“Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant”.

In order for light to shine brightly, darkness must be present. In the same context, our house motto says, “To perform best in adversity”. We, the Green Dragon -Dayanandian have implemented this motto as apart and parcel of our lives. We are undeterred by adversities that come in our way and fight until success is achieved. We have proved this by winning numerous trophies and medals, not only in sports, but also in literary and co-curricular activities.

We take pride in the fact that Dayanand House has bagged the highest number of trophies this year, though the Flaghouse Trophy slipped from our group after a cut-throat competition with Buddha House. Asmita Chauhan and Divij Jakhar are individual champions in Lawn Tennis in their respective divisions and helped the House lift the Tennis Trophy. Akash Gupta and Borish Laishram are now individual badminton champions in their respective divisions and the House won the badminton Trophy. Cricketers of the House have brought us laurels by winning the Cricket Trophy, all under guidance of Cricket Captain Divij Jakhar. Several of our cricketers, namely, Dvij Jakhar, Gaurav Malyan, Vipin Choudhary, Himanshu Kinha and Aamir participated in the IPSC Cricket Tournamnet held at Rajkumar College in Gujarat. The House also bagged the Volleyball  trophy amid tough competition from other Houses. The star player in the girls division include Diskit Angmo, Yomter Dabi (Captain), Taba Anu and Nabam Jumsi.

In the field of chess, Inu Ete was the individual champion in girls and, in junior division, Cavondish got individual championship. We lifted the chess trophy. Dayanand House lifted the Basketball Trophy with much pomp and gaiety after a nail biting match with Buddha House.

No less is the performance of our housemates in other co-curricular activities. Diskit Angmo got the second position in Inter House English Debate Competition. She also represented the school to take part in IPSC Debate Competition conducted by Brila Public School, Pilani. Sirunyuthongmee stood first in calligraphy competition and in drawing, got 2nd position, closely followed by Nukar in 3rd position. In Master – 26, our House grabbed the first position and also in Big Brain (GK Quiz), we grabbed the Ist Position yet again with excellent performance of Nitin Dabas , Lovnish Agarwal, Rishab Shah and Shaarang Singh. Over all the House won the English Fortnight – 2010.

We also excelled led in the field of academics and scholastic activities. We  lifted the prestigious Academic Trophy. Asmita Chauhan topped in Humanities section of Class – XII. Sarita Mann got 3rd position in CBSE Exam Class – XII. Taba Anu, our House Captain (Girls), got first position in Class – XI in humanities stream.

A record number of 8 students from our  House got 100% attendance. They are, Thanglalson Gangte, Naseem Akhtar, Diskit Angmo, Manmeet Singh Rana, Roshan Singh, Tsomo Tsering, Mukul Rathor and Ashwani Tanwar.

Kumar Yuvraj got 1st position in Table Tennis (Senior Division). Two of our NCC Cades viz. Himanshu Kihna and Vibhor Bansal won the All India Sahara Scholarship of Rs.6000 each. Gaurav Ohlan fetched Gold Medal in Basketball Nationals (U – 14) division. Our school Vice Captain (Girls) Yomter Dabi, actively participated in National School Games in Basketball.

Our House made a new record by winning 4 x 100 m relay for the 8th consecutive year. In equestrian sport, horse rider Ajay Singh Meena bagged five bronze medals in the Great Noida Hosrse Show. Tsomo Tsering our young girl rider, got the Best Girl Rider award of the year.

In the 12th National Science Olympiad Prakhar, S Mathur got the Dr. P C Raj award and Dr. Hargobind Khorana award was grabbed by Naruemon Singhkumarwong. Again, the Ramanujam award war snatched by Kuldeep Lavanya. In the 9th National Cyber Olympiad, Thanglalson Gangte, Kumar Yuvraj, Shikhar Garg, Nitin Dabas, Prakhar S Mathur and Rehan Ahmed Khan were the top achievers.

In  Maths Olympiad, Son Seong Jae, Nattanai Sachdev, Mayank Agarwal, Vibhor Bansal and Manish Nepal were the position holders. Our house also lifted the Band Trophy under the able guidance of Band Major Tenzin Nangsel , who was also awarded the title of Best Band Major of the Year.

However, this report would be incomplete without the mention of our beloved seniors Son Seong Jae, Divij Jakhar, Naseem Akhtar, Thanglalson Gangte, Parvez Malik, Mohit Negi and Deepak Khatri, who have been the pillars of the House throughout the year and without whom our House would not have been in the better  position that it is today.

Every student who has set foot on the soil of MPS as a Dayanandian will cherish these achievements as it is well known that Herculean efforts, teamwork and active participation with indomitable House spirit are required to reach this stage. In the end, we pledge that we will continue doing what we do to achieve success in the year to come. Because we believe :