AIFEST Poetry Competition Results 2020

Find the list of authors who have secured A Grades and are selected for publication in the poetry anthology posted below the list of Prize Winners. For queries, email us at aifestevents@gmail.com

The Winners!!!

Category 1. Middle School (Classes V – VIII)

First: Bagwe Vidisha Chandrakant

K.M.S. Dr. Shirodkar High School, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400012

Second: Janisha Johri

Amity International School, Sector-46, Gurugram, Haryana

Third: Diya Sangeeth

IES, Bhavans Vidya Mandir, Kuwait

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Third: Riann Maria Christus

Don Bosco School of Excellence (CBSE), Egmore, Chennai - 600008, Tamil Nadu

 Category 2. High School (Classes IX – XII)

First: Nandini Pandey

Delhi Public School, Bidhannagar, Durgapur-713212

Second: Rumaidha Shaikh

SREF, Bhavani Nagar, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra 414001

Third: Afrah Pandikkadan

PPMHSS Kottukara, Kondotty, Malappuram, Kerala

Special Jury Mention

1. Maanya Johri

Amity International School, Sector-46,Gurgaon

2. Akshat Garg

Aggarwal Public School, Ballabgarh, Faridabad, Haryana 121004

3. Sai Keerthana

PAGE Junior College, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana 500034

 Category 3. Everyone Else

First: Dr Barbara S Sangma

Don Bosco College, Tura, Meghalaya affiliated to North Eastern Hill University (NEHU)

Second: Rima Bagchi

MA Student, Women's College, Bagbazar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700003

Third: Shalini Majumdar

Newtown, Kolkata-700156, West Bengal

Special Jury Mention

1. Muhsina K Ismail

Ambalavattam, Edarikkode PO, Malappuram, Kerala

2. Akanksha Pandey

University of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

We have left no stone unturned to ensure free, fair and just evaluation and competition. We have also made sure that unbiased and capable judges evaluated the poems. All the submissions were checked for plagiarism using both Turnitin and Urkund softwares. We are saddened to inform you that there were a few instances of plagiarism in the competition. 4 poems from Category 1, 6 from Category 2 and 1 from Category 3 had to be rejected on account of plagiarism. Let's be united in this fight to clean the academic system of the menace of plagiarism.

Due to the huge volume of submissions we received, we had to omit many submissions based on the overall grade and score. We share your disappointment. We understand that despite our best attempts, there could be subjectivity in evaluation and judgment. Pure objectivity, especially in evaluating poetry, is almost impossible. Those who have found out that their submissions haven't been selected for publication please remember that even TS Eliot and William Wordsworth had faced rejection from reputed publishers. 

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Authors who have secured A Grades and are selected for publication in the poetry anthology

Category 1: Middle School (Names arranged in alphabetical order)

1. Adya
2. Ahaanya Passi
3. Aishwarya Bhattacharya
4. Albrain A
5. Anuvab Chatterjee
6. Avner Ron Christus
7. Avni Jain
8. B Abhiroop
9. Bagwe Vidisha Chandrakant
10. Darshan Arunkumar (Ramya Ramesh)
11. Deeksha S
12. Deeptarka Maity
13. Diya Sangeeth
14. Drishika Shah
15. Eshika Ghosh
16. Jaanavi Balaji
17. Janisha Johri
18. K Tarun Srinivas
19. KV Rithik Sundhararaj
20. Krittika Mohanta
21. Lakshana V
22. Naomi Naigil
23. Noureen K Ajmal
24. Payal Mishra
25. R Ezhilan
26. R Swarajkanishkar
27. Rakshita Mishra
28. Riann Maria Christus
29. Rohit R
30. Sachin BG
31. Sharon Rose S
32. Shivam Raj
33. Sri Medha Prayaga
34. Sriharshetha AS

Authors who have secured A Grades and are selected for publication in the poetry anthology

Category 2: High School (Names arranged in alphabetical order)

1. Aaryaman Jatav
2. Abhiruchi Vishal Dabhade
3. Adhittya Sivaram
4. Adithya V
5. Adrita Mukherjee
6. Afrah Pandikkadan
7. Akshara S Nair
8. Akshat Garg
9. Anirudh
10. Anmol Ram Malik
11. Anshul
12. Anushka Chatterjee
13. Anushka Mendiratta
14. Archisha Vedha
15. Arijit Mukherjee
16. Arpan Shah
17. Arushi Banerjee
18. Ashmita.Rk
19. Atrishman Mukherjee
20. Ayshmita Biswas
21. Bhavana Gupta
22. BT Madhurima
23. CK Amizhdini Rose
24. Ganaga Mahalakshmi
25. GV Rajalakshmi
26. Jaya Jha
27. Jazi Yvonne Minimo
28. K Vaishnavi Sai
29. Kritika Parashar
30. Lakshmipriya
31. Maanya Johri
32. Malavika R
33. N Ashwini
34. Nakul Suraj
35. Nalini Sinha
36. Nandini Pandey
37. Neveshni E
38. Palak Chaudhary
39. Prabha Jha
40. Pranami Bharali
41. Prarthana Vijayakumar
42. R.Swarnakamatchi
43. Rainna
44. Rashmi Agrawal
45. Resham Chopra
46. Revathy J
47. Riya Arora
48. Rumaidha Shaikh
49. Sai Keerthana
50. Samarpita Philipp
51. Samarth Sarthak
52. Sana Chowdhury
53. Sanchari Acherjee (Both)
54. Sayee Bhakare
55. Shaima Allipra
56. Sherebanu Barnagarwala
57. Shrest Baranwal
58. Sreya Konar
59. Srijani Kaur
60. Stuti Miglani (Deepti M/O)
61. Subhanghi Saha
62. Sumi Gupta
63. Tanisha Jain
64. Tapatya Basak
65. Tulsi Nambiar
66. Yastika Jain

Authors who have secured A Grades and are selected for publication in the poetry anthology

Category 3: Everyone Else (Names arranged in alphabetical order)

1. Aakash
2. Aardra AP
3. Aashi Prasad
4. Abdu Rahiman M
5. Abhijit Seal
6. Abhinav Anand
7. Abhipsa Mohanty
8. Abhishek Dutta Chowdhury
9. Abin Mathew
10. Achudha S
11. Adegboye Adeyanju
12. Afina Reshmi C
13. Ahalya
14. Aishwarya Lakkakula
15. Akanksha Pandey
16. Amit Pandey
17. Anagha Agnes
18. Anagha V
19. Anakha Lakshmi NS
20. Ananda Krishnan
21. Ananya Verma
22. Aneri Gandhi
23. Anguri Hazra
24. Anny Saifi
25. Anonymous (Author of “My Own Soul”)
26. Anshu
27. Anu Chandran
28. Archana PV
29. Ardhra CS
30. Aruna V
31. Arundhuti Chakraborty
32. Arunita Lahiry
33. Ashmita Bora
34. Aswani R Jeevan
35. Aswathi AS
36. Athira Anand
37. Athulya Lal
38. Atiendriya Verma
39. Ayesha Rahman
40. Azmi Azka Md Asif
41. Barasha Rani Saikia
42. Bhavani Maddila
43. Bhavesh Pathak
44. Bibu Binu Thomas
45. Bishal Bimal Mazumdar
46. Brillya G
47. CG Akhila
48. Chetna Bhagoji
49. Chinkhanmuan Samte
50. Christal Ferrao
51. CS Ashitha Hanna
52. D Jeba
53. D Ruban Prabu
54. Debarpita Roy
55. Debasri Debasmita Keshari
56. Deepa Sehrawat
57. Deepak Verma
58. Dhanashree Das
59. Dhara Teraiya
60. Digant Trivedi
61. Dimple Nahata
62. Disha Gupta
63. Disha Pradeep Pawar
64. Divya Deevi
65. Dr Amit Kumar Chandrana
66. Dr Aparna Ajith
67. Dr AR Jyothi Priya
68. Dr Asha Rani Anto
69. Dr Barbara S Sangma
70. Dr DR Pratima Roy
71. Dr M Elangovan
72. Dr M Marimuthu
73. Dr Pallavi Bhardwaj
74. Dr Qudsi Rizvi
75. Errah Jane Ramos
76. Eusebia Kimde S Sangma
77. Florence Laldinpuii
78. Foram Rikky Shah
79. G Keerthana
80. Garima Nandal
81. Gayathri Prathapan
82. Geethika KN
83. Glory Elsa Tom
84. Gouri H Nair
85. Gracias Lourdhu Arokia Sabatini
86. Greeshma Joseph
87. GVS Snehitha
88. Haripriya Ravi
89. Hedera Hafiz
90. Heena Fayaz
91. Hemasreelatha M
92. Henrietta Ifeoma Okafor
93. Himanshi Dhawan
94. Hridyesha Gogoi
95. Ifeoma Ezinne Odinye
96. Indira Nityanandam
97. Jayeeta Paul
98. Jeffrey Pauminlal @Zester Frost
99. Jesna Khanun
100. Josephi Joshni S
101. Joydeep Narayan Deb
102. Jyoti Kushwaha
103. Jyoti Mugalikar Patil
104. Jyotsana
105. Ankitha Raju (KR Ankitha)
106. K Ruhaiya Afrin
107. Kaisar Mahmadiftikar Shekh
108. Kapil Semwal
109. Kavya S Mony
110. Khan Zara Reza Akhtar
111. Khubi Ram
112. Khushbu
113. Khushi Yadav
114. Kishorkumar Shantilal Dave
115. Koyel Banerjee
116. Krishangi Sarma
117. KV Raghupathi
118. L Suriyakala
119. Lilit Anna Varghese
120. Lorna Barbara Erla
121. M Sahila Nizar
122. M Sakthi Sree
123. M Saye Soozie
124. M Soni
125. M Sundara Raju
126. Madhavi Menon
127. Madhumathi H
128. Madhurima Chakraborty
129. Maitri Patel
130. Mamidi Shireesha
131. Manvi Sharma
132. Maria Alejandra Fumaroni
133. Mary Jeniffer Samuel
134. Meenakshi Yadav
135. Meenashy V
136. Megha S J Kumar
137. Mickey Manaswini
138. Miss Maria Roland Lancelot
139. Mitali Bhattacharya
140. Mohana A
141. Sharmila Jajodia
142. Hima Harry
143. Sheetal V B
144. Sofia Khanam
145. Muhsina K Ismail
146. Muskan Jain
147. N Vijayalakshmi
148. Nadar Joel Ebenezer Raju
149. Namrah Rizvi
150. Namrata Talukdar
151. Nandhini A
152. Neena George Kunnath
153. Neena Paul
154. Neenu Thomas
155. Nikunj Thaploo
156. Nisarga C
157. Niteesh KR
158. Noor Fathima VN
159. Noor Mohammed Maheera
160. Nzimiro Lazarus Ugo
161. P Nisha
162. Padma Pooja Kesavan
163. Pallabi Panda
164. Pappulakshmi U
165. Payal Gupta
166. Piyali Dey
167. Pooja K Odedra
168. Prakash Shamjibhai Chauhan
169. Prakruti Vinayak Naik
170. Praneetha
171. Priya Kumari
172. Priyanka Bharali
173. Priyanka Gupta
174. Punita
175. Rachit Dave
176. Rahana K Ismail
177. Ramsha Zaheen
178. Ranjitha Roy
179. Rasmi Menon
180. Rathod Hetal
181. Razanna Niaz
182. Reena Joseph
183. Renita Dsouza
184. Renuka G
185. Reshma LR
186. Rima Bagchi
187. Rinsa Joy
188. Rohini K Potti
189. Rona C Sajith
190. Ronil Soni
191. Rounak Barman
192. RT Renikha Lettish
193. S Arnisha Thangam
194. S Nandhini
195. S Nithya
196. S Renuga Devi
197. S Saritha Sasidharan
198. S Sri Divya Poorani
199. S Vijaya Rekha
200. Sabarinathan V
201. Sachin R Purane
202. Safarin Sadiq
203. Sagar B
204. Sakshi Dubey
205. Sameer Sagar
206. Sandra James
207. Sasmita Mishra
208. Savita Shastri
209. Shajir Cherlakkad
210. Shalini Majumdar
211. Sharanya H
212. Shehnaz Gujral
213. Shivani Sarat
214. Shreeja Shreekumar Pillai
215. Shreya Venkatesan
216. Shruti Ganesh
217. Shruti Sareen
218. Shweta Ghanshyam Punjabi
219. Shwetha R S
220. Shyam
221. Smita Kishore
222. Sonal Maharana
223. Sonali Sharma
224. Sooraj Lal SB
225. Srijana Subedi
226. Suji S
227. Sukrutha TS
228. Sundari Johnson
229. Surya Ratna Sarvani Addanki
230. Swastika Muduli
231. Swetha M
232. Swetha Rajkumar
233. Syed Saba Rizvi
234. Syed Tamjeed Ali
235. T Amiya
236. Tabinda Naiyer
237. Tanisha Rathod
238. Tanya Tripathi
239. Tayyaba Barqi
240. Thaamarai Selvi SP
241. Trayambika R N
242. Tuhina Roy
243. Udatha Geetanjali
244. Upanisha S
245. Jayamurali (V Muralidaran)
246. V Nithya Meiyammai
247. Vipitha Devi
248. Vishnu Priya J
249. Vishnupriya S
250. Viskulesh VP
251. Vittal Navi
252. Waheeda Bi Khan

All the participants whose names are mentioned above will receive E-Certificate. Please be patient, the certificates will be dispatched only in December.  The selected poems will be published in the anthology and made available on Amazon and other online stores.

Our Esteemed Panel of Judges

Dr Ambreen Safdar Kharbe 

Assistant Professor, College of Languages and Translation 

Najran University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Dr Prathyaksh Janardhanan

Assistant Professor,Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Indukaka Ipcowala Institute of Management

Charotar University of Science and Technology (CHARUSAT),Changa, Gujarat

Dr Sonya J Nair

Head of the Department of English, All Saints' College, Thiruvananthapuram

Dr Jukkalkar Syed Imtiaz

Assistant Professor of English, Shri Shivaji Science and Arts College, Buldana (MS)

Dr B Pavithra

Assistant Professor of English, PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore

Dr Mustabshira Siddiqui

Assistant Professor,Department of English 

Taibah University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Dr Shyama Ramasamy

Poet, Research Consultant and Educator, Mauritius

Former ICCR and UGC Fellowships for Foreign National Awardee

Vadapalli Lakshmi

Lecturer, Bhavan's Vivekananda College of Science Humanities and Commerce, Sainikpuri, Secunderabad, Telangana

Mohd Raghibul Haque

Former Fulbright FLTA at Michigan State University 2019-20

Faculty, Gurumantra Academy& Director of Language Clinic, Nadwa College, Lucknow

J Kavi Kalpana

Guest Lecturer, Department of English

University of Madras Arts & Science Constituent College,Chennai

Dr Mahdieh Boostani 

Persian Poetess, Professor, Author of The Impregnable Fortress, and Translator of Rumi

Lecturer at Islamic Azad University Neyshabour, Iran

Dr Annoo Kumari

Poet-critic, PhD in English Literature, Muzaffarpur, Bihar

Prof Lourdusamy C MA, M.Phil, MEd

Academic Coordinator, St Mary's Convent School Moradabad - 244001

Prof Selvarani Paulraj

Centre for Management Studies-Jain University and New Horizon College, Marathahalli, Bangalore

Prof Roseline Jesudas

Northern Border University, Northern Border University, Saudi Arabia

Meenakshi Sharma

Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Delhi

Yash Raj

Department of English, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh

Ms. Paviethra Panchanathan M. A.

Poetess, Amaravathi Nagar, Bodinayakanur 625582

Dr Geetanjali Tiwari

Associate Professor, Department of English, DAV PG College DehraDun, Uttarakhand

Dr Niloy Mukherjee

Assistant Professor, Department of English, Techno India University, EM4, Sector 5, Salt Lake, Kolkata

We at AIFEST, wish to place on record our sincere thanks to all the participants who have made this event a resounding success. Special thanks are also due to the Executive and Governing Body Members of AIFEST for their committed and untiring efforts. Our esteemed panel of judges did a remarkable job, completing the evaluation process within a very short span of time, and on short notice. We are indebted to you for your selfless efforts. We don't have words to thank our dedicated volunteers from all over the country, who worked day and night the last one week to ensure the success of the event.