Dubai: Four Indian boys in Dubai, who recently won international accolades in different fields, were honoured by their school on Tuesday.
Gems Our Own Indian School honoured these achievers on the Students’ Day celebrated by the school. Students of grade 12 donned the role of teachers, supervisors and even the principal for one day on this day.
Grade 12 students Shazmaan Mohammad Malik and Prem Kumar Jangir received a hero’s welcome a day after they reached Dubai after winning the silver medal for the UAE in the GENIUS Olympiad, an international high school project competition about environmental issues.
The competition is founded and organised by the Terra Science and Education and hosted by the State University of New York at Oswego.
Malik and Jangir won the silver medal for designing and developing a “smart car” device that helps the visually impaired to walk past obstacles and help them navigate through places. The palm-sized, solar-powered car, while running ahead of a visually challenged person, can pick up and move aside small objects that come in the way and also beep alarms signalling the person to change directions to right or left when there is any block in front of him or her.
Parents of Malik and Jangir were also invited to witness the honouring ceremony.
Another student, Rixon Lobo of grade 10, received thunderous applauses for getting scouted from Dubai for the FIFA Under-17 World Cup. Lobo, who plays for Al Etihad Sports Academy, got a chance to represent India.
Abdulla Shaheer, of grade 12, was honoured for his achievements in badminton. He recently won Bahrain GCC Junior Open Badminton Tournament (under-19 singles and doubles) and India Club Dubai-UAE Open Badminton Tournament (under-18 doubles winner and singles runner up).
Lalitha Suresh, the principal, said the students stand strong by their conviction. “They are humble in their speech and their actions tell a story … They are self-driven and motivated. The school is supporting them in a way that they are able to bring out their best,” she said.
She also thanked the parents of the achievers for their extensive support in tapping their children’s talents.
