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News Round-up December 2016

News Round-up December 2016

Final of Inter-VKV Bhagawad Gita Chanting Competition 2016@ Majuli


The final of the Inter-VKV Bhagawad Gita Chanting Competition was conducted in Majuli on 10th December 2016. The competition assumed a grandeur being conducted in Majuli, the Cultural capital of Assam, a place with rich cultural tradition and association with Sri Sankardeva and Madhabdeva.
Salient features of the Competition
Particulars Dignitaries present Salient Features
Inaugural Session ·Chief Guest: Satradhikar Uttar Kamalabari Satra Sri Sri Janardana Dev Goswami Prabhu as the Chief Guest
·Guest Speaker: Shri Ramsagar Nath, Retired Principal, Rangasahi College, Majuli
· An overview of the Gita Chanting Competitions 2016 by Shri R Krishna Kumar (VKVAPT),
· Chanting of Bhagawad Gita Chapter 16 in the presence of the audience by all 96 participants together...
Concluding function · Chief Guest : Satradhikar Gurmur Bar Satra Sri Sri Paramananda Dev Goswami Prabhu
· Guest Speaker: Shri Naren Chandra Thakuria, Retired Principal, Majuli College (VMC Member, VKV Majuli)
· Valedictory Address: Shri Vaibhav Nimbalkar (IPS), Superintendent of Police, Majuli District
Report Presentation
Prize Distribution
Cultural Program by the students of VKV Majuli
With the remarkable contribution of Shri Vasudev Upadhyaya Principal VKV Majuli and his team consisting of teachers, student volunteers, parents and well-wishers of the school who joined in various arrangements in the school made the whole atmosphere homely and comfortable for the visiting team, in spite of the constraints of space and materials in the school. The traditional Cultural programme by the students of VKV Majuli which included Mati Akhada, Ram Vijay Bhaona, Sali Nrityaas showcased the rich art and culture of Majuli and students cherished those moments. The visit to the Satras also left indelible mark on the students.
Shri R Krishna Kumar (VKVAPT) and Shri P Ajayan, CIC Siang (VKVAPT) were present throughout the competition. Sri Manoj Dutta, Teacher, VKV Kharsang looked after the vyavyastha part in the co-ordination with the Principal, VKV Majuli.
Overall the conduct of the competition will remain memorable for the participants as well as the spectators.
Final Result
  1. Group Competition Result:
State level position Group C Group D
Boys Girls Boys Girls
First EMRS Bana Tafrogam Roing Tafrogam
Second Balijan Balijan Nirjuli Nivedita Vihar
Third Roing Nivedita Vihar Seijosa Jirdin
  1. Individual Competition Result:
B/G Name Class VKV Group Individual Position
Km Dani Rinyi 8 Balijan C First
Km Munmuni Khimun 8 Tafrogam C Second
Km Maynu Bagang 8 Balijan C Third
Km Tai Yaker 9 Nivedita Vihar D First
Km Pungming Singhi 10 Nivedita Vihar D Second
Km Sahini Pul 10 Tafrogam D Third
Kr Pranab Sarkar 7 Balijan C First
Kr Bithal Bharadwaj 7 Balijan C Second
Kr Nikam Jokhio 8 EMRS Bana C Third
Kr Nitesh Kumar Maharaj 10 Nirjuli D First
Kr Jepan Teji 10 Roing D Second
Kr Getom Pertin 10 Roing D Third
All the VKVs of Arunachal Pradesh also celebrated Gita Jayanti with traditional fervor in the respective schools.

Prajnya Vikas Written Test 2016

A large number of students wrote the Prajnya Vikas Written Test in all the VKVs of Arunachal Pradesh which was conducted on 17th December. The Test aims to train the students in the twentieth century skills like qualitative reasoning, quantitative reasoning etc. In addition there were topics like Sister Nivedita, Mythologies, Current affairs, Scientist of India etc. The schools prepared the students for the Test well ahead of the time. The participation details in each category are given below:
Sub-Junior Junior Senior Total
3795 3673 2069 9537
Result of the Prajnya Vikas Written Test
Sub-Junior Category
Position Name Class VKV
First Kr Khushan Tayang V Roing
Second Km Rigio Bani V Balijan
Third Kr Sudarsan Das V Balijan
Third Kr Kijen Ranto V Kharsang
Third Km Bomngam Yomcha V Liromoba
Third Km Lindum Yarak V Dado
10 Consolation Prizes 3-Balijan, 3-VivekVihar,1 each by Itanagar, Oyan, Wessang & Nirjuli
Junior Category
First Kr Arnav Saikia VIA Yazali
Second Km Angki Perme VII Tafrogam
Third Kr Arnab Bhattacharjee VIII Vivek Vihar
Third Kr Dite Koje Tasing VIII Vivek Vihar
10 Consolation Prizes Naga Flago VIII 3-EMRS Bana, 2-Nirjuli, 2-Oyan,1 each by Niausa, Tafrogam& Kharsang
Senior Category
First Kr. Pankaj Tiwari IX Banderdewa
Second Kr. Nyato Rinya X Oyan
Third Km. Aloisi Towsik X Sunpura
Third Km. Tamo Dumi X Sunpura
9 Consolation Prizes 3-Sunpura,2- Vivek Vihar,1 each by Nirjuli, Tafrogam, Kuporijo, Sher
The winners in the school level as well as the Inter VKV level will receive lucrative prizes. The Inter VKV result analysis, along with the comparison of participation has been sent to the schools.

Inter VKV Essay Writing Competition

The Inter VKVs Essay Writing Competition was conducted in all the VKVs of Arunachal Pradesh on 26 November. After the school level result, the first position winners in each category were evaluated centrally for the state level positions. The following were the topics given for the competition:
Sl No Group Selected Topic
1 A ( Class III-V) Sister Nivedita- My Inspiration
2 B ( Class VI-VIII) The Indian Scientist Whom I admire the most
3 C ( Class IX-XII) Sister Nivedita- An ardent disciple of Swami Vivekananda
Result of the Inter VKVs Essay Writing Competition 2016
Category State level position Name of the student VKVs
A ( Class III to V) First Km Devu Krishna ( Class V) Nirjuli
Second Kr Gaurav Arun Rana(Class V) Tezu
Third Km Karpu Kabak Sonia (Class V) Raga
B( Class VI to VIII) First Swapnil L.Meshram ( Class VIII) Shergaon
Second Niya Neri ( Class VIII) Seijosa
Third Kr Maga Onam ( Class VIII) Raga
Gyamar Cheku ( Class VII) Joram
C( Class IX to XII) First Kr Anok Wangsa ( Class X) Amliang
Second Kr Bini Romin( Class X) Oyan
Third Km Thamna Laishram ( Class X) Wessang
Kr Saurabh Gogoi ( Class XI) Roing

Indigenous Faith Day Celebration


Indigenous Faith day was celebrated with many activities in all the VKVs on 1stof January. Students of VKV Tafrogam participated with band team in the mass procession at Tezu organized by IFCSAP Lohit Unit. The students and staffs of VKV Yazali took part in a colorful procession. Importance of the Day, Performance of folk song and dance were some of the activities conducted on the occasion.

Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan

This is a national program for educating and popularizing science education among the school students from class VI to XI. With this main objective in focus, it conducts many activities like identifying talents in state and national level and felicitates them with prizes and certificates, provides hand -on experiments through workshops or other events, organizes exposure visits to various R& D industries, educates school children about India’s contribution to world’s Science and Technology. From the states of North East out of 120 students the following number of students cleared the stage I exam form VKVs:
Sl No VKV Number of students
1 Nirjuli 7
2 Roing 7
3 Tafrogam 5
4 Yazali 4
5 Jairampur 2
Total 25

Vivek Inspire Camp

The second Vivek Inspire workshop for 2nd batch (present Class VI) was conducted in different venues in the month of December. The workshops were conducted in three venues namely Roing, Balijan and Ziro. Resource persons sent by Gyana Probodhini Pune conducted the workshops in each venue. In the workshops students learnt various study skills and strategies such as General Mental ability test (GMAT), advanced mathematics, technique of gazing the stars, language skills, Diary writing, group activities, motivational video clips and traditional games etc.
Participation Details
Venue Duration of the camp Schools participated No of students
Balijan 14th to 19th December Itanagar, Nirjuli, Vivek Vihar, Banderdewa, Oyan, Nivedita Vihar, Seijosa, Balijan 46
Ziro 14th to 19th December Joram, Kuporijo, Raga, Koloriang, Sher, Ziro, Yazali 42
Roing 17th to 22nd December Roing, Tafrogam, Sunpura, Tezu 29

VMC Meeting at Yazali

The Vidyalaya Management Committee Meeting of VKV Yazali was conducted on 19th December at the Conference Hall, NEEPCO, Yazali. Sri Bijit Goswami, HOP, RHEP, Yazali along with other office bearers and parents representatives attended the meeting. Sri Rupesh Mathur, Joint Secretary, VKVAPT, Shri. Unnikrishnan P.M., Education Officer, Sri Anand Mohan Mishra, CIC Subansiri Cluster, Smt. Rita Raj, Principal, VKV NEEPCO- Yazali, Sri Sathian.T, Vice Principal, VKV NEEPCO- Yazali were present in the meeting representing VKVAPT. The meeting reviewed the decision taken in the last meeting and the action taken report. Matters related to required infrastructure, admission procedure etc were also discussed in the meeting.

Smart Class at Niausa

It is a matter of great pleasure that the honorable Deputy Commissioner of Longding dist., Sri Himanshu Gupta, IAS has provided a smart Class to VKV Niausa on his visit recently to the school. The teachers have started using the class which proved to be very useful to the students.

Ishaan Vikas


Ishaan Vikas is a comprehension program to introduce the students of North Eastern states to high quality academia. The entire program which consist of 15 days stay at the institute with diverse activities like series of lectures, lab visits, experiments, campus visit, excursion etc. have motivated the students to pursue higher studies in these institutions. In this session the following VKVs of Arunachal Pradesh (10 students from each school) availed the opportunity and visited the institutes as mentioned.
Details of VKVs availing Ishaan Vikas Program
Sl No VKV Visiting Institute
1 Balijan IIT Roorkee
2 Jairampur IIT Madras
3 Kharsang IIT Bhubaneswar
4 Kuporijo IIT Madras
5 Oyan IISER-Kolkata
6 Seijosa IISER-Pune
7 Sunpura IIT Kharagpur
8 Tafrogam IIT-Indore
9 N.Vihar IISER-Pune
10 Itanagar IIT-Delhi
11 Ziro IISER-Kolkata

Various Competition for Primary Class students

VKV Kuporijo organized Toys from Trash competition for the primary class students on 28th December in which 48 models were displayed in which many were working models. On the same day Rongoli and pictorial exhibition competition were conducted in connection with Samartha Bharat Parva. Dr. Ravikant Altekar, senior scientist BARC Mumbai inaugurated the event. Many parents and well-wishers while witnessing the event lauded the creativity of the students.

NSS Activity in the schools


The NSS Unit of VKV Itanagar conducted one day personality Development course for the volunteers on 29th December. Dr. Jyadeva Sahoo, Head of the Department, Education, Rajiv Gandhi University was the Chief Resource Person. He highlighted the importance of healthy, happy, peaceful and successful life. He advised the students to develop inner strength through meditation, concentration and self-control. Various musical rhythms for mental peace were played and tips were given to students for preparation for CBSE Class XII Board Examination. Sri K Jaisankar, Principal of the Vidyalaya, Sri KK Subramanian, Senior teacher, Sri Uthaman VN, NSS Programme Officer also spoke on the occasion. About 200 students and 10 teachers also attended the programme.
The NSS unit of VKV Shergaon also conducted a survey about the public facilities available in Shergaon village. Three public facilities i.e. govt. secondary school (Pengling), PHC Shergaon and post office and telecom (BSNL) were selected for this purpose. The NSS volunteers also carried out cleaning drive in different places of Shergaon area.

Guest Speaker Program

VKV Yazali conducted a lecture session on the topic, “Nyokum Yullo: Change and Continuity” by Sri Toko Tatto. In his key note address, he explained the significance of Nyokum festival and necessity of celebrating it, in its critical juncture. In the same time, Sri T.M. Sathian and Sri J. P. Kalita organized a symposium on the said topic wherein all the Nyishi students of Class IX to XII actively participated. Dr Giry Tally, MBBS spoke to the hostellers on personal hygiene at VKV Banderdewa

School level Science Exhibition


VKV Wessang conducted a science exhibition for the students of Class VI to X on 3rd of December. The students prepared 40 models on various themes. Dr Sanjay Borthakur the project coordinator of KVK Pampoli was the Chief Guest to inaugurate the program. VKV Vivek Vihar also conducted school level Science Exhibition on 3rd of December. Dr Swapna Deb, Senior Scientist attended the program as the Chief Guest. A total number of 80 models were exhibited.

Participation in Capacity Building Program by CBSE

Sri Chandan Gupta, teacher, VKV Sunpura participated in a capacity building program on life skills on 16th December at Borjhar, Guwahati. Sri Jay Kumar Singh, member CBSE was the resource person for the program.
With innovative activities and exposure, let us all infuse a great confidence in each of the students enabling to manifest the potentiality within them.
We want infinite energy, infinite zeal, infinite courage, and infinite patience, then only will great things achieved.
~~ Swami Vivekananda