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The Fountainhead Essay Contest
for students of high schools and junior colleges in India
1999 Winners

 


The Fountainhead Essay Contest 1999: Winners

First Prize: Rs 5000/-

Second Prize: Rs 2000/- each

Third Prize: Rs 1000/- each

    • Vanicka Arora, Carmel Convent School, New Delhi
    • Anindita Varma, Convent of Jesus and Mary, Ambala
    • Ekadish Bal, Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School, Chandigarh
     
    • Devi Vijay, Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram, New Delhi
    • V. Nandini, P. S. Senior Secondary School, Chennai
    • Aditi Mehrotra, La Martiniere Girls’ College, Lucknow

Consolation Prize: Any one Ayn Rand title of the student's choice

In view of the good quality of essays that could not be accommodated in the above list of winners, we have decided to give a few consolation prizes to the deserving.
    • Shobana Balkrishnan, Bhavan’s Rajaji Vidyashram, Chennai
    • Aninda Sardar, Calcutta Boy’s School, Calcutta
    • Ambika Sagar, Delhi Public School, Bhilai
    • Shreya Rao, St. Ann’s Junior College for Girls, Hyderabad
    • Smita Jain, Delhi Public School, Noida, UP
     
    • Pooja Atree, Father Agnel School, New Delhi
    • N. Lakshmi, General Raj's Shankaran Memorial School, New Delhi
    • Janhvi Johorey, The Cathedral and John Connon School, Bombay
    • Amrita Singh, Guru Harkishan Public School, Karol Bagh, New Delhi
    • Anuja Madan, Bishop Cotton Girl's High School, Bangalore

 Special Prizes for Schools

 For sending the highest number of quality essays

Winner:

St. Ann's Junior College for Girls, Hyderabad

Runner ups:

DAV Public School, Amritsar

Father Agnel School, New Delhi

Students from following schools participated in the competition in 1999.

Andhra Pradesh  Assam  Bihar  Chandigarh
Delhi  Gujarat  Haryana  Karnataka 
Madhya Pradesh  Maharashtra  Orissa  Punjab 
Tamil Nadu  Utter Pradesh  West Bengal 

Andhra Pradesh

  • Hyderabad Public School, Hyderabad
  • St. Ann’s Junior College for Girls, Hyderabad
  • Tetrahedron Junior College, Hyderabad

Assam

  • Army Public School, Guwahati

Bihar

  • Sacred Heart School, Northern Town, Jamshedpur
  • Sacred Heart School, Jamshedpur

Chandigarh

  • Sacred Heart Senior Sec. School
  • St. Stephen's School

Delhi

  • Apeejay School, Sheikh Sarai
  • Ahlcon Public School, Mayur Vihar
  • Blue Bells School
  • Delhi Public School, RK Puram
  • Carmel Convent School, Chanakya Puri
  • Frank Agnel School, Gautam Nagar
  • Gen. Raj's Shankaran Memorial School, Hauz Khas
  • Guru Harkishan Oublic School, Purana Quila
  • Guru Harkishan Oublic School, Karol Bagh

Gujarat

  • Vallabhram Mehta Public School, Vadodara
  • Navrachana Higher Sec. School, Vadodara

Haryana

  • Convent of Jesus and Mary, Ambala Cantonment
  • Apeejay School, Faridabad
  • D.A.V. School, Gurgaon

Karnataka

  • Baldwin Girls' High School, Bangalore
  • Bishop Cotton's Girls High School, Bangalore
  • National Public School, Bangalore

Madhya Pradesh

  • Delhi Public School, Bhilai
  • Christ Church Girls' Sen. Sec. School, Jabalpur

Maharashtra

  • The Cathedral and John Connon School, Bombay

Orissa

  • Delhi Public School, Nalco Nagar

Punjab

  • D.A.V. Public School, Amritsar

Tamil Nadu

  • Bhavan’s Rajaji Vidyashram, Madras
  • The Hindu Senior Sec. School, Indira Ngr, Madras
  • The Hindu Senior Sec. School, Triplicane, Madras
  • Lawrence School, Ooty
  • P. S. Senior Sec. School, Madras

Utter Pradesh

  • Children's Academy, Dehradun
  • Delhi Public School, NOIDA
  • La Martiniere Girls' College, Lucknow
  • Loreto Convent High School, Lucknow
  • Raja Ram Mohan Roy Academy, Dehradun

West Bengal

  • Calcutta Boys' School, Calcutta
  • St. Xavier's Collegiate School, Calcutta

 

 

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