Achievements
The students of Kendriya Vidyalaya schools have many achievements.
One of them is to have named a star after Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 1 Uppal, Hyderabad, due to the efforts of alumni of the 1982-84 batch now settled in the USA. The International Star Registry issued a certificate recording it in the astronomical compendium Your Place in the Cosmos'. The star is in the Ursa Minor constellation (Laghu Sapt Rishi Mandalam). The group of students graduated in 1984 and are now heading top companies. On what led the class of 1984 to buy the "starry expedition," Vikas Sinha, director at SPSS Inc. Chicago said, "We always wanted to give back something to our school which has instilled in us values and ethics. The 12 years at school have a profound impact on our personality." Others who with Vikas bought the name are Shashi Mehrotra (chief investment officer and senior vice president at The Legend Group, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida) and M Srikant (CEO of Trianz Corp).
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