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ISM ORGANISES
INVESTITURE CEREMONY
Indian
School Muscat (ISM) organised the prestigious
investiture ceremony of its Prefects and members of the
Student Council on Monday, 2nd May 2011 in the
school’s multipurpose hall. Captain Deepak Bisht,
Defence Advisor, Embassy of India, was the chief guest
of the occasion. The Principal, Mr. Achuthan Madhav, Mr.
Mathew Abraham, Advisor to the Board of Directors, Vice
Principals, Asst Vice Principals, Heads of Departments,
staff, students and their proud parents attended the
ceremony. The Chief Guest inaugurated the function by
lighting the traditional lamp.
The beginning of the solemn and prestigious
investiture ceremony was marked by the marching in of
the Prefects, followed by the members of the Student
Council, House Captains and Vice Captains. The
Principal, Mr. Achuthan Madhav administered the oath of
office to the Prefects and the members of the Student
Council. Later, addressing the new student leaders the
Principal outlined the duties of the office bearers. He
advised them to take up their responsibilities with
utmost sincerity and dedication to grow up to be
responsible citizens.
All student leaders must use leadership training
as opportunities to serve the school in day-to-day
running of the school with self confidence, integrity
and humility. He
exhorted them to be role models to others. The Principal
also urged the student leaders to work hard to uphold
the school’s achievements in academics, sports and
co-curricular and to keep the school flag flying high.
The
chief guest, Captain Deepak Bisht honoured the Head Boy,
Pranav Rao, Head Girl, Krithika Srinivasan, Asst Head
Boy, Arun Alvin Philips, and Asst Head Girl, and
Nishigandha Nagesh Kelkar with their badges of office.
Krithika received the school flag from the chief guest
with pride. The Principal conferred badges on the four
House Captains and handed their respective house flags
to them. The four house captains are: Anuj Saji Varghese
– Blue House, Aashiq Alex Eapen – Green House,
Ashwin Saji Mathew – Red House, and Sibin Mathew –
Yellow House. The Coordinators and the Asst
Coordinators, the Vice Captains of all the four Houses
and the Prefects were honoured with their badges of
Office. A total of 223 students have been entrusted with
responsibility to carry out their obligation as the new
office bearers.
The
following are the other members of the newly instituted
Student Council: Alistair Bryan John F. and Reshmita S.
(Coordinators - Sports), Siddharth Kerkar and Tejaswi
Hegde (Coordinators - Co curricular), Darsan Babu and
Greeshma Chandra (Coordinators - Public Relations),
Derryl Thomas and Neelam P. Purohit (Coordinators -
Social Service), and Sanjot Singh Dhindsa and Sandra
Johnson (Asst Coordinators - Sports), Shlok Srivastava
and Anju Joseph (Asst Coordinators - Co curricular),
Rishab Sanjeev Karajgi and Deepti Vijai C. (Asst
Coordinators - Public Relations), and Prince A. Francis
and Satya Sai Sudha G.K. (Asst Coordinators - Social
Service).
The
Head Boy, Pranav Rao took the pledge on behalf of the
members of the Student Council. He promised to do his
best to obey the rules of the school, and to be a role
model to others. He also promised to fulfill his duties
successfully to preserve the honour and reputation of
the school.
Captain
Deepak Bisht congratulated the newly elected leaders and
advised them to discharge their duties with dedication,
sincerity, confidence and courage. He exhorted them to
imbibe virtues to be good leaders. He said, “A good
leader is a good follower.”
In the
end, Vice Principal of the senior section Mr. Sunny
Thomas led the newly administered office bearers in
prayer seeking the blessings of the Almighty to shower
His blessings upon the students and the school. The
ceremony came to an end with the Indian national anthem,
led by the school choir. Mr. Alexander G. Varghese,
in-charge of the Student Council along with his team had
made an elaborate arrangement for the success of the
programme. Dr. Alex C. Joseph was the master of the
ceremony.
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