The interactions or conversations elicited by events help students build relationship, understand different perspectives and engage with other cultures.
INVESTITURE CEREMONY
DPSG Palam Vihar held its long-awaited Investiture ceremony on July 15th. It was an honour to recognise and award badges to the newly elected Student Council Members, a varied bunch of outstanding students.The occasion began with the introduction of dignitaries, who were brought on stage to ignite the lamp and evoke almighty’s blessings. Alongside, the school choir sang melodiously, chanting prayers. Ms Jayshree Patel, the Principal of the school, welcomed all of the significant guests and dignitaries in attendance. The SHO Cybercrime, Amit Kumar, graced the occasion with his presence.The chief guest and principal ma’am started the badging ceremony beginning with the captain positions starting with - School Captain (Girl), Prachi Sharma, School Captain (Boy), Akshat Bhardwaj, School Head Prefects - Sparsh Sharma, and Sitanshi Tewary, Sports Captain - Krish Chillar, Cultural Captain - Gauri J. Chavan, Head of I.T. - Abhinav Kumar Singh, and Chief Editor - Avani Nadkar and the house captains - Ganga - Annie Malhotra, Kaveri - Aashima Ramola, Saraswati - Shanvi Tanwar, and Yamuna - Aaditya Chauhan.
SHO Cybercrime Mr Amit Kumar gave a speech
congratulating all the council members and educated the students about cybercrime.
Sir and his team presented a very insightful and memorable session on cyber
safety and cybercrime prevention. Both the students as well as the parents
found the session practical and useful..
Later the ceremony proceeded with the badging of the Vice-Captains and Wing Prefects from grade 6th to 12th. The school’s principal, Ms Jayshree Patel, addressed the gathering with her pearls of wisdom and congratulated and encouraged the new appointees to work diligently. The badging ceremony concluded with the announcements of the Class and Section Prefects.School’s Head Girl, Prachi Sharma led the entire student council to administer the ‘oath’ with a promise to strive for excellence in every field. Akshat Bhardwaj, the school's Head Boy, thanked everyone gathered and promised to lead the council with a zeal for excellence. The school’s talented dancers culminated the programme by giving an enthusiastic performance.
EARTH DAY CELEBRATIONS
An ensemble of events lit up the last Saturday of the month of April. 29th April proved to be an eventful day. The spotlight was on Earth Day celebration, felicitation ceremony of DPSG Cup and the grand inauguration of the swimming pool. Chairman of DPSG Society, Shri OM Pathak spearheaded the grand culmination. A galaxy of eminent personalities graced the momentous event with their benign presence. The Honourable Chief Guest was Shri Faggan Singh Kulaste, the Union Minister of State, Ministry of Steel . Deputy Commissioner Gurugram Sh. Nishant Yadav was the Guest of Honour. Other distinguished guests included Dr. VIVEK SAXENA, IFS, Mr. Subhash Yadav, IFS., Mr. G C Yadav the Former Deputy Secretary of Police, Ministry of Home Affairs Govt. Of India, Mr. Sandeep Sherawat, the Deputy Director National Institute of Solar Energy, Mr. Ram Swaroop Sahu, APS to minister, Ms. Akansha Gupta, a certified CSR professional and Mr. Pankaj Mittal, the Director, Manipal Hospital.
The event commenced with the ceremonial lighting of the lamp.As crusaders of a sustainable environment and with the mission of nurturing an environmentally conscious young generation DPSG Palam Vihar celebrated the Earth Day 2023 with the theme INVEST IN OUR PLANET.’ A series of competitions pertaining to visual art in the form of painting and waste material art work was a week-long affair to give impetus to the go- green drive. The celebration saw the culmination on 29th April with the green ambassadors of the school emphasising on the need to have a positive effect and create a global impact on the environment and promoted awareness through the atrical performances and songs. Chairman Sir in his address urged everyone present to extend their solidarity by reaffirming our commitment to promote harmony with Nature to achieve a sustainable and flourishing society . A tree plantation drive in the later part of the day gave us the important message that - “Our continuing efforts in our everyday lives will make this beautiful planet thrive.” The felicitation ceremony was the culmination of the DPSG Cup, the largest school sports event, across 4 districts. with a combined participation of 3400 students. The awardees in the domain of cricket, football and basketball were honored by the dignitaries. The inauguration of the swimming pool was an event that the DPSG fraternity had been waiting for. The swimming pool has been launched for the students and community. Overall, it was a great day to celebrate the triumph of DPSG, Palam Vihar in all domains. 
DPSG CUP-2023
After setting a high standard for scholastic achievements, DPSG Society now seeks to promote strong values for foundational domains of Sports & Arts. Sports are a significant part of our culture in India, and DPSG has worked hard in the last one-year, post-Covid, to curate and put together a sports platform which will be worthy for our youth – the “Future Leaders”. The prime focus is to create a never-seen-before opportunity and platform for school students by launching the ‘DPSG Cup’. The tournament is designed and curated as a premium sports competition for School Students with rewards and recognition for ‘Winners and Participants’, their ‘Coaches’ who have primed and polished them to reach this stage, and the ‘School’ which nurtures them with sports education. The DPSG Cup will initially be held for Under-15 age group students across four districts – Ghaziabad (UP), Gurgaon (Haryana), Faridabad (Haryana) and Dehradun (Uttarakhand). The DPSG CUP was inaugurated on 17th April with a glittering opening ceremony where sports icons, key influencers and the performing art enthusiasts of the school lent their presence to the event to make it a complete 360-degree sports+ entertainment package in this genre. The School Student Council welcomed all of the participating teams, which were each led by their individual team captains and supported by vice captains. Ms. Sunita Dalal, an international hockey player of repute, who has won numerous medals for our country and competed in competitions like the Commonwealth Games and the Olympics, stood tall as the event's chief guest.
Shri Rohit Pathak, a member of the governing boards of the DPSG Society and Selaqui International School was the esteemed Guest of Honour. Ms. Jayshree Patel, the school's Principal, congratulated each of the guests.A thrilling rendition of the Ricky Martin song "Cup of Life" by the school band was followed by an upbeat dance performance by the dance maestros of the school. The captains and vice captains of each side then stepped onto the field to take an oath and start each game with a spirit of unity. Additionally, Ms. Sunita Dalal addressed the players and encouraged them to develop themselves by pursuing their passions.The DPSG Cup Anthem was subsequently played for the requisite lift the players' spirits after Mr. Rohit Pathak announced the DPSG Cup Meet to be open. The national anthem and the players' meet-and-greet with the distinguished visitors was a defining moment. Cricket, football, volleyball, skating and basketball and many more. 
matches are to feature in this DPSG CUP.
