The following students of Venkateshwar International School,
Dwarka ( khushi Vij, Paridhi Gupta,
Amisha Malhotra, Hargun Singh Johar, Anshuman Gill and Arsh Slach) qualified to
participate in a week’s event titled The Tournament of Champions of the World
Scholar’s Cup 2017 held in Yale University, New Haven, USA, from one regional
round in India and one global round
conducted in Hanoi, Vietnam in June , 2017.
The different rounds of events included The
Team Debate, Scholar Challenge, The Scholar’s Bowl and the Collaborative Writing. The students
also mesmerized the audience by showcasing a spectacular Bhangra Dance recital. The
students from different schools of 53 countries of the world participated in
the said event.The students also got the opportunity to participate in the
cross country cultural fair and the
Scholar’s Ball in the Omni Hotel of New Haven , USA.
The competition was followed
with an educational tour of Harvard University and MIT and also Boston
city .After the event got over the students were taken for a city tour of New
York and New Jersey.
The students attended the event with Ms Chirasree Dasgupta as
the accompanying teacher who also presided the event as one of the registered adjudicators.
The students all over won 6 gold medals and 4 Silver medals along with
Merit certificates. Paridhi Gupta bagged 4 medals ( 2 golds and 2 silvers) and
was adjudged as the top scholar of VIS in the event.Arsh Slach won one gold and
one silver medal, Hargun Singh bagged one gold, Khushi Vij and Anshuman bagged
one gold each followed by one silver bagged by Amisha Malhotra.