Investiture Ceremony 2024

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way”. Echoing this sentiment, NPS International, Chennai held its Investiture Ceremony on the 28th of June 2024. Each year, the school ‘Prefectorial Body’ is formed, comprising the School Prefect and Vice-Prefect, House and Sports Captains and Vice-Captains, and the Presidents and Secretaries of various clubs. The Investiture ceremony marks the beginning of the year where our young students officially don the mantle of leadership and promise to discharge the responsibilities entrusted to them by the school.

This process is a testament to the trust which the school places on these young shoulders, believing them capable of carrying out their duties and upholding the ideals and vision of the school.

For the event, students gathered in the auditorium with much anticipation, seated house-wise to cheer their respective houses. The programme was graced by the presence of Commander A Parthiban Office-in Charge of the Naval Transmitting Station, Avadi. The presence of our alumni added lustre to the occasion.

The invocation Medha Sutham offered a mellifluous and auspicious start to the show. Welcoming the gathering, Vice- Principals Ms. Radhika Madhavan and Ms. Ranjani Ayyar stressed on the importance of developing leadership skills. They congratulated all the participants and extended their wishes to the winners.

Commander Parthiban extolled the virtues of good leadership; he listed out qualities that good leaders must have and enumerated the ways in which leaders could help the school and society. The Commander also honoured the Captains and Vice captains of the four houses with badges.

The badges for the Presidents and Secretaries of the various clubs were given by our Administrator Ms Lalitha Das. Our clubs seek to foster talent and prepare students to take part in competitions.

Our Principal Ms. Sudha Balan honoured the prefect Ms. Tanisha Gopinath and Vice- Prefect Prajwal Y D with their badges. Citing examples of leaders who have overcome challenges, she said that people become known for their qualities and what sets a good leader apart from the rest is the distinguishing characteristic traits that one must develop- of empathy, kindness, calmness and judiciousness.

Tanisha Gopinath, the Prefect eloquently expressed her gratitude to the school and her teachers and peers for all the support and encouragement that had been given to her. She pledged to put the interests of the students first and work for the betterment of the school.

The program was enlivened by a fusion dance on the Malhar Raag performed by students of Grades 6 to 8. The instrumentalists enthralled the audience with their percussion. The program came to a fitting end with the recital of the Sangacchadwam, excerpts from the Rig Veda, urging the new student leaders to move forward together with the spirit of oneness, love and togetherness.