First Intra-School Maths Olympiad

Dear all

The school's Mathematics Department is organising the First Intra-School Mathematics Olympiad for all the classes (I - XII) on Tuesday, 9 November 2010 in the school.

All the students of classes I-XII who have scored at least 75% marks in mathematics in their previous class are eligible to participate in the Olympiad. (And all those students who are interested but do not satisfy the eligibility criteria may also participate, provided they submit a recommendation letter from their respective mathematics teacher.)

The questions may be expected from non-routine math of various topics of school mathematics. The question paper will only contain multiple choice questions.

THERE IS NO ENTRY/REGISTRATION FEE.

DATE OF EXAM: 09 NOVEMBER 2010 (Tuesday)

DURATION OF EXAM: 1 HOUR AND 30 MINUTES

LAST DATE TO APPLY: 30 OCTOBER 2010 (Saturday)

FOR OTHER DETAILS, CONTACT YOUR MATHEMATICS TEACHER.

"Overwhelmed-Thanks from the core of my heart..!"

Dear all

It's 15 October today, the (Happy!) Birthday of the school's former principal Mr. Suraj Prakash. On behalf of all his dear children and dedicated colleagues, we wish him a Very, Very Happy Birthday. May God bless you, sir!
We love you for everything you have done and for everything you will keep doing! We love you beyond reasons.

And to our (pleasant) surprise, we received a mail from our Dear Sir, acknowledging every person who took time out to wish him on this happy occasion. Through the means of networking sites, people put their Birthday wishes for Sir on record. And following is what Sir's mail contained, beautifully titled 'THANKS!' as a gesture of acknowledgement...

My wonderful young friends,

Lots of love and Greetings!!!

Received more than 450 messages, today--simply overwhelmed and humble. Feel proud to have such wonderful children.

I would like to put it as:

Always keep Schools' motto "Yoga, Karmasu, Kaushlam" -- Striving for Excellence; in to your focus.

Those who have an intense intellectual life are in the habit of reflecting, observing, putting ideas together, gradually form a mental individuality for themselves.

Over the years of my journey, trust me.. all of you have contributed to my persona.

How could I give Back---There is no way.

My dear children, in today's world, individuality is the first conquest....first stage. Once we realize within us; personal independence and consciousness arises,

In the words of Buddha, " Aapo Deepa Bhava"--- be light unto yourself.

With lots of greetings and tremendous love

Suraj Prakash

Thanks a lot, sir. We are sure, all of his students appreciate and love his ways of showing that he cares... Wishing Sir, once again, Many many Happy Returns of the day. May YOU have a happy and healthy life, Sir. :-)

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Days And People: Then And Now!

Dear all
Second October it is, today. More than many other things, we remember this day as the birth day of The Father Of The Nation ... The birthday of Gandhiji... The day of Non-violence...

A lot could happen over a decade (Since Bapu left the physical world!)... And MANY decades are already our past now! No one has got the courage or the required wisdom to judge how much could we manage to do in this meanwhile. And how far would we dare to dream from now on!  But yes, whatever it is, howsoever we are, we hope we aren't 'that' bad to be inhabiting the same land where Bapu once walked and still lives!

Thought provoking that was! Wasn't it? Provoking sincere thoughts about the way 'they' lived and the way 'we' do! But 'we' have always been hopeful about things around us! And we will hopefully continue the legacy!

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HAPPY TEACHERS' DAY!

Dear all

You are great if you can find your faults,

Greater if you can correct them,

But Greatest  if you can accept and love others with their faults...

Going by this or by any other definition, our dear teachers are the greatest...! They not only accept us with our faults, flaws and imperfections, and love us unconditionally, but also dedicate their lives in perfecting those imperfections... Here's wishing all our dear dearest teachers, a VERY HAPPY TEACHERS' DAY...

Letting us rise through ourselves, letting us learn though life, letting us be ourselves, and letting us find life worth living... from the known to the unknown... we have every reason to cherish the existence of our lovely teachers... Thanks a lot, teachers...

The celebrations of Teachers' Day were held on 4 September in our school, complete with cultural programs and heart-felt wishes... Check out the photographs of the same by clicking here.

Here's a heartfelt wish again... for our teachers... HAPPY TEACHERS' DAY... :-)

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Happy Independence Day!

Dear all

Today is 15 August 2010. Exactly 63 years have passed since we, Indians, under the very courageous leadership of the likes of Gandhi, Nehru, Bhagat Singh and many others, won our independence from the imperialism of British rule.

At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance ... We end today a period of ill fortune, and India discovers herself again ...... Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

Anyways, the day is a national holiday in India. All over the country, flag-hoisting ceremonies are conducted. The main event takes place in New Delhi, where the Prime Minister hoists the National Flag at the Red Fort and delivers a nationally televised speech from its ramparts. A colourful pageant showcasing India’s cultural diversity, symbolic depictions of the country’s advances in science and technology, and a joint display of India’s military capabilities by the armed forces are an essential part of the Independence Day celebrations.

Students of our school also, religiously, conducted a special assembly in the name of India's 63rd Independence Day. Cultural programmes like songs, dance, and drama marked the event. Though it was the magnificent march past which stole the show away. Keep up the good work friends and keep growing with each passing moment ...

Facts apart, we want to know how YOU, as an individual, justify your privilege of being a Free Indian. Tell us why do you deserve this tag...or rather, do we really deserve it? We hope, we really wake up to life and freedom and DO something so that no one dares to put up a question mark on our status of being a Proud, Free Indian...

Let's flood the comments section to discuss our duties while we enjoy our privileges (Freedom Of Speech is just one of the million rights we enjoy every day, without even realising their values!). Lets unite once again to fight the newly arrived challenges of this era ...

Happy Independence Day to all ...
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Kite Flying Can Hamper Electricity Supply and Endanger Lives

Dear All

 

·         Kite flying should be avoided since the wires of kites are metallic coated which, when in contact with live electricity wires, cause them to trip and hence disrupt power supply.

·         The metallic coated manjha is a good conductor of electricity and can prove life threatening as it can electrocute people.

·         According to estimates, tripping of just one 33/66 KV overhead line can disrupt power supply to over 10,000 residents of an area. Similarly, tripping of a single 11 KV line can affect over 2,500 residents.

·         During Independence Day celebrations in 2009, over 100 such tripping were reported. The extent of delays/ damage can well be ascertained in Delhi!

·         Kite flying in restricted areas such as Metro installations and other stipulated areas can also invite hefty penalties.

***Be responsible, Be safe! ***

Take Care

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INTERACTIVE SESSION ON CCE

Dear all

In an endeavor to bring about the much-needed change in the education policy in India, CBSE has introduced CCE i.e. Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation in schools for classes IX and X. This new evaluation system aims at identifying and promoting the hidden talents in the children and hence shifts the focus from 'just' academics to the overall development of a child. Magnificent efforts are required to be put in while bringing about a change. And in our school too, teachers are taking great pains to leave no stones unturned while contributing for a hopefully, successful run of CCE.

In a bid to create general and specific awareness for the same among students, a workshop was conducted in our school on 24th July 2010 Saturday , where our Vice Principal Mrs Anjali Malik and our Math teacher Mr. Amit Bajaj discussed about CCE. What are its implications ? Can we develop faith in this new change ?  Parents were made  aware about its various aspects and changes in the present educational system and  what is their  role is in helping their ward . Hoping everything goes well , school will organize many such workshops to build confidence of everybody  in the new changes.

Regards,

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Indian Currency Finally Gets Its Very Own Sign!

Dear all

The Indian Government has finally presented to the public of India, the INDIAN RUPEE SIGN on 15 July 2010. A currency sign is a graphic symbol often used as a shorthand for a currency's name. And most currencies in the world have no specific symbol.

On 5 March 2009 the Indian Government announced a contest to create a symbol for the Indian rupee.During the Union Budget 2010 Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee mentioned that proposed symbol would reflect and capture the Indian ethos and culture. The symbol created by Indian Institutes of Technology alumnus D Udaya Kumar was selected as the official sign for the currency of India.

The new symbol is a blend of the Devanagari "र" and the Roman capital "R" without the stem. The parallel lines at the top (with white space between them) make an allusion to the tricolor Indian flag and also depict an equality sign which symbolizes the nation's desire to reduce economic disparity.The Indian government will try to adopt the symbol within six months in the country and globally within 18 to 24 months. Prior to this, the most commonly used symbols for the rupee have been Rs., Re. or रू.

To know more, click here or here.

We sign off on a proud note (after all, our country finally has a currency sign now!) ...

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Students Sharing Their Summer Experiences!

Dear all

Recently, Nitin Agrawal, a student of Class XI of our school and Gunjan Jain (Batch 2009-2010) were selected to participate in the INVITING ALL YOUNG MINDS (IAYM-2010), a summer internship programme organised by the Mathematical Sciences Foundation in the month of June. Following is what they wish to share with all of us:


I on being selected had the pleasure to participate in an internship programme organized by Mathematical Sciences Foundation at The Air Force School, Subroto Park , supported by Department of Science and Technology ( DST) and National Mission on Bamboo Application (NMBA) between 1st June to 29th June 2010.

The programme, particularly my project aimed at innovative use of Bamboo to build mathematical & scientific tools and teaching aids owing to it renewability, sustainability, abundant supply etc. Besides our seven teaching aids namely B-anglometer (Bamboo anglo meter) , Fricto meter, Xylophone , Bapult , Geomkit, gears and Bambal instrumental in explaining concepts associated with trigonometry &heights and distances , frictional forces, musical frequency, law of conservation of energy & projectile motion , properties of polygons, working of gears and linear equations respectively we proposed a Bamboo bus shelter offering comfortable seating & protection which was equipped with modern day facilities.


During the course of the internship we also had morning lecture session with Dr Sanjeev Agrawal, Professor, MSF and Associate Professor, St. Stephen's College and Dr. Amber Habib, Professor, MSF on out of the box applications and understanding of Maths. Moreover we had lecture sessions with Dr. Arijit Mukhopadhyay , Professor IGIB and Dr. Geetha Venketraman , Associate Professor, St. Stephen's College. Also we had the pleasure of interacting with Mr. Sam Pitroda, Advisor to the Prime Minister of India and Dr. Jeff Morgan, Professor, University of Houston, and Dr. Dinesh Singh , Director, University of Delhi South Campus.

We had closing ceremony after the presentations on 29th June and we were presented with some nice books and stipend of Rs. 5000 on successful completion of the programme. It was an immensely great experience attending the programme and would have the memories and experiences preserved forever in my memory stick.


Nitin Agrawal

From June 1 till June 29, I found myself totally engrossed in the IAYM 2010, working or rather appreciating the beauty of maths with some of the most crazy (about maths!) people I ever found! With some unexpected twists in the tale, I was finally given the project of my choice i.e. Mathematical Biology! Since I had both maths and biology as my main subjects in Class XII, I was very curious to find out what lies in between the both! And I was completely awed by what I found and learned throughout the programme!


Under our mentor, our group of 5 (initially 6!), applied linear algebra and statistics to genetic data to differentiate populations and their response to disease. Besides our main project, we also worked for what was called 'Mathematical Communication' Project in which, we were given a topic of Class X. We were supposed to teach the topic in the most interactive and conducive way we could on the day of final presentation. Also, we were asked to prepare a Question Bank of our own questions for the same topic! 


The mornings were marked by lectures of eminent and interesting personalities like Dr. Sanjeev Aggrawal and Dr. Amber Habib. Bonus sessions with intellectuals from various other walks of life like Mr. Sam Pitroda, Dr. Dinesh Singh and Dr. Arijit Mukhopadhyaya made it all the more worth cherishing!


On the final day of presentations, our group managed to pull off a decent performance by presenting what all we did during the month long internship. We were awarded a (precious) merit certificate along with a stipend of Rs.5000/- and some lovely books. Needless to mention, I am now missing the pace we had at IAYM. Like all good things, it did come to an end but only after imparting fantastic education and gifting equally fantastic memories too!


Gunjan Jain


It's great to know about such interesting activities of the students of our school. If you also wish to share your experiences with us, mail us on crpfpsrohini@gmail.com . If found suitable, we would love to post it on the blog for all to read and appreciate! Till next time, we wish good luck to everyone for everything.

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Dr Tathagat Tulsi, 22, becomes Professor Tulsi at IIT Bombay

Dear All

He completed high school at the age of 9, had a B.Sc at 10, an M.Sc in Physics at 12, and a PhD in Quantum Computing from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, at 21. In 2003, Time named him among the world's seven most gifted youngsters. Now, at age 22, Patna-born prodigy Tathagat Avtar Tulsi has become possibly the youngest assistant professor at IIT.

Tulsi will teach Physics at IIT Bombay from July 19, having chosen the institute over Waterloo University, Canada, and the Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Bhopal, both of which had offered him jobs.

"I turned down Waterloo despite an impressive pay package because I do not want to go abroad now," Tulsi told The Indian Express over the phone from Patna. "My dream is to set up a lab focused on quantum computation in India, and one day help develop a largescale quantum computation-based supercomputer. IIT Bombay offers me these possibilities."

IIT Bombay confirmed that Tulsi is set to join its faculty. In an appointment letter sent on June 30, IIT Bombay Director Prof Devang V Khakar informed Tulsi that the institute's Board of Governors was pleased to offer him assistant professorship on contract at the Department of Physics.

Hailed early as a wonder boy, Tulsi suffered humiliation in August 2001 when a delegation of scientists taken by the Department of Science & Technology to Lindau in Germany for an interaction with Nobel laureates, suggested that he was a "fake prodigy" who had "mugged up" jargon which he spouted unthinkingly.

A hurt Tulsi went into a shell for several years. He returned to news this February after he became the youngest holder of a PhD in India.

"Back then it hurt a lot. But I have put the humiliation behind me, and now feel that I have achieved something. I am very happy to join an IIT as faculty. I am looking forward to teaching and research," Tulsi said.

To know more about him visit:

http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~tathagat/  and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tathagat_Avatar_Tulsi

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