Anamay Chaturvedi, a student of Class X – H has won the Gold Medal for outstanding performance in the ASSET Exam, a skill based diagnostic test taken by over 300,000 + students annually from more than 800 schools.

The Overall ASSET topper in Class X. Ananmay is a Blue Blazer holder and is also a member of EXUN the School Computer Club.

Prateek Arora, an 11th standard student in DPS RK Puram recently released the Reviewer's Edition of his first book “Village No. 1104”. The book revolves around a professor- Abhimanyu and 4 students- Sid, Priya, Rishabh and Murari who face different kinds of pressures in their lives. This pressure takes them away from the path they had always dreamt of. Circumstances alter the course of their life and they find themselves in Village 1104 where they realize what they were born for. The book shows how the children turn a village that was not even significant enough to get a name of its own, into a name known by everybody in India. It demonstrates the difference between following YOUR dream and following SOMEONE ELSE’S. It shows the difference between the road YOU want to go on and the road THAT WAS SHOWN TO YOU.

Prateek is one of the youngest authors in India. His desire to voice the mindset of the children at his stage and to bring about a change in the society have been the reason for writing this book. He has been associated with NGOs working for street children and has now formed his own NGO - SPIRIT. He has also received a blue coat and a blue tie from his school for academic excellence and was recently a part of the "Runners Up" team all over Asia in the Asian Regional Space Settlement Design Competition held by ATLANTIS. Apart from his contribution to society, Prateek is also a C++ programmer and a trained Western Vocal Singer.

The National winners, Rishita Ray and Mollika Basu from DPS R.K.Puram with their teacher Mrs.Renu Malik

In the month of October, FOX History and Entertainment channel in association with INTACH, organized an essay competition; the topic: “My city my history” and one had to find out a unique fact about our city. The last date of submission was 31st of December, 2009 and they received well over five thousand entries from across the country. Many students from DPS R.K Puram participated. One of the five National winners, Rishita Ray of class VII, who had written on the history of Delhi Police and one regional winner, Mollika Basu of class IX who wrote on Howrah station, Kolkata, were from DPS R.K Puram. The award ceremony was held on the 10th of February, 2010 at the Lodhi Gardens. It was a fun filled affair, starting with a Heritage walk led by Ms Swapna followed by a semi-formal award ceremony. The heads of INTACH and FOX History were present and the Chief Guest was Ms Anjali Menon. There were six regional winners and only one national winner from Delhi. As always, DPS R.K Puram took home the top honors, the only school in the whole country to have one regional as well as one national winner. It was an interesting and enriching experience.

Shreya Ishita at the Fact Universal Teen Pageant

Shreya Ishita, a student of Delhi Public School, R.K.Puram who has recently passed out ( 2009 batch), has brought laurels to the school when she became THE FIRST RUNNER UP at FACT UNIVERSAL TEEN PAGEANT.

Fact Universal Teen Pageant is a beauty pageant of National Repute started by the FACT ENTERPRISES this year. It gives a platform to young girls to showcase their talent, beauty and intelligence in front of a national as well as International audience. Diana Hayden- Miss World 1997 was the brand ambassador of the pageant.

After rigorous auditions and selection process judged by Diana Hayden and Rocky S- a well known fashion designer, Shreya made it among the top 25 contestants chosen from amongst almost twenty-five thousand girl participants from all over the country. She was a part of 10 episode long reality shoot on Channel 9x which featured the grooming process the contestants underwent for the finale. During her stay in Mumbai for the shoot, Shreya along with other contestants was trained in different areas of fashion by people well known in their respective fields. Ramp walk training was given by Alison Kanuga- a name that does not require any introduction in the fashion world. Contemporary dance training was given by Akash Karnataki ,a well known Bollywood choreographer. During the pageant several subtitles were given to contestants. Shreya was crowned ‘Miss Beautiful Hair’ for her naturally healthy hair.

The finale was a huge star-studded event held in Mumbai and judged by Diana Hayden, Rocky S, Sangith Sivan- Bollywood and Malayalam film director, Alison Kanuga and Madhu Mantena- the producer of Ghajini. It was telecast Live On Channel 9x. Shreya was among the 5 girls who based on their performances in the talent round were chosen to perform live on the finale. After several rounds of catwalk, interaction with the judges and question and answer round Shreya was declared the first runner up. She thus proved her talent and intelligence and was crowned by Diana Hayden.

Based on her performance Shreya will participate in an International Teen Beauty Pageant to be held in U.S.A next year. Currently Shreya is fortunate to have many offers from the glamour world as a result of winning the pageant. She however gives education more importance and is currently a freshman pursuing an undergraduate degree in Physics and Economics at Tufts University in Boston on scholarship.

We wish her luck for her future endeavours and hope to see her become well-known in whichever field she chooses to go to.