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Delhi Public School, Pinjore recently hosted a Six-A-Side, Under-16 Cricket Tournament organized by Yuva Sports Club. The Tournament was inaugurated by DPS Pinjore Principal Mr. Samson Masih. The main participants of the Under-16 Tournament who reached the semi-finals were St Xavier’s School, Panchkula, Ryan International School, Chandigarh, Satluj Public School, Panchkula and the host school DPS Pinjore.

Ryan International School, Chandigarh won the Under-16 title by defeating St Xavier’s School, Panchkula by seven runs in the final match of the Cricket Tournament.

In the Under-14 category Semi-Final matches, DPS Pinjore defeated St Xavier’s School of Panchkula by four wickets and Satluj School beat Ryan International of Chandigarh by five wickets.

In the Finals again, Delhi Public School of Pinjore claimed the boys Under-14 trophy by beating Satluj Public School, Panchkula by 20 runs in the final match. DPS Pinjore won the toss and elected to field. Satluj scored 90 for 2 in 6 overs to which DPS Pinjore replied with 70 in allotted 6 overs.

The prizes were given out by United Group Managing Director Mr. Rakesh Baloni, who was the chief guest of the Six-A-Side Cricket Tournament.

Award Bestowed upon Mr. Samson Masih, Principal- DPS Pinjore.

Mr. Samson Masih, Principal, Delhi Public School, Pinjore, was felicitated recently by the renowned Economic Growth Society of India, in recognition of his sterling merit, excellent performance and outstanding contribution towards the progress of the country.

The award was presented to Mr. Masih on the occasion of International Seminar on ‘Individual Achievement for Economic and Social Development’ held at New Delhi recently. It is a matter of great pride for us to have such an eminent award being bestowed upon the Prinicipal of DPS Pinjore as it brings in its wake our repeated and continued efforts in the field of education.

Mr. Samson Masih is already a recipient of the “Dr Radhakrishnan Avantika Award”, “Smt Sarla Chopra Award” bestowed by the DAV Society and the “Best Citizen of India Award” by International Publishing House. With one more award in the kitty now, we certainly would not stop here and intend to double our efforts to achieve even greater heights in the field of education with innovative teaching methods and new on-the-block techniques.

The Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore — IIM (B) has the honour of being awarded as the best B-School in India. The award was presented at the prestigious Eduniversal World Convention, La Sorbonne, Paris in France. The ceremony took place on November 4, 2008. IIM, Bangalore has been recognized among nine Eduniversal-defined geographical zones. These included Latin America, Northern America, Africa, Middle East, Central Asia, Far Eastern Asia, Oceania, Eastern Europe and Western Europe.

The initial selection was made by the Eduniversal International Scientific Committee. IIM (B) faced close competition from 27 other reputed global business schools. The competition was tough and this can be judged from the fact that IIM (B) was chosen from a total of nearly 1000 business schools, chosen from 153 countries. Eventually, IIM Bangalore was awarded as the Best Business School in Central Asia region. It was closely followed by IIM Ahmedabad.

A survey report was published today that revealed India’s best performing colleges for year 2008. Marketwatch a well known research agency published a detailed report about the annual survey reportedly conducted by AC Nielsen-ORG-MARG. India Today was said to have commissioned the research agency for conducting the survey.

The survey was done for 1400 colleges and in 12 Indian cities – Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chandigarh Chennai, Kochi, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai and Pune. The report also said that about 800 experts were contacted and inputs taken.

The best colleges for 2008 in the categories of Arts, Commerce, Science, Law , Medicine and Enginnering are:

Arts: Loyola College, Chennai

Commerce: Delhi’s Sri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC)

Science: Loyola College

Law: NALSAR

Medicine: AIIMS

Engineering: IIT Kanpur

A school for the destitute children and orphans at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra is on the verge of getting a financial boost of nearly $26,000 from the American automotive giant, Johnson Controls Inc. The school is run by a trust headed by Sarwattom Thakur. The school acts as a residence for about 300 underprivileged children, ranging in the age group of 6 to 16 years.

Johnson Controls Inc. had earlier launched the ‘Blue Sky Involve’ programme which was essentially a volunteer initiative to encourage annual donations from employees’ time and corporate support for charity. The company’s employees have already contributed nearly 520 hours in 2008 towards various activities on the school premises. This is the second major corporate house, after JP Morgan India, to provide financial grants and employee volunteerism to this school.

The Indian Minister of State for External Affairs, Anand Sharma, handed over the Tata Africa scholarships for post-graduate studies to the students of UKZN (The University of KwaZulu Natal) in South Africa. The function was also attended by the Vice-Chancellor of UKZN and the Managing Director of Tata Africa, Raman Dhawan. Tata Africa had started giving these scholarships about three years ago.

Raman Dhawan further explained that the company harboured no concealed motives by offering these scholarships and had no intention of forcing the students to work for the company after completing their courses. He further insisted that the scholarships were purely meant to make sure that the students could concentrate upon their academic performance. In response, a representative of the scholarship-recipients spoke about his financial limitations and how a Tata scholarship had bailed him out.

Indian Institute of Technoloy (IIT), Kharagpur has announced Nina Saxena Technology Award 2008 for excellence in the field of science and technology. This year the award has been given to 3 scientists from National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur. Following scientists have been awarded this year:

Dr. Subhash P. Andey
Dr. Prakesh S. Kelkar
Dr. Madan V. Nanoti

All 3 scientists are from Geo-Environment Management Division of NEERI. The award was started in memory of alumna Dr. Nina Sexena B.Tech. (Hons.), ECE of 1992 batch.

Panjab University has declared to start a Gold medal and cash reward of Rs. 100,000 in Abhinav Bindra’s name which will be given in the convocation ceremony of the University.

University management has congratulated Abhinav for his achievement and pride that he has brought for the city he represent. Interestingly, Abhinav has no connection with the university, neither he is studying in any of the university in Punjab.

The parents of Abhinav Bindra are thrilled by the recognition and praise their son his getting from all over the country and have no words to express their joy.