Mr. Alok Verma, Director In-Charge of Rourkela Steel Plant presented the ‘Best Academic Performance Award – 2024’ to 14 students for excelling in various Board examinations in Class-10 and Class-12.

Under the ‘Best Academic Performance Award’ in the Class X category Om Pratik Palai of Saraswati Shishu Vidyamandir, bagged the topper’s award in HSC Exam conducted by BSE(Odisha).

The joint topper in ICSE Exam conducted by CISCE, New Delhi were Mihika Agarwal of St. Joseph’s Convent School, Samant Kaniska Dhal of Chinmaya Vidyalaya, E.M. School, and Debabrata Panda, St. Paul’s School. Anwesha Satpathy of Deepika English Medium School, Sec-5 topped the AISSE Exam conducted by CBSE, New Delhi.

Similarly in the 10+2 under Council of Higher Secondary Education Board, Odisha, Roma Kumari Razak of Science Stream, and Nandini Kumbhar of Arts Stream from Government Higher Secondary School, Rourkela and Priyadarshini Mohanty of Commerce stream from Municipal Higher Secondary School, Rourkela received the toppers  awards.

The top rankers of Class-12 CBSE Board Examination in Science, Commerce, and Arts stream were  Anandita Bhuyan from Deepika English Medium School, Dhriti Parmar and Aditya Prasad both from Delhi Public School respectively.

ISC Board Examination in Science, Commerce and Arts stream were topped by Ayushi Kumari, Barri Manognya, and Chandresha Das, all from St. Joseph’s Convent School, Hamirpur.

Each of the students was given award consisting of cash award of Rs. 10,000/- and a certificate of merit.  Mihika Agarwal, Samant Kaniska Dhal, and Debabrata Panda were awarded with a special award of Rs. 10,000/-.

Seven students of RSP run schools also received the Nehru Memorial Award for being toppers in their respective schools in various Board examinations.  The top rank holders of Class X Board Examination were Ashlesha Sahoo (ICSE) of IEMS, Sector – 20, Sneha Singh (ICSE) of IEMS, Sector – 22 and Subhalaxmi Sahoo, (AHSC Exam) of Deepika Ispat Sikshya Sadan. Khushi Choudhary of Science stream, Khushi Nety of Arts stream and Sanchita Panigrahi of Commerce stream all from Ispat Vidya Mandir, Sec-19 were the toppers in Class – XII who received the award. Topper of Class XII of IEMS, Sec-20, Supriya Sahoo was also awarded.  Each of the students were presented with cash award of Rs. 3,000/- and a Certificate of Merit.

The felicitated individuals were Mr. R.K. Tripathy, Mr. G.C. Naik, Mr. C.S. Mohapatra, Mr. G.B. Parida, Mr. Umakanta Mahapatra, Mr. Gurucharan Sahoo, Mr. Kishore Chandra Nanda, Mr. Radha Krushna Panda, Mr. R.C. Mohanty, Mr. Arakhita Panigrahi, Mr. G.C. Patnaik and  Mr. Durga Charan Mohanty.

Elucidating the contributions of the Ispat Bindhanis, Mr. Bhowmick said, “The RSP that we are having today is standing tall with all its glory and grandeur because of the hard work, dedication and commitment of these elder generations of ours. The legacy of their accomplishments will continue to guide Rourkela Steel Plant into the future.”

Honouring the unwavering spirit of the veterans who built Rourkela Steel Plant has made the independence day a special one.