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ISM ORGANISES INVESTITURE CEREMONY
Indian
School Muscat (ISM) organised the prestigious
investiture ceremony of its Prefects and members of the
Students Council on Monday, 3rd May 2010 in the school
multipurpose hall. Dr. A.M. Agrawal, Dean, Waljat
College of Applied Sciences and Chairperson, school
Academic sub-committee was the Chief Guest of the
occasion. Principal Mr. Achuthan Madhav, Mr. Mathew
Abraham, Educational Advisor to the Board of Directors,
Col. Mani, the Administration Manager of the school,
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 Students Council, House
Captains and Vice-captains. The Principal administered
the oath of office to the Prefects and the members of
the Student Council. Later, addressing the new student
leaders he outlined the duties of the office bearers.
The principal advised the new office bearers to take up
their responsibilities with utmost sincerity and
dedication to grow up to be responsible citizens. The
principal urged them to create an environment of
happiness, security and confidence that would enable
each student of the institution to grow into a
responsible human being. The Principal also exhorted
them to be role models to others.
The
chief guest, Dr. Agrawal honoured the Head Boy, Joshua
Michael, Head Girl, Krushika Uday Patankar, Asst Head
Boy, Pranav Rao, and Asst Head Girl, Krithika Srinivasan
with their badges of office. The Principal conferred
badges on the four House Captains and handed their
respective house flags to them. The four house captains
are: Saud Shah – Blue House, Nilesh Vatsyayan –
Green House, Nishil Gosalia – Red House, and Mohd
Irfan Qureshi – Yellow House. The Coordinators and the
Asst Coordinators were honoured with their badges of
Office by the Vice-Principals and the Administration
Manager, the Vice Captains of each House by the
respective House Masters, and the Prefects by Asst Vice
Principals and the Heads of Faculties. A total of 204
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
Students Council: Karun Suresh and J. Sounarya
(Coordinators Sports), Sabarinath S. and Sanjana
Mohandoss (Coordinators Cocurricular), Manish R.G. and
Arya V. Giri (Coordinators Public Relations), Maanas S.
Prabhakar and Kirti Vijay (Coordinators Social Service),
Alistair Bryan John F. and Akansha Roberts (Asst
Coordinators Sports), Siddharth Kerkar and Tejaswi Hegde
(Asst Coordinators Cocurricular), Darsan Babu and
Greeshma Chandra (Asst Coordinators Public Relations),
and Derryl Thomas and Neelam P. Purohit (Asst
Coordinators Social Service).
The
Head Girl, Krushika Uday Patankar took the pledge on
behalf of the members of the Students Council. She
promised to do her best to obey the rules of the school,
and to be a role model to others. She also promised to
fulfill her duties successfully to preserve the honour
and reputation of the school.
Dr.
Agrawal congratulated the newly elected leaders and
advised them to discharge their duties with dedication,
sincerity, confidence and courage. He exhorted them to
be humble and to imbibe virtues, which would help them
to become great leaders in future. He also urged them to
develop the spirit of service without biasness.
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 school Anthem, led by
the school choir. All the new office bearers were seen
taking up their responsibilities very sincerely there
on.
Dr.
Alex C. Joseph was the master of the ceremony.
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