“Institutions are long-lived, their legacy carries on for years”, V K Shunglu

Radhika Nagrath

HARDWAR.

In the ongoing three day long ‘Swarn Pankh’ golden jubilee festival of Delhi Public School Ranipur, An array of literateurs, doctors, motivational speakers are participating. The fest marks 50 years of Delhi Public School Ranipur started in 1977 with the first batch of 30 students. Having grown to the strength of 7000 today, the school has come a long way in creating a progressive society and the nation. The hallmarks of the event are launch of the books written by the budding authors, thought leadership conclave, theatre festival, Mushaira and Kavi sammelan. On the first day books of 25 budding authors of the school were released by the dignitaries.The festival was inaugurated by Padma Bhushan V K Shunglu, chairman DPS society, Abhinav Kumar IPS, DG Intelligence Uttarakhand, Dr Anupam Jagga, Principal DPS Ranipur, Ranjan Kumar, Executive Director BHEL.Presiding as the Chief guest, V K Shunglu, the former IAS official congratulated the host school saying, “The institutions are long-lived, the heads may keep on changing. The institution does not have any one leader, the leadership of an institution is chosen by the society.” He added that the rising influence of Artificial Intelligence cautions us that it must be used with caution only to alleviate illnesses of the society.”The principal of the host school Dr Anupam Jagga said, “Through this literary festival, childrens’ art of reading books, the power of thinking and writing skills will be honed. The festival gives a golden chance to the students to listen to eminent personalities from spiritual, literary, theatre, administration and political domains. The event celebrates the richness of India’ s poetic traditions through humour, satire, patriotism, philosophy and social commentary.” The festival will provide the students and audiences an opportunity to experience the power of spoken poetry and interact with some of the country’s most coveted poetic voices, he added. Three challenges face the society today – Climate change, Artificial Intelligence and drug addiction,” said Abhinav Kumar IPS. He said DPS students will definitely emerge as good cyber citizens.Orchestra presentations by students on diverse musical instruments won the hearts of the audience. A movie curated by students on the achievements of the school and the legacy of Delhi Public School was appreciated.Ends