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THE QUEEN'S COMMONWEALTH ESSAY COMPETITION 2024 ACES AT INTERNATIONAL DEBATE

JUNIOR CATEGORY NMAJS PYP Class 5 students - Gunranak Singh, Renaya
Lakhani, and Rutva Kasi won the Gold medal at the Asia Junior
Om Mandloi Jaisal Shah Myra Jhawar Championship Debate competition’24 organized by Edu
(DAIS IGCSE Grade (DAISIGCSE Grade 9) (DAIS IGCSE Drift Singapore.
8) received a Gold won a Gold Finalist Grade 9)
Award for his essay Award for the essay, won a
which was a 'One Resilient Common Bronze Anaishaa Murarka and her team were semi-finalists in Australasia
dialogue between Future: Transforming our Award for Junior Debate Championship competition across Asia with
himself and his Commonwealth'. His her essay participants from around 5 countries. Anaishaa also won the Co 4th
Best Speaker in the under-11 category. She also acquired the 3rd
grandparent about speech highlighted titled, 'Brick Best Speaker in South Asi
resilience mental health issues and by Brick'.
and hope. ways to ways to Warwick Juniors Debating Championship
overcome them.
Anaishaa Murarka and Raeya Guha Thakurta
SENIOR CATEGORY of NMAJS PYP Class 5 worked as a team that
emerged as Champions in the 11-and-Under
category. Anaishaa herself secured the
Finals Best Speaker (11-and-Under
Agastya Khanna Category), the 4th Best Speaker (11-and-
(DAIS IGCSE Grade 9) won a Under Category) and the 10th Best Speaker
Agastya Goradia Bronze Award for his essay titled,
(DAIS IBDP Grade 11) won a across India.
Silver Award for his essay titled, 'Mine, Thine and Ours' . Using a
'Does Age Matter?' fable his essay alluded to the need
for global action to preserve our
Commonwealth.
INDIAN OLYMPIAD ICODE HACKATHON 2024
QUALIFIER IN MATHEMATICS
Keyaan Shah Ishaan Surve
(DAIS IBDP Grade 11) won a (DAIS IBDP Grade 11) won a NMAJS MYP Class 7 Ria
Bronze Award for his essay titled, Silver Award for his essay which DAIS IGCSE Grade 8 Sanghavi was adjudged
'Bonds Beyond Borders: The highlighted practical measures Jashith Narang earned a one of the global finalists
Gujarati Jain Path to a Resilient that one can adopt to combat Certificate of Merit in
Commonwealth'. climate change. after acing Asia Nationals
the Indian Olympiad for Icode Hackathon. She
Qualifier in made it to the Top 1% of
Mathematics (IOQM) young coders worldwide
Eklavea Shah Ilisha Awasthi
(DAIS IBDP Grade 11) won a (DAIS IBDP Grade 11) won a 2024-25 which placed in the Global Final round of
Gold Award for his essay on the Gold Award for her essay titled, him amongst the top I C o d e P y t h o n G l o b a l
most pressing global issues and the “A Commonwealth Concurrence: 10% of participants. Hackathon 2024
role of Commonwealth values in Unifying Intricate Nations Through
resolving them. Indian Values.”

DAIS IGCSE G10 GAYATRI IN
2 DAIS STUDENTS NEW YORK TIMES GLOBAL TOP 10
ACCEPTED INTO MIT'S
PRESTIGIOUS RSI PROGRAM Gayatri Srivastava of Grade 10 B has been named among the Top 10 Winners of the New
York Times Essay Contest 2025, standing out from over 3,000 entries worldwide.Her
powerful essay, “Finding Silence in a Noisy World,” reflects on the importance of stillness in
Jayveer Kochhar and Anshul Bhatt of DAIS IBDP Grade 11 have an age of constant noise. With grace and insight, Gayatri's words resonated on an
been selected for the highly prestigious RSI program at MIT. international platform, capturing hearts and critical acclaim.
Out of thousands of global applicants, only around 100 are
chosen — approximately 40 from outside the U.S. and only 4
from India, 2 of whom are from DAIS! Jayveer will work at NATIONAL ECONOMICS COPERNICUS
mathematical modelling & computer science, while Anshul will
pursue his passion for cutting-edge STEM research. OLYMPIAD MATHEMATICS OLYMPIAD

Eklavea Shah, DAIS IBDP Year 12, Nipun Saha of DAIS IGCSE Class 9C
RESEARCH PAPER SELECTED BY secured the All India Rank 2 in the has excelled in the Copernicus
ANNUAL AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION National Economics Olympiad held by Mathematics Olympiad by
securing the Silver Medal. His
SRCC 2025. He also won a cash prize exceptional performance has also
DAIS IBDP Grade 12 Veer Mehta wrote a research paper - 'XG-Boosting Model for the Detection earned him Country Rank 1 and
of Algal Blooms using Sentinel 2-A Satellite Data'. It was selected for presentation at the Annual of Rs. 10,000/- Global Rank 8, demonstrating his
American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2024, in Washington DC, USA. proficiency in mathematics.

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