News: Shodhan Prasad
Dubai, May 28: Mangalurean Sanvi Kiran Rai, a student of St Joseph’s School, Abu Dhabi, who had received the prestigious ‘Sheikh Hamdan Award’ from the deputy ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Bin Rashid Al Makhtoom, was honoured recently during the 44th UAE Bunts family annual programme held at J W Marriott Hotel, by the patron of Bunts
Padmashree Dr B R Shetty as the ‘2018 Prathibha Puraskar’ student.
Sanvi is the daughter of Dr Kiran Kumar Rai and Supriya Kiran Kumar Rai of NMC Specialty Hospital, Abu Dhabi. She is also the granddaughter of Mangalore Mijar Guthu Vishawanath Rai, Kidiyoor Badagumane Indira Rai, Mulladka Muttikal Shivanna Shetty and Inna Barimar Pramod Shetty.
Sanvi always excels in academics 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 showcased her performance.
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 participates actively.
All-rounder Sanvi 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 students of the institution and always appreciated.