near the entrance and exit of the WMH. After an hour into the fulfilling, exhaustive session, the students and graduates flocked to the Tennis Court area for dinner where they reunited with their families. The extravagant set-up drew generous compliments and was followed by a sumptuous meal. The dance resumed its prior fierce momentum in the WMH, with some of the teachers on duty being coaxed into the mill and swirl of the crowd to shake a leg while the others preferred to stay armed with their phone torch lights on the balcony to shun the dark. As the official call for conclusion of the event reverberated across the Hall with the gratifying compensation of the last song, moist eyes adroitly entwined with stoic yet tight embraces, letting the moment pass into the vault of memory.

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SUKISUNGLA JAMIR (B-2323):

Suki is the most fun-loving, free-spirited House Captain we have ever had. Suki is courageous, commanding and cute. It takes a lot to get her vexed, the ever-forgiving person that she is. Encouraging and supportive, she’s all we could have asked for.

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TANYA ROSE RAO (B-2968):

The First Lady of the House and possibly the School, Tanya just knows how to get work done. Taking diplomacy to a whole new level, Tanya is just the right balance of fun and work. Encouraging and supportive, she never hesitates to give us a second chance. She’s inspiring all the way.

UNGERNA TOY (B-2040):

Una is a bag of hidden talent. When you take the trouble to seek further, you find that treasures abound. Literary genius, Una Toy can spin stories like nobody’s business. She is one of the most caring people you will ever come across. She can teach you to live life.

TANAVI CHAUDHURY (B-2976):

Tanavi is the most full of life, energetic, largely ecstatic and interesting person you will ever come across in fifty lives to come. She can redefine the way you look at the world around you. And Tanavi Chaudhuri knows to party. When she walks into a room the room is bound to light up.

ISHITA KASHYAP (B-2987):

The self-proclaimed bully, Ishita is anything but a person who wrecks havoc in other people’s lives. Deeply sensitive and kind hearted, she just gets you. Approachable to newcomers only, Ishita is a ball of fun. Her humour, quite literally, is out of the world.

YANGTILA OZUKUM (B-2058):

Fun as ever, Yangti is full of life and bursting with ideas. A great friend who will most definitely stand by you, come what may. She just knows how to cheer everyone up. Her jokes are a class apart. Defined by the fact that she can destroy you on the field, she takes dedication to a whole new level.

AYUSHI SAHARIA (B-2975):

Ayushi Ayushi is the definition of a workaholic and she always gets things done. Seeing Ayushi’s dedicated eyes makes you want to do something inspiring in your life. And through all her frustration, when Ayushi smiles it’s like the sun coming up after a rainy day.

RABJA KEOT (B-2365):

Rabja is lively, happy and seemingly never depressed. It would take a volcano and a tornado to get her upset. She just adds cheer wherever she goes. Expert hair dresser, she knows exactly what to say when. Funny and witty as always, her sense of humour is addictive.

KHRIEBUNUO ZUTSO (B-1689):

Abu is most definitely the sweetest person you will ever have the good fortune to come across. Not just a room , her smile can light up the universe. She can inspire like no other, and when Abu talks, everyone is all ears. She’s just amazing. Nothing else quite covers it. We love her for the fact that she is simple, kind and perfect in every way.

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ADITYA NARAYAN BAJPAI (L-2148):

He is the cool guy of our House whose carefree attitude and unintended humour was loved by all. Besides being one of the first to find a place for himself in the School Tennis ‘Hall of Fame’. In his last School year, he has also taken to public speaking.

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SAKET MITTAL (L-2343):

The famous looks of Saket, the drill sergeant, would make everyone worship the word ‘discipline’. He is a hardworking Prefect of the House who, with his hard palms can peel the skin off the tabla and many others. But beneath his serious face, you could always see the playful mischievous child.

ANKIT DEY (L-2292):

Better known as the computer wizard of our House whose skills have saved the lives and laptops of many, he was also a part of the legendary ‘Science Trio’ of the House. However, few people knew that he could hum and croon along to any old, Hindi number, preferably sung by Kishore Kumar.

SHIVAM BAJAJ (L-2383):

A true Lohitian, his ‘never say die spirit’ impressed us all. Whether we were 2-0 down or there was only one wicket remaining, his house spirit stood strong. His cricket knowledge impressed even our coach and he always seems to know India’s score in a match.

TRISHANK SAHARIA (L-1874):

No one, absolutely no one, believed that Trishank is a Science student. His clean shaven and childish face had everyone convinced of the contrary. Yet he is a studious person who sometimes at midnight will break into emotional Hindi songs.

TOKO TALAR (L-2114):

A rather quiet and shy person he is a Bollywood lover who follows Shah Rukh Khan and F.C. Barcelona. Those who are close to him describe as having a heart of gold. So we will truly miss him as he managed to strike a chord which no one could in our hearts.

PARTH DEORAH (L-1923):

Do not be fooled by his smile, he could score 80% above with no effort put in. This is one of the greatest mysteries in Lohit, how a student who reads novels during prep time and yet manages to score surprisingly good marks. Well we just leave it to that, as despite everything he is always a brother to us.

SHUBHAM BARJATYA (L-2967):

Smash! That’s one thing he knows how to do. He smashed in the Badminton court and he smashed our hearts with his friendship. His jokes are always frequent and he never seems to know the word called ‘boring’. He shall forever remain in our hearts as a true Lohitian.

TACHANG PHASSANG (L-1942):

In the dictionary, ‘Perfect’ is the closest word describing Tachang. He is a sportsman, a brother, a comedian, a mentor, but most importantly he is a Lohitian. One of a rare breed, who seemed to have an aura of love and respect merged in one. Whenever there is a problem we have the best solution called Tachang Phassang.

BLAINE AXEL KNIGHT (L-1824):

He is the only day scholar in his batch who considered Lohit his first home. Perhaps a little slow on the ground, he is quick as lightning in the swimming pool. From his junior years till now he has always remained like a child, ever amusing juniors with his jokes and antics, he shall be missed more than he can ever imagine.

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PRINCE RASIWASIA (L-1778):

He is one of the most hardworking students of our House, who sleeps around at around 2 am everyday after studying. His determination also made him one of the best cricket players in the School Team who is willing to dive at every catch and was always ready to launch a six.

VISHAL AGARWAL (L-2140):

Punctuality was never there in his dictionary. However, he is loved by students and teachers alike for the one word that described his entire life ‘FUN’. He is the school’s Table Tennis Captain and is himself a brilliant player who doesn’t care about the bruises but only victory.

SIDDHANT MEHTA (L-2084):

The ever calm School Captain, he is what we call a ‘champion’. His humble nature may never reveal it, but he is a fantastic sportsman, a smooth singer and a disciplined student. He never has to say the same things twice; we always listen to him at the very first instance. That’s the amount of love and respect we have for our beloved School Captain Siddhant Mehta.

NAYANJYOTI RAMCHIARY (L-1524):

Any stranger would be fooled by his carefree and easy going attitude. But his badge, ever pinned to his chest, and the gleam of determination and victory in his eyes would correct them. His jokes would give that look away though. He is a truly determined person who, after extreme hardships and endurance, got what he wanted.

PARTH LOHIA (L-2289):

Parth is the man who has great command over his voice, his word is the law. His wit and words are unmatched by anyone and he has a tremendous amount of followers. His achievements in tennis secured him a position in the hall of fame and he also is the Tennis Captain. So in other words, Parth is a hardcore description of a Lohitian.

RAABI RISO PATOR (L-2129):

Perhaps the iridescent mind of this ‘Serious Sciencey’ can never be put on paper. For some, he will always be remembered as the fun Manga-buff and to the rest, a Solitary Reaper.

DEBAJIT RANJAN SAHA (L-1969):

The Marathons Captain of our School, ironically he ran marathons only once. His skills in riding made him the School Riding Captain. Debajit is known for his leadership in the 2014-15 Athletics.

AISHWARYA DUTTA (J-1790):

The craziest fan of Christiano Ronaldo, her sense of humour is amazing! Her House spirit and sportsmanship are highly commendable. She is one unforgettable person, especially because of her unique laughter, which can be heard from every corner of the House, making even the angriest person smile.

RENITA SAIKIA (J-2977):

The loudspeaker of the house, ever-ready for a picture, with her signature pout, this gypsy girl is decked up for every event, while studying hard the ‘Sciencey’ way.

VARDHIKA MAHESHWARI (J-2965):

She is the true ‘Silent Killer’. Shy and reserved, there are few girls who are really close to her and get to witness her other side, which could chat endlessly.

SUPRIA BORBARUAH (J-2536):

She is the cleanliness freak of the House who is always the last one to follow ‘Lights Out’, due to her ‘Lenses and Optical Care Programme’. Extremely athletic, she is geared up for every Inter-House sporting event, be it Volleyball, Basketball, Soccer or her favourite- Tennis. An avid lover of Tic-Tac, she is seen working diligently during Exams.

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PRERNA BAROOAH (J-2500):

She is the voice of the House. A born leader, there would not be any debate in which she would not smash ‘the volleyball’ on the other side of the court. She is also known as the scholar, who never missed the Academic Tie. Salute!

POOJA SABOO (J-2264):

She is the webpage designer and the in-house photographer who will do anything to get her laptop. In fact, she is better known as the ‘Laptop Captain’ of Jinari. Extremely hyperactive from Chhota Hazri till Lights Out, she is the most proactive gardener of the house and the closest pal of the ‘Maali Bhaiya’.

AVANTI PEMA LAMA (J-2990):

The cutest thing that has ever walked through the gates of Jinari would be ‘POMO’. She is one person who has never held a grudge. Her wild nature will be missed by many in the House.

TENZIN(JESSICA) YINGSEL DERU (J-2979):

The Korean-loving model, who shocked us all by transforming into a terrific basketball player on the court, is cute and childish, often found listening to Punjabi songs. There is surely no Honey Singh song whose lyrics she does not know.

RIYAA SOUGAIJAM (J-2536):

Sensitive and squeaky would be the perfect words to describe her. The bathroom is her second home, as she spends half her time bathing and the other half washing clothes. She is the ‘Special’ Sciencey whose focus is on everything (especially the Brother House), except Science.

NARITA SINGH (J-2239):

She is the dainty, fragile, quiet girl who packs quite a punch on the Sports Field, mainly during Soccer and Athletics. She is better known as the ‘Princess of Squash’. She could sway to any beat and although pretty quiet most of the time, her friends know her to be hare-brained and crazy.

JUNAINA FIRDAUS (J-2005):

The creative artist and talented dancer of the House is known to be dedicated and sincere in every field, while carefully balancing her studies with various activities. To those who do not know her, she is quite the binge eater and a fierce Badminton player.

ASHRITA SAIKIA (J-2984):

‘Arjeh’, is the girl who will be always there for you, when you need somebody to ‘Lean On’. A Sattriya dancer, she has a pretty smile which can light up any picture.

PRIYANKA KUMARI (J-1634):

This diehard Bruno Mars lover and ‘killer’ soccer player is the laziest person alive. She is also an awesome cartoonist and designer who is also obsessed with clicking selfies. Basically, she is the coolest day scholar of the School.

DISHA NEOG (J-1636):

The girl with the never-ending legs who sets the stage on fire with her Sattriya moves. She is also one of the slowest walkers, despite being a record-breaker in Athletics.

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ESHAN SAHU (M-2378):

A.k.a. DJ Sahu. Our House Prefect, although arguably a terrorizing presence to the juniors, we knew that Eshan always meant well when he disciplined them. To some he may appear a person not-to-mess-around with but to the old ones, he is a funny person. His unsuccessful pranks will be remembered by all Manas juniors (hopefully, as a source of inspiration). We do hope this quirky boy from Moran finds himself in the heart of the party in Delhi University.

ROHAN NANDY (M-2318):

The Head Boy of the School is one of those seniors who chooses to lead by setting an example and make sure that everyone follows. A talented actor who can mimic just about any one you can think of (in the Senior Management Team, former and present) Nandy juggled effectively between his necessary presence in the Inter-House events and his allocated School responsibilities. His inspiring speeches and jokes with his no-nonsense attitude at work made him an ideal role model.

RUPERT RAPSANG (M-2054):

Undoubtedly, Manas’ most prolific goal scorer and a threatening presence in the School Football team, Rupert is one of the most focused seniors of the House and his hard work and labour has proved to be fruitful. Besides Football, he has a knack for Volleyball, Basketball, Hockey, Cricket and Squash as well. When it comes to Art, his talent with colours and paper is still a real treat to look at. Without Rupert’s accent and his cult haircut, the wolf pack will be losing the leader.

PINPO TERANG (M-2128):

The outgoing Volleyball Captain, who treated life as a party, Pinpo is a former player of the School Soccer team as well. Pinpo’s ‘smouldering’ looks, his enviable association with the fairer gender, and especially his disastrous attempts at speaking Assamese will live on to become fond memories for the Manas boys forever.

RAHUL DAS (M-1565):

The Basketball Captain of the House, RDX is the man behind all the raucous insults and carefree laughter on the Basketball Court. Rahul is one of those seniors; all juniors would look up to, for reasons right and wrong. Apart from being an outstanding basketball player he is also one of the best musicians that ever grew

up under the shelter of Manas. Perhaps, it is his ability to make the most ridiculous of faces while laughing or his wise cracks at the most unexpected of times that make him such a hilarious person.

PUNEET JAIN (M-2380):

Puneet is one of the best House Captains Manas has ever had. He is an energetic captain, who sets himself as an example for the rest to follow. He gives us the right amount of liberty and right dose of “discipleen” when needed. He is a very good cricketer and badminton player. His signature toss in cricket is highly commendable. He has contributed a lot to the House. The Manasites wish him a successful future ahead.

ADITYA KOTHARI (M-2988):

Cheerful, fun filled, intelligent and smart, are the words to describe the traits of Aditya. Notwithstanding the fact that he is a senior; he has been there with every Manasite through thick and thin. He is ever ready to help out a person in need and never hesitates to connect with a junior or classmate. He is a brilliant actor, a great tennis player and most of all a kind-hearted brother to his cadres.

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DEVNEEL GOSWAMI (M-1884):

The Editor-in-Chief of the School’s ‘beloved’ AVE undertook the tedious task of lending a new dimension to the newsletter and just as everyone expected, took it to an all new high. Armed with a really good sense of humour and an uncanny intellect, his motivational speech (at the beginning of the year) has never left the ears of the juniors. He is a brilliant scriptwriter, actor and a director. Though his field of work in Hindi requires improvement, he is always able to make people smile. He is a hard working student and has always excelled in Academics.

UDAYVIR GUHA SIRCAR (M-2985):

The Deputy EM Head of our school, Uday is a supportive and an encouraging senior who never hesitated to lend a helping hand. Marked distinctly from the rest of the crowd by his signature expression, he is a promising swimmer and an equally promising Academician. Want to know how to make a dull situation, funny then Uday is the right person. But leaving the humour aside, you look at any field and you will see Uday at his best. He is an inspiration to all and especially Manasites. He will always be remembered for inspiring many of us with his motivational speeches during prep time and during meals. Some day when you feel sad or want to “Give up on Life”, then only one can help i.e. Uday.

FARHAN HUSSAIN (M-2959):

Though local in his own ways, ‘classy’ is probably the most appropriate way to define Farhan. A talented tennis player and a rigorous worker when it comes down to academics (even if this included only last minute studying), he will always be remembered by his fellow juniors as a hilarious presence, coining one of the AVS lingos “Case tu Nogen”.

ANURAG DAS (M-1644):

The man behind the ‘eye of the camera’, Anurag forever maintains a mysterious aura that he seldom ever lifts. Raising the standards of the Photographic Society, he has also made a name for himself not only in the School but also beyond. Although only a few people knew about his hopeless romanticism, we do hope the void in his life is filled by someone really special (other than his camera).

MAYANK AGARWAL (M-2979):

The man without whom any event of the School would be left incomplete, the onerous task of Event Management has been brilliantly carried out be Mayank who also works tirelessly to make a difference. He is also one of the most creative people in the House who is almost always involved in the fields of CDT. We sure do hope that he finds way to the halls of NID.

ROTLUANGKIMA RALTE (M-1905):

The man that everybody in the House aspires to be like, Ralte embodies the true spirit of the Manasites. Undoubtedly the School’s best Drummer in his time and an equally promising dancer and soccer player, Ralte is the School’s Western Music Captain without whom the Rock Concert would never have revived after 4 long years. A ‘killer’ body and a smile that could make a lady swoon, Ralte’s drum beats will continue to echo in the corridors of Manas.

LEONARD PATOR (M-1937):

A tireless and selfless worker of the House, the outgoing Swimming Captain of the School is not only an outstanding individual performer but also an awe-inspiring presence in the Pool. A very passionate person in life, he is a dedicated sportsman and a great leader. He is one of the greatest Manasites who is exceptionally talented in all aspects of sport and culture. He is a very inspiring senior, who keeps the juniors’ motivation high. He is a talented Swimmer and has contributed immensely towards the House.

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ALEXZANDREA MCLUSKIE (K-2642):

The Kopili House Captain and the one we all have looked up to for advice and guidance. A patient and understanding composure is what makes her approachable and easy to talk to. Her bright rosy cheeks and flaxen hair shall be one of the many other things that we shall remember about her, not to mention- her ‘jumbo’ heart.

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HIYA HARINANDINI (K-2972):

She might be petite and endearing but she has had gargantuan shoes to fill in and has she succeeded! The Yearbook Chief Student Editor, a humongous asset to the AVE Team and a wonderful sport in Kopili House, she is the one who can get the job done. She may seem like a private person but the ones that know her would like to believe otherwise.

STUTI BAZARI (K-2986):

Her mesmerising voice constitutes a major part of her identity; another one being the Cultural Head of AVS, Stuti is very hard working and a scholar as well. She is a generous human being and more importantly, she actually cares.

JENNIFER BARUAH (K-2590):

A pleasant composure enfolding a calm and practical interior is what identifies Jennifer. The brightest smile in the House and, how can we forget luxuriant straight hair, seemed to have always been a part of her personality throughout her stay in Kopili. Pretty as she is, she also has a loving heart; she listens patiently and talks endlessly. She will be immensely missed in the Event Management Team.

BEDIKA SAIKIA (K-1553)

She has been asset to both the Event Management Team and Kopili. She is a jovial senior who not only listens but also understands, not to mention her undying love for Manga comics that may sometimes outgrow that of other seemingly important entities. A talented dancer as she is, her luminous smile manages illuminate wherever she goes.

RAEESAH JAHAN AHMED (K-1500):

She is and has been the backbone of Kopili, long before she wore the badge of the House Prefect and performed her duties with an unmatched vigour. She has an excellent Academic record and has also received a Scholarship in Science. Her contribution to the fields of dance as well as sports will be forever remembered.

SRIPARNA GOGOI (K-2983):

She is a leader, a writer, an artist, a dancer and although as mind-boggling as it may seem to some, the epitome of humility for all who know her. She is a steady force to reckon with as well as, the gentle zephyr, which can never sweep past you without a wide grin. Dragging sleepless nights and the dreaded stage aftermath are what will be clearly etched in the minds of AVS debaters who have ever opposed her fiery motions. The Tsuki Department will remember her for being a Head Girl who held her own and inspired many.

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RAUNAK MALOO (D-2966):

The unbeatable sloth of Dhansiri House, Raunak is great at whatever he wants to do. Academically strong as he is, he helps everyone who comes to him. He is also an excellent quizzer and plays both Table Tennis and Lawn Tennis. His ears never miss the sound of a packet of food opening, a rare moment where his laziness is forgotten in an instant. The very distinguishable feature about Raunak is his wonderfully high pitched voice which attracts people from the farthest corners of the House.

MANAV CHAUDHURI (D-2638):

He is undoubtedly the greatest jinx; even his predecessor and the word itself feared his capabilities. He is very culturally inclined, especially towards acting. He can act any role given to him with panache. He also tries to excel at sports but it is not his cup of tea. He, however is an excellent counsellor and is often obsessed with looking hotter than the hottest guy in School. But Manav Chaudhuri will not be Manav Chaudhuri without his great taxi service. He keeps it running 24/7 all alone and it is always and ‘only’ for girls. He is extremely enthusiastic for the rewards. He is always seen in the cafeteria and food court except on Fridays.

BRANDON BILLING (D-2208):

He is friendly, irritating, funny, and a person you must avoid at all costs if you’re in no mood for a debate on absolutely nothing. However, one thing we cannot deny is that he can talk you into shame or fame. He cracks all kinds of jokes, some too rotten to be enjoyed. He is good at getting on people’s nerves incredibly without hurting their feelings. He is a very good footballer, probably one of the best in Dhansiri. He has his way with the ladies and never shows his true emotions to anyone. He is obsessed with ‘selfies’.

EMUL PAO (D-2962):

There rarely comes an individual who can live up to expectations that may rise beyond mundane possibilities. Fortunately, we saw the rise of Emul Pao. A leader who is adored by all for his charismatic attitude, fascinating guitar tricks, mind-blowing volleyball services and long driving golf shots. He sets an example by doing everything the right way himself, before pointing fingers at someone else. Even through prolonged dejection, he continues to lead the House with vigour and much more importantly, a vision.

SIBASISH BORA (D-2546):

He can hit anything with his bat, from a ball to the ladies, his apish looks never failing to make him endearing. A leader in the true spirit of the word, Sibashish is capable of handling every responsibility or rather delegating it to his much-loved juniors. An award winning cricketer who played at the District level, he never gives up even in the toughest of situations. The theory of his love is a story that many would like to try and comprehend. Bananas and pork are his favourite food.

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PRIYAM GARG (D-2416):

One of the humblest seniors who always wants to put his best foot forward for the House and who helps in various activities spanning from Basketball to Chess. His typical North Indian instincts make everyone, juniors and seniors alike, laugh. He is one senior who never gives up. He is a self-proclaimed Karate champion. He denies threading his eyebrows and claims that they magically disappeared during the holidays.

ADITYA BAJAJ (D-2438):

He is the most fun loving boyish senior, who requires an ID card to prove his age. ‘The Honey Singh of the School’ who has a remarkable sense of humour, Aditya is often mistaken as a junior by juniors. Nonetheless, he always did and always will have our love and respect. He is known as the ‘Mahabali’ of his class.

SWARAJ SINGH (D-1503):

He is famous for his ‘pappe’ moments of confusion. An avid Manchester United fan, he has a terrible dilemma choosing between ‘his’ Club and Basketball. Swaraj is a playing legend who gives tough competition to his contemporaries. He also mesmerizes the School with his Bengali accent and of course, the ‘acting’ involved in doing so. He shall always remain nostalgic about his days in the infirmary when ‘he was her man’. His moments of pleasure never left him thirsty.

MANAN CHHALANI (D- 2319):

Manan is the best Basketball player of our House, who has earned the tag of being the most ‘Talented Player in School’. He is good at what he tries to do after a lot of convincing from our side. He is also a very good dancer but lacks the strength to lift his partner. He shares a strong resemblance to our friend Sandune in the stables. He is always found at the sidelines and to him, Hong Kong and China are two different countries.

KUNAL DEY (D-1600):

The ‘Computer Mastermind’ from Jagiroad is always the butt of all jokes amongst his classmates. A legendary sprinter at best who beat the likes of Areeb Ahmed when he was at his prime though that seems to be a lifetime ago. What happened? Ghee and computers! A very talented boy, but never to be found when he is required most.

ROHAN ABRAR (D-1763):

The temple runner of the School, who started off with Tennis, went on to ace Football and ultimately did not even spare Athletics. He is a leader and sportsman who has never neglected his academics. He never lets the target out of sight in whatever pursuit he may be. To be blunt, he is obsessed with his enviable biceps and well-toned body. He also has a flair for alphabets and this showed in his impeccable record of falling for girls named with every alphabet in the English Language.

PRATYUSH JALAN (D-1748):

He is a scholar who keeps his Academics in line, despite being an extremely good Basketball player. And of course, he is the master of the Hawaiian guitar. He is very kind and patient and always helps others in need. Ironically, he is the chicken of Dhansiri House. He has an incorrigible habit of getting attacks when pressurized into uneasy situations.

DEVANK AGARWAL (D-2313):A very soft-spoken and generous person who has the capacity to make all girls jealous with his mannerisms, Devank is too gentle to be even mistaken as a bully. The President of Interact Club and an excellent speaker of Hindi, we will certainly miss him and his ‘Deepika Padukone’ moves. Dhansiri House will forever keep a note of his favourite foods, butter and cheese.

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ADHVIKA PODDAR (S-2282):

She is not just a dynamic House Captain but also has a sweet and humble disposition. Punctuality is her first priority and the House is always on time for every event because of her efforts. Not only is she the “Punctuality Queen” but she is also loved by all for always being approachable. She has a face that never forgets to wear a smile.

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PRAGYA GUPTA (S-2434):

Laid-back and calm, she gives Subansiri an easy rhythm. She is known for bringing smiles to frowning faces. She is caring and a gifted artist at the same time. Her presence makes everyone cheerful and her absence will be felt by all. She is respected for her loving and caring nature and her presence will be missed by all.

GEYUM SORA (S-1773):

From cultural to academics to sports; Geyum has it all at the drop of a hat. She is loved by all who dwelled in the house. Being ‘THE HOG OF THE HOUSE’, Geyum is insatiable and can be found eating all day long. With her beautiful voice, she captivates everyone.

PRIYADARSHINI BARUA (S-2223):

‘THE FASHIONISTA OF THE HOUSE’, one can always rely on her for tips in fashion. She is loved by all for being approachable. She is known in the House for her excellence in Table Tennis and Golf. One can always rely on her for any kind of help.

KAVITA SINGH (S-1509):

With her daring air of absoluteness, she aims towards perfection and makes sure that the discipline of the House is maintained. She is called “THE MERMAID OF THE HOUSE’, for being the best swimmer the House could ever have and she never disappointed us, for she is one person who has the reputation of breaking her own records every year. If there is one thing that definitely sets her apart from the rest, it is her straight forward attitude.

SHRISTI BORDOLOI (S-2809):

Shrishti is quiet yet incredibly adorable. She is an excellent artist and anyone would fall for her politeness while she spoke. With a bright smile on her face every day, she makes Subansiri even brighter. She is one of the sweetest seniors who has a brilliant eye for art.

ANWESHA CHALIHA (S-1792):

She is a girl of very few words but when she speaks, she lights up the entire House. Her nonchalant nature makes everyone adore her and her mesmerizing voice blows off people’s minds, quite literally. She will surely be missed.

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DIGVIJAY KRISHNA GOEL (N-2097):

Popularly known as “Digi”, Digvijay is the keenest advisor of the House. Be it on matters of Inter-House strategies or fluctuating emotions towards your better half, he is the man who would be ever ready to help you out. His expertise also comes in handy during the intense Inter-House matches as Digvijay, being an extremely talented sportsperson performs to glory.

RITABRATA GOGOI (N-1725):

Our beloved “BATA” is the guy you want to be with if you’re ready to just abandon your brains and engage in pure and unlimited fun. He, as we know him, is never sad and ever jolly as he does not believe in or simply cannot dive into a life of grief and sorrow or else it would be contrary to his ‘reputation’. A superb footballer that he is, the sports field is his comfort zone.

PRINCE PHUKAN (N-1931):

The “Cool Sciencey” as many would like to call him, Prince is the guy, you want to go to if you want some confidential information about the business scene in Assam for he knows it all. He loves listening to music. He is a friend to all and always seems to have the solution to all problems under the sun.

AREEB AHMED (N-1529):

“The Bolt”, Areeb Ahmed, besides being the fastest sprinter in School, is also famous for his laziness inside the House as mostly he is found sleeping. He is the guy everyone looks up to for inspiration in every sport, he being a man of such inspiring stature. He is calm and cool yet sensible and responsible. He is the School Sports and Athletics Captain, Areeb.

YASH KUMAR JAIN (N-2254):

Feeling low? In that case, G20 is the place to go to, famous for the ultimate entertainment package, Yash Jain! He is a great friend to all and is probably one of the most approachable seniors. He is also an awesome singer but too quickly compares himself to Arijit Singh.

SHOUNAK GANGULY (N-1963):

Popular by the name of “Babu Moshai”, Shounak is a different character altogether. Being the Vice Captain of Cultural Affairs of the School, he is deeply into Indian music, being a master at drawing soulful tunes from the Hawaiian guitar. He is a light-minded person with whom one can share anything and everything.

RITURAJ KALITA (N-1570):

With him, everything is great in life. He doesn’t worry too much, likes to take things easy, is surprisingly cunning at times but finds a reason to crack a joke and give his signature sadistic smile every single time. His prime hobby lies in playing cricket as without him, our backyard Namdang cricket matches are just not possible.

PRANTOR BORTHAKUR (N-2142):

He is the ‘Bluff Master’ of the House. He has a reputation in the House for being as lively and as funny as anything can get. His outrageous humour is something very unique about him. He is an underdog, who we know is going to perform exceedingly well in the forthcoming ISC Examinations.

KUMAR KAUSTAV KISHORE TAMULY (N-1584):

The “All Rounder of the House”, Kaustav is extraordinarily talented as a master in academics, sports as well as culture. His contribution to the House in Volleyball, Basketball, Indian music and Academics is unparalleled. He, as we know, is supremely humble and mostly keeps to himself, never turning down anyone for help or a nice little chat all the same.

SHREYASH SODHANI (N-2263):

The School Squash Captain, Shreyansh is sharp at mind and childish at heart. His kind and playful demeanour allows him to get along with almost anybody. He has a hidden talent in art and loves to sing. He doesn’t like to get serious or angry most of the time as this, he believes, defies his character.N

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SAYAN NAG (N-2961):

The “dada” of the Namdang batch of 2016 is our nearest and dearest, Sir NAG! Being one of the most intellectually gifted people one could find on campus, NAG is found to be popular for all the reasons one can think of. An extraordinary writer, an excellent chess player and a forcibly made but nevertheless great actor could be some of the attributes added to his name. Being like an elder brother to all Namdang boys, we can say with utmost surety that he is among the very few people who ever treaded this School having their ideals and principles as solid as a rock.

CHRIS HARRIS (N-2308):

“The Big Guy”, Chris Harris is serious as well as strict when it comes to work but is definitely comforting and friendly elsewhere. Chris is a tremendous sportsperson combined with sheer knowledge and experience of various sporting disciplines. He loves music, he loves food but even after having taken up science, he has not forgotten his true love, basketball. A brother and leader to all, he is Chris Harris.

GAURAV KRISHAN (N-1617):

He is bold, he is brave. He is the ‘fighter’ of the House. A man of deep thought and knowledge, a leader, and a true visionary is what we would like to call our House Captain, Gaurav Krishan. Gaurav is passionate about sports, having played soccer for the School team. He tends to be sleepy most of the time but does not hesitate at all to work for the House at any given time of the day.

SUDEEP LAIKHURAM (N-1943):

A great leader, but a better companion to all Spartans, Sudeep harbours extreme levels of devotion and love for the Namdang House. Even as he is always spreading smiles wherever he goes but at the same time, gets everyone serious when dealing with real business. Not to forget his enviable popularity for making gruesome lingos, Sudeep’s presence always has the power to ‘enlighten’ the room.

HARSHIT SARAWGI (N-1867):

He is responsible, serious, sincere, intelligent, humble and helpful. An outstanding scholar in the true sense, he combines considerable practical knowledge and experience in the field of commerce. He is also popular for his expertise in web page designing and computer science. A dedicated EM prefect, who is always seen working at his best to perfect an event.

SUNNY WARBAH (N-2996):

“The Handsome Guy” of the House, Sunny is quiet most of the time but rocks the stage while singing. Being intensively into music and sports, he likes to spend most of his time engaged in either playing Basketball or listening to music. He is an introvert but friendly at the same time. He has an amazing depth to his character that most people don’t know of, but we think he likes it that way.

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HUMANITIES

Delhi 31

Mumbai 6

Pune 4

Bengaluru 4

SL.

No.

NAME ROLL COLLEGE / UNIVERSITY,

LOCATION

MAJOR /

HONOURS

1 Antara Borah 1348 Maitreyi College, DU History

2 Badonnam

Pyrbot

2803 Nirmala Niketan College,

Mumbai

Social Work

3 Najiba Yasmin 2780 Symbiosis International

University, Pune

Liberal Arts

4 Reshmee Das 2004 Cotton College, Guwahati Political Science

5 Umme Mehr

Hazarika

2235 Sophia College, Mumbai B.A. for Psycho,

Socio and

Philosophy

6 Melissa Erangpi 2804 Pearl Academy, Delhi Design

7 Norbu Choden 1896 Symbiosis International

University, Pune

Economics

8 Simone Sarma 1733 St. Xavier's, Mumbai Political Science

9 Srishti Singh 1680 Lady Shriram College, DU Political Science

10 Arindam

Barooah

1342 Amity, Noida / waiting for DU

cut-off

Sociology

11 Lalrinawma

Chhangte

1722 Hindu College, DU Political Science

12 Ojingso Pul 2772 Bhagat Singh College, DU Political Science

13 Nathan Zeliang 1933 St. Xavier's, Mumbai Psychology

14 Rohan Dastidar 1536 Bhagat Singh College, DU History

15 Shivraj Nunisa 1724 Motilal Nehru College, DU Political Science

16 Kareena

Bordoloi

1521 Lady Shriram College, DU Psychology

17 Kaveri Roy 2806 Kamla Nehru College, DU Sociology

18 Margarita

Pakyntein

2003 Mount Carmel, Bengaluru B.A.

19 Rojaskiya

Ranjeet

1380 Maitreyi College, DU Political Science

20 Aalia Singh 2367 Oberoi Hotel, Gurgaon Hotel Management

21 Chipenla Chang 2160 Maitreyi College, DU Political Science

22 Simran Vaswani 2791 Symbiosis International

University, Pune

Psychology

23 Sumixna

Borchetia

2776 Gargi College, DU English

24 Supriti David 1540 St. Stephen's College, DU English

25 Dagi Ngomdir 1743 Miranda College, DU History

26 Nilofar Farheen 1358 Cotton College, Guwahati Political Science

27 Priyanka

Warbah

1876 G. D. Goenka University,

Gurgaon

Political Science

28 Rupali Sharma 1347 Chirst College, Bengaluru B.A.

29 Suravi Podder 1883 St. Xavier’s College , Mumbai History and Socio.

30 Aashna

Chhawchharia

1690 Lady Shriram College, DU Psychology

31 Kyzom Tenzing 2415 Lady Shriram College, DU Psychology

32 Darpan Bora 2050 Zakir Hussain College, DU History

33 Kohtiba

Sangtam

1399 Rajdhani College, Delhi English

34 Antareep

Kakati

1571 Chirst College, Bengaluru B.A.

35 Harvey

Diengdoh

2801 St. Xavier's, Mumbai Psychology

36 Abhiman Paul 2784 Symbiosis, Pune / waiting for

DU cut-off

Liberal Arts

37 Kirtiman

Hazarika

1313 Motilal Nehru College, DU English

38 Lalmalsawma

Sailo

2167 Hindu College, DU Political Science

39 Irwin Daimari 1707 Delhi College of Arts and

Commerce, DU

History

40 Dhruv Dutta 1502 Chirst College, Bengaluru B.A.

41 Murongpang

Imsong

1990 St. Stephen's College, DU Economics

42 Prarthana

Baruva

1546 Lady Shriram College, DU History

43 Srishti Dutta 1757 Maitreyi College, DU Political Science

44 Visakha

Kashyap

1683 Kamla Nehru College, DU Sociology

45 Akanksha Jain 2381 University of California, Los

Angeles, USA

Liberal Arts

46 Barkhaa

Goswami

1444 Maitreyi College, DU B.A.

47 Jennifer Paul 1868 Symbiosis Law School, Pune Law

48 Radhika Jalan 1794 Indraprastha College, DU Economics / Pol.

Science

Gurgaon 1

Guwahati 1

USA 1

Total Students 48

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uNIVersITy PlAcemeNTs of The clAss of 2015An overview of the university placements (Science) for the Class of 2015 reads as follows:

SCIENCES

UK 1

Phillipines 1

Delhi 2

Pune 1

Orissa 1

UP 4

SL. No.

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MAJOR / HONOURS

1 Mayukhraaj

Saharia

2241 Krishna Medical College, Karad

(Maharastra)

MBBS

2 Tanzeeb Iqbal 1712 Vellore Institute of Technology,

Chennai

B. Tech.

3 Siladitya Samir 2103 Amity University, Noida Architecture

4 Priya Elangbam 1788 Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune MBBS

5 Jirnia Taying s 2842 Dropping a year for coaching

(AIPMT)

N/A

6 Shivalika

Choudhury

1300 SRM, Chennai Bio-Tech

7 Michelle P.

Marak

2783 Amity University, Noida Architecture

8 Eurika Rymbai 2779 SRM, Chennai Civil Engineering

9 Sherab

Chouden Bhutia

2798 Sikkim Manipal University,

Sikkim

Civil Engineering

10 Jessica

Chowdhury

2788 Meenakshi Medical College,

Chennai

MBBS

11 Siddharth

Thapa

1799 Edinburgh Napier University,

Edinburgh, UK

B.Sc Biomedical

Science

12 Jason

Nongmaithem

2796 ITS Dental college, Ghaziabad BDS

13 Laloo Phassang 1941 ITS Dental college, Ghaziabad BDS

14 Rajat Singh Gill 1446 Kalinga Institute of Industrial

Technology, Bhubaneswar

B. Tech in

Electronics and

Instrumentation

15 Shantanu Mittal 1704 St. Stephen’s College, Delhi

University

B.A. (Economics)

16 Llisathung

Patton

2793 St. Stephen’s College, Delhi

University

B.Sc in Computer

Science

17 Angshuman

Singha

2810 SRM, Chennai Mechanical

Engineering

18 Boris Raj

Borgohain

2057 SRM, Chennai B. Tech Software

Engineering

19 Keshav Agarwal 2118 Kota Coaching

20 Pejom Ete 1720 KLE Dental College, Bangalore BDS

21 Shnehansu Raj

Baruah

2436 Lady Fatima University, School

of

Medicine, Manila, Philippines

Medicine

22 Abhishek

Daimari

1557 Indian Institute of Management

, Indore

Integrated

Programme in

Management

23 Anauska Dutta 1356 SRM, Chennai B. Tech in IT

24 Anushka

Barman

1357 SRM, Chennai Civil Engineering

25 Demita

Nambam

2288 North Eastern Indira Gandhi

Regional Institute of Health

and Medical Sciences

(NEIGRIHMS), Shillong

MBBS

26 Mahasweta Das 2104 Dropping a year for coaching

(AIPMT)

N/A

27 Aarchiya Habib 1684 Dropping a year for coaching

(AIPMT)

N/A

Sikkim 1

Chennai 8

Shillong 1

Indore 1

Coaching 6

Total Students 27

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NAME ROLL COLLEGE / UNIVERSITY, LOCATION

MAJOR / HONOURS

1 Alemso Tawsik 1593 St Xavier’s College, Mumbai BMS

2 Ayush Bajaj 1588 Christ University, Bangalore BBA

3 Dev Porus Sur 1789 Zakir Hussain College, Delhi History

4 Hifzur Rahman 2039 Hinduja College Mumbai, B.Com. (Financial

Market )

5 Jayant Agarwal 2809 St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata B.Com

6 Nummeir

Ahmed

1401 St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata B.Com

7 Meenal Pasari 2822 Dibrugarh University B.Com

8 Sukanya

Borbaruah

2802 Mount Carmel College,

Bangalore. Under Bangalore

University

Psychology, English

and Journalism

9 Yvette Mawrie 2775 Jesus & Mary College, N. Delhi B. Com.

10 Saloni Saraogi 1886 St.Xavier’s College, Kolkata B.Com. (Hons)

11 Sonal Bhartia 1901 J.D. Birla Institute of

Management

BBA

12 Swati Baruah 2402 Pannalal Girdharlal Dayanand

Anglo-Vedic,College,

English Honours

13 Ajay Sharma 1899 NEF LLB

14 Deepam

Gattani

2440 St. Xavier's College, Kolkata B.Com

15 Himanshu

Agarwalla

1714 Jain College, Bangalore B.Com.

16 Karan Raj

Gupta

1525 Christ University, Bangalore B.Com.

17 Kaushik Das 1685 Mithibai College of Arts,

Mumbai,

Bachelor of

Banking and

Insurance

18 Prateek Kumar

Jain

1413 Royal Global School of Business BBA

19 Priyam Bhoopal 1929 Hindu College , Delhi

University

B. Com ( Hons)

20 Rishabh Patni 1621 Christ University , B.Com. (Hons)

21 Rohan Saraf 1764 Hansraj College, Delhi B.Com. (Hons)

22 Shivam Saraf 2339 Amity , Noida BBA & LLB

23 Shubham Bajaj 2135 Christ University, Bangalore B.Com (Hons)

24 Swarup Paul 2105 St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata B. Com (Hons)

25 Trisanka Banik 1573 Amity, Kolkata B.B.A.

26 Vidit Patni 1628 IHM, Dr Rafiq Zakaria Campus,

Rauza Bagh, Aurangabad.

Hotel Mgt.

27 Aayush

Agarwal

2807 St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata B.Com

28 Aayush

Singhania

2134 Jain College, Bangalore BBA

29 Deepankar

Deorah

2794 Narsee Monjee Institute of

Management Studies, Mumbai

BBA

30 Hardik Agarwal 2821 Christ College, Bangalore B. Com (Hons)

31 Keshav Rathi 2782 St Xavier's College, Kolkata B. Com (Hons)

32 Mukund

Harlalka

1992 St. Xaviers College, Kolkata B.B.A.

33 Shreyansh

Dugar

2087 St.Xavier's College, Kolkata. B.Com (Hons)

34 Sumer Roy 2301 Bhawanipur Education Society

College, Kolkata

B. Com. (Hons)

35 Abhinav

Khaitan

2808 Hindu College , Delhi

University

B.Com. (Hons)

36 Aditya

Agarwala

2778 St. Xavier's College, Kolkata BBA.

37 Ashu Sharma 2136 Amity University , Noida B. Com

38 Avni Joshi 1726 Mithibai College, Road No1,

JVPD, Juhu, Mumbai.

B.M.S.

39 Harsha Pareek 2812 Motilal Nehru College, Delhi B.A. Economics.

(Hons)

40 Sakshi Saraf 2787 St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata B.Com. (Hons)

41 Vani Vandana

Chhetri

2516 Symbiosis Law School, Pune LLB

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Maharashtra 7

West Bengal 14

New Delhi 7

Uttar Pradesh 2

Karnataka 8

Assam 3

Total Students 41

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Archery at AVS has changed drastically over the last few years. Many tend to have a preconceived notion about this sport as a mundane happening at the Archery Field but having been in this sport for quite a long time and practising this ancient art, we have learnt many lifelong virtues.Today, we stand proud of our team and would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to our coach Mr. Sanjay Pathak for assisting and guiding us. This year, the AVS team had participated in eight National events and returned with a little chagrin of having gotten only a single silver medal. In the Nationals, we participated in three categories- Under-17 Mini, Under-18 Junior and Under-17 Sub-junior. In August, 2014, in the Under-14 Nationals, Kashmiri Rabha secured 9th rank, Boris 19th rank, Ayush 16th rank and Trinayan 14th rank.In December, 2014, in the Under-14, Trinayan Saikia (recurve) received a silver medal, Ayush Dowerah and Renim Das (compound) stood 14th and 34th respectively. In the month of January 2015, Trinayan Saikia participated in the Under-17 Sub-junior Nationals where he secured 17th rank. We hope that in the future, there are more number of participants for State as well as District Competition that cater to the passion of the Archery students at AVS.

First Row (L - R): Priyank Ruthia, Boris Nambam, Trinayan Saikia, Mr. Sanjay Pathak (Coach), Kashmiri Rabha, Aniho Chishi, Renim Das Second Row (L - R): Aryan Sharma, Manish Bora, Maitri Kashyap, Rituraj Brahma, Anchita Gupta, Udipta Sarania, Archit Pathak, Nandan Agarwal

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Tezraj Kashyap, X and Devneel Goswami, ISC 2016

Every year the standard of athletics in The Assam Valley School seems to make greater progress than ever. As in the past, this year, too, the young athletes did not fail to show their enthusiasm and dedication on the field. Let us hope that this year is just as fruitful for athletics at it has been in the past. On the 15th of December, 2014, all Aviators gathered at the Sports Pavilion for a much-awaited afternoon, where all their toils and labours were either to receive the ultimate justification or experience the bitter taste of defeat and disappointment until they get another chance to prove their mettle. While all the Houses put up a splendid display of their strength and agility, it was Bhoroli-Lohit who walked away with both the Athletics and the March Past trophies, while Subansiri-Namdang emerged as the runners up in both categories.

The Inter-House Cross Country Championship was held on the 9th of April, 2015. This Championship brought with it a time when months of sweat and toil stood at stake and the culminated painstaking labour of each House faced the final test. It not only put pressure on the physique of the respective pupils but was a psychological war against oneself. Although all previous records managed to hold their ground, the School was witness to the unprecedented spirit and enthusiasm of an array of promising runners. While Jinari-Manas and Bhoroli-Lohit jointly lifted the Winners’ trophy, Kopili-Dhansiri took home the Runners Up trophy followed by Subansiri-Namdang in the third position.

HOUSE POSITIONS:1st Position: Bhoroli-Lohit and Jinari-Manas2nd Position: Kopili-Dhansiri3rd Position: Subansiri-Namdang

Over 16 (Boys) 1st Position: Rohan Abrar (Dhansiri)2nd Position: Priyam Garg (Dhansiri)3rd Position: Aditya Bajpai (Lohit)

First Row (L - R): Adrija Mahanta, Vivor Rio, Debajit Saha, Rohan Abrar, Tanbir Alforid Ullah, Priyam Garg

GROUP NAME HOUSE POINTSUNDER 10 GIRLS Adrija Mahanta Kopili 22

UNDER 10 BOYS Shrutasman Namdang 38

UNDER 12 GIRLS Ipshita Bhoroli 22

UNDER 12 GIRLS Anushka Subansiri 22

UNDER 12 BOYS Hrishiraj Namdang 57

UNDER 14 GIRLS Harshita Gogoi Subansiri 31

UNDER14 BOYS Tanbir Alforid Ullah Lohit 46

UNDER 16 GIRLS Mugdha Bordoloi Subansiri 27

UNDER 16 BOYS Victor Bharadwaj Lohit 43

OVER 16 GIRLS Yangtila Ozukum Bhoroli 30

OVER 16 BOYS Areeb Ahmed Namdang 43

Over 16 (Girls)1st Position: Anwesha Chaliha (Subansiri)2nd Position: Sukisungla Jamir (Bhoroli)3rd Position: Tanya Rao (Bhoroli)

Under 16 (Boys)1st Position: Vivor Rio (Dhansiri)2nd Position: Dithaingam Panmei (Dhansiri)3rd Position: Vipul Singh (Manas)

Under 16 (Girls)1st Position: Antara Ganguli (Bhoroli)2nd Position: Mugdha Bordoloi (Subansiri)3rd Position: Natasha Rao (Bhoroli)

Under 14 (Boys)1st Position: Tanbir A. Ullah (Lohit)2nd Position: Limhathung Ezung (Namdang)3rd Position: Himangshu Baruah (Lohit)

Under 14 (Girls)1st Position: Jernia Khyoda (Jinari)2nd Position: Ipshita Kashyap (Bhoroli)3rd Position: Shanentina Imsong (Subansiri)

Under 12 (Boys)1st Position: Tsering Wangchuk (Manas)2nd Position: Kaustav Garg (Manas)3rd Position: Gyan Sharma (Dhansiri)

Under 12 (Girls)1st Position: Aslesha Saikia (Bhoroli)2nd Position: Anushka Joshi (Subansiri)3rd Position: Neha Swabnam (Subansiri)

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bADmINToN bAskeTbAllShubham Barjatya, ISC 2016 Pratyush Jalan & Kaustav Tamuly, ISC 2016

Badminton is a very popular sport at AVS. The Captains of the sport are Subham Barjatiya (boys) and Adhvika Poddar (girls). It has been a pretty successful year for Badminton and it would not have been so without the support of the Coach, Mr. Abhijit Baruah. Badminton players at AVS have been blessed with the gift of four new indoor synthetic badminton courts. Apart from being really spacious, the experience of playing on these courts is unique in itself. Needless to say, more pupils will be attracted towards this sport in the years to come.

Basketball as a sport has achieved great heights at The Assam Valley School. The standard of the game has increased remarkably and we are proud to be a part of this gallant team, led by our inspirational Captain, Chris Harris and instructed by Mr. Rajiv Doimary, who has given considerable amount of his own valuable time in trying to epitomize perfection in this field of sport.

Firstly, we would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to the Director of Physical Education (DPE) of AVS, Mr. Amit Jugrran for being a constant support to our team and for providing us with incomparable facilities for Basketball training so that we can win the upcoming tournaments.

The Basketball team of our School, constituting of young talents like Kumar Kaustav Tamuly, Rahul Das, Areeb Ahmed, Priyam Garg, Pratyush Jalan and the others, have participated in the most prestigious basketball tournament of our country i.e. the IPSC Under-19 Basketball Tournament held at the Modern School, New Delhi. We were knocked out at the qualifying level but this loss did not affect the morale of the team; rather it gave us determination and strength to win the next upcoming tournament- the 3rd Invitational Basketball Tournament hosted by AVS. We emerged as the Runner Up in this competition, after playing very hard and practising day and night.

The recent Inter-House Basketball Competition held at our School showcased quality performances by all the Houses. This shows how the love for Basketball or rather the passion has increased in the School and we hope that young boys and girls keep playing this sport and achieve what they strive for.

Lastly, we would like to wish our juniors and the upcoming basketball team, the best of luck for all future events and hope that they shall persevere and break free from the worst of obstacles hindering their progress.

First Row (L - R):Kanisk Killa, Mindar Acho Rongor, Subham Barjatiya, Abhijit Baruah (Coach), Adhvika Poddar, Bharagav Prashar, Prince Bajaj Second Row (L - R): Subh Mishra, Ryan Nonkenrih, Chiranjeev Goswami, Gaurav Kumar

First Row (L - R): Adhvika Poddar, Subham Barjatiya, Abhijit Baruah (Coach), Himangshu Baruah, Sneha Sonowal

First Row (L - R): Sunny Warbah, Pratyush Jalan, Chris Harris (Captain), Rajiv Daimary (Coach), Kumar Kaustav Tamuly, Swaraj Singh, Areeb Ahmed Second Row (L - R): Priyam Garg, Manan Chhalani, Zorintluanga, Mungli Sangtam

First Row (L - R): Tanya Rose Rao, Subham Barjatiya (Captain Boys), Abhijit Baruah (Coach), Adhvika Poddar (Captain Girls), Alex McKluskie

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North India Tournaments conducted in various schools from Northern India, is a prestigious fight among teams from both inside and outside India and has a very high standard to live up to. There were three tournaments that were held from the 23rd of March to 23rd of April, 2015. AVS not only played these tournaments but also played 10-12 friendly matches.

AVS in its first tournament played 3 league matches of which it won one. AVS showed its consistency by winning 11 of its 12 friendly matches played on the Northern soil. The second tournament was played at YPS, Mohali. It was a 6-a-side tournament where we did not qualify due to the system of net-run rate. AVS played 6 out of which they won 2. Each and every day on the field taught us valuable lessons on the true spirit of sportsmanship. Our third tournament was played in YPS, Patiala. All the three tournaments were won by Modern School, Delhi. We were disheartened but our Captain Siddhant Mehta and our senior players accompanied by Mr. Dhiraj Das and Mr. R. Chauhan never let our morale sink.

First Row (L - R): Saptarishi Sharma, Jagrit Kasera, Dikshit Singh, Mr. Dhiraj Das (Coach), Himanshu Ramchiary, Aniketh Das, Shubham Paul

Second Row (L - R): Mr. R.Chauhan, Dronashish Goswami, Parikhit Baruah, Kapish Harsinghpuria, Chahel Agarwal, Pranjit Goswami, Vinayak Jhuria, Tanay Gupta

First Row (L - R): Rohit Agarwal, Manan Sharma, Mohit Golchha (Coach), Mr. Dhiraj Das, Kaustav Moni Gogoi, Pranjael Bagaria, Raghav Bagaria

Second Row (L - R): Mr. R.Chauhan, Miftaul Choudhury, Syed Sarfraz Hussain, Anmol Bhartia Tejesh Saraf, Himanshu Ramchiary, Shashwat Agarwal, Shivam Bajar

Third Row (L - R): Adwyet Agarwal, Shreyansh Agarwal, Rajnish Goenka, Jayant Chandak, Saptarishi Sarmah, Roshan Warbah, Harshit Poddar, Jagrit Kasera

First Row (L - R): Rupert Rapsang, Puneet Jain, Digvijay Goyal, Mr. Dhiraj Das, Siddhant Mehta, Sibasish Borah, Prince Rasiwasia

Second Row (L - R): Mr. R.Chauhan, Rajnish Goenka, Rohit Agarwal, Jayant Chandak, Harshit Poddar, Arjun Paraframaa, Kaustav Moni Gogoi

Third Row (L - R): Shreyansh Agarwal, Raghav Bagaria, Pranjael Bagaria, Manan Sharma, Saptarishi Sarmah, Mohit Golchha

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We are very thankful to our Mi/C, Mr. Chauhan for giving us the opportunity to play there. We are also grateful to our coach Mr. Dhiraj Das, who taught us, inspired us, and guided us throughout the tournaments.

Siddhant Mehta, as an all rounder was at his best. Worthy of special mention is his Century against The Mann School, Delhi. He contributed 453 runs and 20 wickets. Siddhant Mehta is the only player in School after Kartic Dugar to score a milestone of 100 runs.

Sibashish Borah was the one person on whom the team relied on when it came to bowling. He proved to be a brilliant bowler. Not only did he take 18 wickets, but he was also the one to give away the least runs. He bowled many maiden overs and could restrict any team’s score.

Prince Rasiwasia, the iron man of our team, dived here and there into pebbles and gravel, just anywhere to save a run for his team. He was consistent not only as a batsman but also as a bowler and fielder.

Digvijay Goyal, the big hitter was also remarkable behind the stumps. In batting too, he was a star performer, who scored quick runs.

Kaustav played a major role by taking 8 wickets and Mohit Golccha proved his worth by taking 16 wickets. They also took fabulous catches and did exemplary fielding. Puneet, Aditya, Rupert, Pranjal, all played pivotal roles and gave their 100% at every aspect of the game, be it on or off the field.

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The call of winter always means another season in AVS, the season of the marathons. A season worthy of champions that toil throughout the day, with each step determined to break the record which separates them from their dreams and glory. The Marathons which has long since been a tradition in school is one of the most popular events in the school calendar. This year’s marathons started off in typical AVS fashion with the students beating daylight in reaching the pavilion and facing the cold weather and going on their much dreaded courses but nothing giving them more joy than the sight of the finishing line nearby. This year, marathons had a stiff competition with many participants and improved quality of competition. As the main day approached many were reluctant at the sight of the blazing sun which scorched everyone on sight yet the students ran their best, each started off jelly-legged yet increased their paces.

The sight of water points were a relief and the finishing line in bliss. At the end of the marathons Bhoroli-Lohit and Manas-Jinari bagged the

top position together.

Special mention must be given to Rohan Abrar who bagged first position in his category and also came third in the West Bengal

Marathon, showing steely determination and courage he has proven his immense potential.

So as the year closes the marathon chapter too finishes for another to begin, the race may be completed but there are still

many rounds left to go.

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eQuesTrIAN AcTIVITIes AT AVsDebajit Ranjan Saha, ISC 2016

As you wander beyond the pavilion, you come across the Stables of our School, a place which holds thoroughbred horses. Over the years, it has groomed the best horses and is a home to a lot of promising riders. As a citizen of the 21st century, I truly feel fortunate to have had the privilege of learning this fine sport which I call an art.

AVS has shown immense potential in this sport and have produced a number of good riders, some of whom have even achieved National Positions. At the basic level, we have the Inter-House Event in which beginners from both Upper and Lower School are given a chance to compete with each other. At this year’s event, many new faces were seen and the competition was very stiff. Lohit-Bhoroli came first, followed by Kopili-Dhansiri. Riders such as Khekhresilie Rio, Debajit Saha, Angad Singh Sekhon and Nammier Ahmed won many silver wares.

But the paramount of all events was the Annual Delhi Horse Show, a National Event of much repute.In this event many professionals also took part. Yet again, riders such as Khekhresilie Rio, Akshata Mahanta, Ribrib Ranjit, Abdullah Ashraf, Veeraditya Podder, Adrija Mahanta and Nammeir Ahmed bagged top positions.

A special mention must be made to Debajit Saha who was part of the Annual Republic Day Parade, representing the state of Assam.

Our School thus has achieved much in the past year, yet still has much to offer.

First Row (L - R): Rib Rib Ranjeet, Abdullah Ashraf Ahmad, Debajit Saha (Captain), Mr. T.C. Keot (Coach), Khekhresilie Rio, Keshav Kabra.

Second Row (L - R): Rashi Lal, Nammeir Ahmed, Akshata Mahanta, Adrija Mahanta.

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The youngsters of The Assam Valley School are very enthusiastic about the sport Squash. Altogether we have 60 students who have chosen Squash as their sport, for the year 2015-2016. We have some talented and dedicated players like Abhijit, Anunay, Sanjukta, Rohan, Shreyash, Aadarsh and many more who represent the School Team and specialize in this sport.

This year, few of the squash players (Abhijit, Adarsh and Rajib) went for the Junior National Championship held at Chennai. Also, this year two new wooden squash courts were made, for which there was a special inauguration by the Head of School. Later this year we will be also participating in the IPSC tournament to be held at Daly College, Indore.

Every year in the month of September, the Inter-House Squash Championship is held. All the Houses take part with great enthusiasm and they are ranked accordingly. Squash players of AVS shall always strive to bring laurels to the School.

First Row (L-R): Srutashman Saikia, Nivranshu Baruah, Narita Singh, Mr. Devendra Verma, Shreyash Sodhani, Anudhyan Bandopadhyay, Kushal Sureka Second Row (L-R): Nripanksh Krishnatreya, Shrestha Sarania, Keshav Agarrwall, Tanushree Borborah, Abhinav Jain, Rigyal Yousal, Arohan Chaudhary, Aryan Neog

First Row (L - R): Sumer Singh, Rohan Nandy, Narita Singh, Mr. Devendra Verma, Shreyash Sodhani, Eshan Sahu, Aadarsh Stephen.

Second Row (L - R): Devansh Jallan, Ragini Chauhan, Junafisa Pakyntein, Anunay Jallan, Sanaya Singh, Uroolee Changmai, Mehar Chauhan, Sanyukta Karki

Third Row (L - R): Maulik Jain, Neerh Krishnetrya, Abhijit Das, Nabaraj Mahanta, Mihir Saraf, Mayank Agarwal, Nikunj Hansaria, Dewangi Sharma.

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Excitement and emotions streaked with individual brilliance was what the soccer squad represented in the year gone by.

We went for our first tournament to Bishop Cotton School, Shimla, after rigorous training in LNIPE, Guwahati. Despite the complications of losing some of our players due to illness, we cruised through to the finals. We played against the host team whom we had beaten in the group stage. We hoped to beat them again but the task was difficult. Unfortunately, we ended up as the Runner-Up of the Tournament. The only silver lining was that Dodum Natung won the Man of the Match award in the Finals.

Next was the All India Sant Singh Memorial Tournament hosted by the Pine Grove School, Dharampur. Although the Under-17 squad was inexperienced, we reached the finals of the tournament playing against YPS, Patiala. We gave in everything we had, as always, only for an unjustified offside goal to snatch away our moment of glory at the dying seconds of the game in extra time. The score line: YPS - 1; AVS - 0. The three nominations for best player were all from our school - Dodum Natung (Captain for the tournament), Thutop Toko and Tachang Yangfo, who ultimately bagged the award.

AVS hosted the North-East Soccer tournament where the squad was divided into two teams, AVS Green and AVS Blue. Despite being favourites, AVS Green and Blue were knocked out in the group stages and the finals were played between St. Anthony and Livingstone, who eventually won through penalty shootouts. Ronak Gogoi was given the Best Goalkeeper award for his heroic saves. Hrishikesh Basumatary won the Most Promising Player award. This was the final tournament of the year in which we were led by former Captain, Nathan Zeliang.

In conclusion, it was a great year with lots of experience gained. With a new coach and a new DPE, Mr. Amit Jugrran joining our Coach cum Manager, Mr. Sanjay Singh Rajput, who has supported us through the roughest of times, we do not hope but rather plan to achieve. Under the leadership of our new captain, Dodum Natung, and his new initiatives like the new motto of our squad “RESPECT ALL, FEAR NONE”, the soccer squad aims to go a long way.

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First Row (L - R): Khriebunuo Zutso, Priyanka Kumary, Mr. Sanjay Singh, Aishwarya Dutta (Captain), Ungerna Toy

Second Row (L - R): Hevikali Benjamin, Srishti Basak, Isheeta Hazarika.

Third Row (L - R): Sumedha Jamwal, Natasha Rose Rao, Nandini Borgohain, Allbright Shangne, Jernia Khyoda.

First Row (L - R): Tachang Yangfo, Randing Meru, Mr. Sanjay Singh Rajput (M/iC), Thutop Toko, Mr. Jamiamthang Hangzo (Coach), Ronak Gogoi, Madhav Chhetri.

Second Row (L - R): Vivor Rio, Chau Kosavi Mungyak, Duncan Tham, Tanbir Alforid Ullah, Vijyaratna Thapa, Kevin Thokchom, Ashley Kharpuri

First Row (L - R): Emul Pao, Thutop Toko, Mr. Sanjay Singh (MIC), Dodum Natung (Captain), Mr. Jamiamthang Hangzo (Coach), Rupert Rapsang, Nayanjyoti Ramchiary (Vice-Captain)

Second Row (L - R): Tenzing Ngorup, Imkong Jamir, Ritabrata Gogoi, Chau Virasi Mungyak, Tachang Yangfo

Third Row (L - R): Rotluangkima Ralte, Sudeep Daikhuram, Tachang Phassang, Tenzin Choidup, Ronak Gogoi, Brandon Billing

First Row (L - R): Nayanjyoti Ramchiary (Vice-Captain), Thutop Toko, Mr. Sanjay Singh (M/iC), Dodum Natung (Captain), Mr. Jamiamthang Hangzo (Coach), Raltluangkima Ralte, Sudeep LaikhuramSecond Row (L - R): Vivor Rio, Chau Kosavi Mungyak, Duncan Tham, Tanbir Alforid Ullah, Vijayratna Thapa, Brandon Billing, Ashley KharpuriThird Row (L - R): Tachang Yangfo, Imkong Jamir, Tenzing Ngorup, Rangding Meru, Kevin Thokchom, Madhav Chhetri, Chau Virasi MungyakFourth Row (L - R):Tachang Phassang, Tenzin Choidup, Emul Pao, Ronak Gogoi, Ritabrata Gogoi

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The year gone by has been a successful one for the AVS Swimming Team, with success greeting us from every window of opportunity. This only encouraged us to perform better and win more laurels. We brought glory to our School by being selected for the National Circuit. We are extremely proud of all the winners and would like to congratulate them on their marvellous endeavours.

In the month of June, 2014, the School Swimming Team travelled to Jorhat for the All Assam District Aquatic Meet where we managed to win nine bronze medals. In July, the team participated in the Meghalaya Open Swimming Meet held in Shillong, where we won seven gold, four silver and three bronze medals.

In September, we flew to the national capital, New Delhi, for the Invitational Pathways Swimming Meet where we emerged victorious with six gold, twenty-four silver and twelve bronze medals besides also being the overall Champions in the Under-17 and Under-15 bracket. Nummeir Ahmed and Abhishek Daimari were jointly awarded the Best Swimmer trophy in the Under-17 category.

Abhishek Daimari, the former Swimming Captain, represented Assam in School Nationals hosted by the School Games Federation of India and acquiring the 4th rank in the same. Recently, he has also reached a new and greater platform of swimming at the International Youth Swimming Meet.

The rigorous training sessions will not be forgotten by any swimmer. The Swimming Team had always been one of enthusiastic and committed swimmers but most importantly a group of people who enjoy what they do best. On behalf of all the swimmers, I would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to Mrs. Priyanka Rai, Mr. Jayanta Borah and Mr. R. Mahanta, without whom our team would not have existed.

With promising swimmers in all age groups, we are certain that in the future years the AVS team will continue to maintain the standard set by this year’s achievements with honour and pride.

First Row (L - R): Mr. Jayanta Bora (Life Guard), Leonord Pator (Boys Captain), Mrs. Priyanka Rai (Coach), Kavita Singh (Girls Captain), Mr. Ridip Mahanta (Life Guard)

Second Row (L - R): Diana Punning, Daisy Boro, Havika Apang, Samiksha Dowerah, Siddhi Kabra, Harshita Gogoi, Garrick Wahengbam.

Third Row (L - R): Arindom Pator, Arijeet Barooah, Aditya B.Thekedath, Blaine Knight, Victor Bharadwaj, Nammier Ahmed, Partha Saikia.

Fourth Row (L - R): Ridhiman Baruah, Yuvraj Khaund, Saket Mittal, Aditya Bajpai, Lanchenba Waikhom, Uday Sircar, Nilim Bordoloi.

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With the guidance of Mr. Shibu Sharma, Lawn Tennis in The Assam Valley School has flourished through the years.

AVS participated in the Assam Tennis Team selection for National School Games held in Guwahati where a three girls’ team- Jaagriti Borah, Mugdha Bordoloi and Jeffrin Begam represented Assam at Karnataka. This had been the first time that AVS represented the State Team for National School Games.

The promising tennis players also participated in the Pathways International School Invitational Tennis Tournament where AVS won 15 matches and secured the 5th position.

The All Assam Tennis Championship was held from 14th to 19th December, 2014 where Parth Lohia, Aditya Bajpai, Nerav Jain and Abhijoy Hazarika reached the Quarter Finals in their respective categories.

In the State Tennis Championship held at Shivsagar from 20th to 25th December, 2014, Jaagriti Borah reached the Semi-Finals while Abhijoy Hazarika was the first Runner-Up in the Under 14 Category and reached the Quarter Finals in

the Under 18 Category.

The Jorhat State Championship and Dhemaji All Assam Tennis Championship were conducted in January, 2015 and February, 2015 respectively. Jaagriti Borah excelled by reaching Semi-Finals at Jorhat and managed to bag the Runner-Up trophy at Dhemaji.

Another important tournament that proved the mettle of the Aviators in Tennis was the Inter - District Tennis Championship held from 25th to 28th March, 2015. Parth Lohia, Aditya Bajpai, and Neerav Jain represented Sonitpur district and reached the Quarter Finals.

Last, but definitely not the least, AVS took part in the prestigious All India Championship Series which was held in Imphal from 8th to 11th May, 2015. Abhijoy Hazarika was the Runner-Up in the boys’ Under 16 Doubles category. He also reached the quarter finals in the singles. Neerav Jain and Pratyush P. Das also exhibited a fantastic game and reached Semi-finals in the Doubles and Quarter-finals in the Singles Category.

First Row (L-R): Charitra Sethi, Rajnish Sharma, Bomlem BasarSecond Row (L-R): Neerav Jain, Pratyush Das, Parth Lohia (Captain), Mr. Shibu Sharma (Coach), Aditya Bajpai, Abhijay Hazarika, Jagriti BaruahThird Row (L-R): Jeffrin Ahmed, Arpit Agarwal, Nishant Baruah, Rochit Agarwalla, Pratham Jain, Aadarsh More, Aryan Dutta, Ojas HazarikaFourth Row (L-R): Eshan Dabriwal, Mugdha Bordoloi, Devansh Gupta, Arodhya Bagrodia, Farhan Hussain, Bhumika Beria, Shivansh Agarwal, Lohit Dalmia, Mehul AgarwalFirth Row (L-R): Aditya Kothari, Samolay Hazarika, Aaryan Sahu, Parash Paliwal, Aditya Saraf, Vidit Deorah, Aman Jain

First Row (L-R): Neerav Jain, Pratyush Das, Parth Lohia (Captain), Mr. Shibu Sharma (Coach), Abhijay Hazarika, Aditya Bajpai, Jaagriti Baruah

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Table-tennis at The Assam Valley School is not a mere recreational sport but a full-time major specialization sport. The popularity of this sport has been increasing year after year. Many pupils have joined the sport and are full of enthusiasm for it. Regular practices are held in order to hone the skills of the pupils. Over the years, it has grown from strength to strength..

This year saw a greater zeal and enthusiasm among the pupils for Volleyball as a major sport at AVS. It is a pleasure to see the initiative taken by the seniors in coaching the juniors to ensure that there was an improvement in the standard of the game. Thus, it was not surprising to see that the level of performance by the pupils in the Inter-House Championship was far better than that of the previous years. The matches were played with a keen House spirit by all the four Houses. In the overall tally, Subansiri-Namdang finished as the winners, followed by Bhoroli-Lohit and Kopili-Dhansiri.

First Row (L - R): Raunak Maloo, Vishal Agarwal (Boys Captain), Mr. Monjit Roy (M/iC), Priyadarshini Barua (Girls Captain), Sapatarshi Baruah, Parth Deorah.

Second Row (L - R): Shristi Bordoloi, Pragya Gupta

Third Row (L - R): Barun Jitani, Ngukini Chishi, Diptamoi Kakati, Tushar Soni, Farrhan Hussain, Aditya Kothari, Blain Axel Knight, Swagat Rajkhowa

First Row (L-R): Rupert Rapsang, Gaurav Krishan, Chris Harris, Mr. Sanjay Singh, Pinpo Terang, Areeb Ahmed, Kumar Kaustav Kishore Tamuly.

Second Row (L-R): Nikhil Shagolsem, Emul Pao, Sunny Warbah, Nayan Jyoti Ramchiary.

Third Row (L-R): Manav Chaudhuri, Swaraj Singh, Brendan Billing, Digvijay Goyal.

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THE ASSAM VALLEY SCHOOLThe Yearbook 2015 - A chronicle of AVS excellence through the past two decades.

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