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ISTA LET’S ALUMNI

CONNECT!

DAIS Alumni Impact

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Univariety

DAIS students are special – open minded, self-driven, confident,
and thoughtful. One of our mission this year has been to support
and recognize our students of yesterday and today beyond school
years. Therefore, we decided to formally launch our DAIS Alumni
Network. Our alumni form an integral part of our school DAIS Alumni Stall at the FETE
community. They include professionals working in diverse industries
from fields of law, medicine, entrepreneurship, graphic design, and
the list goes on! Their unique journeys are inspirational, their
experiences are reflective and thought provoking. There are 1200+ active alumni members in the community.
While the Alumni connect to their roots and journey at DAIS, we want our DAIS high school students, right from Grade 9 upwards, to
benefit from engaging with our Alumni Connect network. Students can seek advice from the DAIS Alumni, have their queries answered
for their career pathways and gain insights on relevant internships. The power of Alumni Stories and their experiences shall provide an
informed space for our current DAIS students. We look forward for this to grow from strength to strength!

DAIS students from Grades 6-8 along with Ms. Nausheen Sheikh and Mr. George Juma
attended the International School Theatre Association (ISTA) festival in Mumbai at the
Oberoi International school on March 3-5, 2023. ISTA aims at bringing together young
people, artists and teachers from different countries and settings to create and learn
about theatre and arts. The event brought together students from various schools and
countries. The theme of the event was 'Cultures create
timeless narratives'.
I got an opportunity to be a part of this event. The event
started with some 'ice breaker' activities as there were
students from multiple schools (both from India and
*As on 15th May 2023 & growing
abroad) at the event. We got to know each other through
these activities. Later, we explored how traditional art forms
enrich individuals and communities by visiting a tribal village ALUMNI Stories
in a forest reserve, where we got a chance to learn about
story telling through Warli paintings. We engaged into very
interesting theatrical activities. For example, we were told a 2019 DAIS Alumni
story and were asked to enact it simultaneously while it was Navadha Malpani
being narrated. Group of students were divided in smaller debuts with her song
ensembles and each ensemble prepared a performance to Wajahh. It was written
present to our families on the final day. The theme of this and composed by her,
performance was 'A celebration of differences and identities' while pursuing her
and it concluded the wonderful three day event. Through this Master's degree in
whole event, I learned how to express myself without using finance. She is a trained
pianist who graduated
words and only gestures. - Ranbir Dhall
from Trinity school of
Music & learned Music
Composition at
Berkeley School of
Music.

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