Constantia- 2020

The eighth virtual edition of Constantia was organised by the La Martiniere Extracurricular Organisation (LEO) from the 3rd to the 5th of November 2020. Constantia was attended by 500+ eager participants spanning over 34 schools from all corners of the world. Constantia 2020 comprised of ten distinct competitions which were as follows-

1. PIXELS – a competition to show graphic design skills.
2. GIGGLES- Competition to display artistic skills in creating a comic strip using the characters and the theme given.
3. SHUTTER- UP- This was to display the photography skills of the participants.
4. PITCHERS- This event displayed the entrepreneurial skills.
5. BREAKING NEWS – A news- byte making competition to showcase journalistic and videography skills.
6. MONTAGE MANIA- A competition to display video editing skills.
7. TOKEN SCRIPT- Displayed the literary and poetic ability of the participants.
8. CANVAS PAINTING- This competition displayed the artistic skills on a canvas, depicting the theme given.
9. ECO JAM- An impromptu speaking competition for a minute on economic terms
10. WAR OF DJ’s- A competition to test participants DJ-ing skills.

La Martiniere Girls’ College, Lucknow and La Martiniere College, Lucknow were jointly crowned the winners of the eighth iteration of Constantia. The second position was awarded to Welham Boys’ School, Dehradun. 

Our core committee for 2020 was led by LEO’s Pupil Coordinators, Garvit Kumar Kalra and Kartikey Gupta; assisted by Pratham Mehrotra in the capacity of LEO Secretary; Aman Raza as the Administrative Secretary; and Sohaam Kapoor and Sanskar Mehrotra as the LEO Treasurers. The core team was backed by a robust Organizing Committee, which was constantly working in the background.

The Chief Guest for the opening ceremony was Mr. Ali Fazal, an alumnus of La Martiniere who has distinguished himself as a fêted thespian and is now a household name in the world of cinema.