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PRINCIPAL’S REPORT
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Our Chief Guest HH Maharaja Gaj Singhji of Jodhpur, I offer my most cordial welcome to you on behalf of all of us present here. I would also like to extend a very warm welcome to Your Highnesses, Members of the General Council, Member of the District Administration, parents, distinguished guests, old boys, staff and students.
It is indeed a momentous occasion and it gives me a great pleasure to receive so many of you who have travelled long distances to be with us on the afternoon where I am privileged to be addressing you on this very Special 126th Prize Giving. What makes this a very Special Prize Giving is that in spite of the great disturbance in the schedule of the school owing to the spread of Swine Flu, we successfully conducted the intensive Winter Coaching Camp for the Board Classes and here we are ready to showcase ourselves in a grand manner for this Prize Giving in a very limited time that we were left with. My special compliments to the Staff, the students and of course the parents for making this possible.
Another remarkable achievement which needs a special mention is the Round Square International Conference which was held in Mayo College in October, 2009 where we hosted 647 delegates from all over the world. They were all housed on the Mayo College Campus. They all left with pleasant memories of Mayo. Mr. Dinesh Bhatnagar, our bursar who was the Convener of this Conference together with the Members of his Core Committee need to be lauded for their remarkable effort.
While all the major inter school debates were called off due to Swine Flu, Mayo College not only successfully organized the 15th JTM Gibson Debates but were also the winners for the second consecutive time.
On June 1, 2009, I took over the charge of Officiating Principal from Mr. Pramod Sharma. Mr. Pramod Sharma left Mayo College after putting in 12 years of service as Principal. He is now the Director of Genesis Global School – a new co-educational, partly residential, school, Noida.
As far as the board results are concerned, this year also the results of Classes 10 and 12 were commendable with no compartment or failures. In Class 10, compared to last year’s batch average of 76%, this year the batch average was a remarkable 82%. Compared to last year’s 16 boys who secured more than 90% marks, this year, 25 boys got 90% and above.
The batch average of Class 12 was 81%. The teaching faculty of Mayo College needs to be applauded for their continued dedication and diligence.
In Class 12, the following boys scored above 90% marks. While Anish Phophaliya was the topper with 94%, Devvrath Bhartia scored 92% closely followed by Karan Kanodia , Aman B Agarwal and Umang Thakkar with 91% each. Ayush Mehrotra and Pranav Karwa scored 90% each.
The toppers of Class 10 are as follows
1. Diwakar Jain - 98%
2. Swapnil Priyadarshi - 96%
3. Bharat Raj Sharma - 96%
4. Ashish Barua - 95%
5. Devang Lohia - 95%
6. Rahul Jalan - 95%
7. Vinayak Bajaj - 95%
8. Pranjal Yadav - 95%
9. Nikhil Sikaria - 94%
10. Utkarsh Kumar - 94%
11. Kunal Agarwal - 94%
12. Tushar Jain - 94%
13. Siddharth Bhaduri - 93%
14. Anmol Jagetia - 93%
15. Kunal Singh - 91%
16. Sawraj Chaudhary - 91%
17. Tejaswi Kejriwal - 91%
18. Shomit Sen Gupta - 91%
19. Archit Bidawaka - 91%
20. Rishabh Lohia - 91%
21. Akash Agarwa - 91%
22. Sarthak Bindal - 90%
23. Akshay Pratap Singh - 90%
24. Akash Goyal - 90%
25. Vatsal Narayan - 90%
Following the norms of CBSE, Mayo College has implemented the comprehensive continuous evaluation system from this term.
I will now give you a quick glance into the plethora of activities and achievements of Mayo College for the year 2008-2009, the detailed analysis of which has been provided to you in the Principal’s Prize Giving Booklet.
Old Boys’ News
1. Mr. Vikrant Kuthiala (1980 Batch) has been nominated as Director of the Jammu & Kashmir Bank and has taken over as Chairman of the Jammu & Kashmir State Committee of PHD Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
2. Rupees Five Lakhs have been contributed by Samode family for Environment Park and Golf Course.
3. Mr. Nitish Kumar (ex Kashmir House) (2003 Batch) is working as Duty Manager at Taj Mahal Palace and Tower, Mumbai. He has been sent on exchange to New York to the Pierre A Taj Hotel.
4. The following Office Bearers of the Old Boys’ Society have been elected on December 5, 2009 in the Annual General Meeting held at the Stow Club.
1. President - Thakur Ajai Vikram Singh Baghsuri
2. Secretary General - Dr. Chandra Pal Singh Rathore Chanod
3. Treasurer - Mr. J. I Singh
Following are the esteemed members of the Executive Committee
1. Shri Govind Deo
2. Thakur Bhagwati Singh Nimaj
3. Mr. Dushyant Singh Koela
4. Thakur Kishore Singh Junia
5. Thakur Vikramaditya Singh Masuda
6. Mr. Ravi Raj Pal Singh
7. Mr. Raghuvendra Singh
8. Mr. Satish Kumar
9. Mr. Sameer Paul
10. Mr. Girdhar Saboo
11. Mr. Arjun Dulat
12. Mr. Lokesh Jindal
5. Mr. Atul Khanna (1979 Batch) Founder and Chairman of the Board of Systems Biology Worldwide was awarded recognition of Knight, First Class, of the Order of the Lion of Finland. He was knighted on June 5, 2009 by the President of the Republic of Finland for his efforts in promoting collaboration between Finland and India in the areas of Science and Business.
6. Prof Vijay Kapur (1967 Batch) was awarded the Palmes Academiques Award on July 14, 2009 by the Government of France at the Embassy of France, New Delhi.
7. The Executive Committee of the Old Boys’ Society met on September 6, 2009 at Mayo College.
8. During the Bangalore Nostalgia, held in June 2009, the following were appointed office bearers:-
1. Mr. Bharat Tandon - President
2. Mr. Charu Sharma
3. Mr. Chandra Bagaria
4. Mr. Manoj Lohia
5. Mr. Jaideep Singh
9. Mr. K.C. Verma (1965 Batch) is the Chief of RAW.
10. Mr. Bharat Singh Kundanpur (1966-67 Batch) is the Cabinet Minister for Panchayati Raj, Government of Rajasthan.
11. The Mayo College Alumni Association of Eastern India organized a get together at Kolkata on February 6 and February 7, 2009.
12. Mr. Brijeshwar Singh (1966-67 Batch) has been appointed as the Chairman of the National Highway Authority of India.
13. Mr. Lokendra Singh (1968 – 69 Batch) has been appointed as Director General Police (Prisons) in Andhra Pradesh.
14. Mr. Mahabir Singh Shekhawat (79 Batch) has been promoted to the rank of D.I.G.P. and is presently posted at C.R.P.F. Neemuch.
15. Lt. Gen. Karan Singh Yadava has been awarded PVSM.
16. Major Gen Vickas has been awarded A.V.S.M.
17. Brig. Bhabani Shankar Das has been awarded Sena Medal (Distinguished).
Staff News
Mr. Jagpreet Singh has become the Vice Principal. He worked as Housemaster for thirteen years in Oman House.
Mr. Surinder Arora has been appointed as Director – Academics.
The following new members have been appointed in the Faculty.
1. Dr. Sunil Kumar Rai - Faculty of English
2. Mr. Ashish Rawat - Faculty of Mathematics
3. Mr. Kaushik Kundu - Faculty of Fine Arts
4. Mr. Arijit Roy - Faculty of Fine Arts
5. Mr. Ravi Shankar Sharma - Faculty of Chemistry
6. Mr. Sunil Singh Rawat - Faculty of History
7. Mr. Ripu Daman Singh - Security Assistant
8. Mr. Hameer Singh Rathore - Middle Mess Manager
9. Mrs. Krishna Kumari - Matron
We wish them a long and happy stay at Mayo College.
10. Mr.Sanjay Khati has been appointed as Head of English Department.
11. Mrs.Shalini Bhatnagar is the new Head of Chemistry Department.
12. Mr.Alok Sharma has been appointed the Head of Fine Arts Department.
13. Mr.H.K. Pande is the new Curator of Mayo College Museum.
14. Mr.Ajay Singh has been appointed as the new Housemaster of Rajasthan House.
15. Mr.Apu Dey has been appointed as Assistant House Master of Rajasthan House.
16. Mr.Rajesh Soni has been appointed as Assistant House Master of Kashmir House.
17. Mr.S.Arora (Director – Academics) attended the Orientation Program in Economics at MGD, Jaipur from 11 September to 13 September, 2009. He also attend a conference on CCE conducted by Independents Schools’ Federation of India where the Chief Speakers were Mr.Kapil Sibbal and Mr.Vineet Joshi, Chairman CBSE.
18. Mr.S.Arora along with Mr.Naveen Dixit and Mr.Rajesh Soni attended a workshop on CCE conducted by the CBSE on November 4, 2009 at Mayoor School, Ajmer.
19. Mr. Devendra Singh Jhala (Librarian) completed his M. Phil in Library and Information Science from Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu. He scored first division marks.
Mr. Vijay Dutta attended the Learning Disability Workshop conducted by DISHA at Jaipur. He also participate in the Biennial International Interdisciplinary Conference on challenges of Diversity organized in Collaboration with Australia – India Council, Canberra.
20. Mr. S. Kumar was unanimously elected as Secretary of South Asia and Gulf Region of Round Square.
21. Dr. Mohit Mohan Mathur (Dept. of History) was nominated for the National Right to Information (RTI) Awards in 2009 in Citizens’ Category.
22. An exhibition of paintings by Mrs. and Mr. Ashok Hazra was held at the Jehangir Art Gallery in Mumbai from September 21 to September 27, 2009.
23. The entire English faculty attended a workshop on CCE and Language Learning conducted by Dr. Gyatari Khanna – curriculum designer of CBSE and NCERT.
24. Five students of Mayo College along with Mr. Rakesh Alfred and Mr. Sanjay Khati attended the Jaipur Literary Festival organized at Diggi Palace, Jaipur on January 21, 2009.
25. Mrs. Jaishree Kushwaha attended the workshop on ‘Identification and Remediation for students with specific Learning Difficulties from June 20 to June 23, 2009 at Disha, conducted by Alpha to Omega Learning Cetnre, Chennai.
26. Mr.Chandra Prakash, the Indian Music Teacher has been honored with the Dagar Bandhu Award for Excellence in Haweli Music.
27. Mr.Ritwiz Gaur stood first in Debate on Human & Civil Rights on Human Rights Day organized by Government Law College, Ajmer and was felicitated by State Human Right Commission, Jaipur.
28. Mr.Ajay Singh attended a four day workshop on Rorchach Inkblot Test conducted by Prasad Psycho Corporation in Delhi from December 2nd to December 5, 2009.
29. Mr. Rajesh Soni attended a workshop for Physics teachers at DPS, Jodhpur under the supervision of H. C. Verma of IIT Kanpur.
30. Mr.Ritwiz Gaur submitted a paper for 1st Annual Intellectual Property Law Writing International Competition 2009 organized by Altacit Global and Virginial Journal of Law & Technology.
Obituaries
With profound grief, I have to inform you about the sad demise of the following
Shri Ashok Kumar Sharma (1979 Batch)
Mahendra Maharaj Manvendra Singh Judev Panna
Zeeshan Ahmed (ex student who left Mayo after Class 10 in 2007)
Thakurani Usha Kanwar (Mother of Dr. CPS Rathore – Housemaster – BT House)
Mrs.Hansa Shah (ex matron – Bharatpur House and Kashmir House) and wife of Mr. Ramesh Shah (ex Vice Principal – Mayo College)
Mr.R.N.Yadav (ex Housemaster BT House and HOD History)
Raj Hameer Singh Kunadi (1943 Batch)
Shri Rohan Kanhai Datta (1974 Batch)
Shri Sanjay Mukherjee (1983 Batch)
Mr.Vikram Singh Deogarh (1966-67 Batch). He was working at Mayo College as Mess Manager, Middle Mess.
Mrs.Nayantara Pradhan (Sr. Assistant, Jr. School) – Mother of Mr.Akash Pradhan – Housemaster – Jaipur House.
Mr.Nitin Luthra (1993-94) batch.
Shri Raj Singhji Dungarpur.
We pray for peace of the departed souls.
The Following members of the staff left us -
1. Mr.Pramod Kumar Ranwaka (Vice Principal – Academics) left Mayo College. He has taken over as Principal of Alwar Public School, Alwar.
2. Mr.Z.Mehdi – Head of Chemistry Department retired after putting in 34 years of dedicated service to Mayo College.
3. Mr.M.L.Sharma retired after playing a long innings at Mayo College.
4. Mr.Ashok Hazra – Head of the Fine Arts Dept. retired after putting in long years of valuable service.
Additions and Renovations
1. The renovation of Bharatpur House has been completed.
2. Twiss House has been renovated.
3. The Oman Guest House has been renovated.
4. The dome of the clock tower has been cleaned.
5. Renovation work has begun in the Museum. Special thanks to Mr. Inderjeet Singhji Masuda and
Thakur Randhir Vikram Singh of Mandawa for showing keen interest in the renovation of the
College Museum.
College Captains and Monitors
1. Akshay Kumaria - College Captain
2. Bharat Singh - Vice Captain
3. Avijit Singh
4. Manvardhan Singh Kurki
5. Deep Narain
6. Ravdeep Singh Anand
7. Aditya Vikram Kuhar
8. Chetan Dev Singh
9. Adhiraj Singh
10. Sparsh Kothari
11. Rahul Joshi
12. Rajendra Singh Chauhan
13. Abhinav Thakur
14. Gaurav Pratap Singh
15. Raghav Mantry
The following Games Captains were appointed this year:
1. Ashray Ohri - Cross Country & Squash
2. Bharat Singh - Football
3. Raghav Mantry - Badminton
4. Adhiraj Singh - Hockey
5. Shivdutt Singh - Horse Riding
6. Adhivraj Singh - Athletics
Exchange Students
Our students continue to enjoy and benefit from various exchange programs to almost all major countries of the world. Here is a concise report.
1. One student went to Appleby College, Canada.
2. Two students went on exchange to Gymnasium Bei St. Michael, Germany.
3. Five students of Mayo College along with Mr. Pramod Kumar Ranwaka attended the Round Square Conference Mosaic organized in Dubai from December 18 to December 23, 2008.
4. Five students from the Junior School along with Mrs. Ritu Pant participated in the Round Square Regional Conference for sub juniors at Pathways International School, Gurgaon.
5. Two students went to Thailand in 2008 for the Round Square International Service Project.
6. Two students went to Kenya in December 2008 for the Round Square International Service Project.
7. Two students went to Uttarakhand in December 2008 for the Round Square International Service Project.
8. Five students along with Mr. Arvind Nahar attended the Sub Junior Round Square Conference at Vidya Devi Jindal School, Hisar from January 21 to January 23, 2009.
9. Three students went to Ladakh for the Round Square International Social Service Project from Mayo College.
10. One student went to Eton College on exchange.
11. Two students went on exchange to Colegio Anglo Colombiano.
12. Three students from Mayo College went for the AISSEC exchange to Taiwan where they attended a Global Entrepreneurship Program.
Presently we have an exchange student Alexander English from the Loreto School, Scotland. He has made himself very comfortable and also contributed in the Prize Giving Play at Mayo College Girls’ School in the lead role. Alexender could you please stand from where you are. Ladies and Gentlemen, please give him a big hand!
Round Square Conference – 2009
The Round Square International Conference 2009 was inaugurated by His Royal Highness Prince Andrew, the Duke of York on October 11, 2009.
The Opening Ceremony was graced by HH Maharaja Gaj Singh of Jodhpur, President, Mayo College General Council, Mayo College along with the Members of the Mayo College Board of Governors.
The procession moved towards the Bikaner Pavilion in vintage cars. There were 647 delegates from 84 schools and 22 countries round the world attending the Conference. We had Round Square Reps, Heads, Principals, Governors / Board Members, Honorary Members and Board of Directors (Round Square) attending the conference.
The theme of the conference was “Tamso Maa Jyotirgamaya” meaning “Lead me from darkness to light.” (i.e. from ignorance to knowledge)
The plenary session of the International Round Square Conference 2009 was held in a grand way with colorful pyrotechniques lighting up the sky, with a promise to meet again in Thailand, next year.
HH King Constantine’s message to the delegates was screened during the session and the President of the Mayo College General Council, HH Maharaja Gaj Singh of Jodhpur honored Mr. Rod Fraser, the Chairman and Mr. Brian Dawson, the Executive Director of the Round Square. Thereafter, he formally declared the plenary session of the international round square conference closed. It was indeed a resounding success.
Debating
The English debating society in Mayo College has gone far from strength to strength. Although many renowned Inter School debates this year were called off due to spread of swine flu, our boys did exceedingly well in whatever debates they participated. Vijaydeep Nagar and Aditya Kuhar participated in The Inter School Debate at RKK School Jodhpur. Vijaydeep Nagar impressed everybody with his unique sense of humour and secured the third position also winning a cash prize of Rupees One Thousand. In the Fifteenth JTM Gibson Debates, our debaters were winners for the second consecutive time; this year defeating The Doon School Dehradun in the finals. Rahul Joshi was declared the best speaker of the Turn Coat Debate. Aditya Kuhar was declared the best speaker in the semi final debate and was the overall best speaker. Avijit Singh also did well as a regular speaker in the Mayo College Team. Abhinav Thakur was adjudjed the best speaker of the final debate. The Gibson Debates was indeed a great success. My compliments to Mr. Vivek Pant, the Convener of the debates and the entire English Faculty for their support.
Mid Term Excursions
Like every year, this year also, keeping in view, learning by traveling, our boys went for the mid term excursions to various destinations such as Ranthambore, Jaipur, Somnath and Gir (Gujrat), Nagtibba, Mussourie and Dehradun (Uttrakhand), Bharatpur, Agra, Shimla and Manali, Jim Corbett National Park and Nainital, Chandigarh, Manali and Rohtang Pass.
Boys of Junior School went on a mid term trip to Jim Corbett National Park and Nainital, Chandigarh, Manali and Rohatang Pass.
Cultural Activities
On the eve of Prize Giving 2008, senior school students staged a Hindi classic play ‘Spartacus’ directed by Amrinder Singh Puri.
Under the aegis of Spic Macay, a program of vocal classical was organized in the assembly hall by famous classical singer Pt. Ajay Pohankar on August 23, 2008. He presented various colours of classical music such as thumri, heer, tappa, etc. The audience enjoyed the evening immensely.
In November a troupe of 23 delegates from Gymnasium Bei St. Michael’ Schwabisch Hall, Germany visited Mayo College with their Big Band Orchestra. Their performance comprising classical, popular and film music was indeed commendable.
Inter House Plays were held in the month of April.
The following plays were put up:
Khilji ka Daant by BT House
The Virtuous Burglar by Bharatpur House
Panchi Aise Aate Hain by Jodhpur House .
The Final Solution by Colvin House.
Gumraah by Jaipur House.
Jesus of Nazareth by Rajasthan House.
Rehearsal byAjmer House.
Guru Hairan, Chele Shaitan by Kashmir House.
Jodhpur House stood third; and the first position was shared by BT and Bharatpur Houses.
Vatsal Chandak and Gaurav Pratap Singh shared the best actor prize in supporting role. Tuhin Basu was the best actor in the female role and Mayank Murti was adjudged the best actor.
Temple Services
Temple was active with Janmashtmi, Ganesh-Chaturthi and Jaljhulni Ekadashi being celebrated with great enthusiasm and participation.
Scouting
The boys of Class VII attended the Annual Scout Camp at the Scout Training Centre, Pushkar. The boys also visited Sneha Sadan, an Old Age home and donated food and old clothes.
Adventure Sports
17 boys along with Mr. Akash Pradhan and Mr. Rakesh Alfred undertook a trekking expedition in May 2009 to Kyarkoti Lake at 14,500 feet in Uttrakhand.
A group of 9 boys along with Mr. Akash Pradhan completed a 14 days certificate course in Ice Skiing at Auli in Gharwal Himalayas in January, 2010.
Cray Club
Mridul Godha and Krishit Arora stood first in the Power Point Presentation at the IPSC IT Fest at Vidya Devi Jindal School, Hisar. Aman Kothari and Mridul Godha also won the first prize in 3D modeling competition.
Yoga
Yoga has been an integral part of our life at Mayo College. This year a workshop of Sahaj Yoga was organized for the staff and students of Mayo College. A special workshop was also conducted for the delegates during the Round Square Conference.
N.C.C.
19 cadets of Air Wing NCC attended a 10 day combined annual training camp at Kota in October, 2009 under the supervision of ANO III Officer Mr. Rajesh Soni. Here, the boys learnt firing, microlite and glider flying.
66 cadets of Army and Navy Wing attended a 10 day combined annual training camp at Vishram Sthali, Ajmer in November, 2009 under the supervision of ANO II Officer Mr. S. Kumar, III Officer Mr. Apu Dey, III Officer Mr. Vijender Singh Kanwar.
Football
In the District Tournaments we were winners in the U- 19 and U-14 Category and Runner Up in the U-17 Category. We were runner up in the Mayoor Cup Soccer Tournament.
Hockey
In Hockey, we were placed third in the IPSC Tournament U-17 Category. Karan Ruben was selected in the U-14 IPSC Team as the main goal keeper. Karan Ruben and Maneet Goyal were also selected to represent Ajmer in the State Level.
Cricket
In Cricket, the year started with the friendly fixture with the Bollywood Team visiting Mayo where our boys had a convincing victory.
Mayo Team was winner in the U-19 category in the District Tournament. Chetan Dev was declared the best bowler of the Tournament.
Mayo boys also won the Pathways Invitational Tournament held at Pathways International School, Gurgaon. Here again, Chetan Dev was declared the best player of the tournament as he scored 3 half centuries and took five wickets.
Yugraj Singh, Divyaraj Singh and Shailesh Jain were selected to play U-19 State Tournaments. Harshdev Singh and Nishay Sharma were selected to play U-16 State Tournament. Maulik Garg was selected to play U-14 State Tournament. Balbhadra Singh, Sparsh Kothari and Ruhaan Malhotra were selected to play U-19 Open State Tournament in which Balbhadra Singh was declared the player of the Tournament in the District Elite Group. Rohan Malhotra brought laurels to the school as he was selected to represent IPSC Team U-16 School Nationals. Harminder Singh has been selected to represent Rajasthan State U-19 Nationals for Vinoo Mankad Trophy.
Polo and Horse Riding
The year had a good start as six of our riders participated in a national level Endurance race of 40 km in Jodhpur. In which Shivdutt Singh stood First and Mudit Rajawat came second.
Devvrat Singh Chundawat received a Silver and a Bronze medal in the national level Delhi Horse Show.
Narun Aditya won two silver and two bronze medals in show jumping in the Fifty Eight National Horse Riding Championship.
The SUPA team from England played a Polo match with the Mayo Polo Team at Jodhpur and presented a framed T-Shirt to His Highness Maharaja Gaj Singh of Jodhpur. He has very kindly presented the same to the Mayo College Museum.
Tennis
We had an excellent year for tennis winning under 17 and under 19 district Championship. Manoj Kapilashrami was the winner in the U-19 Individual Event and Suyash Gupta was the runner up in the same category. Samin Bhargava was the winner in the U-17 Individual Event and Anjan Vachanni was the runner up in the same.
In the State Championship, Samin Bhargava was the winner in U-17 Individual Event. He reached the semi finals in the IPSC Championship in the U-17 Category.
Snehav Gupta reached the semi finals in the IPSC Championship in the U-19 Category.
In the Baidnayath Cup, Suyash Gupta was the winner in the U-14 Category.
Basketball
In basketball, we were placed third in the U-17 and U-14 District Tournament. Mayo College Team also participated in the IPSC Basketball Tournament Team held at Valsad, Gujrat. The following boys need a special mention for having got selected in the State Tournament.
1. Rajinder Singh Chauhan
2. Siddharth Mahajan
3. Abhimanyu Singh
4. Vimanyu Talwar
Squash
We continue to be the best squash playing school in the country and this year also, our boys performed consistently to their best.
Ashray Ohri won the U-17 title of the prestigious Hamdard Open Squash Tournament at Delhi.
In the U-19 category, he was the runner up. He was the runner up in the Rajasthan Open Tournament held at Jodhpur.
Other promising players of the year were Ishaan Ghosh, Utkarsh Kumar, Arjun Budhraja, Ravi Sharma, Krishan Jaipal Singh, Ram Shubhankar Sharma and Jitendra Lalwani who excelled in various reputed tournaments.
Badminton
We were winners U-19 and runner up in the U-14 Category of the District Tournament.
Raghav Mantry and Raghav Jain were selected to represent the District in the State Tournament.
We also participated in the All India Public Schools’ Badminton Tournament held at Modern School, Barakhamba Road, Delhi.
Table Tennis
In Table Tennis, our boys were runner up in the U-19 category and stood third in the U-14 and U-17 Categories.
Athletics
We were the runner up in the District Meet in the U-19 Category. Aman Pal Singh set a new record in Middles Shortput in the Inter House Annual Athletic Meet.
Swimming
We were champions in all the groups in the District Tournaments. Rishi Sarin was declared the Champion in the U-19 Category and Divyam Gupta was the runner up in the U-14 Category. Overall, we won six gold, eleven silver and one bronze medal.
Our boys did exceedingly well in the Invitational Swimming Meet at the Pathways International School, Gurgaon. Our boys won fifteen gold, six silver and ten bronze medals.
Harshwardhan, Shivraj Jaipal and Rishi Sarin were selected to attend the camp for school nationals at Kota. Akshat Gupta participated in the sub junior nationals diving at Goa.
Air Rifle Shooting
In the National School Games, our boys were declared runner up as members of the IPSC Shooting team.
In the Rajasthan State Shooting Championship, our shooters bagged three gold, two silver and three bronze medals.
In the All India Kumar Surendra Singh Inter School Championship, we won one gold and six silver medals.
In the IPSC Rifle Shooting Championship, Mayo secured the third position with eighteen medals.
Uday Narain set a new IPSC Record in Open Sight Air Rifle in U-17 Category.
Mrigraj Singh Chauhan won a bronze medal in the All India GV Mavalankar Shooting Championship in the open sight junior category.
Cross Country
The school organized cross country runs in July, 2009.
Following were the group champions
Adhivraj Singh – Senior
Rohan Mukhija - Middle
Akhairaj Singh - Oman House
Kabir Bedi - for juniors
Golf
Golf remains a popular sport in Mayo and boys and girls have started taking a keen interest in learning the nuances of the sport.
Quiz
Our boys participated in the Annual MCGS Quiz at the Mayo College Girls School and secured the third position. Our team was declared the runner up in the 15th JTM Gibson Quiz.
Visitors
The Career Counseling Society started the session with intensive annual weeklong workshop conducted by Dr. Amrita Das which exposed them to choosing a correct stream of study in Class XI. Class XII had individual sessions for choosing the right careers and streams of study at the university level.
Mrs.Naumita Chopra and Mr. Ajit Motwani represented New York State University, Abu Dhabi and elaborated on the different avenues offered at New York University. It was a matter of pride that two Mayo College students were nominated for consideration from India.
Mr.Jaiveer Singh and Mr. Bhasker representing The Oberoi Group of Hotels have shortlisted five Mayo Class 12th students in preliminary interview conducted in February, for their prestigious Step Program in Hotel Management. These five will go for the final round of interviews to be conducted in April 2010.
Round Square Executive Coordinator Mr. Brian Dawson visited on January 15, 2009.
Mr.Naseeruddin Shah National Award Winner and a Phenomenal Actor with wife Mrs. Ratna Pathak visited on January 24, 2009. They interacted with the students and staff of Mayo College at the lawns of Music School. He also presented a play at Jawahar Rang Manch for the Common Cause Society of Ajmer.
Mrs.Ann West the Guardian of Round Square was welcomed in the school assembly on October 1, 2009 where she presented the Roy MCcomish Art Prize to Mayo College which it had won at Glenlyon Norkfolk School, Canada in 2008.
General
A replica of the Governor’s Cup was presented to the President of the General Council of Mayo College, Ajmer, His Highness Maharaja Gaj Singh of Jodhpur by the Chairman of the Southport School Council, Mr.Derek J.M.Murphy in October, 2009. His Highness Maharaja Gaj Singh of Jodhpur has very kindly presented the replica to the Mayo College Museum.
First Day Cover on Shri Danmal Ji Mathur, Ex Vice Principal, Mayo College, Ajmer was presented to me. I have presented the same to the Mayo College Museum.
To conclude: I would like to
• thank all the members of the Mayo College General Council for their continued support and guidance.
• I must thank the Bursar and the administrative staff for working hard and making sure that Mayo looks
better than before.
• Sincere thanks to the teaching faculty of Mayo College for their incredible hard work and co-operation.
• I am thankful to the district administration and the local police without whose cooperation and assistance, we
could not have gone so smoothly.
• I am grateful to my colleagues, Mrs.Jamila Singh, Principal, Mayo College Girls’ School and Shri Neeraj
Bedhotiya, Principal, Mayoor School for their cooperation.
• I thank the karamcharis who have toiled hard to maintain the high standards of the schools.
• In the end, I would like to compliment Mayo boys who in the past year have shown good discipline, setting
up new standards. I must commend the College monitors headed by Akshay Kumaria who have surely
performed very well by taking on new challenges. Well done boys!
I now request our Chief Guest to give away the prizes and then address the gathering.