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Shahana Shome (AS Level) won Gold in the junior vocal category at the 13th Cultural Olympiad of Performing Arts in Paris, France.

Aishani Chaughule (AS Level) wins 1st prize in the Cambridge Photo Competition with prize money of £100 to student and £100 to school.

Angel Gandhi (AS Level) has won the 1st Prize in the prestigious “Young Sociologist of the Year” competition, by the British Sociological Association.

Hrian Rajani (4C) achieved World Rank 4 at the Junior Mental Calculations World Championship 2024, Germany. He secured the 1st runner-up position in Flash Math at the World Mind Sports Olympiad 2024, Dubai. He also secured a Silver at the Memoriad 2024 World Mental Sports Olympics, Sharjah.

Manaya Chotai (5D) won the Champion Trophy in Flash Math at the World Mind Sports Competition, Dubai.

PPSIJC students excelled at the OxBright Essay Writing Competition:

Aarav Mukhtyar (A Level): Best Essay in Law (Global Winner)

Mishita Mhatre (A Level): Highly Commended Essay in History

Jiya Doshi (AS Level): Highly Commended Essay in Medicine.

Jiya Doshi (A Level) won first prize (with a laptop) at the Read India Celebration Challenge.

Jiya Doshi (A Level) was selected as one of the winners of The Times of India’s Unstoppable21 – Edition 2. She was felicitated by Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia, Honourable Union Minister for Communications and DoNER.

Siddharth Kannan (A Level) achieved Unit Rank 1 and Zonal Rank 3 for his project ‘Hamara Sapna: Satat Vikas’ at Ideathon 2024 competition, by Nehru Science Center.

At the Infinity Maths Competition, our students ranked in the top 30% of schools across both 9th grade and AS Level.  Clash of Mathematicians – Individual Awards: Senior Category (9th Grade):  Silver: Mohit Sheth, Krishiv Kedia, Bronze: Divit Langalia. Advanced Category (AS Level): Silver: Ayaan Mehta, Bronze: Mohammad Umair Bamboowala, Maneet Shah. 

Vihaan Gandhi (AS Level), Qaid Bandukwala (A Level), Siddharth Kannan (A Level) secured 1st place at the Mathelogics Symposium 3.0, with a tie between two of our teams, each winning Rs. 5000 vouchers. The competition was hosted by Neerja Modi School, Jaipur.

Arnav Mody, Dhruv Golchha, Siddharth Kannan (A Level) earned distinction in the prestigious Hypatia Contest, organized by the University of Waterloo’s Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing, Canada.

USGS & PPSIJC clinched the Championship Cup at Perseverantia 2024 for the 3^rd consecutive year, hosted by Bombay Scottish School, Mahim.

USGS wins 1st Prize at the Sustainable Innovation Challenge 2025, hosted by DAIS/NMAJS.

USGS secured the 1st Runner-up Trophy at Litomania, a literary inter-school competition. Students and teachers won across varied event categories.

At the MISA Synergy 2025 Interschool Science Exhibition, USGS Senior team: Aarav Jain, Pahal Shah, Deetyaa Tantia, Kiaan Sheth won 1st Prize for their project Acnetive Anatomy. The Junior Category team: Aarav Chaudhari, Prishita Pandit, Adhiraj Thakur, Kahaan Sanghavi secured 3rd Prize for their project Handwriting Healer.

Aarav Mukhtyar & Kovidh Manel (A Level), won the 2nd Runner-Up prize, with prize money of Rs.5000 at the Qzing Championship 2024, hosted by Russell Square International College. 

USGS received the Legend Award by School Enterprise Challenge, UK.

Two teams from USGS shine at the CODEAVOUR 6.0 International competition in the junior category, held at the Qatar.

2nd Place – Track 1: Innovation & Entrepreneurship (Cl 8). Awards: Trophy, Silver Medals, $ 800, and Certificates.

3rd Place – Track 2: Climate Action Challenge (Cl 7). Awards: Trophy, Silver Medals, $ 600, and Certificates. 

Nishka Koneri & Hriday Sanghavi (Cl 9) achieved an international victory at Codeavour 5.0 in Dubai, securing Gold, in the junior category for their project Avinya, after emerging India National Winner – 1st Runner Up at Codeavour 5.0.

USGS wins the Top Spot at the Nationals, securing 1st place at the World Robotics Olympiad (WRO) with prize money of Rs. 1 lakh.

14 students from USGS Cambridge & IB PYP participated in the World STEM & Robotics Olympiad (WSRO) Nationals.

Achievements:

Line Follower (National): 3rd position (prize money Rs. 8000/-)

Line Follower (International): Judges’ Choice Award (4th position)

Balloon Car Challenge (National): 3rd position (prize money Rs. 8000/-)

Balloon Car Challenge (IGCSE): Judges’ Choice Award

Lego Line Follower (National): 3rd position (prize money Rs. 8000/-)

Lego Budding Builder (National): 2nd position Young Scientist (National):Special Award

Nysha Didwania, Anay Kaicker, and Ved Kantawala (A Level) clinched 2nd place in the Future Innovators category at the World Robotics Olympiad (WRO) 2025, Regionals.