A session was arranged for students of Std.VIII on ‘Appreciating Indian Music and Tabla’ on 11th April, 2012. It was conducted by Mr.Rajiv Bhatt. He explained the theoretical parts with the help of a presentation. Mr.Bhatt was accompanied by his son, Soham (An Udgam Student) who gave the Tabla demonstration. The session was interactive, wherein students actively participated in the Q&As. It was thoroughly enjoyed by the students. In fact three of our students played tabla and received a loud round of applause from their fellow mates, teachers and the guest himself.

Ms. Radhika Iyer, Principal – Udgam School has been awarded as ‘BEST TEACHER’ in Gujarat State Category for the 2nd International English Olympiad. IEO is conducted by Science Olympiad Foundation in collaboration with The English And Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad. Over 20000 schools from more than 1000 cities competed for this category. The selection was done by the Academic Council on the basis of :

a) The total number of participating students from a school.
b) The performance of participating students from a school.

2nd International English Olympiad was held in January 2012. Following are the school toppers.  Toppers of classes II to X got medal and certificates and those of XI and XII were awarded certificates.

Mst. Venkatesh Iyer of Std.XII secured 59th position in International ranking.

Conservation of Environment has always been Udgam’s prime motto. The school has left no stone unturned to initiate efforts that lead to a better environment. We at Udgam have introduced projects such as Rainwater harvesting, using Eco-friendly construction material, Waste management, paperless data storing and communication and many more to name. Our responsibility towards environment is not restricted to school and extends towards society at large.

As a part of this environment and social responsibility, Udgam has joined hands with project-Grow-Trees.com, set up by Pradip Shah, founder of CRISIL. Started in June 2010, the organization has been successful in attracting 50 companies and few thousand individuals to plant trees to commemorate birthdays, anniversaries or honour the employees. Udgam too plants trees to celebrate birthday of its teaching and non-teaching staff and students. They receive certificates mentioning the place where the tree is planted in the name of individual.

5th International Maths Olympiad was organized in Dec, 2011 . Following are the school toppers,

Std. V A – Mridang Sheth
Std. VI C – Shalin Gadhavi
Std. VII A – Jaidev Shah
Std. VIII C – Saumya Gupta
Std. IX B – Shriraj Gandhi
Std. X A – Shantanu Patel
Std. XI A – Keshav Gupta.

They have received medals and certificates.