The Quest 2017
The Air Force School hosted The Quest 2017 , A
two day Festival of Debating (Conventional and Parliamentary Debate),Creative
Expression(Creating offline Tweets), Nukkad Natak(Consumer Rights),
Pictorial Story Board(Consumer Rights) ,
Scientific Experimentation and Science Quizzing on April 25and April 26, 2017.
Participants from schools all over Delhi and NCR participated in various events.
The preliminary round of the debate was extempore
with topics drawn through a draw of lots 10 minutes before the speaking time.
The topics centered around the general theme of Freedom of Expression.The semi
final round with a selected six schools debated on the topic, “The house
believes that the State should be the sole authority to develop History
textbooks. The final round of Parliamentary debating on the topic, ‘The house
believes that Anti-nationals Should Be Part of the Nationalist Narrative.” saw
a faceoff between the Air Force School and Modern School Barakhamba Road.
The debate was watched by the students
participating in the final round of Creative Expression, which consisted of
creating a set of tweets based on the speakers’ arguments. The preliminary
round had consisted of mock tweets on six contemporary situations and responses
to other participant’s tweets. Humour and creativity formed an important part
of the whole process.
The Nukkad Natak based on the theme of
safeguarding consumer rights by being an aware and enlightened customer saw
enthusiastic participation .The ‘Canvas Expression’ in a story board format was
also related to consumer awareness. Students skilfully created situations
depicting how the consumer may be duped, if he is not alert to malpractices.
The science section of the festival saw the
event, ‘Endless Innovation’ conducted in a wonderful manner on the theme, ‘Reducing
the Carbon Footprint.’ The students were questioned on the feasibility,
economic viability and practical application of their models. Working models
received special attention from the judges.
Quiz Whiz was an interesting event that tested
the mental ability and scientific knowledge of students. Four teams qualified
for the final round.
The various events were judged by a panel of the
following accomplished judges:
1.
Mr
Vipul Nanda, an alumnus of the National Law School with experience in debating in various
national and international competitions.
2.
Naomi
Hazarika a TAFS alumnus is currently pursuing her Masters Degree in Political
Science from Jawaharlal University, Delhi. She is an alumnus of Miranda House
College, Delhi University. She has participated in and won over twenty national
and international debating competitions representing Miranda House College.
3.
Ms
Kanak Kataria, an alumnus of Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University. She has
beenthe General Secretary of the English Debating Society at the college and has
wonseveral awards at debate competitions in the country.
4.
Mr Aniket Basu an ex student of our school is currently pursuing his law
degree. He has been an active debater at college and has participated in
several competitions that brought him laurels.
5.
Dr
Sheetal Kapoor is a global face in the field of consumer affairs.As a consumer advocate,
she has been actively pursuing the subject of Consumer Affairs that focuses on
consumer awareness and protection. She is an Associate Professor in the
Department of Commerce at Kamala Nehru College.
6.
Mr S K Virmani has over 40 years’ experience in techno-commercial
operation, IT implementation, Business Process re-engineering, Consumer
Protection Act.
7.
Dr. Mamta Pathania holds a Doctorate Degree in Public
Administration. Ma’am is currently working as Assistant Professor of Public
Administration at the Center for Consumer Studies, IIPA.
8.
Professor Rakesh
Gupta has been professor of Urban Management at Indian Institute of Public
Administration, and has an experience of over 38 years. He has authored several
publications, and has been the Assistant Editor of Nagarlok, a quarterly
journal of Urban Management.
9. Dr
Ekta Kapoor is Scientist `E’ in the Department of Science and Technology,
Government of India has a Doctorate in Pharmacy
(Pharmacology). Dr Kapoor has over a
decade of experience in Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and looks after the
Indian GLP Programme in DST. She represents India in the meetings of the
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Working Group on GLP
10. Dr.
Rajkumar Joshi has PhD from Department of Civil Engineering, Jamia Millia
Islamia (Central University) New Delhi. He is working as Scientist in Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi; a
Government Department which has a mandate to promote basic research in India.
Recently, he has been given opportunity to look after matter related to
Autonomous and Professional Bodies under DST. He has extensively worked for the
promotion of research and capacity building in Chemical Sciences and.His areas
of interests are Environmental Sciences and Solid waste management.
PRIZE WINNERS
S No
|
Name of the Prize
|
Name of the School
|
Name of the Participants
|
Debate
|
1.
|
Best
Proposition
|
The
Mother’s International School
|
Sarvagrian Sahu
|
Air
Force Golden Jubilee
|
Archisha
|
2.
|
Best
Opposition
|
Indraprastha
International School
|
Sidhant Khanna
|
KIIT
Worlds School
|
Sarv Sharma
|
3.
|
Best
Interjector
|
Army
Public School
|
Ateen Das
|
4.
|
Best
Speaker (Debate)
|
The
Indian School
|
Aatif Hussain
|
5.
|
Best
Speaker (Parliamentary Debate)
|
The
Air Force School
|
Ekansh Sharma
|
6.
|
Runners
Up (Parliamentary Debate)
|
The
Air Force School
|
Ekansh Sharma
|
Herman
|
Vivek Kr Singh
|
7.
|
Winners
(Parliamentary Debate)
|
Modern
School
|
Aryamaan Sood
|
Uday Goel
|
Rayaan Singh
|
Creative Expression
|
8.
|
III
Position
|
Army
Public School
|
Sharannya Mukherji
|
9.
|
II Position
|
The
Indian School
|
Arham Mehta
|
10.
|
I Position
|
Air
Force Bal Bharati School
|
Tushar Renjhen
|
Nukkad
Natak
|
11.
|
III
Position
|
Delhi
Public School, C-5 Vasant Kunj
|
Rohan Bhatia
|
Akshay Raj Dua
|
Muskan Gupta
|
Muskan Sharma
|
Rohan Hiranandani
|
Jayson Ahuja
|
12.
|
II
Position
|
DAV
Public School, Sec-14 Gurugram
|
Prakhar Seth
|
Kshitij Hasija
|
Yashvardhan Gaur
|
Yajus Gakhar
|
Riya Soni
|
Khushi Tak
|
13.
|
I
Position
|
TAFS,
Subroto Park
|
Gunreet
|
Ekansh
|
Ananya S
|
Shreyas
|
Anubhav
|
Poojan
|
Endless
Innovation – Hands on Activity
|
14.
|
III
Position (POOL A)
|
KR
Mangalam World School, GK-II
|
Akshyae Singh
|
Gracey Sachdewa
|
III
Position (POOL B)
|
Indraprastha
International School, Dwarka
|
Arosha Zalke
|
Yashaswini Panigrahy
|
15.
|
II
Position (POOL A)
|
Delhi
Public School, C5, Vasant Kunj
|
Karanpreet Singh
|
Aditya Shukla
|
II
Position (POOL B)
|
The
Indian School
|
Gitansh Raj Satija
|
Ayushi Verma
|
16.
|
I
Position (POOL A)
|
Delhi
Public School, Sushant Lok Gurugram
|
Shann Sapru
|
Shrey Aggarwal
|
I
Position (POOL B)
|
Modern
School. Barakhamba
|
Saushtav Roy
|
Aishani Goel
|
Quiz
Whiz
|
17.
|
III Position
|
Delhi Public School, Ghaziabad
|
Shashwat
Garg
|
Harsh
Gupta
|
18.
|
II Position
|
DAV Public School, Sec-14, Gurugram
|
Adri
Maji
|
Rojit
Sharma
|
19.
|
I Position
|
The Indian School
|
Srinjoy
Mukherjee
|
Shashwat
Saxena
|
The Canvas
Expression – Poster Making
|
21.
|
III Position
|
DAV Public School, Sec-14 Gurugram
|
Medhavi
Verma
|
Adarsh
Yadav
|
22.
|
II Position
|
Nirmal Bhatia School, Sec-4 Dwarka
|
Gaurangini
Monga
|
Tanvi
Dua
|
23.
|
I Position
|
Springdales School, Pusa Road
|
Sudiksha
Samanta
|
Vinti
Nanda
|
The Champions
|
24.
|
The
Indian School
|