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  • Elections & Investiture 2022

    Democracy in Action

    Creative posters, thought provoking and convincing speeches that gave goosebumps, screening and interview rounds, rigorous campaigning, solidarity despite being opponents, loud cheers for the favourite nominees during the open counting process, the bright smiles of the winners, some tear drops and acceptance of ‘not-winning’ by candidates – this sums up the Elections for the coveted school council of NPSI Mysore for the academic year 2022-23, held on 10 June, on the school campus. It was a new dawn as for the first time after 2 years, democratic elections were held in school, after the pandemic. Preparations began well in advance, with the printing of ballot papers, identifying criteria for short listing deserving candidates, finalizing on the venue, printing of nominees’ posters and getting the ballot boxes ready. When the D-Day arrived, students of classes 9-12 participated in electing the school main council members, making their choices after deliberation.

    All students assembled in the corridors to witness the counting, which was conducted in the lawn area, ensuring one hundred percent transparency. The school was abuzz with excitement as students from all classes cheered for their favourite candidates. The tough fight amongst the contenders, added to the suspense and thrill of the entire process.

Bagging the maximum number of votes, Milan Anna Kennedy of Class 12 was unanimously elected as the School Prefect, Mahira Dilip Cariappa of Class 11 emerged victorious as the School Senior Vice Prefect and Samyukta Karthik of Class 10 won the position of School Junior Vice Prefect. Arjun Ramesh of Class 12 emerged as the unanimous choice for the post of the School Sports Captain and Amogh Sridhar of Class 11, bagged the position of the School Sports Vice Captain.

On the same day, students of classes 6-12 voted to elect the leaders of their respective Houses in different venues, in the afternoon session. Once again, the counting took place in front of the students and the excitement saw no dip.

In the Challengers House, Kishan Pavan Daaga of class 12, clinched the post of the House Captain, Tribhuvan Raj of Class 11 won the post of Senior Vice Captain and Pranav S Nalloor bagged the title of Junior Vice Captain.

Aditi Simha of Class 12 emerged as the Captain of the Explorers House, with Chehel M Jain of Class 11 winning the post of Senior Vice Captain and Aadya Preetham Shroff won the position of Junior Vice Captain.

The unanimous choice to lead the Pioneers House this year is Sonam Yangtso Nathan of Class 12 as the House Captain, Anagha Padaki of Class 11 as the Senior Vice Captain and Deviah P Uththappa of class 10 as the Junior Vice Captain.

The team elected to the leadership positions of the Voyagers House is Khyati Gupta of Class 12, Shreya Vijayalakshmi of Class 11 and Abhijna Shetty Bharatha of Class10 as the House Captain,Senior Vice Captain and Junior Vice Captain, respectively.

All the elected leaders were formally sworn in to their posts during the grand Investiture ceremony, held on 24 June 2022. The Principal presented the sashes and badges to the main council members and House leaders. The various Association Heads were also inducted to their posts on this day.

The student editorial board comprises Nandita Matolli and Monali Poonacha of Class 12 as Presidents, Rudharth of Class 11 as Senior Secretary, Aditya Sashi and Honnu Bambore of Class 10 as Junior Presidents and Jasmeh kaur Sethi of class 9 as junior secretary.

The details of various other associations are as given below:

Sl. No.Name of the AssociationPresident (Class 11)Secretary (Class 9)
1DanceRakshitha Mahati Patel
2MusicAshmitha Kiran SeshanVenika S
3Social Science and MUNKavya PradeepAdhya Raghunath
4LiteraryDaria Reva Pereira
5CyberPranathi SunilArnav Agarwal
6ArtSarrah Shabbir VaghSaanvvi Arun
7CommerceRoshan R Haritsa & Vidhi B Mehta-
8DramaticsAanvi Powdanesh JainNamitha M
9MathematicsAdhya AravindAbhay Manjunath
10ScienceLakshmikanth Umesh TipriAkash
In her inspirational address to all students and the leaders on the occasion, the Principal Ms Akhila Dinesh emphasized that each one of us is a leader and it is not essential to have a title or a position to showcase leadership. She extolled upon the elected leaders to keep their values intact and always work towards maintaining the discipline and ethos of the school. The Principal also said that each of the elected members are the chosen brand ambassadors of the school and must endeavour to keep the school flag flying high, at all times.

The grand event concluded with acknowledgements to all the members whose constant effort and invaluable contributions, made this programme a grand success. The legacy of leadership continues at NPSI Mysore with a renewed commitment to take this institution to greater heights.