INDIAN SCHOOL , AL GHUBRA

ISG CELEBRATES 16^th FOUNDERS DAY

 

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A grand celebration was held at the Indian School Al Ghubra to commemorate the 16^th Founders Day of the school. The Chief Guest was Shaikh Salim Saeed Hamed Al Fannah Al Araimi, Chairman of the Galfar Group of companies. The Guest of Honour was Professor M. A. Khader, Head of Curriculum Group, NCERT, New Delhi. The august gathering also comprised members of the school management committee, both past and present, members of the Board of the Indian schools in Oman, dignitaries, parents and well wishers of the school.

 

The evening’s programme began with the Principal, Mr. G. Thangadurai, reading out the Annual Report which highlighted the CBSE results of the school as well as the achievements of the ISG students in curricular and cocurricular activities. The Guest of Honour, Professor Khader, addressed the audience thereafter and advocated the necessity to provide a holistic education for all students.

A formal farewell was given to Mr. B. S. Bhatnagar, the former Principal of the school by the entire ISG community. Glowing tributes were paid to him by the Founder of the school, Dr. P. Mohamed Ali. He said that Mr. Bhatnagar took up the challenge to nurture this school in 1991 and take it to great heights, and ever since, he has not had a moments rest. Mr. Ahmed Rayees, the President of the Management Committee said that Mr. Bhatnagar had been a driving force where this school is concerned and that he had looked up to him for guidance during his long association with him. He assured Mr. Bhatnagar that the ISG family would live up to his expectations and continue to strive for the best. Mr. A. F. Joy, a senior member of the teaching faculty spoke about his 24 years association with

 Mr. Bhatnagar and also thanked him on behalf of all the teaching and administrative staff.

 

 

Manoj Rao, a class 12 student, said that no speech could do full justice to what Mr. Bhatnagar had done for the school but what would stand the test of time was the love of the students for him. A video presentation entitled, A Tribute to Mr. Bhatnagar, showing Mr. Bhatnagar’s journey in ISG from 1991 to 2006, was one of the highlights of the evenings programme. Thereafter, Mr. Bhatnagar addressed the audience in his inimitable humorous manner.

 Shaikh Salim Al Araimi and Professor Khader gave away the prizes to all the meritorious students.

 

The cultural programme began with Sangeet Manthan, a classical music concert, which was presented by the Indian Music choir. 35 students presented this combination of vocal and instrumental music through traditional bols.

 

 

The School Band comprising 30 students played a variety of tunes ranging from the patriotic to the lilting ones.

 

The highlight of the evening was the last item on the programme- the musical , Anastasia with lyrics by Lynn Abrens and music by Stephen Flaherty. The show which had a cast of 190 students enthralled the audience. Kamika Jha impressed the audience with her poignant portrayal of Anastasia. Akshay Gopalan gave a sterling performance as Dimitri and Arun Bharadwaj complemented him with his performance as Vladimir. Karamanya Ahuja brought the evil Rasputin to life on stage. Gayatri Santosh Kumar gave a fine emotional performance as Marie, the Empress. Erwin Nath stole the show  with his stellar performance as Bartok, the albino bat. The other members of the cast, the dancers and the choir regaled the audience with their performances.

 

Ankit Karat, the Headboy of the school proposed the vote of thanks and another important event in the annals of the school came to a very successful end.