Avni Sethi’s Paper Published on One Young India
Avni Sethi, a Grade 11 IBDP student of Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad, has had her insightful paper titled “International Monetary Fund: Helping Nations Recover or Regress” published on the One Young India platform.
Through her article, Avni critically examines the role of the IMF in shaping global economies — exploring whether its interventions truly aid recovery or inadvertently deepen disparities. Her analysis reflects the depth of inquiry and global awareness nurtured within our IBDP programme.
Read her full article here:
International Monetary Fund: Helping Nations Recover or Regress
Hitejas Vijval Excels at the National Stage — Selected for the Asian Cadet Cup and Khelo India Youth Games
Hitejas Vijval, Grade 11, Shiv Nadar School Faridabad, has once again brought great pride to the school with his exceptional performance at the Cadet National Championship 2025.
For the third consecutive year, Hitejas has secured a medal at the national level — this time clinching the Bronze Medal, a remarkable feat that reflects his dedication, composure, and mastery of high-difficulty techniques. His performance drew praise from coaches, dignitaries, and representatives from the Sports Authority of India (SAI), who personally met him after his bout to commend his skill and record his details for future reference.
His outstanding show at the Nationals has earned him selection for the ‘Asian Cadet Cup’, an international tournament that will see him represent India on a larger stage.
Continuing his winning streak, Hitejas also bagged top honours at two other major events — the CBSE National Tournament 2025 held in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand, where he won the Silver Medal, and the Khel Mahakumbh 2025 in Panipat, Haryana, where he clinched the Bronze Medal. These achievements mark his fourth national-level medal, underscoring his consistency and excellence across competitions.
Dominating several of his bouts with emphatic 5–0 victories, Hitejas has now earned an All India Rank of 8, after narrowly missing the top eight earlier by a single point. His relentless drive and sportsmanship have also qualified him for the prestigious ‘Khelo India Youth Games’, where he will compete against athletes from across the nation, including senior categories.
Hitejas embodies the spirit of perseverance, skill, and discipline — continuing to inspire his peers and make the Shiv Nadar School Faridabad community proud.
Rising Star on the Tennis Court - Mysha Prabhakar
Mysha Prabhakar of Grade 5 Shiv Nadar School Faridabad won the Runner-Up Trophy in her very first tournament — the PadMaya Open Tennis Tournament – Season 5, held at KR Mangalam World School held in August.
She remained undefeated until the finals, where she faced the same opponent she had overcome in the earlier rounds. Competing among 20+ players in one of the toughest district-level tournaments, Mysha’s exceptional performance marks an inspiring start to her sporting journey.
An Exceptional Performance at the World's Biggest Junior Golf Tournament
It is with immense honour and pride that we announce Prisca Sachdev's remarkable performance representing India at the Champions of Champions - World's Biggest Junior Golf Tournament in Ireland.
Prisca Sachdeva's exceptional performance earned her VIP player status among the top golfers in the Under-12 Girls category. She was not only the sole junior from India but also one of only five from Asia to achieve this distinction.
The tournament featured 315 junior golfers selected from over 1,015 entries across 46 countries. Competing for a week at The Faldo course, one of the world's most challenging golf courses, Prisca demonstrated outstanding skill and sportsmanship while proudly representing her country.
Additional Summer Achievements
In addition to her success in Ireland, we are delighted to share a summary of Prisca's other notable achievements from her summer break:
- First Place in the Girls 11-12 age group at the Haryana Open in June 2025.
- Second Place in the Girls Category C at the Taiwan Open Junior Qualifier, which qualified her to represent India at the Taiwan Junior Golf Championship in August 2025.
- First Place in the Hurricane Junior Golf Tournament - The Advait Luthra Cup in May 2025.
- Fourth Place in the IGU Sub Junior Indian Golf Tournament in June 2025, securing a spot in the Top 5.
We extend our heartfelt congratulations to Prisca and wish her continued success in all her future endeavours.
Making Learning Visible
"Children must be taught how to think and not what to think"- Margaret Mead
A one of a kind event that explains the above quote and showcases the children’s learning and thought process, is the "Making Learning Visible", held on 8th February 2019 for our Kindergarten parents.
Each class planned its own set of activities across the 4 strands –English, Hindi, Maths and My World. The Kindergarteners flaunted their learning and skills through interactive games, Q & A sessions and discussions with parents, who were amazed at not just the learning but also the confidence with which the children were able to independently carry through an activity.
Our young learners spoke about animals, comparing and identifying the differences between various animal’s claws and paws for the carnivores, herbivores and omnivores. Games and activities were conducted to exhibit their understanding of word blends and number sense. By Kindergarten, our students know most of the “vyanjans” in Hindi, they were able to join the “vyanjans” to form small words.
Parents were amused and delighted to be put on the spot by the Kindergarteners, a satisfying sight indeed for all when the parents/students and teachers left the classrooms beaming with pride!
Grade IX students educational tour to New York
The National Model United Nations 2018 conference conducted in Hotel Hilton and Sheraton from 25th-29th March in New York was an educational, enlightening and enthralling experience. Since it is an event in the world at a college level, it hosted around 5000 students this year. The sheer magnitude and diversity of the conference and students participating, credits the participants and organizers with the quality of mindfulness, responsibility and eagerness to sustain and develop the world we all reside in. Interacting with other participants, as delegates of member states and as students of Grade IX Shiv Nadar School Gurgaon and from different parts of the world increased our knowledge about the world and gave insight to the different perspective of people. The whole experience also improved our debating and negotiating skills.
At the opening ceremony we had the honor of meeting Professor Luis Moreno-Ocampo and other personalities who are active global citizens. The theme for this year was “Transform Our World”, in order to promote the Millennium Development Goals and the Sustainable Development Goals and to find solutions to problems effecting the fulfillment of prosperous lives for all.
Since this conference requires weeks of preparation, research, writing as well as embodying the diplomatic and collaborative spirit of the United Nations, the participants were seen to be united and collaborative without much competitiveness hindering their progress towards finding adequate solutions to current global problems. There were certainly attempts to gives ones best to distinguish oneself from the majority during committee sessions, be it through speeches, leadership, quality of content and also ‘clothes’.
The NMUN was different from the Shiv Nadar School MUN in terms of size, involvement of students, creativity and also diversity.. The creative solutions incorporated in the resolutions of the NMUN delegates was eye opening. They viewed the problems with an open mind and different perspective. As mentioned before the participation of people from different countries and cultures provided diversity in views. Delegate seminars were conducted where topics ranging from a media panel to discussions on climate change, disarmament etc. were addressed.
The closing ceremony held at the (real) General Assembly Hall were very exciting as few civilians actually get a chance to visit the Hall. We were addressed by high-level speakers of the United Nations organization who gave an insight on what a global citizen actually is. It was truly an inspirational and enjoyable experience which increased my knowledge a ten fold times and stretched my capabilities.
Beach Party by Early Years on May 9, 2019
To beat the heat of the sun and help our children unfold the mystery of water games, Early Years organized a ‘Beach Party’ on Thursday, May 9, 2019 for the Nursery and Kindergarten children on Friday, May 10, 2019.
'Kaath' by ThinkArts- Early Years
On Thursday, May 9, 2019, a percussionist and a performer of Kaath took our children from Early Years on a fascinating journey into wooden pictures and the sound of wood. The children explored the world of wood, music and tales. The children not only got exposure to theatre but also developed the need for appreciation of things in their immediate surroundings. It also nurtured the artistic sensibilities of our children.
Australian foreign minister Julie Bishop visited Shiv Nadar School Gurgaon
Over two hundred and fifty students from Delhi NCR on Wednesday interacted with Australia’s foreign minister Julie Bishop, who was in Gurgaon as part of an initiative aimed at developing student and teacher exchange programmes between the two countries. The programmes have been commissioned under the Australia-India BRIDGE School Partnerships Project.
Click on the mentioned belwo links to find out more about the event:
An ode to peace
The HCL Concerts presented Ustad Amjad Ali Khan along with his sons and disciples Amaan Ali Bangash and Ayaan Ali Bangash playing live, excerpts from their recently recorded album “Peace Worshippers” which has won gold medal at the prestigious Global Music Awards. Organised at the open air premises of Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad; Click on below mentioned link to find out more about the event!