Telegraph Edugraph - 18 under 18 - Awards for Eastern India's 18 Young Achievers Under 18

Meet the 18 Under 18

Ananda Bhaduri

Mathematician

Sarala Birla Gyan Jyoti, Guwahati

Anandini Sengupta

Poet & Writer

Modern High School For Girls, Kolkata

Anushka Jana

Artistic Gymnast

Uttarpara Girls High School, Hooghly

Anushri Modi

Swimmer

La Martiniere For Girls , Kolkata

Avigyan Kishor Das

Tech Innovator

Hooghly Collegiate School, Hooghly

Divyani Mohanty

Odissi Dancer

South Point High School, Kolkata

Khwaish Sharma

Air Weapon Shooter

The Newtown School, Kolkata

Likuta Persis Tissicca

Martial Artist (Taekwondo)

Hollotoli School, Dimapur

Mahee Singh

Equestrian

South City International School, Kolkata

Nikum Gyamar

Footballer

Witty International School, Bhilwara

Pranav Ashar

All-rounder

Lakshmipat Singhania Academy, Kolkata

Ram Daftari

Quizzer & Debater

Birla High School, Kolkata

Rwitabina Gupta Bhaya

Artist & Sculptor

The Newtown School, Kolkata

Shraddha Oraon

Singer

Techno India Group Public School, Falakata

Vivekananda Mission School, Kolkata

Vidishaa Mundhra

Skater

Lakshmipat Singhania Academy, Kolkata

Popular Choice

Khwaish Sharma

Air Weapon Shooter

The Newtown School, Kolkata

Special Mention

Dhritishman Chakraborty

Singer

Delhi Public School ONGC, Nazira

Navoneer Bhattacharyya

All-rounder

Birla High School, Kolkata

Paridhi Das

All-rounder

DAV Model School, IIT Kharagpur

Shanaya Singh

Storyteller

Mahadevi Birla World Academy, Kolkata

Vidushi Agarwal

Skater

La Martiniere For Girls , Kolkata

Zaiyigum Zeliang

Coder & Entrepreneur

Hollotoli School, Dimapur (Nagaland)

The 50 Finalists

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Meet the Jury

Anupam Roy

Singer and Musician

Anupam Roy is a National Film Award-winning singer, songwriter and music director. From Amake amar moto in Autograph to the Journey Song in Piku, this singer-composer is the sound and voice of a generation.

Dibyendu Barua

Chess Grandmaster

Dibyendu Barua is India’s second chess Grandmaster. He has won the National Championships thrice and is a recipient of the Arjuna Award. He is the director of the Dibyendu Barua Chess Academy.

Dr Jai Ranjan Ram

Psychiatrist

Dr Ram is a leading psychiatrist with an MD in Psychiatry from NIMHANS, Bangalore, an MRCPsych from UK and CCST in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He is also the co-founder of the Mental Health Foundation-Kolkata.

Joydeep Karmakar

Olympic Shooter

Joydeep Karmakar is a shooter who finished 4th in the 2012 London Olympics. An Arjuna Award winner, he has represented the country in all leading tournaments. His academy, in Kolkata and Howrah, is grooming the next generation of shooters.

Kunal Basu

Author and Professor

Kunal Basu has authored seven novels and a collection of stories in English, and four novels in Bengali. His latest novel, In an Ideal World, spotlights the India of today. A painter and a photographer, he also teaches at the University of Oxford.

Paoli Dam

Actor

Paoli Dam is a leading actress of screens big and small, of languages Bengali and Hindi, and of formats film and web series. From Kaalbela and Mahanayak to Bulbbul and The Great Indian Murder, Paoli is quite the trailblazer.

Partha Pratim Chakrabarti

Professor and ex-Director, IIT Kharagpur

Partha Pratim Chakrabarti is professor at IIT Kharagpur and an ex-director. He is principal investigator of the National Digital Library of India and has won the President’s gold medal and the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize.

Paul Walsh, MBE

Founder, Jungle Crows

Paul Walsh gave up a diplomatic career to work with underprivileged children in Kolkata. Jungle Crows, the rugby club he founded, promotes sport for development under their Khelo Rugby programme

Sreenanda Shankar

Actor, Dancer & Makeover Consultant

Actor/ Dancer… /Makeover Consultant… that’s who Sreenanda is on Instagram! For the daughter of Tanushree and Ananda Shankar, and the granddaughter of Uday and Amala Shankar, dance and the performing arts are in her DNA.

Our Partners

Presenting Sponsor

Eastern Institute for Integrated Learning in Management (EIILM), Kolkata

EIILM-Kolkata, the outstanding B-School in Eastern India, has been a name highly accepted and acclaimed by the business and industry in India, in general, and corporate houses of national and international character, in particular.

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International Institute of Hotel Management (IIHM)

IIHM, a leader in international hospitality education, provides excellent training in global hospitality standards combined with unique practical exposure which inculcates an entrepreneurial drive in the future talents of Hospitality!

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Vivekananda Mission School

The school was founded upon the ideology of Swami Vivekananda with an objective of imparting ‘Man making and Character building education’ to the prospective young members of the society. The school has earned a glorious reputation for its outstanding performance in academic and co- curricular activities.

Knowledge Partner

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, Kolkata

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT), West Bengal is the nodal University that provides affiliation to more than 200 Colleges spread throughout the state. The University itself offers an array of modern in-house courses, for the all-round career development of the students at affordable fees.

Associate Sponsor

Life Insurance Council

Life Insurance Council is a forum that connects the various stakeholders of the sector. It develops and coordinates all discussions between the Government, Regulatory Board and the Public. In short, it is the face of the Life Insurance industry.

Educators' Testimonials

Mr. Arnab Chandra

Rector, Vivekananda Mission School, Joka, Kolkata
Ms. Sangeeta Tandon

Principal, Shri Shikshayatan School, Kolkata
Ms. Renuka Bama

Principal, Ruby Park Public School, Kolkata
Mr. Sumithran K

Principal, Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya, Yingkiong
Dr. N.K. Dutta

Founder & Principal, Miles Bronson Residential School, Guwahati
Ms. Damayanti Mukherjee

Principal, Modern High School, Kolkata
Mr. John Stephen

Acting Principal, La Martiniere for Boys, Kolkata
Mr. Akshay Agrawal

Program Coordinator / Chief Research and Training Development, Mount Litera Zee School, Jamshedpur
Ms. Indrani Sanyal

Principal, Delhi Public School Megacity, Kolkata
Ms. Nupur Ghosh

Vice Principal, Mahadevi Birla World Academy, Kolkata
Fr. Jilson Chollanal

Principal, Holy Cross School, Agartala
Ms. Abha Sharma

Principal, BSF Senior Secondary School, Shillong
Ms. Suvina Shunglu

Founder Principal, Sri Sri Academy, Kolkata
Ms. Sanjukta Correa

Rector, St. Judes School, Kolkata
Mr. Amit Kumar Das

Headmaster, DAV Model School, KSTP, Asansol
Ms. Reshma Bhattacharya

Principal, Indus Valley World School, Kolkata
Ms. Anjana Saha

Principal, Mahadevi Birla World Academy, Kolkata
Mr. Tushar Bhardwaj

Dean of Activities, Assam Valley School, Assam
Mr. Kiranjeet Singh Pannu

CEO, Apeejay Schools, Kolkata | Haldia | Bhubneshwar
Ms. Kavneet Khullar

Founder Principal, Akshar School, Kolkata
Mr. John Andrew Bagul

Founder Principal, South City International School, Kolkata
Ms. Loveleen Saigal

Principal, Birla High School, Kolkata
Ms. Suparna Roychoudhury

Principal, Hollotoli School, Nagaland
Mr. Raja McGee

Principal, Calcutta Boys School, Kolkata
Ms. Jhuma Biswas

Principal, St. Augustine's Day School Barrackpore, Kolkata
Dr. Terence Hamilton Ireland

Principal, St. James School, Kolkata
Mr. Sunil Kumar Maiti

Principal, Jubilee Memorial School, Mokokchung, Nagaland

About Us

The Telegraph Edugraph brings to you Eastern India's first-ever awards ceremony to recognise and reward 18 young achievers under the age of 18.

Titled 18 under 18 Awards, this initiative aims to spot emerging talent in different fields and inspire students to keep following their dreams.

A flagship event, the 18 under 18 Awards will see participation from schools located in Eastern India - West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.

The Awards will be mentored and judged by some of the most respected names in academia and industry, and a cross-section of achievers from various walks of life.

Areas of excellence

Sports

Coding

Acting

Programming

All-round performance

Technology & Innovation

Poetry

Quiz

Music

Art

Debate

Entrepreneurship

Nomination Criteria

Students up to the age of 18 years can be nominated for the Awards by their respective schools located in Eastern India in any of the mentioned categories.

Excellence and significant contribution by a student in a particular category or their all-round performance will be the criteria for nomination.

Each school can send in a maximum of five nominations, which may be decided by their respective Principal, Director or academic heads.

Nominations are now closed.

Nomination Process

Once nominations close, 100 entries will be shortlisted by Team Edugraph.
Then, a team of educationists and editors will identify 50 students from among those 100 entries.
A special jury panel will conduct one-on-one interviews, online, with the 50 students and choose the Final 18.

Guidelines

Each school can nominate a maximum of five students
Participating school Principal/Academic head has to send in the nominations
A student can be nominated for demonstrated excellence in any one of the mentioned categories or for overall performance
All nominations to be done online