NMAJS Awards & Achievements

Our Class 5 students achieved a remarkable victory by winning a Gold medal at the prestigious Debate Competition in IIT Bombay. The competition was organized by the Indian Debating League and IIT Bombay DebSoc, which saw participation from over 900 students representing 70 top schools across India.

The team of 3 Class 5 students comprised of:

Gunranak Singh Khurana (5B)
Renaya Lakhani (5A)
Rutva Kasi (5B)

They excelled in the junior category on the topic of Artificial Intelligence.

Sanaaya Joisher of Class VIII B raised Rs. 5.4 lakhs to give underprivileged women and girls living in rural Maharashtra & Karnataka reusable sanitary pads. She has impacted over 1080 girls and women till date. This campaign is run by her for the NGO ‘ Go Girl Foundation’ and is called Project Red. She will be visiting one of the villages to educate the girls and women on the importance of using these recyclable pads and how they must be used.

Details of the Crowdfunding Campaign run by Sanaaya Joisher & why it Matters

50 % of women and girls in rural areas and urban slums have poor menstrual hygiene practices. They end up using materials like paper, husk, dirty cloth, ash etc.

23 % girls drop out of schools when they start menstruating. Hence this is a big issue in our country. UNESCO also uses these reusable pads in Africa.

Dev Khandelwal of Class II A was a successful candidate at the HKIMO (Hong Kong International Maths Olympiad) where he won a Silver medal in the finals, with a score of 100 / 150. He was amongst two winners from India in the Primary 1 Category.

NMAJS Shines at OIS MUN

At the Oberoi International School (OIS) JVLR Model United Nations (MUN) 2024 Conference, DAIS was presented with a trophy for the Best Delegation Award. The conference hosted over 350 delegates from different schools.

This remarkable achievement was possible due to the outstanding performances of our students:

• Aniruddha Chatterjee won the Outstanding Delegate in the Indian Cabinet Award and Best Middle School Delegate in the Morning Continuous Crisis Committee (MCCC), where only select delegates from each committee were chosen.
• Sanaaya Joisher and Mihika Daga earned Honorable Mentions in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

The team, The Logic Legends, went through 2 preliminary rounds and a semi-final round virtually before they made it to the finals. The event was organised by "Debaters of India" and 40 teams participated from grades 4 to 6. The topic for the finals was "This house regrets the narrative that there is no substitute for hard work". Our team was speaking for the Opposition and they secured the gold medal.

Anaishaa Murarka, Raeya Guha Thakurta from Class 5B along with Aarit Gopalkrishnan of 6B, representing NMAJS, were declared champions in the Junior category of Suncity School x Debaters of India Interschool Competition.

Our talented debaters, Saketaram Manikantan (7A), and Evanya Chudgar (7A), along with Anoushka Tandon (DAIS ICSE 10A ), Apoorv Gupta (DAIS ICSE 10A), Sudarshan Manikantan (DAIS ICSE 9A),made us incredibly proud at the annual Jaipur Debate’24 held from 2nd to 4th August'24. They participated with top debating teams across 25 reputed schools.

The Senior Team, led by Anoushka, Apoorv, and Sudarshan, emerged as Champions! They also secured top spots in the Overall Best Speaker awards. The Junior Team, consisting of Saketaram, and Evanya, reached the semifinals and showcased exceptional talent. Additionally, Saketaram received the Best Speaker Award. A huge congratulations to all our debaters for their hard work and dedication. We're so proud of you!

Shanayaa Tandon of Class 3 B was adjudged the 1st Runner Up at the Pearl Padamsee Trophy for Excellence in Speech and Drama-2024, in the 7-9 years age group

Aaryan Modi of MYP Class 7 A and his teammate Aryan Shah of IGCSE Class 8 D won the Gold Medal at the 2024 Regional Championship for the World Robot Olympiad in the Robomission Junior category.

They both will now prepare for the National Championship which will be held in Delhi or Ahmedabad in October. The winner of the Nationals will represent India in Turkey later this year.

Aliya Agrawal of Class 6 won a Gold medal for India in Western Classical Vocals at the 'Suoni Di Venezia' youth competition. The competition, held by the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory in Venice, Italy, showcased young musical talent from around the world.

Aliya's winning performance included three diverse and challenging pieces:

• "Digna Re" (in Italian) by G. Frederick Handel
• "Smile" (in English) by Charlie Chaplin
• "Once Upon a Dream" (in English) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Huge congratulations to Ria Sanghavi of grade 7B for her spectacular achievement!

Ria’s dedication, hardwork and commitment towards coding and python has helped her secure 12th place out of 13,530 contestants who participated in ICode Hackathon Python challenge in the India Zonal Finals (West). Ria will now be participating in the Nationals scheduled on 21st September 2024.

Vivaan Joshi of Class 8B received a Bronze medal in the Hong Kong International Mathematical Olympiad (HKIMO) and a Silver medal in the Mathematical Master Cup World Open Competition.