The fifth edition of the RobinAge Bright Sparks Awards received an amazing response, with a record 5,000 entries pouring in from over 400 schools from 150 cities. Our art and story-writing judges had a tough time picking winners, because a lot of the work was exceptional. However, we also received many amazing stories that had overshot the word count.
The RobinAge Bright Sparks Awards programme is all about enhancing your skills and cultivating them further. We don’t give you specific topics to enable you to express your thoughts on any subject you feel drawn towards. We do, however, ask you to limit your word count, to teach you to express yourself in as few words as possible. Sadly, some of the best entries had to be disqualified as they didn’t match the rules for word count.
This year, we also received quite a few overseas entries. We’d especially like to thank Our Own English High School in Dubai and Sharjah and GEMS Our Own English High School, Dubai for participating. As we open up entries for RBSA 2019-20, we hope you will participate in the right spirit and help us mentor you to make the next generation principled, honest and bright.
Our judges this year were artist Arzan Khambatta, poet Santhini Govindhan and RobinAge editor Cherry Divecha-Shethia.
Like last year, this time too, we selected three best schools based on both the quality (original entries only) and quantity of entries that came in. We proudly present all the winners of the RobinAge Bright Sparks Awards 2018-19.
POETRY: JUDGED BY SANTHINI GOVINDAN
Group A: Class 1 & 2
1st Prize: Aditi Kathuria, Class 2, Euro School, Airoli, Navi Mumbai
2nd Prize: Vedant Pillai, Class 1, Euro School, Airoli, New Mumbai
3rd Prize: Ananya SK, Class 2, National Public School, Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru
Group B: Class 3 to 5
1st Prize: Taher Radhanpurwala, Class 3, Universal School, Tardeo, Mumbai
2nd Prize: Mahisa Mithani, Class 5, Bombay Scottish School, Mahim, Mumbai
3rd Prize: Ananya Bhattacharya, Class 4, St Gabriel’s Hr Sec School, Ranjhi, Jabalpur
Group C: Class 6 to 8
1st Prize: Adhya Bhatnagar, Class 8, Homeschooling, Mumbai
2nd Prize: Arshia Vora, Class 8, Bombay Scottish School, Mahim, Mumbai
3rd Prize: Athiraa Chattopadhyay, Class 6, Vibgyor High School, Mumbai
Group D: Class 9 and 10
1st Prize: Ashrita Damera, Class 10, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Public School, Hyderabad
2nd Prize: Niyati Minal Sanjay Gosar, Class 10, GES English Medium School, Mumbai
3rd Prize: Yashfeen Fatima, Class 9, Carmel Convent Senior Secondary School, Bhopal
ART: JUDGED BY ARZAN KHAMBATTA
Group A: Class 1 & 2
1st Prize: Aarav Doshi, Class 2, Bright Start Fellowship International School, Mumbai
2nd Prize: Dylaan Solanki, Class 1, Fazlani L’Academie Globale, Mumbai
3rd Prize: Thiyakshwa Sureshkumar, Class 2, Jawahar Vidyalaya Senior Secondary School, Chennai
Group B: Class 3 to 5
1st Prize: Joe Arya R, Class 4, Presidency School, Bengaluru
2nd Prize: Kole Shripad, Class 5, Podar International School, Sangli
3rd Prize: Alaia Ovez Surti, Class 3, Fazlani L’Academie Globale, Mumbai
Group C: Class 6 to 8
1st Prize: Nivir Jain, Class 8, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Jaipur
2nd Prize: Deepak Patel, Class 7, Delhi Public School, Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh
3rd Prize: Aayush Rajan, Class 7, Delhi Public School, Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh
Group D: Class 9 and 10
1st Prize: Yutika Damani, Class 9, Divine Child High School, Mumbai
2nd Prize: Harsh Gupta, Class 10, HKH Public School, Ajmer
3rd Prize: Meghna Unnikrishnan, Class 9, The Schram Academy, Chennai
NEWS REPORT and STORIES: JUDGED BY CHERRY DIVECHA-SHETHIA
Group A: Class 1 & 2
1st Prize: Vihaan Pawar, Class 2, Orion ICSE School, Mumbai
2nd Prize: Ananya SK, Class 2, National Public School, Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru
3rd Prize: Gurmehar Kaur Malhotra, Class 2, Learning Paths School, Mohali
Group B: Class 3 to 5
1st Prize: Sharbani Udia, Class 4, Pathways School, Gurugram
2nd Prize: Karthik Baskar, Class 3, Bombay Scottish School, Powai, Mumbai
3rd Prize: Ria Chawla, Class 5, Lilavatibai Podar High School, Mumbai
Group C: Class 6 to 8
1st Prize: Anam Fathima, Class 6, Al Qamar Academy, Chennai
2nd Prize: Gaurika Mehrotra, Class 7, Sishu Griha Montessori and High School, Bengaluru
3rd Prize: Arnesh Bhowmik, Class 6, Primus Public School, Bengaluru
Group D: Class 9 and 10
1st Prize: Sanjuda S, Class 9, RD International School, Erode
2nd Prize: Harsh Sapra, Class 9, Learning Paths School, Mohali
3rd Prize: Harshita Goyal, Class 9, Learning Paths School, Mohali
WINNING SCHOOLS
1st Prize: Isha Samskriti School, Coimbatore
2nd Prize: Euro School, Airoli, Navi Mumbai
3rd Prize: Learning Paths School, Mohali
Congratulations to all the participants and winners for a job well done!
