Senior Secondary School

Out of the 12 students who participated in “Yuva Sangarsh”, the Swami Vivekananda Youth Leadership Award programme, 6 students went into the quarter finals. Krutika Sri Krishna of XI- C went into the semi final and final round. Out of a total of 240 students, she was one of the ten finalists. The competition involved various rounds of extempore speaking, discussions and debates all based on the values and principles of Swami Vivekananda. The finals were conducted on December 5th. Eminent personalities such as Mr.N.Vittal of the IAS, Commandor Shekhar, Mr. Vishwanath, Director of the National Aerospace Laboratory, Bangalore judged the students based on their communication skills and values. Krutika received a certificate, set of 5 books, a wrist watch, calendar and a gold plated trophy.

The Zonal Informatics Olympiad (ZIO), conducted by the Indian Association for Research in Computing Science (IARCS) in collaboration with the CBSE, was held on 5th December 2009. It is the first stage in the Indian Computing Process. 260 students were selected from the ZIO to write the Indian National Olympiad in Informatics (INOI), the second stage was held on 24th January 2010. ZIO consists of four questions based on logical reasoning. The INOI is a programming contest consisting of two questions.
The following students from our school have been selected

1. B.Saikrishna – XII A
2. S.Siddharth – XII A
3. S.Divya – XII A

Around 20 students will be selected from the INOI for the International Olympiad in Informatics Training Camp (IOITC) for which 4 students will be selected to represent India at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI).

The AMTI conducted the Regional Mathematics Olympiad on 29th of November 2009; our students won merit positions at the inter level and received cash prizes. The students are:

1. S.Siddharth of class XII A secured third position and received a cash prize of Rs.1250/-
2. B.Saikrishna of class XII A secured seventh position and received a cash prize of Rs.100/-

National Standard Examination in Physics (NSEP) is being conducted every year since 1987. More than 40,000 students at over 1200 centres, appear for this examination. This examination leads to participation in the National and International Olympiads.

Below are the students (in each subject) who are eligible for second stage of Olympiad programme.

• Astronomy
• B.Saikrishna
• G.Sethu Nachiappan
• Physics
• B.Saikrishna
• Chemistry
• J.Hamsini

These students will qualify for the Indian National Olympiad in the respective subjects to be organized by Homi Bhabha Centre of Science Education, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai.

The Tamil Nadu Jawahar Children’s Association organized a state level inter-school creative Science & Arts competition from 18th July – 26th July. Diya Naresh Rao of Class IX of Bala Vidya Mandir Sr. Sec. School participated in the Creative Scientific Innovation event and was qualified for the Zonal level which was held at Trivandrum on 15th & 16th September. She is now selected for the National level which is to be held at Delhi in December 2009 for the President Bal Shree Award.