The 2019-20 edition of the RobinAge Bright Sparks Awards will go down in our books as a memorable one! From the moment we announced the awards in April 2019, the most amazing entries began to pour into our website and office from across the country and even overseas, from places like Singapore, the UK and UAE. This edition of the RobinAge Bright Sparks Awards ended up receiving a record response, with 10,854 valid entries coming in from 266 schools across 193 Indian cities.
This year also marks the first time that we have had to defer the winner announcements. In previous years, we have revealed the winners of the RobinAge Bright Sparks Awards in our anniversary issue, in April. However, this time, the COVID-19 pandemic forced us to delay the announcements.
Our judges this year were artist Arzan Khambatta, poet Santhini Govindan and RobinAge editor Cherry Divecha-Shethia.
Like every year, we selected individual winners across four age groups as well as 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 2019-20.
POETRY: JUDGED BY SANTHINI GOVINDAN
Group A: Class 1 & 2
1st Prize: Ivan Zachary George, Class 2, Bombay Scottish School, Mahim, Mumbai
2nd Prize: Vidywt Sundar, Class 2, Bombay Scottish School, Mahim, Mumbai
3rd Prize: Jaagrav Sheehan Das, Class 1, Bombay Scottish School, Mahim, Mumbai
Group B: Class 3 to 5
1st Prize: Priyanshi Kaushik, Class 4, Wisdom World School, Kurukshetra, Haryana
2nd Prize: Jordan S Pinto, Class 4, Bombay Scottish School, Mahim, Mumbai
3rd Prize: Trisha Maria Krishnan, Class 5, Bombay Scottish School, Mahim, Mumbai
Group C: Class 6 to 8
1st Prize: Pakshal Nagda, Class 8, New Horizon Scholars School, Navi Mumbai
2nd Prize: Anahita Gupta, Class 6, Bombay Scottish School, Mahim, Mumbai
3rd Prize: Anusha Dalal, Class 8, Bombay Scottish School, Mahim, Mumbai
Group D: Class 9 and 10
1st Prize: Trishla Shukla, Class 10, DY Patil International School, Nerul, Navi Mumbai
2nd Prize: Bhanushri Jaisimha, Class 10, Delhi Public School, Bengaluru
3rd Prize: Yashika Durbha, Class 9, The Hyderabad School, Begumpet, Hyderabad
3rd Prize: Joanne Lobo, Class 10, Bombay Scottish School, Mahim, Mumbai
ART: JUDGED BY ARZAN KHAMBATTA
Group A: Class 1 & 2
1st Prize: Mehaan Tamka, Class 2, Bombay Scottish School, Mahim, Mumbai
2nd Prize: Manish Modi, Class 2, The Modern School, Mumbai
3rd Prize: Thiyakshwa, Class 2, Jawahar Vidyalaya Senior Secondary School, Chennai
Group B: Class 3 to 5
1st Prize: Vihaan Singh, Class 3, Kothari International School, Noida
2nd Prize: Deepshika De, Class 5, Delhi Public School, Noida
3rd Prize: Hea Khemani, Class 3, RBK International Academy, Mumbai
Group C: Class 6 to 8
1st Prize: Samairah Shaikh, Class 7, The Lexicon International School, Kalyani Nagar, Pune
2nd Prize: Nishika Saxena, Class 7, Gyan Ganga Educational Academy, Raipur
3rd Prize: Arundhati Mhaskar, Class 8, BK Birla Public School, Kalyan
Group D: Class 9 and 10
1st Prize: Kavya, Class 10, Isha Samskriti, Coimbatore
2nd Prize: Mowneesh R, Class 9, Chelammal Vidhyaashram CBSE Senior Secondary School, Musiri
3rd Prize: Tamajit Mistri, Class 9, Techno India Group Public School, Garia
STORY-WRITING: JUDGED BY CHERRY DIVECHA-SHETHIA
Group A: Class 1 & 2
1st Prize: Rian Hardik Parekh, Class 2, Children’s Academy, Kandivali East, Mumbai
2nd Prize: Dhimahi B Samant, Class 2, Children’s Academy, Kandivali East, Mumbai
3rd Prize: Kiana C Bafna, Class 1, Children’s Academy, Kandivali East, Mumbai
Group B: Class 3 to 5
1st Prize: Syeda Maryam, Class 3, Hikmah Montessori School, Chennai
2nd Prize: Siya Rajput, Class 5, Bombay Scottish School, Mahim, Mumbai
3rd Prize: Apoorva Vishwanath, Class 4, Delhi Public School, Hyderabad
Group C: Class 6 to 8
1st Prize: Anam Fathima, Class 7, Al Qamar Academy, Chennai
2nd Prize: Aarav Mehta, Class 7, DY Patil International School, Mumbai
3rd Prize: Lavanya Gupta, Class 8, Bombay Scottish School, Mahim
Group D: Class 9 and 10
1st Prize: Soumyajyoti Pal, Class 10, Salt Lake School, Kolkata
2nd Prize: Rishita Pamecha, Class 9, The Heritage School, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi
3rd Prize: Rudra Gupta, Class 9, Hansraj Model School, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi
WINNING SCHOOLS
1st Prize: Children’s Academy, Kandivali East, Mumbai
2nd Prize: Chelammal Vidhyaashram, Tiruchirapalli
3rd Prize: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Vidyashram, Hyderabad
Congratulations to all the participants and winners for a job well done!
