Students
The students of the school are divided among four houses, namely Edison (blue), Newton (yellow), Raman (red) and Bhabha (green) to provide competition between students. The houses have been named after the scientists Thomas Edison, Isaac Newton, C. V. Raman and Homi J. Bhabha. Trophies are given to students of houses based on their talents in sports and other co-curricular activities. For the past few years, the Newton house was at the lead until in 2010, when the Raman house won.
The school uniform is silver gray shirt and navy blue trousers/skirt and flaps of their house On Fridays, the school uniform is a white shirt and white trousers/skirt with a striped tie and the house-colored overcoat.
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