School Updates

SPIC- MACAY

La Martiniere College is associated with SPIC- MACAY, an organization that promotes the awareness of Indian Culture has organized a series of programmes for our boys.

On 13^th & 14^th October 2014 Pt. Vishma Mohan Bhatt performed for the resident scholars and guests in Spence Hall.   Pt. Vishma Mohan Bhatt is a Grammy Award winner. Pt. Vishma Mohan Bhatt also performed in Spence Hall on his famous ‘Mohan Veena’ for the pupils of classes 8 on 14^th October. The students apppriciated his performance.

On the 15^th October 2014, the students of classes 4 and 5 were mesmerized by the entertaining performance of Pt. Ronu Majumdar who played the flute for the students which the students loved listening too.

TCS –IT WIZ QUIZ 2014

The TCS-IT WIZ quiz is considered to the one of the most popular quizzes in the IT field. Our College was represented by 36 students. Prakhar Rai and Aditya Jalan stood 1^st in the prelims and 2^nd in the finals. Our college was also awarded the overall trophy. We also won the prize for being the best cheering squad.

Gandhi Jayanti

A chapel service was held on the Occasion of Gandhi Jayanti at the College Chapel. The service was attended by the resident scholars and resident staff. The service started with the lighting of the lamp .The lamp was lit by Mr P .Collins , Mrs P. Cowasji , Mr A. Michael, Mrs G. Lobo and Anurag Shah.

The Portrait of Gandhiji was garlanded by Anurag Shah and the two youngest resident scholars Dominic and Kenneth Evans

A series of prayers were recited for communal harmony. Mrs G.Lobo , Nitin Yadav , Shekhar Gaur, Maaz Ahmed and Vagesh Sisodia recited the Christian , Hindu , Buddhist , Islamic and Sikh prayers respectively.

Our Principal addressed the congregation and said that we should not iconise him because it shall become difficult to follow him in our daily lives.

This was followed by the choir singing “Make me a Channel of Your Peace” which was one of the favorite songs of Mahatma Gandhi.

The Chapel Service was followed by a brief fellowship in the Board Room.

Founder’s Day

Founder’s day is the most important event in our School Calendar. As every year the occasion calls for a lot of fanfare. This year too preparations for the event started nearly two months ago.

In the morning the Founder’s Day Chapel Service was conducted. The event started with the laying of wreaths at the Founder’s tomb by distinguished guests and members of the school fraternity. Pastor Sammy Matthai an alumnus of this college delivered the message. This was followed by refreshments in the Sykes hall.

Later that morning the Final of the Inter School Swimming competition was held. The event was attended by a number of old boys as well.

In the Senior Division Cornwallis House, Junior Division- Martin House and in the Colts division Cornwallis House stood first. The Senior, Junior and Colts’ champions were Ashwin Chowdhary, Neelansh Gupta and Adnan Ahmed respectively.

In the evening the Annual Entertainment programme comprised of drama, dance and music. The show stopper being the senior and middle dance choreographed by Mr Nigel Hopley.

The event ended with a vote of thanks by the Principal.

Staff Vs. Pupil Authorities Football Match

On the 10^th of September, La Martiniere College had its annual Staff Vs. Pupil Authorities Football Match which was held at the Polo Ground. The match was full of exciting moments and ended in a draw between the two teams, the final score being 2-2.

The goals were scored by:-

Mr.P.V.Collins, (Vice Principal) and Mr.Priyank Simon (Teacher) from the Staff Team.

And  Shekhar Gaur (House Captain, Hodson House) and Nelson D’Nacio (House Vice Captain, Cornwallis House) from the Pupil Authorities Team.

Open State Swimming Championship

Open State Swimming Championship (Held on 6^th and 7^th September at KD Singh Babu Stadium, Lucknow)

The following Boys were selected:

1. Ahmed Faraz Jafri
2. Shobhit Kumar
3. Shivansh Mishra
4. Neelansh Gupta
5. Adnan Ahmed

Rotary Club Debate was held at NBRI Auditorium on 7^th September

Participants

1. Mohammad Maaz Ahmad
2. Siddhant Raj Tripathi

Topic: Rising Young Population is a Boon or Bane.

2^nd Best Speaker: Siddhant Raj Tripathi(Against the Motion)
3^rd Best Speaker : Mohd. Maaz Ahmad (For the Motion)
Best Male Speaker : Siddhant Raj Tripathi
La Martiniere College was declared 3^rd Best Team.

Inter-Section Gaming Competition Results Class 10

Game Played: CounterStrike
10D vs 10F – 10F Winner (Walkover)
10B vs 10C – 10C Winner (6-0)
10A vs 10E – 10A Winner (6-4)

Semi Finals

10C vs 10F – 10F Winner (6-0)
10C vs 10A – 10A Winner (6-2)

Final

10F (The Dark Aces) vs 10A (The A-Team): 10F Winner (6-0)

Teachers’ Day

On the occasion of Teachers’ Day i.e.5^th September a Special Assembly was held. The portrait of Dr Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan was garlanded by Sauhard Srivastava and Vikramaditya Veer Singh. Areeb Ahmed and Vignesh Mehrotra addressed the assembly. Students gave flowers and gifts to their teachers. After assembly a special programme was held in Spence Hall. The programme included dances, songs and mimicry of teachers.

Reserve Bank of India Quiz

The Reserve Bank of India Quiz was held on the 3^rd September 2014 at the Indira Pratisthan, Gomti Nagar, in which La Martiniere College was represented by 15 teams comprising of 2 participants each. There was a written preliminary round on the basis of which 6 teams had to qualify for the final stage round.

5 teams from our college qualified for the final round but each school could be represented by only one team on stage. They were :

1)    Ayush Niham              9-C

2)    Samarth Srivastava 10-C

The other 4 teams were:

1)    Karan David 11-C  &  Yash Choudhary     11-C

2)    Harshit Sinha 12-C & Sauhard Srivastava   12-C

3)    Kshitij Singh 11-C & Devang Shandilya   11-E

4)    Yashasvi Srivastava 10 B & Saharsh Singh 10 A

All teams on stage comprised of boys of classes 11 and 12. The team from La Martiniere College was the only team comprising of boys from class 9 and 10. Nevertheless these boys gave their peers a tough competition and managed to win the 3^rd prize.

ASISC UP Regional Volleyball meet-2014

La Martiniere College stood runner up in zonal Volleyball tournament. Three boys were selected for the Regional Volleyball team of Lucknow from La Martiniere College:-
1. Saurabh Chaturvedi
2. Samridh Rana
3. Nirbheek Agarwal 

Nirbheek Agarwal has also been selected for the National team from UP.

The boys of volleyball team of La Martiniere College:-
1. Somya Didwania
2. Nirbheek Agarwal
3. Nelson D’ nacio
4. Victor David
5. Saurabh Chaturvedi
6. Samridh Rana
7. Arqam Shah
8. Vagish Singh Sisodia
9. Sedrick Pierce
10. Chaitanya Gupta
11. Abdullah Khan

State Level Air Rifle & Air Pistol Shooting

A State level Inter-school Air Rifle and Air pistol shooting competition was conducted by U.P. State Rifle Association at Agra from 21st August to 24^th  August, 2014. The following boys represented La Martiniere College in the following categories:-

10 Meter Air Pistol Shooting-Team

1. Suryansh Singh
2. Devraj Tripathi
3. Suyash Agarwal

10 Meter Air Rifle Shooting Peep Sight-Team

1. Jaivardhan Mittal
2. Yashowardhan Trivedi
3. Ishan Kalhans

10 Meter Air Rifle Shooting Peep Sight-Individual

1. Sarthak Agarwal
2. Sanskar Havelia

10 Meter Air Rifle Shooting Open Sight-Individual

1. Shubhankar Mittal
2. Syed Alwaz Asif
3. Tabish Ahmed

In the 10 Meter Air Rifle Shooting- (Peep Sight Category), La Martiniere College won the bronze medal. The following boys have qualified for National Level in their respective categories:-

1. Suryansh Singh
2. Devraj Tripathi
3. Suyash Agarwal
4. Sarthak Agarwal
5. Jaivardhan Mittal
6. Yashowardhan Trivedi 

Inter School Chess tournament

Lucknow District Chess Sports Association held an Inter School Chess tournament at Lucknow. The Result are as follows:-

a)     In the category of Class 3-5 – Harsh Amarnani (5D) stood 2^nd.

b)    In the category of Class 6-8 – Sameer Basu (8D) stood 3^rd

c)     In the category of Class 9-12 – Pranjal Saxena (11B) stood 2^nd

d)    In the category of Class 6-8 – Garv Kalra (6E) stood 4^th

e)     In the category of Class 9-12 – Sweethank Bajpai (12 A) stood 8^th

Participation Certificates were awarded to :

a)     Saathvik Gupta

b)    Harshvardhan Mittal

c)     Kritarth Jaiswal

d)    Tushar Jape

e)     Arunam Gupta

f)      Yashavi Srivastava

g)     Saatvik Narain

h)    Mohd. Aman

i)       Ravneet Singh

j)       Prabhu Naman

Overall, La Martiniere College  was placed was placed 4^th in Lucknow District Inter School Chess Championship.

Frank Anthony Debate

Varenya Vir Singh – Class IX B and Raunak Makhija Class X B represented La Martiniere College in the Regional Final of 65^th FRANK ANTHONY DEBATE held at CMS Kanpur Road on the 19^th August 2014, where they stood FIRST, Varenya Vir Singh was adjusted the second best speaker as well.

69th Inter Martiniere Meet 

As always there was a lot of excitement about the Lucknow – Calcutta Meet  .

The teams arrived in Lucknow on the 25^th August. In the evening the teams from Kolkata went to our Founder’s tomb to pay homage . The Resident Scholars of the College put up a small entertainment programme after dinner.

On the 26^th morning the teams headed to La Martiniere Girl’s College for the Debate. The Kolkata girls won the debate. In the evening the debate for the boys at  Spence Hall was held. Spence Hall resounded to the loud cries of ‘Go Cal ‘ and ‘Go Lucknow’. The Kolkata boys won the debate. The best speaker was Arka Banerjee from Kolkata.

On the 27^th the swimming competition was held. This year the swimming competition was at the boys College pool, which has been thoroughly renovated. The Lucknow boys did exceptionally well and lost to Kolkata with a close margin of 14 points.

On the 27^th evening the girls basketball was held at the Girl’s college. The Lucknow girls won and the score was 12-16.

On the 28^th morning, the girls swimming was held at the Girl’s college. The lucknow girls won. The score board showing 154-214 as the final score.

In the evening, the boys of Kolkata and Lucknow clashed on the Polo ground in an exciting football match. The match finished in a 1-1 draw. Mohd Kamran was the only one to score a goal.

Later, that evening a social was organized for the boys and girls. They had a wonderful time dancing to the latest tunes.

On the 29^th  morning, the teams from Kolkata was given an official send-off  by the boys of lucknow. The Principal of Kolkata, Mr S. Chakravarthi  gave a very inspirational speech to the boys.

Eye Check Up

On the 19^th August 2014 , an eye check up camp was organized by Dr. Ravish Kumar Singh (TC EYE CENTRE) who is an old Martinian. The camp took place at College hospital in which students of class 9 and 10 took part and had an eye check up carried out through latest technology provided by the Dr. Ravish Kumar Singh. He also explained the do’s and don’t’s which should be followed for better eye vision.

Dental Check Up

On the 19^th August 2014, there was a Dental Seminar hosted by Astha Dental Solution for the students of class 9 and 10 in Spence Hall. Dr.Chetan Chandra an old-Martinian and his team took a seminar on dental health. He spoke about general problems that can cause damage to our teeth. He also gave some basic information about teeth and told the students ways by which teeth can be kept healthy and white.  During the seminar students were also told the advantages of orthodontic treatment. At the end of the seminar, a representative from Oral B spoke about the tooth brush and the tooth paste which we use to clean our teeth. He advised that everyone should use cross action toothbrush which has been clinically proven to remove more plaque than a manual toothbrush. The seminar ended with a dental checkup which took place in the College hospital.

Claude Martin Debates & the Boulone- Lise Quiz

The First Claude Martin Debates and the Boulone- Lise Quiz, 2014.

The first Claude Martin Debates were held in the premises of La Martiniere College Lucknow from 15^th to 18^th August 2014. These debates were conducted concurrently with the first Boulone- Lise Quiz competition. These events were meant not to be only competitive in nature but also provided a good opportunity for children to meet and understand each other.

There were six outstation teams that were accommodated in the campus itself.

The teams that participated in the event  were from:

1. The Cathedral and John Connon School, Mumbai
2. Bishop Cotton School, Shimla
3. Maharaja Sawai Man Singh Vidayala, Jaipur
4. Mayo Girls’ School, Ajmer
5. The Vasant Valley School, Delhi
6. La Martiniere for Girls’, Kolkata
7. La Martiniere Girls’ College, Lucknow
8. Seth M.R. Jaipuria School, Lucknow
9. La Martiniere College, Lucknow

The teams arrived on 15^th August, 2014 and on the morning of 16^th August, 2014 the event was declared open after an inaugural ceremony by the Principal, Mr C. A.  McFarland. From the morning of the 16^th till 1 pm of the same day, the venue was alive with 18 debates that decided the teams for the semi finals.

The semi finals were held on 17^th August, 2014 in the Spence Hall. Round One was between Bishop Cotton, Shimla and La Martiniere Girls’ College, Lucknow. Round Two was between Cathedral and John Connon, Mumbai and Vasant Valley School, Delhi. Cathedral and John Connon , Mumbai and La Martiniere Girls’ College, Lucknow however advanced to the final stage of the 1^st Clade Martin Debates.

The 18^th morning began with the finals of the quiz (the preliminary round was held on 16^th August, parallel to the prelims of the Debate.) The six teams that made up to the stage level were:

1. The Cathedral and John Connon School, Mumbai
2. Maharaja Sawai Man Singh Vidayala, Jaipur
3. The Vasant Valley School, Delhi
4. La Martiniere for Girls’, Kolkata
5. La Martiniere Girls’ College, Lucknow
6. Seth M.R. Jaipuria School, Lucknow

The trophy for the first Boulone-Lise Quiz was lifted by the team from La Martiniere for Girls’, Kolkata. The trophy for the First Claude Martin Debates was proudly lifted by the well deserving team of La Martiniere Girls’ College, Lucknow. The event came to an end successfully with everyone looking forward for the 2^nd Claude Martin Debates and the Boulone-Lise Quiz.

Annual Entertainment Programme

La Martiniere College had its Annual  Entertainment programme in hindi on 15 August 2014 in Spence Hall . The evening was filled with colour and fun. The pupils of the Junior school and the Constantia campus presented dances and songs. The pupils also showcased their histrionic skills by staging two plays . ‘Meethi Vani’ and ‘Bholaram Ka Jeev’

INDEPENDENCE DAY

Independence Day was celebrated with a lot of enthusiasm. The celebration   started with a smartly turned out parade. The parade comprised of the cadets of the three N.C.C wings namely Army , Navy and Air  and the Scouts and Cubs. The Chief Guest was Mr .Vijay Shankar Mathur.

Mr Mathur has been an alumnus of this college in the 1950’s. He has been in the Indian Police Service. He has also served our country at various important posts. Mr. Mathur took the salute and  and addressed the boys. Mr.Mathur gave a very inspiring speech and told the boys to work hard to achieve their goals.

Aparna Sen’s visit to La Martiniere

Renowned actress Aparna Sen visited La Martiniere College, Lucknow on 12 August 2014 with writer Kalyan Das. She was mesmerized to see the ambience of the campus and also felt the pulse of La Martiniere.

Tree Plantation Drive at Fairy Dale

A tree plantation drive was organized by Tata Motors at Fairy dale, La Martiniere College. Students of Class 6 participated in the drive with full enthusiasm.

Rakshabandhan

La Martiniere College Lucknow celebrated Rakshabandhan with full gaiety. Boys of the Boarding House and the resident staff of the College Campus were greeted by their sisters on the campus with a ‘tika’ of vermillion on their foreheads and a rakhi on their wrists in Spence hall. Boys vowed to take care of their sister.

Inter School Football Tournament

In the Zonal matches of Inter School Football Tournament, La Martiniere College Lucknow Team B clashed with the The Spring Dale School. La Martiniere College won the Match 3-1. The goals from La Martiniere College (Team

B) Lucknow were scored by-

1-DANISH ABBASI

2-MOHD. ARSLAN

Team A of La Martiniere College clashed with St Francis’ College.No team was able to score a single goal during the entire duration of the match. The decision of the match had to be take using the Tie- Breaker in which St. Francis College won 2-1

Hindi Elocution

The Annual Hindi Elocution for Colts 2014, was held on, 8^th August, 2014 in the School Activity Hall. Boys from each section of classes 5 and 6 competed against each other in Division D and boys from each section of classes 7 and 8 competed against each other for division C.

SWOT The Business Quiz

Oxaro Committee conducted SWOT The Business Quiz in the Spence Hall. This quiz was anchored by Mr. Hitesh Keswani assisted by Mrs Reema Dhingra and Karan Tripathi. The team from La Martiniere College were the winners. The winning team consisted of Pulkit Bajpai and Rohan Garg. DPS Indira Nagar were the first runners up and Lucknow Public School Sector D were the second runners up.

Oxaro Committee conducted an IT Quiz

Oxaro Committee conducted an IT Quiz in the Spence Hall.11 teams from different schools, each consisting of two members, participated in the preliminary knock out round out of which eight schools qualified for the final round. Lucknow Public School, Sector D Branch emerged as a straight winner. They were followed by Lucknow Public School Sector-I and La Martiniere College who were the runners up. The quiz was very ably conducted by Aditya Dixit guided by Mr. Carlyle McFarland.

Martin Memorial Inter-Martiniere Debate

The Martin Memorial Inter-Martiniere Debate was presided over by Mr Anand Sagar, renowned journalist and an alumnus of the College. The topic for the debate was ‘Damage to the environment is inevitable when standards of living improve’. The College proposed the motion whereas the girls opposed the motion. The Proposition was represented by-

1. Raghav Kohli (Principal speaker)
2. Mohd. Zaid
3. Anant Khanna
4. Yash Joshi

The Opposition was represented by-

1. Parnika Dembla (Principal speaker)
2. Prachi Tripathi
3. Radhika Mehra
4. Yugika Mital

The motion was carried and Prachi Tripathi was adjudged the best speaker.

A Library cum Leisure room

The Preparatory Department was gifted with a Library cum Leisure room today. It has many books for the students to read and learn. It is a well-decorated room with good infrastructure and beautiful wall painting depicting various characters along with good seating arrangements which children will enjoy. Mr. Shavez Arif, an alumnus and parent is responsible for this addition to the school.

Kids Fest to St Teresa’s Day School & College

These  are some achievements of the children who went for the Kids Fest to St Teresa’s Day School & College.   Art Competition — Syed Aryan Anwar   came FIRST   and Kushagra Tewari   came THIRD

Novus  Literati   at St Teresa’s  Day College ,   Quiz  —  Vishwan  Prakash  &  Vihaan  Sharma  came  THIRD.

Aditya  Saurabh  &  Syed Ayan  Anwar  went for   Jumbled Games and they did their best.

The boys were trained by Mrs M. Gupta . and Ms Kapoor .

EID prayers at College Mosque

The Muslim boys of the boarding house attended a prayer congregation / namaaz held at the college mosque. Mr Moin Ali (Jun. Daroga) led the boys in the prayer and later in the evening librarian of the Senior Library Mrs. N. Hasnain organised an Iftar Party at her residence in which boys enjoyed delicious iftari.

IIMUN 2014

IIMUN 2014

Teacher in charge – Dr Sidique

La Martiniere College hosted the first edition of the Indian International Model United Nations from 18-20 July, 2014.  Over 170 delegates from different schools of Lucknow and beyond participated in the 6 committees simulated. They committees were-

1.            The General Assembly First Committee

2.            The Security Council

3.            The Security Council Constant Crisis

4.            The Economic and Financial Committee

5.            The Human Rights Council

6.            Hindustan 1947

Raghav Kohli served as the Secretary General of the conference.

Of the 24 students who participated from our school, the following won awards-

In The General Assembly First Committee,

Izhan Abbas won ‘Best Delegate’

Hanumant Thakur won ‘High Commendation’

In The Security Council ,

Mohammed Zaid and  Devansh Jolly won ‘High Commendation’

In The Economic and Financial Committee,

Dhruv Sinha won ‘Special mention’

In The Human Rights Council,

Alishan Jaffri won the ‘High Commendation’

Varenya Vir Singh won the ‘Special Mention’

Areeb Ahmed served as the VICE CHAIR of the Council

La Martiniere College was adjudged the overall best delegation.

The following boys also participated

1.            Rohan Garg

2.            Pulkit Bajpai

3.            Anant Rastogi

4.            Parth Shukla

5.            Maaz Ahmed

6.            Aditya Jalan

7.            Raunak Makhija

8.            Tarun Asthana

9.            Revant Batra

10.          Bratish Poddar

11.          Akshat Rastogi

12.          Abhinav Mathur

13.          Vedansh Tandon

14.          Saksham Bansal

15.          Mudassir Hussain

16.          Ishu Dikshit

A number of boys also helped in organizing and managing the conference.   The logistics team headed by Harsh Srivastava and Yash Joshi  comprised of-

1.            Harsh Viryani

2.            Utkarsh Roy Chaudhry

3.            Anant Khanna

4.            Akshat Trivedi

5.            Karan Dev

6.            Ali Mehdi Rizvi

7.            Mayank Srivastava

8.            Raghav Chawla

9.            Pranshu Parth

10.          Harshit Sinha

11.          Abhikam Dixit

12.          Hammad Farooqi

13.          Siddhant Raj Tripathi

14.          Asif Siddiqi

15.          Kushagra Jain

16.          Dipansh Mishra

17.          Johann Brad Abraham

18.          Srijoy Banerjee

19.          Gouransh Bhatia

20.          Sahil Mehra

21.          Harmeet Singh Chadha

22.          Aman Rastogi

23.          Akash Deepak

24.          Arjun Agarwal

25.          Arindam Keswani

The International Press, which wrote humorous articles on committee proceedings published a magazine comprised –

1.            Sudev Singh

2.            Devang Shandilya

3.            Ali Kazim

4.            Shashwat Srivastava

5.            Gokul Pisharody

6.            Bryan David Rafi

The La Martiniere College Media Team covered the event. They Included

1.            Shivam Chitravanshi

2.            Hemang Chaturvedi

3.            Kshitij Gupta

4.            Shivansh Mishra

5.            Rohan Tandon

Football Match at Polo Ground

A Football match was played between Methodist High School, Kanpur and La Martiniere College at the Polo ground on the 26th July. The guest team played 2 matches with the Junior and Senior football teams of our College. Both the matches were won by the teams of La Martiniere College.

In the 1st match (with the Junior team), the College won by 5-0, the goals were scored by Danish Abbasi (2), Craig Johannes, Mustafa and Mohd. Arhsalan.

In the 2nd match (with the Senior team) our College won by 3-0, the goals were scored by Mohd. Kamran, Abbas Javed and Aditya Gupta.

Activity Report, 24th July 2014

Today, at the College many different activities took place. A rock show was arranged by the NIE for class 9 and 10. The boys with huge enthusiasm listened to the melodious songs sung by the performer. He presented many Hindi Rocking Numbers like ‘Galliyan’, ‘Tum Hi Ho’, ‘Teri Dewaane’, ‘Dil Chahta Hain’ and many more. The most amazing presentation which was also a show stopper was given by Shivansh Shukla and Manvendra Raj with BEATBOXING.

A programme on vocabulary was held by the Satyam group for Class 12. Boys got an opportunity to learn and strengthen their vocabulary.

Officers from the Army Wing of the NCC came to the College to take the interview of boys of Class 11 who are to be enrolled in the NCC. The boys were inspired by their words.

Seminar : University of British Columbia

Miss Tanushree Bhattacharya conducted a seminar about the Life at the University of British Columbia, of which she is the Country Advisor. She also informed students on the admission critera and other prospects at the University including Co-curricular activities, scholarships and interships etc.

RBI organized a Financial Literacy Drive

Reserve bank Of India organized a Financial Literacy Drive (Vittiya Saksharta Abhiyaan) at La Martiniere College on 22 July 2014. This meet was attended by Mrs Sangeeta Das, Director DoC, RBI Central Office, Mumbai, Mrs Alpana Kilawala,Mrs Supriya Patnaik (RBI Officials Mumbai) along with the Principal, teachers and senior students of La Martiniere College.

The event was well attended by the students of Senior Classes where they enquired about-

Reason for Fluctuation of the Rupee Vs Dollar

The symbol of RBI

Reasons for comparison of various currencies with US Dollar

Role of Finance Minister in the working of the RBI

Autonomous status of the RBI.

Braille identification of currency.

Safety in e-banking and net banking.

Benefits of electronic transaction over cash transactions.

Identification of counterfeit currency.

IIMUN at La Martiniere College

The Indian International Model United Nations Society organised , the Lucknow Chapter on the 18th, 19th and 20th July 2014 at La Martiniere College Lucknow.

The General Secretary for the assembly was Raghav Kohli of La Martiniere College who also presided over 170 delegates representing different schools of Lucknow.

The opening ceremony was hosted by Harsh Srivastava. the guest for the occasion was Mr. Dinesh Sharma, Mayor of Lucknow City and Mr. Anand Sagar, Renowned Journalist.

La Martiniere College was adjudged the best delegation with Seth M R Jaipuria School being the runners up

Prizes were distributed at the closing ceremony by DGP Anand Lal Banerjee to delegates who excelled in different communities of IIMUN.

Holiday Notice

The Calendar for the last week of July, 2014 shall be as follows: –

School Notice for 14th July, 2014

On account of the FIFA final match held on Sunday, the College shall commence at 09:30 a.m. on Monday, 14^th July, 2014. Pupils will directly go to their classes. There shall be no Assembly on that day. School will be over at the normal time.

The College buses shall pickup pupils who use this facility 2 hours later than the normal time.

The debate competitions

The Debates for the academic year 2014 commenced on 9^th July 2014 with a debate between Cornwallis and Lyons House in the senior category. The topic for the debate was ‘Pragmatism comes before Principle’. The Principal Speaker of Lyons House and Cornwallis House were Raghav Kohli  and Harsh Srivastava respectively. The Winning House was Lyons and Raghav Kohli was adjudged the best speaker.

Our College Website

I am delighted with the new College website and its potential. Be sure, I will be using this space very often!

I would like to use this occasion to offer my special thanks to Mr. Manish Sharma who designed this. Manish is an old boy of the College in the typical Martiniere mould. He works out of Hyderabad and Lucknow and is, like most of us, deeply attached to the College. With business interests in Biotechnology, e-business, designing and a host of ‘money-spinning’ stuff, he has found time to work on this website in a professional manner. I too have been ordered a training in how to communicate on the web … and hence this message!

Thank you Manish and your team for this gift to La Martiniere.

Our EDP Department in the College has provided all the background support, under Manish’s guidance. Mr Sebastian Francis is responsible for much of the digital development in the College. For the website itself, Mr Desmond Michael has contributed sincerely. He shall be coordinating the posts and sections on the site. This is a full time job for him.

Once again: It is always necessary for us to remain in touch. For those of you who are very far away from Lucknow, Mart should be just a click away. Your suggestions and comments are welcomed. Do keep in touch!

Welcome Message

Dear Friends, Welcome to the New Official Website of La Martiniere College, Lucknow. This website is maintained by the EDP Department of the College. You are welcome to browse through the contents and feel a part of the Martiniere tradition. Suggestions for improvement are welcomed. The website shall be updated on a regular basis. It is hoped that all surviving records and documents related to the history of the College shall be uploaded as soon as possible.

Personally, I would like to use this space to keep in touch with you. To facilitate this, please use the address principal@lamartinierelucknow.org . It will be a pleasure to remain in touch especially with old Martinians from around the world.