8 DPS Bokaro students out of 12 from Jharkhand qualify for Nationals at Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan

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Bokaro ( Jharkhand) : Exhibiting exceptional scientific acumen, 8 students of DPS Bokaro out of  total 12 students from Jharkhand qualified for the National Level Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan (VVM) 2020- a national programme for educating and popularising science jointly organised by Vijnana Bharati, NCERT, and Vigyan Prasar.

Out of the other 4 students of the state who qualified for the nationals, two students are from Sree Ayyappa Public School, Bokaro, while one each are from from DAV Hazaribagh and Gita Devi DAV Deoghar respectively. Altogether 128 students from 24 districts had taken this challenging test.

From DPS Bokaro Kumar Anmol of Class VI, Abhineet Sharan of Class VII, Anshu Priya of Class X and Utkarsh Kumar of Class XI topped the exam with State Rank I while Shrestha Rupam Dwivedi of  Class VII; Ishita Ghosh of Class VIII; Akshat Kumar of Class X and Vipul Vaibhav of  Class XI  with state Rank II have qualified for the Nationals. Yasharth Gautam of Class VI, Aryan Kumar of Class VII, Tamanna Ray of Class VIII, and Niranjan Verma of Class XI secured State Rank III at the exam. The top three winners at the State Level exam have been awarded with cash prize, a trophy, certificate and a medal each.

Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan (VVM) is a national programme with an objective of identifying keen knowledge seekers in Science and then nurture them for higher level of science education. VVM examination includes Written Test, Observational Analysis of Video Clips, Situation Problem Solving, and Hands on Activities.

A S. Gangwar, Principal, DPS Bokaro, expressed his happiness over the commendable achievement of the students . ‘”cience is the need of the hour and it is important for the budding students to develop a scientific acumen,” Principal Gangwar said.