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CULTURAL ACHIEVEMENTS
February 2007 – Students from Sishya attended COMUN – the Colombo Mock United Nations Conference at Colombo. They won the Best School Trophy. The Best Delegation – Brazil and Best Delegate – Hakkim were also bagged by them.
Shivani and Nandita participated in a debate conducted by the Rotary Club. The topic was ‘Reservation of Seats in Higher Education’. Shivani placed 2nd and Nandita came 3rd.
Sushmita A., Sneha Raghunathan and M. Sharmila Priya of Class 8 took part in the International Volvo adventure environmental project. The topic was ‘Waste Management in Slums’. They were the runners-up in India.
Ram Raghunathan of Class XII was a finalist at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair held at Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A. and bagged the second place, which was a special award presented by the Association of Computing Machinery.
15 of our students from Classes 9 and 10 took part in SANMUN – The Sankara Model United Nations Conference held at Sri Sankara Higher Secondary School, Adyar from the 13th to 15th of July 2007. 10 schools participated in all. Sishya represented 3 countries, U.K., France and Brazil. The U.K. delegation got the award for the Best Delegation and Best Country Profile. There were 5 committees on different issues. 7 of our students won the Best Delegate award in their various committees.
 
SPORTS ACHIEVEMENTS

Golf
Shivnaren Srininvasan of Class 6 is a very promising golfer having represented India in the Callaway Gold Junior World Cup Championship in the U.S.A in the 9-10 age group. He has won many tournaments and has won silver at the National Junior and Sub Junior level.

Tarun Veeraraghavan of Class XII also took part in the Callaway Gold Junior World Cup Championship in the U.S.A in the 15-17 years age group. Tarun is currently ranked No. 1 at the South India level. In the tournaments conducted by the Indian Golf Union for the South India level, Tarun was the winner at the events held in Coorg, Hyderabad and Mysore. At the National level circuit tournament, he is ranked among the top 10.
Rowing
Fazila Husain of Class 8 has excelled in many a Rowing Regatta held not only in India but all over the world. She recently represented the school at an International Rowing Regatta held in Kolkatta and placed second. She was awarded the Best Sculler trophy in the Under 17 and Under 19 Girls event at the 5th Joe Sculling Regatta held in Colombo in May of this year. Her forte is the Single Sculls, Double Sculls and Coxed Fours events.
Table tennis
Sudershan Srikant of Class 9 is a very keen Table Tennis play who is currently ranked No. 1 in the State for the Under 14 category. He was the winner at the State level Tournament held at the SDAT Stadium in Chennai.
Roller Skating
It is a pleasure to watch Nishunta G Sundaram of Class 2 do roller skating. At the Tamil Nadu State Open Roller Skating Championship held at Madurai in February she won the gold for the Artistic Free Style Category in the 6-8 age group and also the bronze for the 750 m. Road Race.
Badminton
M. Roshini of Class 6 is a very promising young badminton player. She was the winner in the Under 13 Doubles event and placed third in the Singles event at the State level tournament held in Chennai.
Squash
Brothers, Ramit Tandon of Class 9 and Rishi Tandon of Class 7 have done Sishya proud at many a squash tournament. Ramit was runner up in the Under 19 group at the Asian Junior Squash Championship held at Hong Kong in February. He is currently the National Champion in the Under 15 category.
On the other hand, Rishi Tandon of Class 7, was declared State No. 1 in the Under 13 category and is ranked No. 4 in the National Ranking.
Tennis
Kavya Bharat of Class 6 is a promising tennis player who has represented the State at many tournaments. In the SRTC National Ranking Tennis Tournament, she was the semi finalist in the Under 14 Singles and Doubles events.
 
 
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