The 10th Grand Finale of Viva La Vida, a National Inter-school Festival organised by VIBGYOR; an astounding success!
Pune, December 27, 2018: The 10th Grand Finale of ‘Viva La Vida’, a national level inter-school competition, organised by India’s leading International school, VIBGYOR Group of Schoolsculminated in an evening of razzmatazz and celebration of talent from different parts of our country. The extravagant inter-school festival completed a decade this year and was held at Balkrishna Lawns, Mundhwa, Pune.
The national level inter-school festival, Viva La Vida 2018 which kick-started in August 2018 had more than 1600 schools and over 150,000 studentsfrom all over India,battling for a cash prize of Rs. 420,000 this year. The panel of judges comprised of names like Anjali Kukreja,renowned Choreographer, ShubhangiGole-Choreographer, Entrepreneur & WOW Award Recipient, Pranaay Pradhan-Music Composer, Singer and Producer, RameshwariVaishampayam– Popular Singer, Major BikramjeetKawarpal-Actor and Retired Army Officer, PayalPatil-Model and Winner of Mrs.Ultimate Diva 2017 and NamrataDube-winner of Mrs Maharashtra 2017.
Prominent Chief Guests who were present at the glittering eventincluded: Radio One RJ-Tarun Joshi, ACP, Pune-Deepak Humbhure, Ex Ms Curvy Queen-MamtaManglani, Owner of Dorabjee Mall-FirozaDorabjee, Naturapath-Dr. Anand Kelkar and Owner of Zaheer Khan Restaurant-Alifya Khan.
The winnersof Viva 10 – 2018 were as follows:
Name of Student |
Name of the School |
Location |
Category Winner & Runner-Up |
Prize Money |
Nora Varma |
VIBGYOR High, Goregaon |
Mumbai |
Voice of Viva – Indian (Winner) |
Rs. 40,000
|
AnamyaMongia |
GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL |
Bengaluru |
Voice of Viva – Indian (Runner-up) |
Rs.25,000
|
ThoihenbaBrahmacharimayum |
VIBGYOR HIGH, HARALUR |
Bengaluru |
Voice of Viva – Western (Winner) |
Rs.40,000
|
Jerusha Thomas |
ESSAR INTERNATIONAL School |
Surat |
Voice of Viva – Western (Runner-up) |
Rs. 25,000 |
Mahi Bagla |
AMANORA PEARSON SCHOOL |
Pune |
Swing-n-Swirl–Solo (Winner) |
Rs.40,000
|
Mishka Jaiswal |
RYAN GLOBAL BHANDUP |
Mumbai |
Swing-n-Swirl – Solo (Runner-up) |
Rs. 25,000 |
FNFC Crew
|
FNFC Crew
|
Mumbai |
Swing-n-Swirl – Group (Winner) |
Rs. 60,000 |
Rhythmic Squad
|
VIBGYOR High
|
Kolhapur
|
Swing-n-Swirl – Group (Runner-up) |
Rs. 25,000 |
PriyanshiDarak
|
VIBGYOR HIGH
|
Kolhapur
|
Viva Nova – Girl(Winner) |
Rs. 40,000
|
Saniya Jaiwant
|
VIBGYOR HIGH
|
Vadodara
|
Viva Nova – Girl (Runner-up) |
Rs. 30,000 |
Mohammed Haris
|
SESHADRIPURAM COLLEGE
|
Bengaluru
|
Viva Nova – Boy (Winner) |
Rs. 40,000 |
Sahir Khan
|
VIBGYOR HIGH, Malad East
|
Mumbai
|
Viva Nova – Boy (Runner-up) |
Rs. 30,000 |
Founded a decade ago by VIBGYOR Group of Schools, Viva is an annual cultural and sports festival which aims to bring studentson one platform to showcase their skills and talent.
Speaking on VIVA,Ms.Kavita Sahay – Vice Chairman, VIBGYOR Group of Schoolssaid,“Our sincere attempt to create an innovative platform for talent display is fructified yet again through Viva 10. The motive behind Viva has always been to encourage students to explore all facets of their creative expressions and skills. The sheer talent displayed at Viva this year leaves me awestruck and humbled. To me, all the participants are winners in their own right. Congratulations to all.”
Viva 10 was truly a celebration of life that brought together not only VIBGYOR students from across the country but from other schools too. The presence of the delegation of students and teachers from CSW Van de Perre School, Netherlands was a welcome addition. The festival included games, sports, singing, dance and spectacular performances.The Viva Carnivals introduced this year as well as the concerts bytiny tots and the sporting events witnessed huge participation from all over India and contributed to making Viva 10a grand celebration of talent!