Ludhiana, May 06, 2023 (News Team): The 28th Inter-School Declamation Contest was organized by Nehru Sidhant Kender Trust at its Panday Auditorium to commemorate the 59th death anniversary of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru. The contest, like every year, received an overwhelming response from the schools in Ludhiana.
The contest was held in three languages – English, Hindi and Punjabi. 45 Students from 23 Schools vied with each other for the Nehru Championship Trophy and the first three positions. Students spoke with zest and expressed their views confidently on burning topics of day to day interest like “Chat GPT – a threat to Human Resource ?, Let us face it, there is no planet B, Swatchta Ki shuruaat mann, vichaar aur hriday ki pavitarta se honi chahiye, Social media Vardan ya abhishap etc.”
While welcoming the Chief Guest Shri G L Bassi, Sh. Sunil Gupta, Vice-President of Nehru Sidhant Kender Trust spoke about the social, educational & charitable activities of the Nehru Sidhant Trust. Floral tributes were paid to Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru by the Chief Guest Shri G L Bassi, Shri Sunil Gupta, Mrs. Bhupinder Gogia, Principal of Sat Paul Mittal School and the judges. The Chief Guest talked of passion for debates & school education. He said that the topics of the declamation were very well selected and covered all the burning issues of the day.
The judges drawn from local colleges of the city adjudged the contestants from various schools. They had a tough time assessing the performance of the students as the competition was very stiff. The results are given below: -
Inter School Declamation Contest Results
English
1st Prize - Ved Bhatia, Green Land Sr. Sec. School, Near Jalandhar Bye-Pass, Ludhiana
2nd Prize - Naaz Malik, Sat Paul Mittal School, Dugri, Ludhiana
3rd Prize - Divyanka Thakur, BCM School, Basant Avenue, Dugri, Ludhiana
Consolation Prize - Samridhi Purohit, BCM School, Chandigarh Road, Ludhiana
Hindi
1st Prize - Vidushi Arora, B.C.M. Arya Model Sr. Sec. School, Shastri Nagar, Ludhiana
2nd Prize - Smidhi Sharma, B.C.M. Sr. Sec. School, Jamalpur Colony, Focal Point, Ludhiana
3rd Prize - Divyansh Sharma, Green Land Sr. Sec. School, Near Jalandhar Bye-Pass, Ludhiana
Consolation Prize - Vinayak Grover, BVM Sr. Sec. School, Udham Singh Nagar, Ludhiana
Punjabi
1st Prize - Arminderjeet Kaur, B.C.M. Sr. Sec School, Jamalpur Colony, Focal Point, Ludhiana
2nd Prize - Aaditi Kathpal, KVM Sr. Sec. School, Civil Lines, Ludhiana
3rd Prize - Smilesheen Sharma, DAV Public School, BRS Nagar, Ludhiana
Consolation Prize - Navneet, R S Model Sr. Sec. School, Shastri Nagar, Ludhiana
B.C.M. Sr. Sec. School, Jamalpur Colony, Focal Point Ludhiana bagged the running championship Nehru Trophy.
Prizes to the winners of Inter-School Declamation Contest will be given by the Chief Guest Shri Mandeep Singh Sidhu, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Ludhiana during the Annual Scholarship Distribution Function to be held at 10:30 a.m. on 12 th May, 2023 in Nehru Sidhant Kender Complex.
