National Coding Olympiad - IIT Bhubaneswar
Pranet Pahwag of Grade 5 has been recognised by IIT Bhubaneswar and Super Teacher.
He has secured Second position in Pan India at the National Coding Olympiad (Junior) 2020-21.
He received the Merit Certificate, Rs. 3,000 Scholarship and Rs. 5,000 prize money.
Glimpse of his work.
https://youtu.be/YP7RLx4q0fw
Energy Boot Camp
Students worked on Nuclear and Climate Change. A team of 3 of our students presented a project on the working of a Nuclear Reactor, and stood 4th among 15 teams from Shiv Nadar Schools and Vidyagyan Schools. Saachi Gupta – Grade 6, Arnav Balyan – Grade 8 , Dhruva Vujayvargia – Grade 9
Shiv Nadar School, in association with Indian Youth Nuclear Society, organised the Energy Boot Camp from November 6 - 8, 2020. The three-day Boot Camp featured interactive sessions related to Nuclear Energy, Climate change and Sustainability for students to make them more aware about energy and the environment.
The preliminary phase of Energy Boot Camp commenced from October 6, 2020. During this phase, the students from the participating schools competed in the Creative activities, Interactive Experiment sessions and the Inter-School Competitions. Swinzal Taneja of our school was among the winners in multiple Individual competitions such as painting, rap song and poem and slogans and taglines. Maira Sikka was among the winners in the painting competition, and Aayana Aggarwal was one of the winners in the Memes and cartoons category.
There was an Inter-School Competition with multiple rounds consisting of Energy quiz, Public interaction through video making and technical group project. Our school team consisting of Arnav Balyan, Dhruva Vijayvargia and Saachi Gupta (mentored by the Physics teacher Ms. Megha Bohra and the nuclear scientist Ms. Mudra Chavda), qualified among 15 teams to compete in the Finale. In the finale, they presented their group project to eminent Nuclear Scientists and also participated in the ‘Youth Parliament’ along with the eminent experts and panelists from various fields. They stood 3rd runners up in the competition.
Ria Singh - Young Author
Ria Singh - Young Author
Article published in the Elephant Journal https://www.elephantjournal.com/2020/05/falling-an-unexpected-journey/
Business World Education magazine published an authored by Ria. Article titled, “Air Pollution: Who Is Responsible? What Next?” http://bweducation.businessworld.in/article/Air-Pollution-Who-Is-Responsible-What-Next-/06-01-2020-181530/
1st Runner up in 1st Attempt - Safe Bench
– 1 Runner up in 1 Attempt: Grade 10 designed a project named "SAFE". It is a Self - Sanitising Automatic Futuristic Effortless bench. Aims to solve sanitized seating arrangement in public spaces.
olloquium is project based learning challenges aimed to solve a real world problem. The teams apply tech learning to solve these challenges. It not only displays the technology skills gained through different tech baskets offered at School but also harnesses entrepreneurial skills in students. Thus, offers enriching learning experience to students. Our Grade 10 students explored these projects for the first time. One team of Grade 10 came up with the project named "SAFE".
SAFE is a Self-sanitising Automatic Futuristic Effortless bench aiming to solve the sitting problem as it’s the most basic activities which has become a huge hassle and a danger to health due to pandemic. With the rapid increase of diseases to be seen, this bench can also contribute significantly in the future to combat other communicable diseases and create an overall clean environment. It focusses to solve the close contact and sanitising problem especially in the older people and children as they face more significant risk due to their weaker immune system.
Students bagged runner up position at the event. Names of the students are:
Nirvani Jain
Suhani Sharma
Mansi Aggarwal
Gurnoor Kaur
Arshia Jaitli
STEM & Space International Asteroid Discovery Project
Sanchit Kapoor’s (Grade 8) discovery is one of the only 11 discoveries that has been confirmed as provisional asteroid discoveries by the Minor Planet Catalog (MPC), and will be formally recorded in this catalog
Congratulations Mrs. Megha Bohra
Congratulations to Mrs. Megha Bohra as she is Shiv Nadar School - Topper – in Secondary School Physics
3rd Rank National in CENTA / 1st Rank in Subject – Physics / 1st Regional Rank
Under-14 Cricket Tournament Match Award
Gurtej Singh student of Grade 5-Gir has won the Best Batsman and Hitter of the Match Award in Clash of Talents Under-14 Tournament Match.
MIT App Inventor: App of the Month by PRANET PAHWA
9 year old 5th grader Pranet created this versatile app to help patients to find the best solution for their healthcare needs under a common platform. Pranet Pahwa has been recognised by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA as they have selected his App XDOC+ the winner for MIT App of the month. XDOC+ is the platform through which the general public can know about various medical specialties and the key doctors across various specialities all under one roof.
Congratulations to young Pranet.
Our Budding Scientist, Kshitij Goel
It's time to celebrate the achievement of our Budding Scientist, Kshitij Goel of grade 4, who has done us proud again with his yet another innovation in the field of Science.
NXP India, the largest R&D center of NXP Semiconductors Pvt. Ltd, conducted the Young Innovators Challenge back in August to challenge young minds to put their creativity and innovation to the around this year’s theme – ‘Let’s Fight COVID19 together’.
Kshitij, was the youngest innovator at the event and bagged the Special Jury Innovation Award as well as Audience Choice award in the junior category.
He came up with a breathing device ‘Sanjeevani, an automated bag valve mask that can act as a provisional ventilator machine for people suffering from acute respiratory diseases like Covid-19. It is basically a low cost ventilator which is relevant to the current pandemic.
Links from the Online portal of India Today and Aaj Tak acknowledging his achievements.
Glimpse of Kshitj, talking about the product. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebcDfdwZ1cU&feature=youtu.be
Congratulations Kshitij! We are proud of you!
UNBOXED: Breaking Boundaries - Science and Tech Fair at Pathways School, Noida
We at Shiv Nadar Schools believe in preparing our children for the future by imparting the necessary 21st century skills. These skills are the set of abilities that our children need to succeed in this information age. Our every endevour is a step towards this commitment. Our Grade 4 students participated in a Science and Tech Fair at Pathways School, Noida - UNBOXED: Breaking Boundaries. The fair is dedicated to developing scientific temperament, resilience and collaboration. Our young scientists and engineers participated in competitions like creating a Rube Goldberg machine, Paper Circuits, Robotics and 3 D Modeling. We swell with pride at the brilliant display of creativity, innovation and problem solving skills by our children. They brought back the trophy for the ‘Overall Best School Participation’ and won 3 out of 4 competitions. A true demonstration of knowledge and skills!!