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Awards and Award-Winning Poems

All-India Poetry Competition Among School Children

Supported by

Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India

The following students have won the awards

First All India Poetry Competition Among School Children : 1996

First Prize

Vishnu Prabhakar, Bharatpur

For the poem: Bewildered Wheatfields

Second Prize

Smriti Chawla , Ludhiana

For the poem: Tried to Call You

Third Prize

T.V. Shashank , Hyedrabad

For the poem: Bulletin

Commendation Prizes

S. Guha, Hyderabad

For the poem: Time Traveller

Somya Joshi, New Delhi

For the poem: The Prayer Room

Manish Garg, Bhiwani

For the poem: A Modern Head

Parul Madan, Faridabad
For the poem : Great Dreams: Grandma!

Shreya Datta, Ankleshwar
For the poem : The Little mermaid
ChanderBala Modi Academy,

Second All India Poetry Competition Among School Children : 1997

First Prize

Ambika Nair, Elamakkara, Kerala

For the poem: Wake Up -- Father -- Wake Up!!

Second Prize

Shurupa Saha, New Delhi

For the poem: The Examination of Life

Third Prize

Mehak Khanna, New Delhi

For the poem: An Indian Wedding, A Battle

Commendation Prizes

1. Rupanjana Mukherji, New Delhi

For the poem: Wait For Me

2. Tanushree Rai, Bhopal

For the poem: The Touch of Night

3. Priyanka Sacheti, Muscat, Oman

For the poem: Poetry in the Wind

4. Lata Mittal, Hissar

For the poem: Let's Shine

5. Archana Sarathy, Baroda

For the poem: Lost in Latur

Third All India Poetry Competition Among School Children : 2000

First Prize
Meera Visvanathan, New Delhi

For the Poem Butterfly Summers

Second Prize
Joseph Rajan P, Kolencherry

For the Poem Zero, the Hero

Third Prize
Rakesh Balasunder, Kochi

For the Poem My Scary Hairy Ordeal

Commendation Prizes

1. Sree Sarah Cherian, Tripunithura
For the poem: The Frog

2. Keerthana Sampath, Hyderabad
For the poem: I Went for a Walk

3. Megha Mathur, New Delhi
For the poem: Walking on the Moon

4. Lopamudra Sanyal, New Delhi
For the poem: Making of the Agnel Darpan

5. Jinitah Mitesh Shah, Mumbai
For the poem: My School Library

Fourth All India Poetry Competition Among School Children : 2002

First Prize
Azara Singh, New Delhi

For the Poem: Fire

Second Prize
Anirban Mukherjee, New Delhi

For the Poem Who Am I

Third Prize
Bhavna Pandey, Bangalorei

For the Poem What If…?

Consolation Prizes

1. V. V. Sandhya, Komarapatnam
For the poem: The Banyan Tree

2. Amit Barnawal, Panchgani

For the poem: Mirabai

3. Kushal Kumar, New Delhi

For the poem: Lady in the Garden

4. Gitika Bajaj, New Delhi

For the poem: Mirror

5. Divya Isac, Faridabad

For the poem: My Daddy

Special Prize for the New Millennium Poem

Pranay Khanna, Amritsar

For the poem: The Villain Within

Fifth All India Poetry Competition Among School Children : 2003

First Prize

[Award Withheld ]

Second Prize

Mr. Inam Hussain Mullick

for the poem Calcutta – Observations,

Careless and Careful

Don Bosco School, Park Circus – 23,

Darga Road, Kolkata 70017

Third Prize

Miss Apurba Sen

for the poem My Little Room

Class VIII, DAV Public School

Barkakana NTS 829103

Dist. Hazaribagh (Jharkhand)

Commendation Prizes

1. Miss Sree Sarah Cherian

for the poem The Haircut

Class XI

The Choice School

Tripunithura, Kerala 682301

2. Miss Radhika Singh

for the poem Words

Class XII

Vivek High School,

Sector 38, Chandigarh

[Two commendation prizes withheld]

Special Prize

Miss Azara Singh

for the poem Growing Up

Class XI

Bluebells School (International)

Kailash Colony,

New Delhi 110048

[Miss Azara Singh was awarded first prize in the All India

Poetry Competition for School Children in 2002-2003.]

Sixth All India Poetry Competition Among School Children 2005

First Prize

Apoorvananda K.

for the poem The Trouble With My Sister

Class XI

Demonstrtion School, RIE Campus,

Manasa Gangotri, Mysore 570006, Karnataka

Second Prize

Anshu Singh

for the poem I’m Glad the Dinosaur’s No More

Class XI

DMA-I, Modipuram, Meerut, U.P.

Third Prize

Amiya Sinha

for the poem Trees

Class VIII,

Delhi Public School, Senior Wing,

Vill. Chandmari, PS. Shahpur,

Danapur, Patna 801502

Commendation Prizes

1. Anirudh Arun

for the poem Fairy Tailspin

Class X

Sri Sankara Sen Secondary School

No. 9, Vasantha Press Road

Chennai 20

2. Mr. Nikhil Pande

for the poem Village Panorama

Class XI

K.V.A.G.C.R.,

A.G.C.R. Colony, Delhi 110092

3. . Mallika Misra

for the poem I Am the Child of Gujarat

Class VIIIth

The Aditya Birla Public School, Bharuch

4. Shaktishree G.

for the poem The Shadow

Class XI

Rajagiri Public School, Rajagiri,

P.O. Kalamassery 683104, Kerala

5. Disha Heera Patel

for the poem Curious Neighbours

Cass 8^th D, Bhavan’s B. P. Vidya Mandir

Civil Lines, Nagpur

Seventh All India Poetry Competition Among School Children, 2006

First Prize

Aashi Parikh

for the poem …And the dolphin jumped over the moon

Class VII A, Hillwoods School, Sector 25, Electronic Estate

Gandhinagar, Gujarat

Second Prize

Paramveer Sandyam

for the poem Cloning

Class IX, Dayal Singh Public School, Sector 7, Karnal

Third Prize

Sambit Biswas

for the poem The Warrior

Class XI, Delhi Public School, Panipat

Consolation Prizes

1. Aishwarya Pillai

for the poem My Feline Beauty

Class VI, Delhi Public School, Risali, Bhilai 490006

2. Nikita Daharwal

for the poem Mom, I am Scared

Delhi Public School, Risali, Bhilai 490006

3. Prabahan Chakraborty

for the poem Fantasy

Class XI, South Point High School, Ballygunge Place, Kolkata 700019

4. Sanya Sohal

for the poem Haikus on Bombay Blasts Seven Eleven

Class IX, Army School, Bhatinda, (Military Station) 151004

5. Priyanka Kalra

for the poem Writing a Poem

Saai Memorial Girls School, Geeta Colony, Delhi 110031