Dubai: Saanvi Kiran Rai, a Class 9 student from Mangaluru was recently honoured during the 44th UAE Bunts family annual programme held at J W Marriott Hotel, Dubai by the patron of Bunts Padmashree Dr B R Shetty as the ‘2018 Prathibha Puraskar’ student.
In April 2016, when she was a Class 7 student at St Joseph’s School, Abu Dhabi, Saanvi had received the prestigious ‘Sheikh Hamdan Award’ which was honoured by the Deputy Ruler of Dubai HH Sheikh Bin Rashid Al Makhtoom at the Trade Centre Auditorium during the Awards Ceremony.
Ministry of Education, Government of UAE ever since 1998 every year honour those students who have excelled in Academics and other extracurricular activities with ‘Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Makhtoom Award’ and Sanvi is one of them.
Sanvi’s foot steps
Saanvi is the daughter of Dr Kiran Kumar Rai & Supriya Kiran Kumar Rai of NMC Specialty Hospital, Abu Dhabi. She is also the granddaughter of Mangaluru Mijar Guthu Vishawanath Rai, Kidiyoor Badagumane Indira Rai and Mulladka Muttikal Shivanna Shetty, Inna Barimar Pramod Shetty.
Saanvi always excels in her academic competitions and achieves top position wherever she competes. Currently she is being selected as Joint Secretary of ‘Verte Club’ Environmental Awareness programme of the education institution she belongs to.
A lover of Bharatanatyam dance form, she has also attained Kathak dance training from Guru Kundan Mukharjee. She had performed in various programmes in the UAE including dance competitions and has won awards and accolades. Some of her awards include, ‘Asianet Geepas Youth Fest’, ISC-UAE Open Youth Fest conducted by India Social & Cultural Centre, Abu Dhabi and also in UAE Bunts Dance programmes where she show cased her dances.
She also excels in arts and have has attained second place in ‘Draw Your Dream Home’ drawing competition held at India Property Show in Dubai where she won 20 grams Gold. She had also won many prizes in various drawing competitions.
Sanvi is a good orator in poem recitation where she has won first place in ‘Asianet Geepas Youth Fest’ held in UAE National Level inter school competitions.
She is also a good athlete and has won ‘Athletics Championship’ during the Abu Dhabi Malayali Samaj’s UAE level completion in ‘Shot Put’.
She keeps participating in various ‘Save the Environment’ projects and is a member of ‘Green Hope Environmental Group’. Waste recycling is also another project where she participated actively.
All-rounder Saanvi Kiran Rai is a name recognized by all the institutions she took part in and has brought name and fame to the Institutions who supported her. She is being remembered as one of the active student of the Institution and being appreciated always.
A well-deserved Mangalurean student Saanvi Kiran Rai is a proud daughter of her parents and we wish her all the best for her future endeavors.
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