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Senior IAS officer and former Principal Home Secretary Shri Bhanwar Lal, is the Chief Electoral Officer of Andhra Pradesh. Bhanwar Lal is from the state of Rajasthan and he was born on 25th October 1957. Shri Bhanwar Lal is a 1983 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradeshcadre. He completed his Masters Degree in Economics from the University of Rajasthan and MBA from the Birmingham University, UK. As an IAS officer Bhanwar Lal donned several caps - he was the Sub-Collector and Sub Divisional Magistrate at Kandukur and District Collector of Karimnagar in Hyderabad. He was also the managing director of Andhra Pradesh State Non Resident Indian Investment Corporation, Project Coordinator of Central Silk Board and the Commissioner of Civil Supplies. In an all encompassing career in the Government, Bhanwar Lal has had the good opportunity to make ample contribution towards the welfare of labour in the unorganized sector where he helped the unemployed youth to grasp the market demanding skills. 

Many students of Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan actively participated in vanam manam program and planted plants.  The government has decided that the Vanam Manam programme, being launched on July 29 all over the State as part of Mission Haritandhrapradesh to improve the green cover in the State to 50 per cent by 2029 from the present 26 per cent, should be a people’s programme than a government programme, large scale participation of the people and institutions is needed. Public is the stakeholder and saplings must be planted in every open space inside a house and outside, the industries and organisations must saturate the open space on their premises before going to take up planting saplings in other areas. 

Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan stands first to expose all the traditions and cultures to the prosterities. In this process during the month of December the school conduct cultural, literary and sports competitions  for the students in and around East Godavari District and rewards the winners with a cash prize on the day of sankranti sambaralu. On that day the students celebrate the festival in a village which is uniquely built in the school ground. A chief guest inaugurates the village in which one can witness- a school, grama sabha, a park, a solar plant, a water tank, a temple, a few huts, bullock cart, cocks, mounds of grain, people winnowing it, girls playing kolatam moving around bonfire and decorated with rangoli everywhere.   One can also see haridas and men disguised in some mycological characters like lord Rama, Hanuman etc. 

The 76th independence Day Celebrations were conducted on a grand scale with magnificence and grandeur at Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan, Rajahmundry.  The National Flag was hoisted by the Principal of the school. It was followed by the March Past presented by the NCC cadets of the school. The wonderful display of drill to the background music of drums stood out as one of the best highlights of the day. The entire proceedings were live telecast on YouTube and the same was witnessed and appreciated by one and all. 

The Atal Tinkering Lab is a flagship initiative of the Atal Innovation Mission of NITI Aayog.  It was set with the vision to ‘Cultivate one Million children in India as Neoteric Innovators’ by providing them with 21st century skills through self-learning. It intends to introduce children to the world of innovation and tinkering. 

One such lab is established in Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan. Under this scheme, the institution provides a workspace for children to give shape to their ideas through hands on do-it-yourself mode. Students are provided with do-it-yourself kits and equipment on science, electronics, robotics, sensors, 30 printers with computers. Students of standard VI to XI are trained for 2 hours per week in Arduino programming and Scratch Coding by expert trainers.  

The Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan celebrated The Janmastami with lots of devotion, fun and fervor. Students of primary classes, dressing as Lord Krishna, Yasoda and Radha enacted their roles  with great charm and gaiety.  The beautiful rendition of songs and dance made the performance lively and unique. The recitation of the Slokas from the  Bhagavat Gita acting out their meaning fervently with perfect voice modulation stole the show. 

Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan celebrated the ‘Hindi Divas’ on 14th September 2023. Dr. HSM Kameswara Rao, Retired Head of the Department of Hindi, Government College (A), Rajahmundry was invited as the Chief Guest. He motivated the students on the importance of learning Hindi as it is a national language, the treasure house of ancient  Indian knowledge. A large number of students participated in the elocution and essay writing competitions held to showcase the importance of Hindi and raise awareness about the language. The Chief Guest gave away the prizes to the winners. At the end,  the Chief Guest was felicitated by the students. In view of the prevailing pandemic, the entire program was conducted virtually and telecast on YouTube.. 

On the 22nd of December, 2023, the birth anniversary of the world-famous Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan was celebrated as Mathematics Day in Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan. In this connection, the school conducted class-wise quiz competitions in mathematics. Students presented working models and exhibited various formulae of mathematics on specially prepared charts.  The students and parents went from class to class, visited the models and enquired the presenters about the working of each model and formula and its application. The winners of Quiz competitions and the teams for the best exhibits were given prizes at the end of the day.