Conservation of Environment has always been Udgam’s prime motto. The school has left no stone unturned to initiate efforts that lead to a better environment. We at Udgam have introduced projects such as Rainwater harvesting, using Eco-friendly construction material, Waste management, paperless data storing and communication and many more to name. Our responsibility towards environment is not restricted to school and extends towards society at large.

As a part of this environment and social responsibility, Udgam has joined hands with project-Grow-Trees.com, set up by Pradip Shah, founder of CRISIL. Started in June 2010, the organization has been successful in attracting 50 companies and few thousand individuals to plant trees to commemorate birthdays, anniversaries or honour the employees. Udgam too plants trees to celebrate birthday of its teaching and non-teaching staff and students. They receive certificates mentioning the place where the tree is planted in the name of individual.

5th International Maths Olympiad was organized in Dec, 2011 . Following are the school toppers,

Std. V A – Mridang Sheth
Std. VI C – Shalin Gadhavi
Std. VII A – Jaidev Shah
Std. VIII C – Saumya Gupta
Std. IX B – Shriraj Gandhi
Std. X A – Shantanu Patel
Std. XI A – Keshav Gupta.

They have received medals and certificates.

PRL in Ahmedabad celebrated National Science Day on Saturday 25th Feb. 2012. Every year on this day the PRL announces a scholarship to 5 students of Class 11 Sci of Gujarat.The finalists were selected from the screening test held earlier in January 2012. Maithili Patel of Std. XI becomes the third student and the first girl student from this school to win the scholarship. The Aruna Lal Endowment Fund gives this scholarship of Rs. 10,000/- for 3 years provided the students continue with science.

Jodhpur branch of Udgam School witnessed a wonderful musical performance on Thursday morning. Grammy Award Winner Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt played on Mohan Veena along with Prithviraj Mishra on tabla. The mesmerizing music had the kids singing and clapping along with them.

An Inter-school poetry Recitation Competition named ‘Footprints on the Sands of Time’ was held on 17th Feb. 2012. 16 schools participated in this competition. The following students participated from this school:

Aastha Pathak Std. III
Aadit Kanuga Std. IV
Aatman Vakil Std. V
Sanjana Mukherjee Std. VII

Students of Std. V and VII recited self-composed poems, while the other two recited poems of well-known poets. Collectively, these students won the third prize for the school.

3 of our students secured places at the regional and national level in the ALL INDIA CAMEL COLOUR CONTEST 2011.

Anushka Chauhan of Jr. K.G. won appreciation at the regional level.

Dhyan Shah of Jr. K.G. secured the Third position at the national level.

Ratnam Shah of Std. VIII secured the First position at the regional level.

A salad-dressing competition was held for the girls of Std. IX. Girls were divided into groups and all of them made delicious salads, decorating them beautifully. The competition did not matter. All are winners and all enjoyed the experience.

Boys showed their skills at cutting vegetables and arranging them decoratively for the salad-dressing competition. The healthy and delicious salads were served enthusiastically to their classmates and teachers by the boys. They left one and all asking for more!!!

TECHFEST is an annual event in IIT, Mumbai. Teams from school and colleges participate in the event showcasing their talent and skill of innovation. Balraj Shukla, Devaj Parikh, Ansh Shah and Dharmil Shah of Std. XI (Science) participated in the TECHFEST 2012 earlier this month. They made the model ofma bridge out of ice-cream sticks, toothpicks, 1mm. thread and white glue. It is a suspension bridge made according to the dimensions given by the organizers. The bridge sustains a mass of 22.5 kg. The event was a wonderful experience for them.

An Inter-School G.K. Quiz was held in Maharaja Agrasen Vidyalaya on 21st Jan. 2012. 8 teams participated in it. Mihir Joshi, Vichar Shroff and Aditya Patel of Std. XI represented Udgam School. they won the first prize and were awarded a gold medal and a certificate each.

The Election Commission of India has decided to celebrate 25th Jan. 2012 as Voters’ Day. For this they organized a YOUNG VOTERS FESTIVAL for which various competitions were announced. Students of Std. XI participated in original poster-making and composing jingles. Both posters and jingles were made in school. Students wrote the lyrics for the jingles and also set them to tune and then recorded in a studio. The participants are:

Posters have been made by:

1) Eshika Soni
2) Riddhesh Nadkarni
3) Kratisha Agarwal

Jingles have been composed by 3 groups:

GROUP 1

1) Jatin Sadhwani
2) Nishant Katrat
3) Jyotir Chebrolu
4) Keshav Gupta

GROUP 2

1) Dhwanil Shah
2) Niket Gujarati
3) Shashwat Jha
4) Umang Agrawal

GROUP 3

1) Mihir Joshi
2) Rushi Bhimani
3) Niral Barot
4) Jay Patel