Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Taranjit Singh Sandhu presents a trophy to students at Lawrence School, Sanawar, on Wednesday. Tribune photo

Solan, October 4

A parade at the historic Arun Khetrapal stadium marked the grand finale of the three-day founder’s day celebrations at Lawrence School, Sanawar. Taranjit Singh Sandhu, Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, who was the chief guest exhorted students to choose a career as per their passion. He said India had a demographic advantage of having a young population which offered unprecedented growth opportunities.Being an alumnus of the 1979 batch, he reminisced his student days and expressed his deep sense of gratitude to the school and the teachers for bringing out the best in him.He also gave away awards to young achievers. The much coveted Chief of the Army Staff’s Trophy for being the best all-rounder boy of the year 2016-17 and the The Som Dutt Trophy for Excellence went to Dhruv Guleria of Himalaya House. Sukhrit Kaur of Vindhya House received the Jajodia Community Service Prize for her selfless service to the community.The Thimmaya Cup for Organisational Ability went to Himani Yadav of Nilagiri House. The Khetarpal Trophy for the School Band Leader for the year 2016 was bagged by Devansh Vadehra of Himalaya House. — TNS