Global victory @ Wharton

Young Investors From Amity Weave Magical Win At The Prestigious KWHS 2018

It was a moment of glory for Amity once again as team ‘The Alchemy of Investments’ of Amity International School, Noida bagged 2nd position at global finale of the prestigious Knowledge@Wharton High School (KWHS) Investment Competition, 2018 thus maintaining Amity’s legacy of victory at Wharton. The team was awarded a cash prize of $2000 at the grand global finale held at Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, on May 5, 2018.
This seven month long competition organised under the aegis of Amity Educational Resource Centre, saw the team members Manvir Singh Rana (Teacher Advisor), Jahnvi Vig (Team Leader), Ananya Gupta, Nitish Lal, Varun Mehta, Rishabh Singh, Veenayak Mittal, and Sai Srijan Neti of Amity International School, Noida, successfully compete with participants from over 51 countries that took part in it.
The team also won accolades for their creatively designed website, well conceptualised Facebook page, twitter handle and a monthly newsletter for spreading financial awareness. Teacher Advisor was also recognised as the top team advisor.

Wharton – A tough nut
There were more than 200 teams in each of the regions: Region 1 (countries from North Asia, East Asia and Central Asia), Region 2 (countries from South Asia, Central Asia, Middle East and Arab) and Region 3 (countries from the Americas, Europe, Africa and Oceania).
All the participating teams were asked to present their investment strategies based on global asset management for which they were provided virtual cash amounting to $1,00,000, which they had to trade for a period of 75 days in the stock exchanges of U.S.A., U.K., China and India. After the submission of final reports, top 12 notified teams from each of the regions contested for the top 3 positions in their respective regions and those top 3 winners from each region then contested in the global finale.
Two teams from AIS Noida, ‘The Alchemy of Investments’ and ‘Pied Piper Investments’  stood first and second respectively in the regional finale held in Bangalore on March 2, 2018, qualified for the same. There they showcased their innovative investment prowess

Wharton– Dare to dream
KWHS is an international level competitive platform conceptualised to provide educators and high school students all over the world a deep understanding of business and finance and equip them with necessary skills to excel in global marketplace. This competition not only brings together the high school thinkers and potential entrepreneurs, but also gives them free access to valuable resources for learning, researching, communicating with business leaders, attending webinars and conferences, etc. It opens a world of opportunity to those who dare to dream and fly.

Wharton– And India’s vision
KWHS is an opportunity extended by Chairperson, Amity Group of Schools & RBEF
Dr (Mrs) Amita Chauhan, which is in perfect synchrony with missions like ‘Start up India’, ‘Skill India Mission’, and ‘Make in India’, the visionary entrepreneurial initiatives of our honourable Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi. It is indeed exhilarating to see that Amitians have started accelerating on the path of becoming global leaders. The  innovation and entrepreneurial skills of Amitians have truly enchanted the world.

Winning 2018
n Six teams from different AIS and AGS branches qualified for the regional round of KWHS 2018.
n Most creative storytelling  prize went to AIS Gur 46.
n Most unique stock selection tool award went to AIS Pushp Vihar.
n Best use and presentation of SWOT was won by AGS Gurugram.
n Team from AIS Gururgram 46 won the special award of Most Humble team.
n ‘The Alchemy of Investments’ and ‘Pied Pipers of Investments’ teams from  AIS Noida secured first and second position at the regional round held in Bangalore and qualified for the global finale.

Whoa Wharton!
n Team ‘Wolves of D Street’ AIS Noida bagged third position at global finale 2015-16.
n Team ‘One up on Herd’  from AIS Noida bagged second position at global finale 2016-17.
n Team ‘Erudite Wits’ of AIS PV received honourable mention at global finale 2015-16.
n Team ‘Rainmakers’ from AIS Saket bagged second position in South East Asia region 2016-17.

11th YRoNS 2018

Amitians Innovate Sustainable Solutions For Nature

Learners Vaibhav Jain (XI) and Aryaman Agrawal (X) of AIS Saket, Khushi Choudhary (XI) and Mrinal Sharma (X) of AIS MV, Nalin Jayaswal (VIII) of AIS PV and Gauraang Sharma (VIII) of AIS Gur 46, participated in the 11th edition of ‘Young Researchers of Natural Science’, held at British Club Language School, Magnitogorsk, Russia from April 25- 30, 2018. The event was coordinated and organised under the aegis of Amity Educational Resource Centre. Student delegates were accompanied by mentors, Jyoti Arora, Director AERC and Ameeta Mohan, Principal AIS PV.

Scientific outlook with YRoNS
The unique opportunity extended by Dr (Mrs) Amita Chauhan, Chairperson, Amity Group of Schools & RBEF saw students learn, innovate and exchange ideas on the science projects based on theme ‘Sustainable City Development- An Ecological Approach’ for three days. The topics of science projects ranged from Smart streetlights to Smart dustbins. The presentation on ‘Lute–The Smart Dustbin’ by AIS Mayur Vihar was highly applauded by all.

Learning on the go YRoNS
The trip was very eventful and full of fun and learning. Before leaving for Russia, students met the Ambassador of Russia in India H E Nikolay Rishatovich Kudashev. On reaching Russia, students met their host families with whom they stayed for the entire period of the programme. On day one, they visited the Town Hall and met the City Mayor, after which a press conference was held at British Club Language School. Event was covered widely by the local newspapers and TV channels. On April 26, a grand opening ceremony was held at the Town Hall that was graced by City Mayor, Magnitogorsk as the Chief Guest. After this, students visited MMK Steel plant which is one of the largest producers of steel in the world and also watched Ice hockey match in the stadium. On April 27, they paid a visit to Magnitogorsk Water Power Station and on April 28 they visited State School Academic Lyceum and Magnitogorsk State University.

Veselo and rezvost in Russia
April 29, turned out to be quite packed with amazing moments of fun and interactions as students met Arc Bishop at Magnitogorsk Cathedral and visited Uralskie Zory Resort Centre. From there they went for a trip to Mountain by Cable Car and saw all six lakes in fully frozen form. At the closing ceremony, held on the same day, Amitians showcased the rich culture and heritage of India. They recited shlokas, showed a presentation on Amity and mesmerised everyone with their dance to patriotic tunes. The highlight was the sumptuous pulao and fruit cream prepared by Amity delegation for all the 75 participants at the YRoNS camp from different parts of countries.

A gift of learning from Russia
On May 1, the last day of the tour Amitians visited Indian Embassy in Moscow and met the Ambassador of India in Russia, H.E Pankaj Saran. Impressed with the good demeanor and intellectual prowess of Amitians, he gifted Amity a very precious gift of educational partnership with historic Rabindranath Tagore School, St Petersburg. The school is unique in many ways as besides academics it lays lot of emphasis on extracurricular activities. It organises many events centered around the learning and development of art, culture and literature woven with values. With its unique teaching learning methods, this school too has modernity blended with tradition at its core like Amity. At the end of the tour the entire team went for a cheerful and exploratory tour of the city of Kremlin, Moscow.