newznew (S A S Nagar) : St. Soldier’s annual feature ‘Technothon 2017’ , the two day Mega Event with the theme ‘International Year of  Sustainable Tourism’ provided a wonderful platform to the young minds. The Techfest not only aimed at enhancing the skills of information technology of the participants but also apprised them of  Sustainable Tourism. There were about more than 150 students from sixteen schools of the Tricity.

On day one , students competed in Colour Splash (Theme:  Any Tourist Destination in India). The budding web designers brilliantly presented their websites(Theme  : Website of a Travel Agency) .

On day two, the bloggers exhibited their technical powers and writing skills on the theme of ‘Terrorism- a major threat to Tourism’. Artistic adeptness was showcased by the contestants of  Poster Making Competition based on the theme ‘Eco Tourism’. In Movie Making (Theme: Digi Promo-Advertisement for a tourist destination  budding artists from various school showcased their movie making skills with utmost perfection.

 Chairman Karnail Singh Brar  applauded the efforts of the Principal and teachers for selecting this internationally relevant theme  which made the event a great success.

The judges Mr. T.P.S. Jassal, M.Tech, IIT, Delhi, Mr.Survir , Senior Manager –KIPS Learning Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Panchkula. and Ms. Madhu Arya  , Content Editor- KIPS Learning Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Panchkula had a tough time judging the  equally competent participants.

The proud winners  are :

Event                             Position   Name of the Student                  SchoolName

Colour Splash      1st     Royalneet Singh  IV                St. Soldier Int. Con. School, Mohali

                             2nd    Mayank Gupta  IV                            Manav Mangal Smart School, Mohali

                             3rd    Shray Sharma   IVB                 St. Soldier Int. Con. School, Mohali

Web Designing     1st       Gurmehar Joneja   X & Rohit X               AKSIPS-65, Mohali

                             2nd    Abhiraj  X   &  Dilsher  X                 Saint Soldier Int. School, Sec-28 CHD

                             3rd    Jyotsna Sharma  X & AbhijeetSingh X      Doon Int. School, Mohali

Movie Making      1^st      Manav Juneja  VIII &  Ishita VII                AKSIPS-65, Mohali

                             2^nd     Komaldeep Singh VIII & Rajsimar SinghVIII Doon Int. School, Mohali

                             2rd    Siddhant Kapoor VIII & Camilla VIII                 Dikshant  Int.  School

Poster Making      1^st      Eknoor Singh  VI                                       Saupin’s School, Mohali

                             2^nd     Gurnoor Sohal  VI                                               Saupin’s School, CHD

                             3^rd      Arshpreet Kaur VI                                               Saupin’s School, Mohali

Blog Writing        1^st      Harnoordeep Vats XII                      St.Soldier Int. Con.School,Mohali

                             2^nd     Harnoor Ghuman   XII                     St.Soldier Int. Con.School,Mohali

                             2rd    Mankaran XII                                   Chitkara Int. School

Overall Trophy was bagged by the host school St. Soldier Int. Convent School , Mohali.