NEW DELHI, November 23: Modern School honoured its outstanding sports persons during its 78th Founder's Day here yesterday.Sachin Kakkar and Himani Arora won the Lady Sobha Singh Award for outstanding achievement while Sameer Jain and Daksh Trivedi shared the Kiran Seth Award for best all-rounders. Taruna Bhatnagar was awarded the Raka memorial award for being the best among girls.
The Dev Raj Puri award for best cricketer of the year went to Gautam Gambhir, who is a member of the Delhi Under-19 team.
The following students were awarded the Principal's prize for excellence in their respective games: Rana Inder Pratap (shooting), Gaurav Khanna and Kanwar Gaurav (diving), Jaskaran (table tennis).
Over 200 students of the school received honours for excellence in various fields from chief guest, former Prime Minister I K Gujral.
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