A K Shrivastava, Principal Birla Public School, invested the Prefectorial Board and the Student Council Member for the academic year 2015 –’16 in the presence of Suneel Thapliyal, Head of Chancery, Embassy of India, school Board of Directors, staff, students and parents.
As Shrivastava read out the appointment order, Suneel Thapliyal invested the school student’s official with the badges of power and authority.
Lukose Chako Chairman, Gope Shahani, Vice Chairman, Dr Mohan Thomas and C V Rappai, also inducted the students.
Arjun Ramesh and Megha Mibu were invested Head Boy and Head Girl respectively, Mohammed Kaamil and Irene Ann Johns took oath as Vice Head Boy and Vice Head Girl. Divi Mishra was Sworn in as Student Council President and Winona Shannan D’Souza as the Council Vice President.
Aditya Divaker took oath as Student Council Speaker and Nihal Abdul Rahim as Sports Captain. Naveen Parthasarathy and Shwetha Grace Epen will render service as Cultural Secretaries and Shejin Thomas Symon and Harikrishna will serve as Campus Correspondents.
Mishal Ahmed, Bilashpa Bashyal, Anurag Shrivastava, Amal Fasal Rahman, Krishnadev Vijaykumar Pillai, Mohammed Ali Faisal, Cini Ann Jacob, Shiren Sira Judeen Ahmed and Manicam Muthupalaniyappan assumed office as Prefects.
All in the Prefectorial Board belonging to Class XII were elected on democratic principles and the pledge themselves to set ideal standard in academics and promised right conduct, behaviours to ensure discipline. Adithya Rajesh and Pavithra Pramod Nair were sworn in as Head Boy and Head Girl of the Primary Section. Suneel Thapliyal, while addressing the Prefectorial Board and Student Council, said that they had now been invested with a great responsibility to lead the school into greater fame in academics and extracurricular activities.
Lukose Chacko told them that “entering the realm of leadership is both a challenge and honour” and warned them that “leadership is the ability to recognise a problem before it become an emergency.”
Four Meritorious students of Class XI of 2014-’15 were awarded Merit Scholarships.
1) Megha Sunil Menon – Aditya Birla Memorial Scholarship (Topper in Commerce)
2) Ajin Abraham George – Birla Public School Scholarship (2nd Topper in Commerce)
3) Ailin Reeba Jain – GD Birla Memorial Scholarship (Topper in Science)
4) Ria Elizabeth Roy – Sarala Birla Memorial Scholarship (2nd Topper in Science)
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