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Achievements and Accolades
It is rightly said, “challenges are stepping stones to success”. The students have learned to adapt and perform in this
exceptionally challenging year by participating and winning at various interschool and interhouse competitions. The
pandemic did not deter our spirits and we made this school year a notable one for several milestones and achievements.
From the • Our School ranked 2nd in Navi Mumbai, 20th in Maharashtra and 60th at the national level in the Best
Co-educational School Category in EducationWorld India School Rankings Survey 2021-22.

• Our School was one of the proud exhibitors at India Toy Fair 2021 which was held from 27 February 2021 to 2 March
Principal’s 2021, the first-ever Virtual Toy Fair inaugurated by our Honourable Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi. The school

participated under the category of Department of School Education/ Higher Education and displayed toys in the
category of Board Games, Puzzles and Manipulatives, Educational Kits and Toys. The educational kits, board games,

Desk task cards and manipulatives developed by our teachers our school target age group of 4 years to 13 years. Our virtual
booth showcased 15 edutainment tools that are regularly used as teaching-learning resources in our school.
• The team Fun Academy represented by Prerna Jasti, Soumorup Chakrabarti and Riyansh Sachdev of Class 11 made
the school proud in the Grand Finale of Toycathon 2021, an inter-ministerial initiative organised by the Innovation
Cell, Ministry of Education. Their innovative project Fun Book was adjudged one of the Best Projects among the 279
Selected Projects in the Grand Finale. The winners received a cash prize of 25,000 rupees.
• Agnid Bhattacherjee, Chaitanya Obhan, Sukriti Choudhary, Vyapti Gupta, Prerna Jasti and Soumorup Chakrabarti
created innovative projects that earned them the first, second and third positions in the competition on "Integration
It gives me immense pleasure to present the annual report of Reliance Foundation School, Koparkhairane for the academic
of CODING with STEAM”. The competition, a part of the national conference on "Integration of STEAM in School
year 2020-21, a year like no other!
Education, was organised by NCERT Bhopal from 26 February 2021 to 28 February 2021. The three winning
At the outset, I would like to congratulate all our students for accomplishing an extraordinary academic year with such projects, Insignia, Funbook and Solaris Orbitron, presented at the national conference, were created based on coding
perseverance and resilience. Abruptly we left the familiar and “plugged into” virtual school which pushed all of us into and mathematics.
uncharted territory. Nonetheless, throughout the uncertainties of the year, we have transformed most of our challenges
• Ananya Rakesh Pathak of Batch of 2021secured the All India Rank 1 in the NIFT Admission Test 2021 for B. Des.
into opportunities. We not only learnt to unmute ourselves and share our screens but also found ways to stay connected
Programme conducted by the National Institute of Fashion Technology and secured admission to CEPT Ahmedabad.
with each other.
• Krish Vasa of Batch of 2021 secured an All India Rank of 291 in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test
Although the year forced us to retreat to within four walls, we found new and alternate ways of learning and collaborating. I
[NEET (UG) – 2021 conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA).
am proud to say that a remarkable year is completed in quite an outstanding way just because each one of our students and
staff stepped way outside their comfort zones to discover a resourceful, experimental and innovative self. • Garvit Shah of Batch of 2020, Pranav Chakravarthy, Bhaskar Hurkat and Krish Vasa of Batch of 2021 qualified for
JEE (Advanced) 2021. Pranav Chakravarthy, Bhaskar Hurkat and Garvit Shah secured admissions to IIT Jodhpur,
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IIT (BHU) Varanasi and SVNIT Surat respectively.
Continuing with the tradition, this year too, the school once again attained commendable results in classes 10 and 12. This
year's performance is a poignant reminder of the challenges of remote learning experienced by our students of Classes 10 • Nikhil Baishkiyar of Batch of 2020 qualified the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2020 and secured
and 12 and how they overcame such challenges successfully. admission to IIT, Kharagpur.
I am proud to announce that with 100% results our Third Batch, the Batch of 2021 posted outstanding results in the All India • Vedant Singh qualified the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2020 and secured admission to K. J.
Senior School Certificate Examination 2021. At 98.4%, Krish Amit Vasa of Science Stream became the School Topper, Somaiya Medical College, Mumbai.
followed by Neha Krishnamurthy and Pranav Chakravarthy with 97.4% sharing the Second Position and Shruti Nema bagged • Krish Vasa of Batch of 2021 qualified for the prestigious Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana Fellowship Award 2020.
the Third Position with 96.2%. They are also toppers in the Science Stream. In the Commerce Stream, Greeva Sudhir Jalota
Not only our students but our teachers also brought laurels to the school.
scored 96.2% to secure the First Position, followed by Anurag Konar at the Second Position with 96% and Diya Mahajan and
Shreya Baheti share the Third Position with a score of 95.8% each. In the Skill Subject Stream, Aritra Das secured the First • A Research Paper titled 'Project Based Learning and Integration of STEAM in Coding and Other School Subjects'
Position by achieving 78.4%. A total of 92 students took the Board Examination this year: 55 from Science Stream, 31 from under the theme 'Way Forward, Shaping the Schools for Tomorrow' by Dr Seema Lathkar, PGT Mathematics, and Ms
Commerce Stream and 6 from Skill Subject Stream. 16 students scored 95% and above, whereas 37 students scored 90% and Sunita Arora, PGT Computer Science, was presented at the National Conference on 'Integration of STEAM in
above. 87 students recorded Distinctions by scoring 75% and above. 66 students together achieved 157 A1 Grades in various School Education' organised by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) and Regional
subjects. The School Average Score is an impressive 86.98%. In the Commerce stream, the school average score stands at Institute of Education (RIE), Bhopal.
87.80% and in the Science stream, the school average score is 87.88%.
• 5 teachers brought laurels to the school with their outstanding performance at the Centre for Teacher Accreditation
With an impressive School Average of 85.44%, the Fifth Batch of Class 10 secured 100% results in the All India Secondary (CENTA) Teaching Professionals' Olympiad 2020 (TPO).
School Examination 2021. Vedant Khare secured the First Position in the School with a score of 98.8%, followed by Raghav
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Deshpande securing the Second Position with 97.8%. Navya Chopra with a score of 97.6% was placed at the Third
Position. A total of 96 students took the Board Examination this year. 12 students scored 95% and above, whereas 38 “For education to be complete, it must include not only the training of the intellect but also the refinement of the heart and
students scored 90% and above. 80 students recorded Distinction by scoring 75% and above. 9 students together achieved the discipline of the spirit.” Through many virtual activities, the school provided conscious and relevant opportunities to
9 Perfect 100s in Sanskrit, Hindi and Mathematics. In all five subjects, 25 students have scored 90 and above and 10 enable our young learners to acquire knowledge, skills and the habits of mind and heart that will develop them into
students have secured A1 Grades. 54 students have together achieved 174 A1 Grades across various subjects. confident and creative individuals. The students were encouraged to virtually come together to participate in engaging
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