Monday, May 28, 2012

Class 10 Results

If the price of success is hard work and determination, then the students of Atmiya Vidya Mandir paid the ultimate price of consistent hard work and unshakable determination. On the 24th of May the students of class 10 were rewarded for their perseverance and made their parents, school and teachers proud.

Getting 100% result was a mere formality but the number of students getting higher grades was very heartening as well as satisfying. Two students Hemal Gadhiya and Niral Patel scored 9.8 CGPA (approximately equivalent of 93.1 %) at the top of the class with a perfect score of 10 in Mathematics and Science. Number of students who scored a perfect 10 in Science and Mathematics were 9 and 6 respectively. More astonishing was the class average for 47 students which came to 7.9 CGPA (approximately 75%). 12 students scored 9.0 CGPA or above in the class which reflects a good performance of students as well teachers of Atmiya Vidya Mandir.

Here are the toppers with their CGPAs.

Atmiya Vidya Mandir heartily congratulates the students and their parents for their success in the class 10 CBSE exam.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Lessons learnt from the Great Depression

An attempt was made to reveal the historical decisions and events that led to the Great Depression during the 1930s in the form of a book review presentation on “Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World”. The author of this book is Liaquat Ahamed, a Pulitzer History Prize winner, who received his education from Cambridge and Harvard and has also worked in the World Bank.

The presentation was prepared and given by a group of four members: Anand Kalavadia (Leader, Reader), Agam Shah (Information), Harsh Solanki (Artist, Concept draws), Vishlesh Gondalia (Presenter, Computing).


The author has explained the cause(s) of the great depression focussing on individuals who had contributed to the start. Benjamin Strong Jr. of the New York Federal Reserve, Montagu Norman of the Bank of England, Émile Moreau of the Banque de France, and Hjalmar Schacht of the Reichsbank were the key players. These were the central bankers of the four major powers of the time - US, Britain, France and Germany. The book unfolds the details by explaining about the situations of these countries before the First World War, The Great Depression and after it.


The conclusion made was - a great depression can occur again if ruthless and unthoughtfull decisions are taken.

Quick Links:

Book review 1: Good to Great
Book review 2: We are like that only
Book review 3: 2G Spectrum Scam

Written by: Vishlesh Gondalia and the Lords of the Finance team

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