Jamshedpur, Aug 8: Gulmohur High School hosted the ASISC Regional (Bihar and Jharkhand) Drawing and Painting Competition 2025 on Friday at the Tata Wing Auditorium, bringing talented students from six zones across the two states. The event provided a vibrant platform for young artists from Classes 6 to 12 to express their creativity while addressing social, cultural, and environmental themes.
The competition featured three categories — Sub Junior on “One Indian Festival,” Junior on “Gender Equality,” and Senior on “Protect the Endangered.” Armed with pencils, pastels, watercolours, and acrylics, participants translated their ideas into vivid works of art within a challenging four-hour time limit.
Entries were judged by a panel nominated by ASISC, comprising Debjeet Paul, Art Teacher, Jamshedpur Public School, and D. Tulsi from Vidya Bharati Chinmaya Vidyalaya. The judging criteria included composition, originality, colour scheme, and thematic interpretation..
In the Sub Junior Category, Anshuman Kumar (De Nobili School, Dhanbad) bagged the first prize, followed by Harshit (St. Joseph’s School, Banka) and Yafi Haidar (Don Bosco Academy, Patna). The Junior Category was won by Pratham Dutta (Dayanand Public School, Jamshedpur), with Pratikshya Priyadarshini (De Nobili School, Maithon) in second place and Sakshi Priya (St. Joseph’s Convent High School, Patna) third. The Senior Category saw Aniket Kumar (De Nobili School, Dhanbad) claim the top spot, while Spandan Chattopadhyay (St. Xavier’s High School, Patna) and Vaishnavi Singh (Sacred Heart School, Jamshedpur) took second and third place respectively.
Principal Priti Sinha praised the participants, saying the competition was not only a celebration of artistic skill but also a powerful medium for imagination, creativity, and social awareness. The event left the audience inspired by the students’ thought-provoking and visually compelling artworks.
