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Mr. Bishwajit Banerjee’s address at VidyaGyan Graduation Day | August 4, 2016

August 4, 2016 snfblog

Mr. Bishwajit Banerjee, Principal, VidyaGyan, Bulandshahr, addresses the first batch of alumni of VidyaGyan at the Inaugural VidyaGyan Graduation Day on August 4, 2016.

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As the day came to an end, the bittersweet feeling of separation that we feel every year came back.

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Every year, we take in students that we believe will be overachievers in the future. Our pride when seeing them succeed is not something that can be described easily.

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Every year, we get bigger and better. And the results of our progress are best summarized in the VidyaGyan progress report.

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