Mahira Dua Secures 6th Position in U-11 Girls Chess Category
Mahira Dua from Grade 5 Sariska for securing 6th position in the Under-11 Girls category at the Faridabad District Chess Tournament. Her dedication and composure on the chessboard reflect her growing confidence. We’re excited to see her evolve as a young chess enthusiast.
Tisha Lakhani Shines at District-Level Chess Tournament
Tisha Lakhani, a student of Grade 6 Ranthambore at Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad, secured the 2nd position in the Under-11 category at the District-Level Chess Tournament held at DPSG, Faridabad on 16th April 2025.
This remarkable achievement is a testament to her sharp analytical thinking, dedication and growing passion for the game.
We applaud her performance and look forward to her continued success in the world of chess.
Tiara Jain Shines at Faridabad District Chess Championship 2025
Tiara Jain, a student of MYP 1 at Shiv Nadar School, showcased her talent at the Faridabad District Chess Championship 2025. At just 10 years of age, Tiara secured an impressive 5th position in the Under-11 Girls category and 4th position in the Under-13 Girls category. Her commendable performance across two age groups highlights her growing confidence and skill in the game.
PRINCIPALS' ROUNDTABLE ON POST-PANDEMIC ANXIETY AMONG STUDENTS BY CAREERS360
Principals' Roundtable On Post-Pandemic Anxiety Among Students by Careers360
The Covid-19 pandemic got with itself a plethora of challenges, one of the major ones being the back-and-forth between online and offline schooling for students.
The Principals' Roundtable On Post-Pandemic Anxiety Among Students addresses questions like How did children across age groups respond to this transition? What challenges did teachers face? How well are schools prepared for a similar situation arising in the future? ; in addition to many more.
On the Panel:
- Ms. Anju Wal – Director Principal, Shiv Nadar School Faridabad
- Ms. Veena Goel – Principal, Apeejay, Pitampura, Delhi
- Mr. Prakash Sahoo – Principal (Secondary School), Sai International School, Bhubaneshwar
- Ms. Alka Kapur – Principal, Modern Public School, Shalimar Bagh, Delhi
Links to its coverage.
Ø YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7LK7JPjqwQ
Ø NDTV Education- https://www.ndtv.com/education/losses-and-gains-school-principals-discuss-impact-of-covid-on-children-at-careers360-roundtable
Ø Careers360 website- https://school.careers360.com/articles/principals-roundtable-on-post-pandemic-anxiety-among-students
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!
Achievements in Joie de vivre S4 Cultural Festival by Senior School Students
The senior school students of Shiv Nadar Noida participated in the inter-school cultural festival - Joie de Vivre. Chickar International School (CIS) and the Institute for Career Studies (ICS) organised Season 4 of their signature Joie de Vivre festival which was conducted online.
The festival provided the students a unique platform to display their innate talent in the areas of design thinking, social awareness, team spirit and creativity under different categories.
The students from the Noida campus won the following positions and made us proud.
Mahika Tampi - first position in Story telling
Aarya Mahapatra - second position in Solo Dancing.
Barish Raman and Mannat Khan - first and second position respectively in Stand-Up-Comedy
Click here to see the performances
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.
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.
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