Vidya Valley students bring art to life

Pune: A kaleidoscope of various art forms beautifully crafted by the students of class IX and X of Vidya Valley School was on display at an exhibition recently.
The week-long maiden exhibition, titled 'Created with the heart, painted with the mind', was inaugurated by principal Nalini Sengupta and former art students from the school. Sengupta said, "We need to give importance to arts, particularly, in school.Some youngsters feel it is a waste of time. They do not realise the multi-level skill of artists, including observation, ability to express feelings and connecting with the viewers through paint."
The exhibition covered a wide range of subjects from nature drawings, portraits, landscapes, still life, sketches to typography and monotone paintings among others.
Apart from miniature, graffiti and modern art forms, students also drew references from legendary artists like Dinanath Dalal and illustrator Mario Miranda. Head of the arts department, Alaknanda Nalawade with facilitators Pallavi Dantale, Aditi Deo and Shubhangi More guided the students.
Anjali Jhunja of class IX said, "It was challenging. We needed to think from the audience's perspective and what would appeal to them. We researched different art forms, experimented with new mediums that we hadn't used before."
SVB bags Golden School Award
A W Sindhu Vidya Bhavan recently won the Golden School Award for the year 2015-2016. The school participated in the third edition of the Indian talent exam for the first time and bagged laurels in various categories. Pradnya Ovhal of class III ranked 13th at state-level and 45th at national-level. While Mansi Gundre of class VIII secured ninth position at state-level and 15th at national-level. Both were awarded a cash prize of Rs 1,000.
Also, 73 students had appeared for the mathematics exam at the school level. Students won three medals each of gold, silver and bronze.
VPEMS Students win awards
Samarth Choudhari of Vidya Pratishthan's English Medium School, (CBSE) Vidyanagari, Baramati, recently received a cash prize of Rs 25,000 with a memento and certificate at the Bharatratna Dr A P J Kalam Scholarship Test. The Forum of Science and Technical Education, Pune, had conducted a scholarship test for class X students wherein more than 5000 students from 125 schools had appeared.
Shubham Kakade and Omkar Kadam bagged merit certificates and a cash prize of Rs 5,000 each, while Satyajeet Khutwad, Kirti Jamdade, Rutvik Khaire, Isha Nadkarni and Sagar Kedari received cash prize of Rs 2,500 each with merit certificates.
Sanjeev Deshpande and Santosh Satorkar, director of the forum, gave away the prizes at a prize distribution ceremony that was held in Baramati recently.
Principal Radha Kore congratulated the students for their remarkable performance in the challenging test.