RANOJI HOUSE
Who was Ranoji?
Ranoji Shinde came from an ancient Kshatriya family. In 1722, Ranoji was made the Commander of the Maratha Army that went to Malwa. The Scindia dynasty started after the Marathas conquered Malwa in 1731 with the Shindes granted 30% of the revenue of the newly acquired territory; and His Highness Maharaja Ranojirao Shinde established Ujjain as his Headquarters.
About the Housemaster:
Mr Anil Pathania, from the faculty of Mathematics, is the Housemaster of Ranoji House. An excellent teacher, he is highly admired by the students. He has been with The Scindia School since 2013 and in this short a time he has already involved himself in a wide range of activities like trekking, playing basketball, volleyball and cricket. A keen sportsman and having been a National level basketball player himself, the boys look upto him for guidance to achieve sporting excellence. The parents and students of his House compliment him for having helped in the creation of loving environment of mentorship and positivity. His sense of discipline, devotion and dedication is recognised and valued by all.
RECENT WINS
House Appointments
- Shresth Agarwal – Deputy Senior School Prefect
- Aarni Sharma – School Prefect for Student Welfare
- Paarth Agarwal – School Prefect
- Dhariya Rungta, Ankesh Bihari, Vishith Venkatesh, Hardik Bhatia, Shaurya Krishna – House Prefects
- Sports Captains:
- Vishith Venkatesh – Tennis Captain
- Shresth Agarwal – Cricket Captain
- Harsh Daruka – Shooting Captain
- Clubs & Publications:
- Korounganba Rajkumar – Editor-in-Chief, Tech Vault (first edition of the IT magazine); Senior Editor, Qila Quotes
- Bhavya Raj Jain – Editor, Tech Vault
- Hardik Singh Yadav – Secretary, Photography Club
- Viraj Agarwal – Joint Secretary, Photography Club
- Shaurya Kumar Jain – Joint Secretary, Debating Society
- Abhigyan Singh Rathaur – Joint Secretary, Wood Work
- Chavvi Chawla – Illustrator, The Review
Overall House Achievements & Founder’s Day
- Founder’s Day Celebration 2025 – Lifted the Efficiency Trophy and the Nepal Trophy
- Secured 15 trophies across extracurriculars and sports, including championships in Cricket (‘A’ Group, ‘B’ Group & Overall), Hockey (‘A’ Group, ‘B’ Group & Overall), Cross Country (‘A’ Group & Overall), Manika Ghosh (‘A’ Group), and Debate, among others
- Paarth Agarwal – Sam Pitroda Award for Scientific Innovation
- Shresth Agarwal – Mahindra Mishra Award for Best in Sports 2025
- Vansh Mehra (Batch of 2025) – Carriappa Shield for Best in Sports
Academics
- Scholars’ Banquet: Amogh Bansal, Sarthak Dalal, Bhavya Raj Jain, Prabh Sahib Singh, Abhigyan Singh Rathaur, Devraj Singh Chauhan, Vivaan Poddar, Avirat Chaudhary, Harshit Agarwal, Satvik Mittal, Yajur Chaudhary, Atharav Kasera, Kovid Kashyap
- VP’s Breakfast & Scholars’ Scarf: Vivaan Poddar, Yajur Chaudhary, Atharav Kasera
- Bhavya Raj Jain, Korounganba Rajkumar – 247th rank out of 5000 participants, International Physics Brawl
Sports
Team Achievements
- Cricket Inter-House ‘A’ Group – 1st (Captain: Ryan Agarwal)
- Hockey Inter-House ‘A’ Group – 1st (Captain: Dhairya)
- Cricket Inter-House ‘B’ Group – 1st (Captain: Devraj Singh Chauhan)
- Hockey Inter-House – 1st & Athletics Inter-House – 2nd (Captain: Abhigyan Singh Rathaur)
- Football Inter-House ‘A’ Group – 2nd (Captain: Prakshal)
- Basketball Inter-House ‘B’ Group – 3rd (Captain: Ishaan Modi)
- IPSC Hockey U-17 Tournament – Bronze (Captain: Bhavya Raj Jain; with Hardik Singh Yadav, Abhigyan Singh Rathaur, Nikhil Dua, Harshit Agarwal, Kovid Kashyap)
- Devraj Singh Chauhan, Abhijay Pratap Singh – Pivotal in the team that won the HH Cricket Tournament
Discipline Achievements
- Hockey: Hardik Bhatia, Sindhu Deep Singh, Dhairya, Bhavya Raj Jain – 2nd, UFH Hockey Tournament; Hardik Bhatia & Bhavya Raj Jain – Silver, SGFI Hockey States; Sindhu Deep Singh & Hardik Singh Yadav – South Africa Hockey Tour (Hardik – Most Courageous Player); Dhairya, Hardik Singh Yadav, Bhavya Raj Jain, Nikhil Dua & Harshit Agarwal – training camps at the Naval Tata Hockey Academy
- Athletics & Cross Country: Abhigyan Singh Rathaur – 4 medals at IPSC Athletics, Silver in 400m hurdles at the SGFI State Level Meet, participated in SGFI Nationals, and 2nd in Inter-House Cross Country
- Tennis: Arnav Agarwal – Gold at Tennis States, Silver in Singles & Doubles at the Interschool Tennis Competition, Winner of Inter-House Tennis ‘A’ Group Opens; Viraj Agarwal – Silver at the Inter-school U-14 Tournament, IPSC U-14 Tennis, qualified for Soft Tennis States; Garav Lamba – 1st runner-up in Inter-school Tennis (Doubles), 2nd in Inter-House Tennis Opens ‘B’ Group; Vishith Venkatesh & Nikunj – State-level competitions
- Basketball: Lalit Kumar, Jagrit Dalal & Ishaan Modi – Afzal Khan All India Memorial Tournament; Vivaan Poddar & Ishaan Modi – All India U-17 IPSC Basketball Tournament; Ishaan Modi – Basketball Districts
- Swimming: Rajveer & Bhavya Raj Jain – Swimming States and SGFI Districts (Bhavya – Bronze in 100m at SGFI Districts; 1 Silver & 2 Bronze at the District Championship); Atharav Raj – 3 medals in Inter-House Swimming
- Shooting: Agrim Pratap Yadav – 4th at MP Inter-school States (Indore), 8th at All India Inter-school (Chennai), participated in the 68th National Championship (Bhopal), qualified for Nationals; Harsh Daruka – State Shooting & All India Inter-School (4th at All India level, qualified for West Zone Pre-Nationals); Vishwajit Singh – Shooting States, qualified for Pre-Nationals; Atharav Raj – IPSC U-17 Shooting
- Football: Abeer Seth, Yajur Chaudhary & Arnav Agarwal – IPSC U-17 Football Tournament
- Chess: Garav Lamba, Siddharth Chaudary & Ishaan Modi – All India FIDE Rated Open Chess Tournament; Ishaan Modi – Open National Chess Championship
Individual Recognitions
- Vishith Venkatesh – Best Goalkeeper in both Hockey & Football Inter-House ‘A’ Group
- Dhairya – Best Defender, Hockey Inter-House ‘A’ Group
- Devraj Singh Chauhan – Best Player, Cricket Inter-House ‘B’ Group
- Abhijay Pratap Singh – Best Bowler in both the HH Cricket Tournament & Cricket Inter-House ‘B’ Group
- Arnav Agarwal – Best Fielder, Cricket Inter-House ‘B’ Group
- Sports Colours (honoured at the Sports Banquet):
- Half Colours: Hardik Bhatia (Hockey), Nikunj (Tennis), Rajveer (Swimming), Devraj Singh Chauhan (Cricket), Avirat Chaudhary (Athletics)
- Full Colours: Hardik Singh Yadav (Hockey), Bhavya Raj Jain (Hockey), Abhigyan Singh Rathaur (Hockey & Athletics), Abhijay Pratap Singh (Cricket), Nikhil Dua (Hockey), Harshit Agarwal (Hockey), Kovid Kashyap (Hockey), Agrim Pratap Yadav (Shooting)
- Sports Captains: Vishith Venkatesh, Shresth Agarwal, Harsh Daruka
Co-Curricular Activities
Model United Nations & Debates
- Kovid Kashyap, Harshit Agarwal & Viraj Agarwal – Winners, Inter-House Hindi Debate ‘B’ Group (Kovid & Harshit – Second Best Speaker)
- Hardik Singh Yadav, Hitesh Singhal & Saaransh Singhal – Tulas MUN (Hitesh & Saaransh – Best Delegate; Hardik – High Commendation)
- Lalit Kumar, Prabh Sahib Singh – SCIMUN
- Hitesh Singhal – DCMUN
- Korounganba Rajkumar – High Commendation (SISMUN), won the Platinum Jubilee Debate Competition, and participated in the Mayoor School Ajmer Debates and the MCGS Debate and Quiz
- Ishaan Modi – GyanShree MUN
- Kovid Kashyap – Genesis MUN
- Abeer Seth – Sanskriti MUN
Leadership, Exchanges & Programmes
- Vishith Venkatesh – St. Mark’s Student Exchange Program 2025; Korounganba Rajkumar – selected for the upcoming exchange
- Shaurya Kumar Jain, Aryaneel Maunder & Agrim Pratap Yadav – German Exchange Program
- Ishaan Modi – Represented the school at the Round Square Conference
- Kovid Kashyap, Nikhil Dua, Harshit Agarwal & Aviral Kumar – French Fest, Mayo College Boys’ School
- Sarthak Dalal, Prabh Sahib Singh – Welham’s School Leadership Programme (Sarthak – 2nd in his event at Stemletics (SKV); attended the Doon Business Fest)
- Amogh Bansal – Part of the IPSC Band; attended the Republic Day Camp
Academic, Creative & Competitive Achievements
- Korounganba Rajkumar – Published a research paper on Neuroblastoma in the International Journal for Multidisciplinary Research; authored a dystopian book, The Error; Best Adaptation Prize (Inter-House Dramatics); Special Mention (Vasant Valley TechWizz); represented the school at the PI Summit (won two awards, team 2nd overall); semi-finalist in an International Physics Competition; qualified for the next round of the Harvard Crimson Essay Competition; presented his AI Math Tutor model at the NCC
- Inter-House IT Week: Vivaan Poddar – 1st, Digital Art; Atharav Kasera – 2nd, Multimedia Event; Abeer Seth – 2nd, Music Composition
- Bhavya Raj Jain, Atharav Kasera – Vasant Valley Science Competition, SYNAPSE
- Rajveer – 2nd runner-up in two events at the Assam Valley Art Fest; Certificate of Merit in Painting
- Chavvi Chawla, Satvik Mittal – IPSC Dance Competition
Service
- Lalit Kumar – VDJS Service Project
