Nava Nalanda High School
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Nava Nalanda is a co-educational institution in South Kolkata
, India
, affiliated to the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education
for Madhyamik
Pariksha (10th Board exams), and to the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education
for Uchcho Madhyamik Pariksha (12th Board exams). It has several branches, scattered over Southern Avenue (the main building), Bowali Mondal Road, Jodhpur Park, Lake Avenue, Kabir Road, Lake Gardens, with the Higher Secondary Section located at Purna Das Road near Golpark. In 1991 the Santiniketan
branch started. The school carries a rich cultural background and organizes several activities to help keep its student's mind blooming. Efficient, caring teachers are highlights of this school, who nurture a child as he grows up to be able to face the world. With a strong faculty in the primary department, the educational base of the student is so strengthened that studies become a fun to them and hence the unparalleled academic success with many candidates securing over 90% marks in the public examinations and like in 2011, securing 2nd and 3rd place in WBJEE medical and 2nd place in WBJEE engineering along with 115th and 136th place in AIPMT and IIT respectively. Students from this school can be found all over the world in respected positions and a lifelong feeling of being a Nalandite!
-26 with 24 students distributed among classes from Nursery-1 to Class-5 and nine teachers headed by Mrs. Bharati Mitra and the late Mr. Arya Mitra. After the sorrowful demise of Rector Mr. Arya Mitra, his son, Mr.Arijit Mitra took the responsibility of the school. Now, the school is one of the most populous institutions in Kolkata with a well renowned and efficient faculty.
pariksha and nearly 97% students securing 1st division marks with names consistently figuring in the toppers list in uchcho Madhyamik pariksha. In all India entrance exams like that of PMT, AIIMS, Indian Institute of Technology, Common Law Admission Test
(CLAT), and West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination
s, students of the school secure good ranks.
, the school immerses itself in cultural activities.
A tribute to ‘Biswa Kabi’ Rabindranath Tagore
, Rabindra Jayanti celebration in Nava Nalanda occurs on his birthday (25th baishakh of the Bengali calendar) and is now hailed as one of the main attractions of the city on that day. Nava Nalanda has its roots in oriental culture with ideals of Rabindranath Tagore
’s thoughts as its ideals.
Students under the guidance of their teachers take part in the celebration which includes songs, dance performances, enactment of rabindra geeti natya , nritya natya etc. Every year celebrities perform in this function. Maestros like Suchitra Mitra
, Dwijen Mukherjee, Hemanta Mukherjee, Debabrata Biswas
, Chinmoy Chatterjee have attended the occasion. Snce 1996 the programme has shifted to the Southern Avenue boulevard.
It is a bi-annual festival, commencing in 1993, celebrated in the Southern Avenue boulevard, where the students display self-made arts and crafts. The flavours from a traditional Bengali kitchen, coupled with folk music from tribal Bengal and cultural performances by the students, make the mela a special occasion.
The intra-school cultural contest is held every winter, involving events such as debate
s, recitation, classical dance, sit and draw, story-writing, antakshari
, quiz, solo-acting, and vocal music. In 2008 Nalandasree was an inter-school competition to commemorate 40 years of Nava Nalanda.
Part of Nava Nalanda Sharodotsav is observed by the senior students of the school to mark the commencement of Durga Puja
. It features dance, music, drama performances and recitation of self written poems by the students of Nava Nalanda.
The school arranges an inter-class mini football tournament for the primary department – Geeta Daggupta Memorial Football Tournament, and Nalanda Cup 5-a-side Football and Nalanda Cup Cricket Tournament for the secondary and higher secondary departments.
Indian Independence Day, Indian Republic Day, Teacher’s Day, and Children’s day are celebrated.
The cultural activities of Nava Nalanda have often reached the public stage and television with productions like; Abanindranath Tagore’s Khirer Putul, Rabindranath Tagore’s Natir Puja, Taasher Desh, Kalmrigaya, Parir Parichay, Suoranir Saadh, and a feature on the birth of Christ
, entitled Abirbhav, based on Achintyakumar Sengupta
’s work. There have been classical stage presentations of ballets based on Michael Madhusudan Dutt
’s Meghnadbadh Kavya, the great epic Mahabharata
and Abanindranath Tagore
’s Rajkahini in which Nava Nalanda students joined the professionals.
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, affiliated to the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education
West Bengal Board of Secondary Education
The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education is the West Bengal state government administered autonomous examining authority for the Standard 10 examination of West Bengal, India. The examination for the 10th standard is called the Madhyamik Pariksha or secondary examination...
for Madhyamik
Madhyamik
Madhyamik is a centralised examination conducted by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education at the end of 10th standard of school. It is the most popular 10th standard examination in India. More than 7,50,000 students took the exam in 2006 and the number increases substantially every year....
Pariksha (10th Board exams), and to the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education
West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education
West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education is the West Bengal state government administered autonomous examining authority for the Standard 12 examination of West Bengal, India...
for Uchcho Madhyamik Pariksha (12th Board exams). It has several branches, scattered over Southern Avenue (the main building), Bowali Mondal Road, Jodhpur Park, Lake Avenue, Kabir Road, Lake Gardens, with the Higher Secondary Section located at Purna Das Road near Golpark. In 1991 the Santiniketan
Santiniketan
Santiniketan is a small town near Bolpur in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, India, approximately 180 kilometres north of Kolkata . It was made famous by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, whose vision became what is now a university town that attracts thousands of visitors each year...
branch started. The school carries a rich cultural background and organizes several activities to help keep its student's mind blooming. Efficient, caring teachers are highlights of this school, who nurture a child as he grows up to be able to face the world. With a strong faculty in the primary department, the educational base of the student is so strengthened that studies become a fun to them and hence the unparalleled academic success with many candidates securing over 90% marks in the public examinations and like in 2011, securing 2nd and 3rd place in WBJEE medical and 2nd place in WBJEE engineering along with 115th and 136th place in AIPMT and IIT respectively. Students from this school can be found all over the world in respected positions and a lifelong feeling of being a Nalandite!
History
The history of Nava Nalanda began on 1 February 1967, at 25 Southern Avenue KolkataKolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
-26 with 24 students distributed among classes from Nursery-1 to Class-5 and nine teachers headed by Mrs. Bharati Mitra and the late Mr. Arya Mitra. After the sorrowful demise of Rector Mr. Arya Mitra, his son, Mr.Arijit Mitra took the responsibility of the school. Now, the school is one of the most populous institutions in Kolkata with a well renowned and efficient faculty.
Curriculum
The school has excelled in the board exams with nearly 85% students securing 1st division with regular names among the toppers in the madhyamikMadhyamik
Madhyamik is a centralised examination conducted by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education at the end of 10th standard of school. It is the most popular 10th standard examination in India. More than 7,50,000 students took the exam in 2006 and the number increases substantially every year....
pariksha and nearly 97% students securing 1st division marks with names consistently figuring in the toppers list in uchcho Madhyamik pariksha. In all India entrance exams like that of PMT, AIIMS, Indian Institute of Technology, Common Law Admission Test
Common Law Admission Test
Common Law Admission Test is a centralised test for admission to prominent National Law Universities in India. The test is taken after the 12th grade for admission to graduation courses in Law. This exam was conducted for the first time on 11 May 2008. A total number of 1037 seats from seven law...
(CLAT), and West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination
West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination
West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination or the WB-JEE is a state-government controlled centralised test for admission to many private and governmental medical and engineering institutions in West Bengal. The test is taken after the 12th grade for admission to graduation courses...
s, students of the school secure good ranks.
Extra-curricular activities
Armed with the vision of Rabindranath TagoreRabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore , sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature...
, the school immerses itself in cultural activities.
- Rabindra Jayanti:
A tribute to ‘Biswa Kabi’ Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore , sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature...
, Rabindra Jayanti celebration in Nava Nalanda occurs on his birthday (25th baishakh of the Bengali calendar) and is now hailed as one of the main attractions of the city on that day. Nava Nalanda has its roots in oriental culture with ideals of Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore , sobriquet Gurudev, was a Bengali polymath who reshaped his region's literature and music. Author of Gitanjali and its "profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse", he became the first non-European Nobel laureate by earning the 1913 Prize in Literature...
’s thoughts as its ideals.
Students under the guidance of their teachers take part in the celebration which includes songs, dance performances, enactment of rabindra geeti natya , nritya natya etc. Every year celebrities perform in this function. Maestros like Suchitra Mitra
Suchitra Mitra
Suchitra Mitra was an Indian singer and composer, as well as a well-respected exponent of Rabindra Sangeet or the songs of Bengal's poet laureate Rabindranath Tagore. As an academic she remained a Professor and the Head of 'Rabindra Sangeet Department' at the Rabindra Bharati University for many...
, Dwijen Mukherjee, Hemanta Mukherjee, Debabrata Biswas
Debabrata Biswas
Debabrata Biswas , also known as George Biswas or George-da , was an Indian Rabindra Sangeet singer.-Early life:...
, Chinmoy Chatterjee have attended the occasion. Snce 1996 the programme has shifted to the Southern Avenue boulevard.
- Nava Nalanda Mela:
It is a bi-annual festival, commencing in 1993, celebrated in the Southern Avenue boulevard, where the students display self-made arts and crafts. The flavours from a traditional Bengali kitchen, coupled with folk music from tribal Bengal and cultural performances by the students, make the mela a special occasion.
- Nalandasree contest:
The intra-school cultural contest is held every winter, involving events such as debate
Debate
Debate or debating is a method of interactive and representational argument. Debate is a broader form of argument than logical argument, which only examines consistency from axiom, and factual argument, which only examines what is or isn't the case or rhetoric which is a technique of persuasion...
s, recitation, classical dance, sit and draw, story-writing, antakshari
Antakshari
Antakshri is a spoken parlor game played in India, Bangladesh and Nepal. Each contestant sings the first verse of a movie song that begins with the Hindi or Urdu consonant on which the previous contestant's song selection ended.-Etymology:The word is derived from two Hindi words:#Ant meaning...
, quiz, solo-acting, and vocal music. In 2008 Nalandasree was an inter-school competition to commemorate 40 years of Nava Nalanda.
- Sharodotsav:
Part of Nava Nalanda Sharodotsav is observed by the senior students of the school to mark the commencement of Durga Puja
Durga Puja
Durga puja ; দুর্গা পূজা,ଦୁର୍ଗା ପୂଜା,‘Worship of Durga’), also referred to as Durgotsava ; , is an annual Hindu festival in South Asia that celebrates worship of the Hindu goddess Durga. It refers to all the six days observed as Mahalaya, Shashthi, Maha Saptami, Maha Ashtami, Maha Navami and...
. It features dance, music, drama performances and recitation of self written poems by the students of Nava Nalanda.
- Tournaments:
The school arranges an inter-class mini football tournament for the primary department – Geeta Daggupta Memorial Football Tournament, and Nalanda Cup 5-a-side Football and Nalanda Cup Cricket Tournament for the secondary and higher secondary departments.
- Cultural activities:
Indian Independence Day, Indian Republic Day, Teacher’s Day, and Children’s day are celebrated.
The cultural activities of Nava Nalanda have often reached the public stage and television with productions like; Abanindranath Tagore’s Khirer Putul, Rabindranath Tagore’s Natir Puja, Taasher Desh, Kalmrigaya, Parir Parichay, Suoranir Saadh, and a feature on the birth of Christ
Christ
Christ is the English term for the Greek meaning "the anointed one". It is a translation of the Hebrew , usually transliterated into English as Messiah or Mashiach...
, entitled Abirbhav, based on Achintyakumar Sengupta
Achintyakumar Sengupta
Achintya Kumar Sengupta ), was a renowned Bengali author. He was born in Noakhali, now in Bangladesh.-Life:At the age of 13, after his father's death, Sengupta moved to Calcutta, where he completed his schooling....
’s work. There have been classical stage presentations of ballets based on Michael Madhusudan Dutt
Michael Madhusudan Dutt
Michael Madhusudan Dutt or Michael Madhusudan Dutta was a popular 19th century Bengali poet and dramatist. He was born in Sagardari , on the bank of Kopotaksho [কপোতাক্ষ] River, a village in Keshobpur Upozila, Jessore District, East Bengal . His father was Rajnarayan Dutt, an eminent lawyer, and...
’s Meghnadbadh Kavya, the great epic Mahabharata
Mahabharata
The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India and Nepal, the other being the Ramayana. The epic is part of itihasa....
and Abanindranath Tagore
Abanindranath Tagore
Abanindranath Tagore was the principal artist of the Bengal school and the first major exponent of swadeshi values in Indian art. He was also a noted writer, particularly for children...
’s Rajkahini in which Nava Nalanda students joined the professionals.
Awards and prizes
- On school foundation day (1st February) students faring exceptionally well in the Board Exams are awarded with prizes and scholarships.
- Students securing top ranks in the school annual examination are awarded with prizes in the annual prize distribution ceremony.
- The Nalanda Ratna Award is awarded to students of the school who have done well in a field of study.
- The school has been awarded TTIS School Of the Week Award.
Notable alumni
- Aneek DharAneek DharAneek Dhar is an Indian singer who won the regional spin off singing competition, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Bangla, and won Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 at the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2007 Grand Finale on 13 October 2007.Aneek Dhar from Kolkata is a renowned Indian...
, singer - Poulomi GhatakPoulomi GhatakPoulomi Ghatak , born 3 Jan 1983, a table tennis player from West Bengal, India. She won three junior national championships as well as five senior national championships between 1998 and 2007....
, table tennis player - Raja Venkat, ex-captain of Bengal cricket team, and national selector
- Parambrata ChattopadhyayParambrata ChatterjeeParambrata Chatterjee is a Bengali Indian male actor and director of television and films.-Career:His directorial debut feature film is [Jiyo Kaka] starred by Rituparna Sengupta and Rudranil Ghosh....
, Bengali actor and director - Rituparna SenguptaRituparna SenguptaRituparna Sengupta is an Indian actress. She is the leading actress in Bengali Cinema for the last decade in India, and is also currently performing in critically acclaimed Hindi Cinema.- Early life and education :...
- Indraneil Sen( Singer)
- Kushal Chakraborty(actor)