St. Britto’s Academy, in association with the SEEK FOUNDATION, organized the Award Ceremony of Believe You Can (BYC) 2016-2017 recently. BYC was held between August and November 2016. It is an initiative that came into being after an interactive session of Honourable (Late) President Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam with St. Britto’s students in 2008. Students from over a hundred schools participated in the BYC.
The Chief Guest of the much awaited event was Mr. Sajan Zachariah Varghese of James Cook University, Singapore.
He gave away the Young Artist Award (Creative Strokes), The Young Talent Award ( Dance and Drama ), The Young Poet Award , The Young Scientist Award , The Young Entrepreneur Award , ASSET – Splash- Individual Championship , Asset – Field events for Boys and Girls of various levels, seeking excellence. The Overall trophy for Royal Gridlock 2016 was won by Amrita Vidyalayam , Nesapakkam and the runners up were Ramachandra Public School .The Overall trophy for Young Forum 2016 was won by NPS International , Perumbakkam. The Overall ASSET –SPLASH CHAMPION 2K16 was won by Chettinad Vidyashram, R.A.Puram.
Addressing the winners, participants and the audience, Mr. Varghese encouraged the students of city schools to believe in themselves just like our late President Kalam believed in himself despite the early hiccups he had to go through in his life. Mr. Varghese stated that all it takes for a student to succeed at something is to take that first step. He also observed that an imperfect action was better than perfect inaction. Mrs. Saranya Jayakumar, (Managing Partner of JCR Group of Companies) quoted the example of a bumblebee trying to fly, breaking the laws of Physics as she urged the participants to conquer the negatives with positive thinking. Dr. Anirudh J.R. (Life Line Hospital and one among the youngest members of the Royal College of Surgery, Edinburgh) also emphasized on students believing in themselves and gave tips on how to be a winner. Mr. John Yesudas (Youngest Most Successful Entrepreneur Award winner and India Green’s CEO) drew an analogy from the tennis matches between Stefan Edberg and Boris Becker and insisted that practice was the key to success.
It was a day full of joy, a day about pride and accomplishment, a day of celebration for the winners.