His Highness the Aga Khan’s birthday @ Academy – 13 December 2016
We wish our Founder a beautiful day and year full of peace, joy and gratitude and will be celebrating this momentous event with Academy wide activities.
Personal Project Final Exhibition
Come celebrate the amazing work done by our Year 10 students on 03 Feb. from 11 am - 4 pm.
Personal Project Final Exhibition
Join us on Feb 2 as we celebrate the acheivements of our Year 10 students. In the Commons and SS library from 2-4:30 pm.
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Eshwari Ramsali (Class of 2018) - fusing art and ideology
“Honestly, it still hasn’t hit me that I get to go to the college of my dreams,” she said. “It’s so surreal.”
Two years ago Eshwari wrote an entrance assessment test at the Aga Khan Academy Hyderabad but was not sure if she would be able to join.
“I was dismayed because I loved the concept of an IB education,” she said. “The Academy made it possible for me to be here.”
Eshwari joined the Academy in 2016 and used every opportunity to learn and to express herself, diving into visual arts and global politics courses. She attributes a lot of her personal and intellectual growth to the discussions she had in her Theory of Knowledge (ToK) class.
“It upsets me that I will never have another ToK class,” she mused.
After her creativity, activity, service (CAS) summer internship in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, Eshwari stayed on to do an internship at a film production house, working in production and postproduction on documentary films.
“I like to call it the summer I became a feminist,” she said. “Feminism, for me is a social movement whose success lies in providing equal opportunities for all sexes and genders.”
For Eshwari, it is natural for film and feminism to go together. She describes art and politics as her academic crushes and appreciates the IB for having the accoutrements that allow for interdisciplinary approach to learning. Her extended essay combined visual arts and global politics to write a compelling piece on freedom of expression and art activism. Eshwari’s display at the 2018 Diploma Programme Visual Arts Exhibition also espoused the mingling of subjects, presenting work with powerful feminist overtones.
“Eshwari has exemplary artistic calibre,” said Senior School art teacher, Vijayraghavan Srinivasan. “She has a meta-narrative quality in her pictorial composition which captures recollecting past memories and incidents, fusing them with self-discovery."
The DP Visual Arts Exhibition is a red letter day for Senior students and they work long hours to see it come to life.
“Personally explaining my art and concepts to viewers and seeing realisation dawn on their faces was incredibly rewarding,” Eshwari said. “The exhibition was so important for so many different reasons, and being a part of it with some of the most talented students of the Academy made me happy.”
Eshwari remembers not being confident about her decision to join the arts programme at the Academy, but she’s pleased that she did. Through the programme, Eshwari got to work with professional artists and sculptors, and also discovered artists and filmmakers whose work inspires her and helps her identify herself. Vijayraghavan describes her artwork as insightful and contemplative, and also explorative.
Though she is an exceptional artist, Eshwari wants to study political science so she can pursue a career as a humanitarian lawyer or work in development. She intends on taking courses in art history, so that she can seamlessly step back into the art world, should the opportunity arise.
“The idea of being intellectually stimulated even well into my 50s really excites me.”
Somewhere between learning about the IB and her last ToK class, Eshwari fell in love with the Academy.
“I love that my classes are filled with students from all parts of the country,” she said, “irrespective of their financial standing or cultural background. I strongly believe it helps build our vision of pluralism.”
We wish her and all the rest of the Class of 2018 the best of luck in all their future endeavors!
Class of 2018 graduation ceremony: Saturday 19th May
We wish our 84 grade 12 students all the very best as they complete their journey at the Academy! Ceremony at 7:30pm followed by celebration dinner at the amphitheatre terrace.
Start of term
The Academic Year 2020-2021 commences online on 10 August 2020 while the campus will remain closed.
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Senior School Newsletter - October 2013
October 2013 edition of the Senior School newsletter