Student's Corner

• Career Fairs for A level students- Career guidance,Talk on how to develop wide range of skills and abilities for success by  11 UK Universities, 26th August, 2016. Interactive session on education process in the US by 8 reputed Universities, 8th August, 2016
• Best Teaching Programme Trophy won during the Educational Field Trip, Chinchmal Village for sensitisation towards rural life. Offered- Hands on experience for Research Methodology, Baseline Survey, devise programmes for sensitisation to Sanitation.
• Contingent leaders Pratham Mehta & Shubham Parekh lead student participants to the victory stand in Cascade, 2016, an inter-school cum inter-college literary, cultural and sports competition. The positions bagged in cross section events include:
  • 1st Position, Sanjana Dhamankar, Extempore Competition- 'Humour Me', 7th August, 2016.
  • 1st Position, Thea Mudaliar Camouflaging Art Piece Competition- 'Now You See Me', 7th August, 2016.
  • 2nd Position secured in the National level Debate competition held on July 31, 2016 , Team of 4 A level participants; bagged 3 prizes . Param Patel won the overall Best Speaker Award along with the Best Intermediary Speaker Award. Naman Wadhwa picked up the Best Intermediary Speaker Award. Oration on challenging topics ranging from Cascading Effect: India Doesn’t have a sense of Humour to a moot court style discussion on College students being involved in politics tackled with the help of Priyanshi Desai, the team researcher. Speakers stormed their way into the final round.
  • 3rd Position,  secured by Astala Yalnaz, Khushi Awasthi,Laksh Khandelwal & Shubh Desai in Music Competition -'Drop the Bass', 6th August, 2016.
  • Bronze Medal, Table Tennis won by Ritik Sheth, 7th August, 2016.
  • Bronze Medal, Squash won by Khush Pomani, 7th August, 2016.
• Experience Sharing Session, 15th July, 2016, conducted by ex-PPSIJCites studying abroad. Shared experiences and offered advice about managing transition both academically and culturally.
• Outstanding Delegate Award at the Global Crisis Summit  ( MUN, 2016) received by Param Patel 17th-19th June, 2016
• Vidhi Narvekar (Grade 7), Gold Medal, 4th All India Art Competition for school children. 2015 Vidhi in Group'  E  for Grades (7& 8). showed uniqueness, skill, beauty and technique in the  theme of the Art Competition- Lotus (National flower).  There were 2,300 entries from various states.
• Harmehr Mago ( A Level) 8th Position at National Level in sub junior category, Gloster National Billiards & Snooker Championship, Kolkotta ,2015. Quarter- finalist, MCF Break Billiards Open Tournament, 2015.  Runners-up, PJHG (Global Ocean Group), Mumbai Snooker League, 2015. No. 2 in Sub junior Billiards (under 18) & in Junior Billiards (under 21). No. 3 in sub junior (under 18) , Maharashtra State Selection Tournament, 2015.
• Lehar Khan,( A Level Arts) Best Actress Award, 2016 for film " Parched" awarded in Festival 2 Valenciennes, France;Best Actress Award, 2016 , Indian Film Festival, Los Angeles.  Parched also bagged the Stockholm Impact Award for Best Film, 2016. Selected for  special screening in TIFF, 2015 (Toronto International Film Festival).
• Shanay Sachin Shetty (EY4 B) scored "Super Achiever" Grade & bagged a medal ;Maahi Vishal Nair (EY4A), scored "Competent" Grade in the National Level Wordwiz English Competition, 2015-16. The Exam comprised of Written and Oral Rounds.
• Innovation is the key to progress and JPES has recognised as well as employed this principle. On lines of the same PPSIJC has started an Online Monthly Newsletter called A Level Higher. What makes it unique is that  
  • It's completely student run and is a student initiative.
  • Students submit articles and poems without any incentive of marks but just because they simply love writing! 
  • Our team would appreciate it if you could support us, the students of PPSIJC by reading our work- www.anotherlevelhigher.wordpress.com
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  • Team-mates - Editor in Chief: Naman Wadhwa and Managing Editor: Prarthna Khemka