Inventure's Adil wins Under 12 singles tennis title at National Interschool Tounament at Monfort school

 

Adil while receiving the trophy



Adil Kalyanpur, a grade 6 student of Inventure Academy won the Under 12 singles tennis title at the National interschool tournament at Montfort school at Yercaud this weekend. Around 128 students from across 90 schools took part in the sports tournament. Adil played seven rounds to win.

Asked what was his motivation behind the success and he said, “I didn’t do it for myself, I did it for my school-Inventure Academy!!”

Independence day program at Inventure Academy

The elected student council of Inventure Academy 2011-12



The elected student council 2011-12


Results for Middle & Secondary School Student Council 2011 are as follows:

School Captain: Surya Nimmagadda

Sports Captain: Nihal Aarons

BA Captain: Akshay Rao

BA Vice Captain: Anushri Pendiala

Community Outreach Captain: SaiTushar Goteti

Adventurers Captain: Duruvan Saravanan
Adventurers Vice Captain: Namratha Narayanan

Inventors Captain: Payal Kela
Inventors Vice Captain: Nischal Nadhamuni

Nurturers Captain: Akshay Kulkarni
Nurturers Vice Captain: Nakul Jajoo

Venturers Captain: Dipali Bajaj
Venturers Vice Captain: Sriram Goteti

Inventure Academy releases the School Magazine ‘The Inventurer’ -Vol 2

Inventure Academy magazine 2010-11 was released on July 4th 2011. This volume zooms in to articles, activities, timelines and reports.  Full enjoyment comes from zooming out to look at the wider picture; at how we are growing, in thought word and deed.  It will prove to you how seriously we believe in our School motto and seize each day!

Bharatnatya Arangetram of Inventure Student

Family, friends, Inventurers and distinguished invitees attended the Bharatnatya Arangetram of our very own Namrata Ramesh (of grade 8) on July 2nd 2011. Wonder and pride on a brilliant display of this classical dance form was the prevailing mood of the evening, where our CEO and Managing Trustee Nooraine, was Chief guest along with Mr R Ashok, Minister for Transport and Mr.ST Ramesh, IGP of Karnataka.

Namrata has been trained and guided by Guru Kanya Ramchandran Tayaliya since the tender age of 7 and is a multi-talented girl who paints , reads avidly and writes with much interest and skill. Passionate about this classical dance form from south India, she wants to become an astronomer! Behind this great performance was hard and regular practice, determination and strength to present this vast repertoire that is required of each dancer who aspires to be presented by her guru to the public in her debut stage performance . “ Arangetram” a Tamil word comes from “aranga” or stage and “etram” means to climb.

We congratulate Namrata, her parents, Mrs. Sowmya and Mr Tiger Ramesh on this important milestone in her journey of learning, performing and wowing so many of us!

The Duke TIP Experience:Entrepreneurial Leadership

I'm going to share with you, my experience of taking the entrepreneurial leadership course at the Duke TIP summer studies program 2011.

I chose to take this course because:

1.) It some thing that schools in India usually don't offer for students of my age ( but that holds true for all the other courses offered as well)

2.) I always had a passion for business (it runs in the family) and leadership, and as soon as I heard I knew I had made my decision.

Now, some of you might be wondering who an entrepreneur is, and what is the true definition of a leader. Well, there are many ways to look at it, but here's my understanding:

An entrepreneur is someone, who can cross reference/meet the needs of the community with resources, and therefore makes some amount of profit ( not necessarily money). In other words, He/she can create value in the community profitably (value propositions).

A leader is someone who can make the right decisions, through good analysis ( strategy – MECE list of criteria), good communication skills, creativity and emotional intelligence ( not getting “married” to one idea). He/she should also be able to to reach/define success as well as, help lead his/her team towards it by looking at core competencies and by alining agendas ( the incorporation of goals and team members in the milestone and vision of the company).

During my three weeks at the Mysore Infosys campus, I learnt a lot. It was one of the best three weeks of my life. I chose the course entrepreneurial leadership, in which I learnt how to create a good business plan and lead and manage a team towards success. During my first week there we learnt the basics of creating a business plan, the aspects, such as marketing,operations and finance, the general business styles, other leadership skills and styles etc... All through the second week, we put our knowledge to test. We had an elevator pitch competition, in which we had to make power points and present it in front of a guest audience who acted as venture capitalists. Later, we had to create a business plan of about 35 – 45 slides on the same business venture. Finally, in the third week, we revised our skills by doing a project with the java team. Where we marketed a video game prototype that they created. This experience not only enhance my knowledge, but also taught me the way to look at it. To look at it in a structured and systematic manner.

For example, value propositions. My dad and I were pondering over the thought the other day, and we came to the conclusion that many IT biggies don't survive in the market for that long because they have very narrow value propositions ( niches). Take, Microsoft for instance, they're facing some stiff competition, why?? Because, if you look at their value proposition it is to create an operating system itself. These companies are not flexible as they have product or service – based value propositions.

On the other hand, IBM recently celebrated their 100th anniversary. They are an outsourcing company, that change with the market (time), they are very flexible company that provide systems and services.

Overall, I enjoyed the experience thoroughly!! And I am hoping I can attend again!!!!

Neeti Ganjur
Grade 9

Inventure Academy Principal among the top 28 school principals in India- EducationWorld June 2011

An English literature postgraduate of Calcutta University, Mallika Sen is a former principal of the Valley School, Bangalore, head of Aga Khan Education Services and currently principal of the Inventure Academy, Bangalore.

Purpose of school education. To prepare children to meet existential challenges. It must equip them with the knowledge and skills to innovate, excel in their chosen fields and contribute effectively to building a better society.

Most admired education thinker/philosopher. J. Krishnamurti, a leading thinker and educator of the 20th century who encouraged the awakening of intelligence out of observation, self-knowledge and compassion.

Differentiating characteristic of Inventure Academy. We have a set of core values which acknowledges every child’s uniqueness and potential. We believe in harnessing that potential for the common good. Our emphasis is on fair play, accountability and trans-parency, cultural sensitivity, consciousness of the envir-onment and institutional development through cons-tant review and refinement.

Leadership style. I look upon myself as a leader of competent and committed educators. I maintain a collaborative and consultative style of leadership, empowering faculty members at all levels.

Education philosophy implementation success. Inventure Academy has been set up along progressive lines of thinking. While achieving academic excellence is the focus, other aspects of students’ development are given equal importance. The vision and mission statements of the school are incorporated into the curriculum.

For or against the RTE Act mandating 25 percent quota for underprivileged children in private schools? Private schools can contribute towards providing high-quality education to economically weaker sections of society by adopting neighbourhood schools, building capacities of teachers in such schools, helping develop meaningful and relevant curriculums. Reservation of 25 percent seats for underprivileged children is not necessarily the sine qua non.

Future plans. Sustained faculty development. We also intend to address environmental issues that immediately impact our campus as well as create awareness in students to look at the big picture and strive towards reducing their carbon footprint.

Unwind/de-stress. Long walks, reading fiction, and listening to instrumental music.

To read the issue online click below:
http://www.educationworldonline.net/index.php/page-article-choice-more-id-2742

Inventure Academy celebrates Ancient Civilisations

Can you name the civilization that used silk as its currency? Were you aware that the Chinese civilization was the first to use paper money? Would you believe that Egyptians used two sticks joined together as a compass to get geographic directions?

Inventure Academy on Saturday celebrated “Ancient Civilizations week” by showcasing the students’ extensive learning on the evolution and history of mankind.

The event which had participation of all students from grade 1 to 5, hence named ‘vertical project’ chose Early Man, Stone Age, Harappa, Mesopotamian, Indus Valley, Ancient China and Egyptian civilizations to showcase.

It involved a month of extensive research, brainstorming for the best of ideas and exploring interesting ways to present it.

“The learning opportunities were many as we learnt everything about the civilization our class was to present, from culture, geography, social practices, inventions to the contribution of each civilizations to mankind,” says Karan Buntval, a grade 5 student, whose class worked on Egyptian civilization.

“Reliving history is impossible but students experienced it through this project by exploring and researching extensively about the theme,” says Sambit Basu, a parent of Grade 1.

“Even the get up of the classrooms, their costumes, and the food they served was woven in the theme for them to roll back time, and my child enjoyed it. The icing on the cake was the cultural program which gave an overview of history of mankind in a very entertaining way,” he adds.

“The learning at Inventure Academy is open ended and dynamic both for the teacher and the taught and the presentations on Ancient Civilizations was just an example,” says Principal of Inventure Academy, Mallika Sen.

Inventure Academy raises Rs 80,000 for Camlin School boy

Inventure Academy students were touched by a recent report in a newspaper daily on Aditya, a grade 10 student of Camlin School suffering from Guillain Barre Syndrome, a rare form of progressive muscle dystrophy.

What was even more unique was the attitude of his friends, who were knocking each door possible to raise funds to save the life of Aditya over their board exams.

“We too wanted to do be of some help to Aditya hence started a fund raising campaign in school under the guidance of our teacher Anuradha mam,” says Anika Desai, Grade 5 student.

For the campaign to be successful, our class put posters on the notice board spreading awareness about Aditya and disease he was suffering from. “We also went to each classroom reminding the students to contribute towards the cause,” says Karan Buntval, also a grade 5 student.

The school successfully raised Rs 83,000 in around a week! The fund raised was handed over to the parents, which eventually went for his treatment.
                                                                                   -Media Pod

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              



The Indian Express appreciates Inventure Academy's green initiatives

Inventure Academy students win `Best Robot Design' at Lego League

Inventure Academy students were at their creative best at the First Lego League Tournament 2010 and won the award for "Best Robot Design, a robot designing competition held at tech-major SAP Labs on Saturday 29th January.

‘Robomaniacs’ as they called themselves chose ‘Slipped disc' as their theme. The team comprised of three students from Inventure Academy namely Karan Buntval of Grade 5, Tejas Rao and Pranav Jai Singh of Grade 8.



The competition was open to children aged between 9-16 and work in teams which could have a maximum of ten members. The teams were given special kits by SAP Labs. The kits contained Lego bricks, programmable processors, sensors and motors using which a robot can be built to accomplish predefined missions and a specially designed mat on which all the action takes place.

Robomaniacs', had seven participants in the age group of 9-14. Karan Buntval, a 5th standard student of Inventure Academy, felt the tournament was an exciting opportunity to learn and have fun at the same time. "We were under no pressure and we had a lot of fun and it was exciting to work in a team and coordinate on different aspects of the project", he said.

Karan says that ‘Robomaniacs' used an ultrasonic, light and touch sensor, and 3 motors to build the robot. The sensors and the motors were all fixed in their position, but one motor was left to change the attachments for the different tasks. "Our robot was stable but slow, we are definitely looking forward to the next edition of FLL and we will improve our design", adds Karan.

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Inventure Academy students won Vibgyor VIVA Cup

Inventure Academy students won the Sub Juniors VIVA Cup in a basketball tournament by beating the host school Vibgyor High 14-2. The tournament was conducted in Vibgyor on January 31st 2011.

The team comprised of Anjali Kapadia, Shrishti Vyas, Armani Vikram, Asha Sarvanan, Pratusha, Sanjana Bakre, Melini Kallar, Shreya Guntunoor, Roshini Sethil Kumar, Ashna Parekh and Tanvi Amba.

Also seen in the photograph is Managing Trustee and CEO of Inventure Academy Nooraine Fazal and school's basketball coach, Somu Kumar.

Inventure Academy Math and Science fair 2011

The Math and Science Fair 2011 put up by students of Inventure Academy on January 28th  in the school campus was indeed a collage of knowledge that each student from grade 1 to 9 put on display. From puzzle with dominos and generating electricity from vegetables to how to create a dry volcano and  detect the soil is acidic or base, the students worked hard to put up an impressive show. 

Chase your Big dreams- Dr Sunita Maheshwari

Chase your dreams and success will follow……

These words carry much weight when it comes from a person who is among the 18 innovative entrepreneurs selected and invited by the US President Barack Obama’s team to meet him during his recent visit to India. To have her speak to our students about her dreams and how she realised them was indeed a privilege and an inspiration.

Dr Sunita Maheshwari, a renowned pediatric (child) cardiologist was amongst the students of Inventure Academy on January 25, 2011 to guide them on how to dream big and never give up!

“Work, together with passion gives you pleasure and eventually money; but work done just for money may or may not have the same returns, so have dreams and you can make them come true eventually, in spite of temporary failures coming your way, ” she urged our middle and senior school students at a guest lecture

Dr Maheshwari has set up India’s first and largest teleradiology company, Teleradiology Solutions, an IT healthcare organization in 2002 which provides diagnostic reports to patients all over the world.

Dr Maheshwari is a parent of Adil Kalyanpur and Alisha Kalyanpur at Inventure Academy. We appreciated Dr Maheshwari’s own journey to success and are proud to have her as part of the Inventure family.

Art by Inventure Academy's 5th Grader

Pots by Samhita Ramji-Grade 5B

United World by Samhita Grade 5B

Sketch of a rose-by Smahita Ramji Grade 5B

Inventure Academy's student wins the South Zone Sub Junior Golf meet

Challenges excite students of Inventure Academy and I am no exception. I was eagerly waiting for the South Zone Junior / Sub Junior Open Golf Tour, held at Trivandrum Golf Club, Kawdiar held from December 17th to 19th 2010.

The trip was great and the experience enriching as the golf course was very tricky and challenging. The icing on the cake was my win in Cat B (U- 15) and Cat A-B (U-18). While I stood 1st South Zone Sub Junior category, I secured 2nd Runners up position in South Zone Junior category.

My scores were as follows:

HOLE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 OUT 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 IN TOTAL

PAR 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 36 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 36 72
DAY 1 5 6 5 4 4 6 5 4 5 44 5 5 5 4 4 7 5 3 7 45 89
DAY 2 3 4 6 6 5 7 6 4 6 47 7 6 5 6 4 7 6 5 5 51 98

I am thankful to be a part of Inventure Academy and the sports teachers who train us year round and keep us fit.

Ahaan Bharadwaj
Grade 8B

The Hindu praises Muse-ical Magic play

Collages by students on Production

 

High School Muse-ical with 200 students!

A high school musical with two hundred adolescents??? What were we getting ourselves into!!?? Well for starters dollops of enthusiasm, heaps of energy and an outpouring of ideas (much contrary to what we expected)! Through this process we have encouraged the children to experiment, encouraged them to enjoy and tonight, we encourage them to excel!

If this production started out as a blank canvas, the painting you will see on stage today has been plotted, painted and perfected by each child bringing their own special colour to it. And to make sure not a single stroke was out of place, they have been ably and patiently guided by their extremely talented teachers. But what's an artist without a patron? The management of the school has painstakingly provided time, space and the required resources to ensure that this painting will have a special place on the wall and we hope in your hearts!

This journey, has been a truly Magically one!
Deepthi Shetty & Arati Sunawala

Inventure Academy presents Muse-ical Magic