A victorious legacy

Amitians Set The Record For The Fifth Time In A Row As Number 1 At Wharton KWHS

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When you become world number one, it’s a huge accomplishment. When you win twice, it’s excellence. When you win thrice, you hit a hat-trick. When you win four times, it is excellence becoming a habit. But when you win five consecutive times, then you are beyond excellence; you are an excelerator, the one whose very being is all about winning and winning. This is exactly what Amitians are, for they  again won at the global finale of the prestigious KWHS Investment Competition 2019 held at Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, on May 4, 2019, and this time they have won ‘Number One Position’ with a cash prize of 5,000 USD. The team members were commended for their creatively crafted website, Instagram page and for conducting several seminars. They had also gone on AIR at Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM to spread a message about financial literacy.
The winning team ‘Filter Coffee Investments’ of AIS Noida comprising Shruti Sinha, Sharvvii Sharma, Siddhant Chandak, Dipit Gupta, Trisha Sachdev, Adya Sukhija, Ansh Gujral from  Class XI and their mentor Manvir Singh Rana, also bagged first position in Region – 2 (South Asia and Middle East Region) level of the competition. For the past 5 years, Amitians have been bagging top 3 positions at the prestigious KWHS Investment Competition, and have now created a legacy of victory to be nurtured and excelled at, by breaking their own records.
It is a matter of great pride that this year two teams of Amity made it to the 9 global finalist teams. The second team  from AIS Vasundhara 6 included Mansha Khanna, Siddhant Chhugani, Rupita Gupta, Sumukh Srivastava, Anant Kirti Lamba from  Class XI and their mentor Bhawna Bhardwaj.
This victorious feat is the result of the majestic vision of beloved Dr (Mrs) Amita Chauhan, Chairperson, Amity Group of Schools and RBEF. She has provided each Amitian the global opportunity to learn and grow into a world-class-thinking and innovating young adult. In her own words, “I work like a mother and to me every Amitian is my own child. Just like every mother, I want to see my Amitians at the top, doing their best, excelling at whatever they do in the world.” This very vision of the Chairperson has nurtured and inspired the team to work hard and be at the top in this global-level competition. The students and their mentor have achieved this winning stride, all thanks to full infrastructural as well as mentorship support from their school, AERC, Amity University and the management.

About Wharton
This international contest, organised by Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA, stretches for around seven months and puts high school students in the shoes of world-leading global investment experts.
This year, this competition was organised in three regions, Region – 1 (included China, Hong Kong, Macau, Japan, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan), Region – 2 (included Afghanistan, Nepal, India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste, Vietnam, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen) and Region – 3 (included Countries and regions from the Americas, Europe, Africa and Oceania).
More than 2,500 teams participated in each of the regions. 

Intercultural learning at Amity

Students Of Foreign Exchange Programs Bid A Soulful Adieu

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It has always been a vision of Dr (Mrs) Amita Chauhan, Chairperson, Amity Group of Schools and RBEF, to make Amity a global hub of learning where exchange of ideas and innovations happen each day and global citizens are nurtured on the values of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbkam’- the world is one family. In an endeavour to realize this, Amity Group of Schools host an array of foreign exchange programs and foreign excursions under the aegis of Amity Educational Resource Centre. The main objective of such programs is to enhance cultural understanding and inculcate mutual respect for cultural diversities among students from different schools of diverse nations.
On April 18, 2019, AIS Pushp Vihar hosted a farewell and feedback ceremony of three such prominent programs namely USA Yes Abroad, Italy One Year and German Exchange Program. The event was graced by the presence of
Dr (Mrs) Amita Chauhan, host families, guest students, principal of host schools, director of AERC and eminent dignitaries of Amity Group of Schools.
The event commenced with a lamp lighting ceremony by the Chairperson amidst the chanting of shlokas. Then came the moment of sharing learning experiences during which Luka Wohl from USA Yes Abroad, hosted by AIS Gur 46, and Harry Cnops from Italy One Year program, hosted by AIS Saket, showcased presentations to share their yearlong experiences of learning at Amity and their cultural, culinary and values exposure with their host families. Parents of the host families, too, shared their memorable experience.
On the occasion, 12 students from Gymnasium Schloss Neu Haus, Paderborn from German Indian Classroom Project hosted by AIS Pushp Vihar, also presented gayatri mantra, spoke about their learning experiences and the connection between two different countries. They even sang a German song to celebrate diversity.
The nine students who participated in the 12th YRoNS held at AIS Amsterdam also shared their experience of visiting Amsterdam and participating in the unique science symposium. This was the first program ever held in the newest addition of Amity Schools abroad and students felt proud of experiencing Amity’s presence in the beautiful Netherlands.
The programme came to an emotional end as Chairperson blessed the guest students from foreign nations and the host parents became quite teary eyed about having to let their new child go out in the world in search of dreams.
(Read page 4 to know Luka Wohl and Harry Cnops’s experience at Amity)

Yoga day

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International Yoga day was celebrated on June 21, 2019, to spread awareness about its health benefits and cultural importance. Both students and staff members attended the programme and performed yoga under the guidance of yoga instructors. Participants practiced various asanas and discussed the importance of imbibing yoga in our life to maintain a healthy balance of mind and body. School principal Rachna Mishra in her address, appreciated the zeal of the participants in making this day a success and emphasised on the importance of yoga in a child’s health routine.