Birla High School (Senior Section)

INTER-SCHOOL EVENTS :

At the Kalakosh Fest organized by South Point School at G.D. Birla Sabhaghar on 24th June, our school was awarded the 3rd position in Drama with Aaamer Pratap from Class IX being awarded as ‘The Best Actor.’

Birla High School secured the 2nd position in the Times School Quiz Competition 2023.

On 11th December, Raghav Binani from Class X made it to the Top 15 of the Highly Selective Student Internship in the domain of Business and Entrepreneurship organised by High School Moms.

Debarshi Bhattacharjee and Aarav Kumar of Class X bagged the 1^st position and emerged as the National Champions in the second season of Ultimate Sports Quiz 2023 held from 2^nd September to 7^th September at Filmistan, Goregaon, Mumbai. The team won a prize money of Rs. 35 Lakhs for  the infrastructural development of the school, a Trophy, medals, an Apple Macbook, participation certificates and USQ bags. The team had also won an all-expense paid trip to a dream-sporting destination, anywhere in the world. The team chose to witness the Cricket World Cup Finals 2023 held between India and Australia on 19^th November in Ahmedabad.

INTER-SCHOOL EVENTS :

Students of classes VIII - XI bagged the overall 1^st position in Quizzinius 2023 organised by DPS Ruby Park on 3^rd and 4^th November. The best quizzer was awarded to Arya Bhattacharya of class X. The students bagged the 2^nd position in the Senior General Quiz, Ultima Quiz and Fabrics & Fashion Quiz events. They also secured 3^rd position in Scitech Quiz, Pop Culture Quiz and Mystery Box Quiz.

Nine participants participated in six events in 'Udaan and Vrrikshya', the inter school Fest of South Point High School held on 25^th November. Jai M. Gianani of class XI secured 1^st position in Cubix (Solve the Cube), Tanish Gupta of class XI and Vihaan Parekh of class XI secured 2^nd position in ‘It’s Your Turn’ (Company Wars) and Symantak Banerjee and Bhavishya Agarwal of class IX secured 3^rd position in Lens Art (Photography).

 

INTER-SCHOOL EVENTS :

On 14^th and 15^th July the students of Birla High School participated in the DPS, Ruby Park fest 'Chrysalis' and bagged 1^st position in Basketball, Buzz with Bucks, Pitch Perfect, Debate and 2^nd position in Fireless Cooking and Crisis Management. Kshrugal Bhattacharya was recognised as the Best Speaker. Our school was declared as the Runner Up school. 

The students of Birla High School participated in Bullionaire and Iris fests organised by Lakshmipat Singhania Academy on 6^th July. Arjun Jalan and Aarav Parmanandka secured 1^st position in the event 'Last Manager Standing.

INTER-SCHOOL EVENTS :

South City International School’s Annual Business Conclave, City Corpus, was organised on 18^th January. The event saw 14 schools participating in 7 events ranging from crisis management to stock market. With a marvellous performance in the conclave, the Birla High School delegation, led by Kannv Dhandhania and Vedansh Roongta,  won prizes in 4 out of the 7 events, and won the 2nd runner up best school award. The prizes in other events included-

-   1st in Bizquiz, the Business Quiz Event

-     2nd in Amex, the Stock Market Event

-     2nd in BidBash, the T20 Auction Event

-     2nd in Anticlus-Clave, the Crisis Management Event

Aryabhatta Ganit Challenge 2022 is an online Mathematics competition organised by CBSE. The first round was held in school on 22^nd November where students from classes VIII - X participated. Top three students from class IX were selected who would compete in the online final national level to be held on 15^th December 2022.

Udaan and Vrrikshya 2022 organised  by the Interact Club and the Nature Club South Point High School was held on 19^th November 2022. The theme for the fest was sustainability of the Earth and our culture. Four participants from Birla High School bagged the prizes for the following events :

•Atulya Singh of class IX B secured the second position in the Stop Motion Animation event

•Akshath Gupta and Adarsh Agarwal of class IX C secured the second position for No-Gas Cooking event.

•Joydeep Bhakat of class IX A secured the third position in poster making.

A Quiz was also organised by St. James School on 18^th November where Aarav Kumar of class IX A was a part of the BHS team which bagged the 3rd position.

Infinity Maths Competition organised by Aditya Birla World Academy on 12^th November was an online event. Three students from Birla High School participated in the eastern zonal round. Debarshi Bhattacharya of Class IXA was adjudged the runners up and the team qualified for the national level to be held in the month of January in Mumbai. Our team will be travelling to Mumbai with Mrs. Monika Sharma, Asst. Teacher.

Manthan, the Modern High School Fest was organised on 11^th & 12^th November. Students from classes IX to XII participated in this fest in various events. Birla High School students came 3^rd in the Nukkad Naatak - Street Play event.

Quiz : The Cultivation of Science Jadavpur, Kolkata Campus had organised Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan Science Quiz on 8^th November. The participants from class IX were Aarav Kumar & Arya Bhattacharya. The team secured 3rd position and was awarded with a trophy and certificate.

 

INTER-SCHOOL EVENTS :

Xuberance’22 – Birla High School participated in X-UBERANCE’22 – the Annual School fest organized by St. Xavier's Collegiate School for Classes IX - XII from 14th to 16th October, 2022. The students had taken part in 25 events and bagged the ‘Best School’ award for its excellent overall performance. Birla High School secured the 1st position in events like Western Dance, Basketball, Tug of War,Hackathon, Table Tennis and Volleyball.

Deutsch Utsav 2022 was organised by Mayo College, Ajmer from 13th -15th October 2022. Ram Daftari and Kannv Dhandhania of Class XI bagged the second prize in the senior quiz. Birla High School won the Runners Up Trophy overall for their allround performance.

12th International Science Congress Meet: Aarav Kumar and Debarshi Bhattacharjee from Class IX stood 2nd and 3rd respectively in the 12th International Science Congress Meet, an All India Competition organized by World Science Congress on 14th August’22.

Svatantryam 2022: Birla Bharti had organised an inter school fest, Svatantryam 2022 from 11th – 13th August, 2022 which was based on the fervour of patriotism. Birla High School bagged the first prize in Abhyuday (Product Launch Programme) and Adhibeshan (A historical conversation between two characters from the pages of History) . Kshrugal Bhattacharjee won the Best Speaker for the Motion Award and the BHS team won the second prize in Vivaad (Debate).

12th International Science Congress Meet: Aarav Kumar and Debarshi Bhattacharjee from Class IX stood 2nd and 3rd respectively in the 12th International Science Congress Meet, an All India Competition organized by World Science Congress on 14th August’22.

Kalakosh, an Inter-school competition was organized by South Point High School from 10th to 18th August 2022. In the quiz event, Aarav Kumar, Kannv Dhandhania, Ram Daftari and Siddhartha Gupta, added another feather to our cap by securing 1st position.

ExeBIT’22, was hosted by Lakshmipat Singhania Academy on 6th, 8th, 12th & 13th August’22. Birla High School participated in different events from classes III to XII. Our students bagged a number of prizes in various events.

Delhi Public School, Ruby Park celebrated their annual fest, Logique and IR (International Relations) on 6th August, 2022. Rohitaswa Das and Shivam Krishna from Class XII Com.C & Hum participated in the paper presentation and presented a 4000 word paper on ‘Iran’s Nuclear Programme: A Castigation For Hankering’. Their paper was judged the best and they received the first prize.

Debarshi Bhattacharjee and Aarav Kumar from Class IX stood 3rd in the Quiz on Technology organized by Delhi Public School, Ruby Park.

On the occasion of the Birth Anniversary of poet, Goswami Tulsidas, an event was organized by Sikar Nagarik Parishad, on 4th August 2022 at Rathindra Mancha, Jorasanko Thakur Bari. Kanishk Pilaniwala and Moksh Nolkha from Class IX were the participants of the said event from the Birla High School. Our school stood fourth among the twelve participating schools. They received a certificate along with a cash prize of Rs.3, 000/- (Three Thousand Only), a gift hamper and a memento by the Organizers.

Youthopia 2022:Birla High School participated in Youthopia 2022 fest organized by the Heritage School which was held from 28th – 30th July. It included online events, offstage and onstage events as well as on-the-field events too. Our school secured the 1st position in Western Dance, Basketball, Table Tennis and Tug of War. In Quiz, Creative Writing and Ad Spoof, we came 2nd.

Students of Classes VI took part in the Interschool Competition Ram Charit Manas organized by Parivar Milan on Saturday, 16th July. The programme was divided into two rounds - 'Manas Gayan ' & 'Manas Prashanutari'(Quiz). The Quiz was based on Ayodhya Kand and General questions were also asked from Ramcharitmanas.

Concord 2022 :Calcutta Boys School had organised Concord 2022 from 29th June to 1st July. Birla High School had participated in some of the events like Quiz, Eastern and Western Band, Western Dance, Bengali and Hindi Creative Writing, Science Project Making, Hindi Monologue and the Business Event, to name a few. In Western Dance our school stood 1st. The Quiz team comprised of Debarshi Bhattacharjee 9A, Aarav Kumar 9A and Siddhartha Gupta 11 com A came 2nd. 3rd position was bagged in the events, Terribly Tiny Tales and Business Event.

INTER-SCHOOL ONLINE EVENTS :

• Scholarly Collegiate Quiz Championship

 Arihant Saraogi of Class XII Com. C & Humanities participated in the Scholarly Collegiate Quiz Championship organized by Scholarly Collegiate. He qualified for the prelims after a written round. In his prelim, he secured the first position and in the final round, he secured the fourth position. He received a cash prize of 500 USD.

• Nameste Europe - Organized by Mayo College, Ajmer Inter school Event

Mayo College, Ajmer in collaboration with Alliance Francaise and Goethe Institut had organized an Inter-School French and German Language month long Festival entitled ‘Namaste Europe’. The events were organised to celebrate the European day of languages on 26th September,2020 and also marked the seventh year for the Concour de la Francophonie, a French language competition organised every year by Mayo College, Ajmer.

Students of Birla High School participated in both, online and offline events, such as French and German  passage reading, poetry recitation, quiz, spell bee, declamation and photography.

Categories in which the students of our school received prizes are:

French Quiz – Atharva Chowdhury (Class XB)

German Quiz – Ram Daftari (Class IXB)

French Passage reading – Raafey Aziz (Class IX A)

• Calcutta Heritage Quiz 2020 Inter School Event

This quiz was organised by Calcutta Heritage Collective which is a famous and very active group in Calcutta dealing with the heritage of Kolkata with members who are eminent personalities in different fields of culture and heritage of Kolkata. Our school qualified for the finals with highest marks among all schools in the knock out round. On 22^nd November, the finals were held. Ram Daftari (Class IX B), Siddharth Gupta (Class IX) and Arya Sarkar (Class VIII B) won the finals with 260 marks while the opponents were at 120. The organizers appreciated BHS for their vast knowledge and good performance. The school was given book coupons worth Rs 3000/- and books worth Rs 1500/- from Seagull Publishers which are to be kept in the school library. Rounds were conducted by eminent patrons like Usha Utthup, Bickram Ghosh, Victor Banerjee, artist Subhaprasanna and others.

• Assest Talent Search Assessment Awards

Gold Scholar Certificate was awarded to Amitrajit Dutta of Class VIB for an excellent performance in the ASSET Talent Search Assessment, conducted in October 2020 in India. Amitrajit Dutta has ranked among top 50 in India and top 10 in Kolkata.

• Model United Nations, La Martiniere College Lucknow

Ram Daftari of Class IX B, participated in the Model United Nations organized by La Martiniere College, Lucknow and secured 4^th position in the Verbal Mention in the UNHRC Committee.)

• Hindi Article in Sanmarg Newspaper  Media coverage

Jainam Shah of Class IX C published a Hindi article in the Sanmarg newspaper on 15^th November, 2020. The article was based on Teachers’ Day celebration during COVID 19 and the usefulness of the online platform in celebrating these events.

• An Online Competition conducted by ABWA Awards

The Infinity Team of Aditya Birla World Academy organised an online Maths competition on 20^th November, 2020. This year, 567 participants had registered for the competition comprising of 189 teams from all over India and abroad. Participants had to go through an Individual Round followed by a Team Round. Debdiptta D Majumdar, Anish Banerjee and Spandan Das of Class XII S/c A represented Birla High School. Spandan Das was the individual round winner and our school received the Team of the Zone Award too.

• MBWA Shabdh 2020 Inter school events

Mahadevi Birla World Academy’s fest SHABD’20 was held on 19^th and 20^th November’20. Divyansh Gupta of Class XI secured the Best Web Designer in the event ‘Logophilia’ and Arihant Saraogi of Class XII bagged the 2^nd prize in the Hindi event ‘Utkarsh’

• Intra MUN Inter School Event

The Intra MUN 2020 was held over a span of two days- 23^rd and 24^th November, 2020. The agenda of the conference was “Reviewing Sino-Indian relationship with special emphasis on cross border tensions”.

The finalists from Birla High School were awarded in the following category :

Best Delegate- Pushkar Pandey (Class XI)

First High Commendation- Devanshu Choudhary (Class XI) and Ram Daftari (Class IX)

Second High Commendation- Ritwik Bhaumik (Class XI)

First Special Mention- Dipro Sur Roy Chowdhury (Class XI)

Second Special Mention- Bhaskar Agarwal (Class XI) 

• BPMME 2020 Contest

Aaryaman Choudhury of Class XII Sc A won the prestigious national level elocution contest conducted by BPMME (Brahm Prakash Memorial Materials Event) 2020, Kalpakkam, Chennai on 28^th November, 2020.

Sahodaya Schools Complex Meeting, Kolkata

The meeting of the Sahodaya Schools Complex was held on 19th February 2020 at 12:30 p.m in Vidya Mandir. The meeting was hosted by Birla High School. Mr. Mate, the Regional Officer,CBSE was the Chief Guest of the meeting. Principals of 69 CBSE schools From Kolkata and its surrounding areas had attended the meeting.

The agenda of the meeting, as unanimously decided, was discussion and elucidation of CBSE examination rules and regulations, and clarification of doubts by Mr. Mate.

The newly elected members of the Sahodaya Complex, Kolkata were introduced, followed by the discussion about the recent circulars sent to the schools by CBSE like Ek Bharat Shreshth Bharat and Circular on Multiple Assessment dated. Several other issues were discussed and doubts regarding seating arrangements, PWD candidates, Hub Planning etc. were clarified.

The meeting ended with the official handover of the Statement of accounts by the previous treasurer to the newly elected treasurers. The next meeting will be held at Lakshmipat Singhania Academy on 25th April 2020.

The 43rd Derozio Memorial Inter School Extempore Speech Contest

 

20^th L.N.Birla Inter-School Debate Competition

Birla High School commemorated the 20^th L.N.Birla Inter-School Debate Competition on the 11^th of July,2019, which was hosted in the fond memory of its founder Shri L.N. Birla. The debate competition was a grand event which was organised from 9^th of July to 11^th of July,2019, at the Vidya Mandir Auditorium, where students from renowned schools in Kolkata had participated. The first and second preliminary rounds were held on the 9^th and 10^th of July respectively, while the Final round took place on the 11^th of July, 2019, marking the Founder's Day for Birla High School. 

The Best Team was bagged by Shri Shikshayatan School. The First Runners -Up prize went to Ishan Sengupta of DPS Ruby Park School. Rayan Chakraborty, representing Birla High School ,was acclaimed  the Best Speaker.

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Winner of Junior National Basketball Association championship(under 12) held on 18th March,2019.

INTACH Filmit Festival​ - February 2019

Birla High School hosted the Filmit Festival organised by INTACH on Wednesday 6th February 2019 . The same was attended by Sixteen schools. Mr S V Raman was the Chief Guest along with Mr Saheb Bhattacharjee . Birla High School won two awards - "Best Visuals" and "Best Film with a message."

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