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National Girl Child Day 2023 Today: She is soft, bubbly, powerful & all-rounder; Celebrating Girls!

National Girl Child Day 2023 Today
She is soft, bubbly, powerful & all-rounder; Celebrating Girls!

In a country where every form of female is worshipped whether it is bubbly Shailaputri and ascetic Brahmacharini or the powerful Kali or Katyayani, fighting every challenge with their power, the girl powers continues to grow and flourish. Despite social evils like gender discrimination, sexual abuse and harassment, education, child marriage and others, Indian girls shine across the world with their proud achievements.
Every year on January 24, India celebrates National Girl Child Day with an aim to eradicate inequities that girls face in Indian society. Bringing motivation for all the Indian girls to follow their dreams and hop over the challenges, we recognise some-less known and yet well qualified, inspirational female achievers.

She did that only a few can… selected for 100% funded KL YES program
Riddhi Gupta, a student of class XI at Indore Public School, Main Campus, was selected for the KL YES PROGRAM (AFS). She is a student of Science stream. She got selected for the KL YES Program under AFS. Presently, she is at the United States of America for a year, under the Exchange Program which is a 100% Scholarship Foreign Program.
Riddhi topped in the Class X Board examination (2022-23) with 97% and is a very bright child of the School.

Started roller skating at the age of 2, becomes national champ at 6!
Laksita Sriram, a Grade 1 student from Orchids The International School, Undri, recently won both gold and bronze medals for the '1 lap' and '3 lap' categories, respectively, at the 60th National Roller Skating Championship held in Bengaluru.
Laksita started practicing roller skating at the age of 2. She trains herself 3 hours a day and for 4 days a week. Her love for the sport is such that she even spends 2 hours travelling in her roller skates to the track for training. She balances her passion for skating and her studies with the support of her school teachers and parents.
While there were over 2000 competitors, she competed with 102 challengers in her category. Before the final round, Laksita finished all her races in 1st position. Speaking on her achievement, her school’s principal Anitha Nair said, “We have always encouraged our students to pursue their field of interest, especially in sports. Laksita’s achievement in this competition is the fruit of her hard work and dedication over the years. We are very proud of her and wish her more success!”

Voice of India, She represents India in Debating Squad
A star that shines in the world as India’s brain… Here’s presenting 15-year-old Avni Kaur Chadha, a student of The Emerald Heights International School, Indore, who represents India in Debating Squad.
Her Achievements: I've been a part of the Indian Debating Squad since 2021 which comprises of the top 15 debaters over the country who're selected to represent the country at various international competitions like the World Schools Debating Championship, Oldham Cup, Asia Pacific World Championships. Last year, as part of the squad, I participated at the Doxbridge Debating Competition at part of the Indian continent where we reached Gold Semifinals and was a finalist and second best speaker at the International Competition for Young Debaters that's organised by Oxford University. Because of my background in debating, I've also helped develop the school's team by coaching younger students. Apart from that, I'm generally involved in quizzing, MUNs and writing in school competitions + awards for academic excellence
Dreams: I want to pursue education abroad and a career in law because of how appealing the idea of justice has always been to me as well my ardent interest in argumentation and research make it I think a great fit for me
Family: My mom's a teacher and dad's a civil engineer who have always supported me and helped me along my debating and academic journey
Challenges faced as a girl: I think I've been privileged because I've always received opportunities from my school and I come from a family that wants what is best for me. That being said, I think outside there are always implicit biases that one has to counter, prove themselves more to be regarded at the same level.

At 6, She swam 21 kms!
Meet Adya Agarwal who has created a record as one of the youngest swimmers in her family, school and state. A student of Orchids The International School, Thane, Adya is a child prodigy and an inspiration.
She got her first opportunity at the age of 6.5 years in an open water sea swimming event from Elephanta Caves Island to Gateway of India, Mumbai, covering a span of 12 kilometres and from further Elephanta caves to Karanja jetty in Uran, covering a span of 21 km.
She started swimming as a hobby at the age of 4 and that has now made her a star. Due to covid-19 outbreak, Adya’s future plans had a little break but she is back to breaking records.

She is a warrior, a Champ…
“I was House Captain, Cultural Secretary and Head Girl of my Batch in School. I graduated from MIT World Peace University, Pune with 9.6 CGPA. I started working as a Community Manager at Under 25 and now I handle Experiences and events at Under 25.
I've always wanted to live an independent life, but my parents are very conservative. After a lot of convincing and being adamant with my parents, I moved to Bangalore and I have been living independently since I was 21 years old.
The major challenge I face as a girl is the freedom and independence to work late hours. My mom wants to see home by 8 PM but because being part of the events industry, it requires me to spend extra hours at work.”
Tanisha Karoli
Indore Public School Alumnus

A social worker, a prodigy at 13!
At the age of 13, Siddhita Mohanty, a Grade 8 student of Orchids – The International School, Nagarbhavi claims the title of ‘Girl Prodigy of the Year’ under Women Power India Awards 2022.
The little teenager sets herself apart by conducting many social welfare initiatives and has worked towards betterment of the society.
The list of her expertise ranges from being a certified game developer to a certified Visual Graphic designer and this is just the tip of the iceberg. During the pandemic, Siddhita went on a creative streak where she established her own company – Bloom Riddhi Siddhi and created free 56 applications for children to utilize it for their education, knowledge sharing and other purposes. She has also been invited as the Guest Speaker in Global Youth Education Summit held last year.
Siddhita’s mentor Dr. Mithileysh Sathiyanarayanan, Indian born Scientist and Entrepreneur based out of London, inspires her and helped her in becoming a prodigy at such a young age.

Girls can do it all… brains, creativity & sports!
Brains or fitness… she has it all! Hiya Panchamia, a 13-year-old, studying in The Emerald Heights International School, Indore, does not give up on neither being a sport champ nor compromises with brain games. The list of her achievements include several accolades in debate competitions including winning awards at several Model United National events.
She got a special mention at Magnificent MUN (special mention award). Showing her creativity, Hiya also bagged second position at a drawing competition organised by Indore Municipal Corporation.
Hiya breaks the idea that girls cannot do it all, by being a basketball champ.

Teen Change-Maker
Can you imagine not just being great, but bringing a change to the world when you were a teen? Among the rare few, who can wonder… maybe… here is your rolemodel: Shreshtha Sharma. A student of Satya Sai Vidya Vihar, Indore, Shreshtha has been recognised as an honourable delegate at Harvard MUN. She also received a funding of Rs 1 lakh under Impact Initiative. The initiative provides funding and support to students who submit proposals for social impact projects will be maintained and revamped.

Surpassing suspicions, She made her mark in Australia
I came to Australia at the age of 18 to pursue undergraduate degree in medical field. Presently, I am in the final year of the course and undertaking an year-long placements in different parts of rural Australia.
Over time I had various experiences that structured my interests, dreams and aspirations.
While working at cafés/restaurants, I gained passion and skills for Barista. I eventually became the kitchen supervisor in the same cafe. This gave me a lot of confidence and interest into business.
Furthermore, just recently I have started with an E-commence site called ‘LushKara’ which is an online south-Asian inspired jewellery shop based in Australia.
Talking about Dreams, I believe my dreams and goals for life have changed over time, especially after moving to Australia. I find interests in a lot of different fields.
I am 100% compassionate about my profession as a health professional but I would also want to ‘test and try’ all the things that interest me.
‘Being a girl’ and ‘dreaming big’ these 2 terms don’t go along well together with a lot of mindsets.
Luckily, I have had the most supportive family, however, when a 18 year old girl was stepping out of the country, many people had a say, some good some bad. And this still continues, because a lot of suspicion lies behind the fact that I haven’t been home since I came to Australia.
However my family, especially my mother, never bothered about anyone or anything.
All I care about is as long as my family believes in me and I am able to keep their trust intact, there is no power bigger to break us.”
Divyanshi Mandloi
Indore Public School Alumnus

Daughters bring us Alive
A beautiful change that we can see in Indore is… when families not only embrace but await and welcome daughters as we wait for the sun after a rainy day. One such cute and loving family is Shukla family.
Sushma and Dharmendra Shukla have three daughters, who are the treasures of the entire family tree. Pawani (13), Divya (8) and Kavya (4) are students at Sarwasti Shishu Vidya Mandir, Indore. With such loving parents, the three daughters have made their mark as the best students in their school.

Age is just a number… 8 year old Chess Champ!
A little girl under the age of 8 years can challenge and win a game of wits… chess! It’s hard to believe, right? Meet Chess Champion Anjali Shrivastava from Satya Sai Vidya Vihar, Indore, who bagged first place in U-8 Category 1st Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Memorial Open Rapid & Blitz Chess Tournament.

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