Touchdown.


A group of 88 students wave adieu to a visibly relieved Indian Airlines crew. The suitcases are heaved into Volvos and the preciously-guarded sunscreen bottles emerge. It’s 21st April, 2.30 pm the DAIS students have just landed in Jamnagar.

Clinging to the coast of Gujarat, Jamnagar is a haven for techies and naturalists alike. The foundation of this city leans heavily on a pillar of science. Physics, Chemistry and Biology come alive when one pulls open the curtains. Consequently, Jamnagar forms the ideal destination for the Group 4 Project, which involves all IB Science students.

The Reliance sphere, including the Reliance refinery, township and the Green Belt, is a feast for the eyes. Boasting of petroleum industries that are 100% self-sufficient, the Reliance refinery was the cynosure of all eyes and minds that worshipped physics. The renowned Green Belt is like a gigantic pop-up biology book. Though fauna are far and few, each new curve of the road leads to endless acres of tranquility; 200,000 trees soothed our heat oppress’d brains.

And then there is the township itself. The township is the brainchild of Mrs. Ambani and this reflects in the way every brick spells “Quality”. We were to spend our next four days in personal appartments, replete with terraces, food, kitchenettes, food, cable TV, food and of course, unlimited food.

We also managed to finish a LOT of work. After visits to the bordering villages, farms, hospitals and schools, we compiled a 10 - minute presentation that encapsulated the theories being taught in our classrooms. Call it science at work, call it science at play, the trip challenged the practicality of our ideas.

And at the heart of this flurried activity, the highlight of the trip, the magnificent DAIS vs. KDAV football match fermented a great deal of school spirit. With winning penalties, riveting presentations and fruitful group work, the trip was a S-U-C-C-E-S-S.

- Sukriti Yadava
IB 11

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