Cultural Achievements

In kala Utsav, the Inter-School Literary, art and cultural competitions held at DPS Mohali on November 16, 2019, Devansh Aggarwal (VII D) got 3rd position in Speak Up, a declamation contest and Sayema (VIII E) won the 2nd prize in Creative Spark, mandala art competition

Saanya Khunger got Special Mention at Bhavan Vidyalaya Model United Nations held from August 2 to August 4, 2019.

Our School team comprising of Vanya Sidana, Pranjal Sood, Sanya Ghosh, Ojasvita Sikka, Nani Nayyar, Dhun Madan, Nikita Dhingra and Ashmita Bhardwaj, won the Inter DPS Dance Festival (North Zone)-2019 (Nrityanjali) hosted by our School  on August 2, 2019 in the school auditorium. The dance competition featured eighteen dance teams from North Zone. The participating teams presented fabulous dances based on the theme ‘Mohan Se Mahatma’ – Ode to 150 years of Mahatma Gandhi and ‘Sushakti’ – Empowered Women of History / Mythology.

Our school team comprising Ananya Mukherjee VI H, Palak Sharma VI D, Agam Singh Kohli VII HAsha Rishi VII F, Aditya Goyal VII F, Bharvi Garg IX G, Abha Vashisht IX G and Simarjot Singh IX H bagged the Third position in Inter DPS Hindustani Vocal Music Competition(Zone 1) held at Amritsar on 27th July 2019. Ananya Mukherjee of VI H bagged the second position in the solo category. The team will now be participating at the National level.

In the Poster Making Competition to celebrate ‘No Tobacco Day’ held on 16th May 2019 at Khalsa College of Technology & Business Studies, one of our students, Maryam Iqbal (Class VII-D) bagged the Third Prize and two of our students, Vanya Bagu and Prakriti (VII-F) secured the merit positions.

In St. Johns Heritage Day Celebrations, held on 16th May 2019, Siddhant A. Shah and Simarpreet Jus of (X- A) won the First Prize in Creating an Indian Script using art and language symbols.

Rehmat Singh and Drishti Arora (Class VIII-H) won Second Prize in Tribal Jewellery Making Competition in the same event.

Khwaish (Class IX-D) bagged the First prize in the activity: Making articles from old clothes, as a part of Inter-School Competition, organized by Sacred Heart School, Chandigarh on 2nd May 2019.

Our School team comprising of Mansha Dubey (VIII-F) and Tanisha Kishan (VIII-F) bagged the First prize in the event ‘Best out of Waste’ and our team comprising of Agrima Sudhir (IX-H) and Vedika Malhotra (VIII-D) bagged the Second prize in the event ‘Freehand Brushless Painting’ organised by Parijai Genus at Panjab Kala Bhawan, Chandigarh on 14th April 2019. Maanvir Singh (IV-E) bagged the Third prize in individual category for the Freehand Brushless Painting in the same event.

Our School dance team comprising of Ritika Singh (X-F), Sanya Ghosh (X-F), Mehr Mehta (X-F), Vanya Sidana (X-H), Ojasvita Sikka (IX-D), Sanchita Kalra (IX-D), Baani Nayyar (IX-D), Pranjal Sood (IX-C) and Dhruv Madan (VIII-E) bagged the Second Runners Up position and Best Props Award in the National Level of Nrityanjali 2018-Inter DPS Dance Festival held at DPS Greater NOIDA on 24th November 2018.

Gaurav Arora (XII) won the Second Prize in Kala Utsav 2018– a State level Competition (Music Instrumental) organised by the Ministry of Human Resource Development on November 20,2018.

Diya, Shatakshi, Himanshi, Sejal and Gayatri of Class VIII participated in the ‘Interfaith Harmony Meet’ organised by Yuvsatta to celebrate International day for Tolerance on November 16, 2018. The idea was to educate people about the need for tolerance in society and to help them understand the negative effects of intolerance.

Shubhra Koser (XII-C) won the First Prize in Kala Utsav 2018– a State level dance Competition organised by the Ministry of Human Resource Development on November 15,2018. She will be going for the Nationals in December.

Our School got 3rd prize in Quiz Competition on World Tourism Day conducted by Chandigarh Tourism Department in coordination with Education Department, UT, held at Govt. Museum & Art gallery, Sector 10, Chandigarh, on 28th September 2018.

The participants were as follows:

Gauri Sidana (IX-G)

Mansha Makkar (IX-G)

Yashita (IX-G)

They won a cash prize of Rs. 1000 each.

Our School Rock Band -Daria,  bagged the First position in the tricity and has qualified for the finals of ‘Teens Rock 5 – The Battle of Bands’.

This competition is India’s biggest Academic School Bands Competition and is organized by Yamaha Music India. 15 amateur bands from various schools of the tricity showcased their talent in the auditions.

The DPS team comprised of Gaurav Arora (Lead Guitarist), Deepanshu Mahajan (Lead Vocalist – Male), Aamrapali Mahajan (Lead Vocalist – Female), Rishi Vashisht (Keyboardist), Ishaan Mundeja (Bassist), Ayaan Saundh (Drummer) and Sahil Sood (Percussionist).

Eleven bands from all over the country will be competing for the title in the Grand Finale which will be held on 23rd September, 2018.

Our students participated in onsite and online events in Inter-DPS IT Festival held at DPS Noida on 25th August 2018. Aryaman (Class VIII), Rachit Bhandari (Class VIII) and Krishneet K. Lamba (Class secured secured 35th, 43rd and 37th ranks respectively in Decryptonite. Hridae Singh (Class XI) made it to top 10 finalist in Group Discussion round.The movie made by our team on theme ‘Digital Footprints’ was well appreciated by the judges in Movie Making Competition. More than 100 Schools and 2000 students participated in the event.