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Academic Achievements

Consecutively 100% First class from the 1st year

The norm has been set for std X students to pass out with first class from inception and scoring high marks in std XII.

THEATRE:

Theatre and poetry reading form an integral part of co- curricular activities at Vidhya Niketan. Being initiated by the Theatre group of Chennai our children have mastered the art of poetry reading. Two public shows were held the first one was in Coimbatore. The show “The Return of Gandhi” was staged in the amphi theatre which won a standing ovation from the public of Coimbatore. The children were trained to stage a show in Chennai, the cultural city of our state. The play "… from our shadows" was staged in the Music Academy Mini Hall, honoured by the presence of Mr. M Saravanan and Family and the aghast gathering of Principals, parents and special invitees. Scripts for all these plays were contributed by the children.

TARANG:

Tarang, the cultural fiesta conducted by the Rotaract club of PSG CAS is one event which we look forward to every year . It has varied events which tests not only the intellectual but also the myriad talents of a student. Our school has been the proud overall champions for the past two years. This event has given us a very good platform to showcase our talents.

Results:
Quiz – Winners
Story Writing – Winners
Spin a yarn – Winners
Adzap – All the prizes were bagged
Face painting – Runners
Debate – Runners
Search – 3rd

POETRY READING:

Inspired by the Poetry Reading workshop conducted by the Theatre Y the hidden talents of some of our children had sprung into action and had penned down the following lines, including our Correspondent who always felt that writing was not her cup of tea.

CHURCH BELL

WHAT GOOD COMES FROM BEING MEAN

THE KILLING AT NUMBER: 15

MATHS:

MY SISTER

IN STANDARD TWELVE:


OUTSTANDING SPORTSMEN OF VIDHYA NIKETAN
Our students have excelled in sports at the International, National, State, District and Zonal Levels.

S NO	NAME & CLASS	EVENT	LEVEL
1	Sansitha Nandhakumar- XI	Tennis	International
2	Vishish T – IV	Tennis	State
3	Vignesh Ravi – XI	Karate	International
4	Nivedha – XI
5	Prithviraj – VIII
6	Jayasurya – VI	Roller Skating	National
7	Sri Krishna – XI		State
8	Priyanka – X		State
9	Ashwath – VII	Shuttle/ Badminton	National
10	Anushwara – VIII
11	Soundarajan – VIII
12	Vikashini – IX
13	Karuna – IX	Gymnastics	National
14	Ashwatha – IX	Handball	National
15	Nivedha - XI	Handball	National
16	Ashvitha – XI	Basketball	State
17	Samyuktha Ashok – XI	Basketball	State
18	Priyanka – X	Teakwondo	State
19	Ashvanti - XII	Field and Track Shot-put	Open State

Our girl’s handball team participated in the state level tournament held at Ramnad. The team consisted of Samyuktha Ashok, Ashvitha, Ashwatha, Nivedha, Karuna, Divya, Vedhika, Rakshitha, Hamsavarthini and Smirthi.

Athmiha Lakshmi of XII Grade is a very good racer. She is well known for her karting skills. She had bagged numerous awards and fame for her driving skills.

Arpita Lulla is a new budding student of our school who has conducted badminton camps in Malaysia for students of all ages. She along with the World’s No 1 coach have helped the Malaysian kids improve their athletic skills and personality.

Sansitha’s father gave credit to Vidhya Niketan when she represented India in Paris for tennis.

BAIT

The Bait is an annual debating competition conducted by the Debate Club, Chennai with the goal to spread the spirit of debating amongst today’s youngsters and incite in them the passion to make their voices heard.Our school was represented by a team comprising of Khushboo Jain, Aishwarya Jayan and Shefali Mehta of class XII and Samyuktha Ashok and Adithya Mitter of class XI accompanied by teacher Mrs.Ananya Bhattacharya.

Having won three rounds of debating in Coimbatore they got the opportunity of their life time to participate in the finals at Chennai amidst an aghast gathering of national participants, various chief guests and judges and eminent personalities.These participants who had no previous experience debating, were able to debate with national level competitors and brought laurels to themselves and the school by bagging the runners up trophy.

Our children participated in quiz competition conducted by The Hindu young world and bagged many prizes.

Nandika Nambi our class 10 student has published two books of pure fiction. They are ‘Sally’s World’ and ‘One Good Turn’.

Our students have developed a unique software using which the elections of our school have been made computerized just as in the general elections.

PAATSHALA:

The literal meaning of Paatshala is ‘School’, but for the students of Vidhya Niketan it is a talent fest. It all started when two minds Vamsi and Gaurav (2009 batch) got together and came up with the idea of a talent fest to bring out the hidden talents of our students and to enable each one to participate in an event of their choice. Few of the competitions are Chota Chef, Junky Funky, Bulletin Express, Sizzling Salads, Dance on Beats, Happy Feet, Roses & Petals etc. The entire show is planned, organized and executed by the SPLs team of volunteers. The certificates, invitations & T Shirts designing, arranging and cleaning the class rooms etc. is all done by the students with great enthusiasm. For the third consecutive year, Paatshala was conducted in great style.