Bokaro (Khaner Aajtak) : DPS Bokaro students created history by clinching a record of 85 medals in the prestigious International Sanskrit Olympiad organised by International Olympiad Foundation (IOF). This is a milestone achievement in the history of the school as 85 students secured top-level positions for the first time with a maximum number of international rankings. Of the total 85 students, 34 students bagged Gold, 36 Silver while 15 Bronze.
The students who secured International Rank 1 along with a Trophy, Gold Medal, Badge and Certificate are Adira Deep (VI), Ujjwal Pandey, Aaradhya Singh, Avani Priyadarshi (VII), Prapti Das and Amogh Anand Jha (X). Students who secured Zonal Rank 1 with Gold are Om Prakash Patra, Sanskrit Singh (VIII) and Kunal Anand (IX).
Along with these top rankers, 25 others were also awarded with Gold Medals. They are Kunwar Shaurya, Shashank (VI), Ridhvi, Kavya, Aditya Lal, Vansh Rajved, Abhineet Mohapatra, Akshra Singh, Sharda Nandini, Arush Kumar Sinha (VII), Soumilee Mondal, Ayushi Shree, Abhinav Mandal, Palak Priya (VIII), Animesh Anand (IX), Anushka Priya, Mannat Manish, Arya Singh, Aarav Yash, Arpita Arya, Tanya Shree, Shagun Verma, Shipra Singh, Ridhim Gupta and Aavya Singh (X).
The list of achievers includes 37 Silver Medalist who are Sanskriti, Sheetal Samanta Singhar, Shreyansh Nayan, Aaradhya Mishra, Shourya Sandilya, Abhigyan, Naitik Kumar, Sarit Chakraborty, Agastya Arav, Swapnil Khemka (Vl), Tulip Soumya, Akshita Arya, Yashaswi Parth, Ashish, Angel, Anish Raj (VII), Pahal Lata, Anushka, Shwet Shaanvi, Krrish Krishna, Sristi Gorai, Rishabh Raj, Aryaman Ashish (VIII), Kshitiz Raj, Meenakshi Tanu, Rajesh Kumar Behra, Vishnu Shree Priyae, Ruhi, Aditi Priya, Veer Sandilya, Sarthak Tiwary (IX), Aaditya Raj, Ishan Gourav, Anupam Anand, Aayush Keshri and Mayank (X).
15 students who got Bronze Medals are Tejas Khemka, Abhinav Bhaskar (VI), Aarushi (VII), Kushagra Raj (VIII), Ayush Om Das, Swara Sushil Kohade, Jay Satvik Madireddy, Saksham, Aastha Singh, Shreya Shree, Vidya Smriti, Arayana Roy, Akshat Singh, Shreyash Shekhar (IX) and Aditya Anukul (X).
The Principal, Dr. A. S. Gangwar acknowledged the impressive results of the outstanding achievers and congratulated them for their resolute commitment to excellence. He also encouraged the students to continue striving for excellence in all their endeavours and appreciated them for being the torchbearers in preserving this ancient language.
