Dilip Tirkey attends Annual Day of DAV Vedanta International School

Former Indian hockey captain Padma Shri Dilip Tirkey was the star attraction of the 4th Annual Day Celebration of the DAV Vedanta International School at Lanjigarh whereas scintillating cultural programmes of Dongria Kondha dance–‘Kui Karisma’ and Rajsthani folk dance made the audience spell bound on the cultural fest on Saturday.
Stalwart Dilip Tirky graced the grand occasion as the Chief Guest and Dr Mukesh Kumar, President & Chief Operating Officer–Vedanta Aluminium Limited, Lanjigarh presided over the function. The function commenced with the lighting of the lamp, followed by the welcome speech by Ms. Sukla Chakraborty, Principal-DAV school. Mr. Sanjay Pattnaik, Vice president-HR, Mr. TPK Patro, Head-Finance of VAL were also present on the occasion.
Dillip Tirkey, in his address in epitome, appreciated the atmosphere around the school and said inspiring words to the students for the future endeavors.
Dr Mukesh Kumar in his motivating speech said, “There will be no constraint of abundant facilities in the form of infrastructure and finance. We will ensure the students here get the latest infrastructure/technology available in the country. Looking at the huge response from nearby tribal areas we constructed a pre-primary block.”
The prizes for excellence in different scholastic and co-scholastic areas were also given away by the invited guests. During the function, the 3rd issue of school magazine, VARTIKA, was released.
The atmosphere was quite enthralling with a variety of entertaining cultural programmes like songs, skits and dances performed by students. The audiences of about 1000 people were captivated by Kui Karisma, Genesh Gatha, Rangeela Rajsthani, Cricket Dance etc. The children also played a short drama – ‘Haal Behaal’ condemning the sky-rocketing price rise of essential commodities and burgeoning scams.
The DAV Vedanta International School, Lanjigarh is the only English medium school in Lanjigarh region with more than 350 students. The school has benefited a number of tribal students in the periphery area along with children of employees of Vedanta Aluminium limited.