NPS Indiranagar | Achievements & Accolades 2024-2025

2024-2025

Abhinav Anand: The Rising Chess Prodigy Making Waves in India and Beyond

Abhinav Anand, a ten-year-old FIDE-rated chess prodigy, is making waves in the world of competitive chess with his impressive classical rating of 1844. A Grade 5 student of National Public School, Indiranagar, Abhinav has earned international recognition, representing India at the 2024 Western Asia Youth Chess Championship in Sri Lanka, where he secured fifth place. Domestically, he has excelled in state-level tournaments, winning the Bangalore Urban District Chess Championship (Under 11) and finishing fourth in the Karnataka State Under 13 Championship. Abhinav has also triumphed in national FIDE-rated events, including first place in the Under 10 section of the 6th Bangalore Open and the Chess Capital Open in Chennai. His recent wins in the 8th SCS Open and YMCA All India Rapid Tournament further solidify his standing as one of India’s brightest young chess players. Abhinav’s journey is an inspiration, proving that dedication and passion can lead to success, no matter one’s age.

Siva Bruhathi Ponnada

Siva Bruhathi Ponnada, a Grade 10 student at NPS Indiranagar, has been awarded the Silver Award in the prestigious Queen's Commonwealth Essay Writing Competition (QCEC) 2024 by the Royal Commonwealth Society. She earned this recognition for her exceptional essay, standing out among many participants from all Commonwealth nations. This accomplishment highlights her outstanding writing skills and creativity. Congratulations to Siva on this remarkable achievement!

Kudos to our Mini Olympian!

Vinya Vaasuki Mamindlapelli, from Grade 8, National Public School Indiranagar, excelled in the Mini Olympics 2024, held at the Kanteerva Stadium, Bangalore from 15 November 2024 to 20 November 2024 by winning the 2nd Bronze medal in the Under-14 Fencing category, demonstrating exceptional skill with the foil weapon. Hats off to her for her stupendous achievement!

Zarah Misra

NPS Indiranagar feels proud of Zarah Misra's achievement of securing the third highest score in one of the events at the CBSE Games Rhythmic Gymnastics National Final 2024-25. It speaks volumes about her dedication and talent in this competitive sport. Participating at such a high level is a significant accomplishment, and her ranking in the event is a testament to her hard work and skill.

Congratulations to Zarah on this achievement!

Chess Prodigy Akshat Sureka Makes Waves!

Akshat Sureka, a talented Grade 10 student from National Public School, Indiranagar, has been making headlines with his impressive chess performances. Recently, he participated in the National Junior Open Chess Championship 2024, where he tied for 10th place overall. Following the tie-breaker, he secured the 17th position nationally, showcasing his exceptional skills and earning a spot in prestigious tournaments typically reserved for select players.

Building on this momentum, Akshat represented India at the Asian Junior Chess Championship 2024, held in the Philippines from October 11 to 20. His remarkable performance earned him a commendable 16th position, with a significant improvement in his rating – a gain of 24 ELO points. This achievement reflects Akshat's rapid rise in the chess world and reaffirms his position as a promising young player.

Varish Mamindlapelli

National Public School, Indiranagar, is proud to announce the outstanding achievements of Varish Mamindlapelli, a Grade 10 student.

Varish excelled at the CBSE South Zone 2 Championship 2024-25, held in Trivandrum from September 24-28, 2024, winning a bronze medal. This impressive performance earned him a coveted spot to represent our school at the prestigious CBSE National Shooting Championship 2024-25.

Building on this success, Varish achieved an exceptional feat at the 15th South Zone Shooting Championship, held at the Saragrahi Shooting Academy in Chennai from October 13-20, 2024. He won an impressive gold medal in all four categories in rifle shooting, showcasing his remarkable skill and dedication to the sport.

We congratulate Varish on his remarkable achievements and wish him continued success in his shooting career!

Diya Chandra

Diya Chandra from Grade 12 of National Public School, Indiranagar has made us proud by participating and winning the Gold Award at the prestigious literary competition - The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition 2024.

The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition (QCEC) is the world’s oldest international writing competition for schools and has been proudly delivered by the Royal Commonwealth Society since 1883. The theme for the year 2024 was how one can deal with adversity and how community and culture can be used to instill resilience and hope in a world fraught with a multitude of global issues.

Diya has garnered appreciation for her innovative ideas and they will be shared with others on a global platform. Congratulations to Diya! We hope you win many more accolades!

Young Scientist wins accolades at Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2024

Sindhoora R, a prodigious young scientist from Grade 11 of National Public School, Indiranagar has emerged as a trailblazer with a plethora of remarkable achievements transcending multiple disciplines. In recognition of her pioneering contributions to innovation in science, particularly her self-stabilising solutions for Parkinson's patients, Sindhoora was honoured with the prestigious Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar award by the President. This outstanding achievement serves as a testament to her unrelenting passion for scientific discovery, inspiring countless young minds to pursue careers in science and technology.

Her constant endeavours in the world of innovation have earned her a coveted spot on Team India INSEF 2024, and she will proudly represent India at the prestigious Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair. This distinction follows her groundbreaking research on Cryptococcus neoformans at the esteemed Wolfram Summer Research Program.

Recognised as a World Science Scholar, Sindhoora has also received the esteemed Future Port Youth Awards in Prague for her innovative, patented brain age estimation method. Her exceptional work on Parkinson's disease solutions secured her the first place at Codeavour 5.0 in Dubai, further solidifying her reputation as a rising star in the scientific community.

Sindhoora's impressive repertoire of accomplishments include the discovery of a near-Earth object with NASA (2023 OG15), founding Radia, an AI-radiology startup, and securing a bronze medal in the International Mathematical Championship. Throughout her journey, she has actively participated in research internships at CSIR-4PI and IISERB, demonstrating her passion and dedication to scientific excellence.

We at NPS INR are extremely proud of our humble young scientist and her research-oriented, community-serving achievements at such a young age! We wish her the greatest success in her future endeavours!

Champion of Environmental Conservation garners appreciation

Shriya Muthukumar from Grade 12 of National Public School, Indiranagar continues to be passionate about contributing positively to the society. She was one of the fifteen outstanding individuals selected from across India to present her work on environmental conservation before the Honourable President of India, Shrimati Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 24 December 2024.

Her project on Mowgli Movement aims to conserve wildlife while providing upliftment to displaced tribal communities. What people may brush off as Utopian or far-fetched has borne fruits because of her tireless efforts.

Furthermore, Shriya earned the distinction of being selected as one of the top five speakers of the event, allowing her to directly address the Honourable President and other esteemed dignitaries whilst sharing her thoughts with them. We are proud of our young change maker and her contribution to make the world a better place!

Tejas Sriram

National Public School, Indiranagar is proud to share the achievements of one of its students, Tejas Sriram of Grade 6, who was selected to participate in the Junior World Science Scholars Programme conducted by the prestigious World Science Festival. As one out of the two students from India selected for the programme, Tejas had the opportunity to join a global community of 24 gifted students who are passionate about Mathematics and Science as he explored Einstein’s general theory of relativity in a six-week-long course. He also had the opportunity to attend lectures and interact with the eminent physicist, Prof. Brian Greene. We congratulate Tejas and wish him the very best for his future endeavours.

Hemani Deshpande

Hemani Deshpande studying in Mont-D of NPS INR has been participating in various competitions and winning accolades.

She secured 3rd place in an All India interschool painting competition organised by Heritage foundation of Art and Culture. She secured the 2nd position in a Shloka Recitation competition organised by ISKON.

We wish her the very best in her further endeavours!

Samvar Shah

Think Maths, think of Samvar Shah, our very own Mathematics wizard of Grade 11 from National Public School, Indiranagar. He has been part of several prestigious mathematics events and has excelled in them with his sheer brilliance.

Here's a sneak peek at some of his achievements. Samvar participated online in the Stanford Mathematics Tournament where 300 teams across the globe vied for the top position in a 12-hour Mathematics challenge consisting of several rounds on various topics ranging from algebra to discrete mathematics to geometry to calculus.

He participated in the individual as well as team rounds. Samvar got the Honourable mention in individual results, Distinguished Honourable mention in team round, and in the overall results Distinguished Honourable Mention for having been placed in the top 10 percent.

Samvar and his team won the first position in the DAIS Hackathon for their project Strategic Sorcerers at the programming hackathon organised by the Dhirubhai Ambani International School, Mumbai .

TCS InQuizitive

Around 1000 students from various schools across Bangalore participated in the first round of the ‘TCS InQuizitive’ Quiz competition. Only 8 students from this large pool were selected for the regional round. The strong performance of the boys of Grade 10 from National Public School, Indiranagar, was highlighted - Nishant Jagatap, Aamir Tanveer Kazir , Tejas Nagesh, Avnish Anand Jha and Nithyanth Senthil Kumar.

Nishant Jagatap was the top performer from schools chosen for the second round. He maintained a steady 2nd position throughout most of the regional round but was ultimately placed 3rd after a last-minute tie-breaker, where he was just one point behind. Additionally, Aamir Tanveer Kazi received an audience prize.

Nishant Shankar

The debate team representing the senior category from National Public School, Indiranagar added a feather to their cap with their extraordinary debating skills at the prestigious Jaipur Debate organised by Neerja Modi School, Jaipur, Rajasthan. The 3 day event from 2 August 2024 to 4 August 2024 had our debating wizards battling it out with 22 teams, some of the finest speakers and 4 challenging rounds comprising topics from AI to Sustainable Energy to Feminism. The team NPS INR comprising of Yashasvi Singhvi - Grade 10, Neev Raj Singh-Grade 11, and Nishanth Shankar Lakshmanan - Grade 10 aced the competition. Nishanth Shankar Lakshmanan also won the award for Best Speaker in Round 3.

Hats off to our zesty debaters!

HackHive 24-25

Sindhoora R of Grade 11 represented National Public School, Indiranagar for the challenging HackHive 24-25 (Inter School Idea Hackathon) organised by New Horizon Council for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship. She developed an AI model for the early diagnosis of Parkinson's disease coupled with a vibro-tactile device for its treatment. She has made us proud by clinching the runners up trophy and a cash prize of ₹ 10,000. Way to go Sindhoora! Congratulations!

Strokes of Brilliance

Congratulations to N Suryaansh Reddy of Grade 4, National Public School, Indiranagar on an outstanding feat in golf! He emerged triumphant, painting strokes of brilliance across each hole with a masterful display of skill and determination. Suryansh secured the 2nd place amidst the rolling greens of the Tarun Sardesi Golf Academy held at Clover Greens, Hosur in the month of May and July, 2024.

Varish Mamindlapelli

Varish Mamindlapelli demonstrated exceptional skill and dedication in the Men's individual category of the 10-meter air rifle championship. Competing against seasoned athletes, he showcased his marksmanship abilities and achieved recognition for his outstanding performance. His journey from junior to sub-youth in 10-meter air rifle shooting categories underscores his progression and commitment to mastering the sport at different stages of his development. As a student of NPS INR, his accomplishments bring immense pride to our school. Congratulations Varish!

Shreya Kiran Sivadas

A picture is worth a thousand words...

This old adage has been proved true by our student Ms. Shreya Kiran Sivadas of Grade 12, NPS Indiranagar whose digital art work ‘Paws and Puddles’ has been selected by the prestigious Museum of Art and Photography (MAP Bangalore) for display on their billboard for the month of June 2024. It is to be noted that Shreya's piece stood out among dozens of submissions, thus bagging the coveted honour. Congratulations Shreya!

Akshat Mishra Triumphs in Style in National Karting Championship 2024

The National Karting Championship for 2024 has begun and Akshat Mishra of National Public School, Indiranagar has made us proud by winning the first round in style. The event took place during the weekend of 8 June 2024 and 9 June 2024.

Akshat was placed second in one heat. He came out in full force to ace the pre final and beat all odds to clinch the final. Congratulations Akshat!

Tanish Raju

Tanish Raju of Grade 12, NPS Indiranagar, has won the south zone Amateur Golf Championship at Mysore held at JWGC from 6 June 2024 to 8 June 2024. Keep going Tanish!