Navy Day2019 Quiz and Painting Competitions-INS Valsura

Navy Day2019 Quiz and Painting Competitions for various schools in Saurashtra region was conducted by INS Valsura. 32 teams from 14 schools participated in the preliminary round held on 08 November 2019, of which three teams from Sainik School, Balachadi, two teams from Air Force School and one team from Delhi Public School qualified for the finals. The finals held on 13 November 2019 comprised five rounds viz. Science, Sports, Trivia, Armed Forces and Rapid Fire. Cadets Ankit Kumar and Aman Shukla of Sainik School Balachadi won the Inter School Quiz Competition 2019, whilst Masters Sameer Pandey and Rishabh Tiwari of Air Force School 1 Jamnagar were adjudged the runners up. 3,275 students from 16 schools, from Rajkot, Porbandar, Balachadi and Jamnagar, participated in the Inter School Painting competition conducted from 05 October to 02 November 2019. The Competition was conducted in three categories namely, Category 1 (Classes III to V), Category 2 (Classes VI to IX) and Category 3 (Classes X to XII). Themes for these categories included ‘Clean City’, ‘Indian Armed Forces’, ‘Nature’, ‘Curbing SingleUsePlastic’, ‘India in Space’, ‘WaterConservation’ and ‘FitIndiaCampaign’. Miss Sonakshi (Class IV) and Master Swayam Lenka (Class VII), both from Nand Vidya Niketan, won the first prizes in Category 1 and 2 respectively whilst Miss Soumya Sharma (Class XII) of Air Force School, Jamnagar won the first prize under Category 3. Nand Vidya Niketan School, Jamnagar bagged the Rolling Trophy in Category 1 and 2, while Air Force School, Jamnagar bagged the Rolling Trophy in Category 3. Dr Anup Thakkar, Vice Chancellor and Director, Gujarat Ayurvedic University and Mr Akash Barad, Chairman Municipal Education witnessed the finals and presented awards to the winners at ceremony held at Dhanvantri Auditorium of Gujarat Ayurvedic University on 13 November 2019.