Tisya Singh

Every child is unique. Each one of them is gifted and talented in a particular area. Comparing them as a collective is very unfair. Every single one also has different challenges. For some children, the classroom setting is the place where their talent is the hardest to exhibit. Also, that is the same place where the challenges are easily visible. And our education system forces them to spend so much time in the classroom that it gets tough for these little guys.

But, then there are a few children who are outstanding in every field and are exceptionally gifted. They give evidence of excessive-performance capability in areas such as intellectual, creative, artistic, leadership capacity, or certain academic fields. Tisya Singh, a 14-year-old girl from DPS, Bangalore (East) is one such girl. At an age where the kids are busy with their phones and friends, Tisya already has so many achievements to her name. Her role model is her dad. He is very hard-working and efficiently balances his personal and professional life. He drives her to her classes and helps her with her studies. She wants to make him proud and strives to be like him, someday. She has a disciplined schedule. The weekdays are usually all about school and assignments. But, during the weekends she has a very busy routine which includes her Kung Fu training, guitar/keyboard lessons, and dance classes which usually stretch for 5-7 hours.

Tisya has secured an A1 grade in all academic years in school to date. She has been ranked as the top performer for multiple academic years. Tisya is a member of her school choir. She got “The All-Rounder Position” certificate of merit in DPS East for the academic year 2018-2019. She has represented the school multiple times in ‘Inter-School Competitions. Tisya was awarded a ‘Distinguished Performance Certificate’ for the ASSET Test (Assessment Of Skills For Successful Entry And Transfer Test) held in the years 2017 and 2018. She continued her excellent performance and was selected for “ASSET Talent Search 2018” where she scored in the top 10% of the 4,00, 000 students in the competition. She was ranked in the ‘Top 500’ for the ASSET Talent Search 2018-2019 and was a ‘Bronze Scholar’. This achievement made her eligible for a scholarship program for various international summer institutes which included UC Berkeley and Purdue University. She has won a Gold medal in the ‘National Cyber Olympiad’ (NCO) which is conducted by the Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF). She was also the winner of the Amazon Kindle “ READ TO LEAD '' 2016 contest.

Not just in academics, but she also has accomplishments in various fields. She has already completed an “Acting Workshop” conducted by filmmaker Saad Khan. She walked the ramp in 2018-2019 for multiple brands including “U.S POLO Junior”, “The Children's Place” and designer “Angalakruthi”. As part of “Bengaluru SS '18”, she did a Brand Ambassador photoshoot along with a video shoot for “USPA Kids”.

She was always fascinated by all the talks about women empowerment and their ability to fight back against anything wrong or unjust happening in the world. A lot of short movies which portrayed women who were either defending themselves or someone else made her feel like she was capable of fighting back. This piqued her interest in martial arts and provoked her to learn it herself, a choice she didn't regret. She is holding the Black Belt in Kung-Fu, and also secured and won the student of the year Trophy in 2019. She has won four gold medals, two silver medals, and two excellence trophies during the “Bangalore City Inter-Club Kung-Fu Championship” held in the years 2016 and 2018. She also represented the state of Karnataka in the 7th India National Kuo Shu (Kung Fu) championship in 2018 and won one gold medal, one silver medal, and one bronze medal. She is selected to represent India in the junior 45kg girls' light sands event for the 7th TWKSF World Kho Shu Championship 2022 in Rome, Italy.

Tisya has been dancing and performing on stage since the age of 4 in Summer & Winter Funks. She was hand-picked by Shiamak as ‘Shiamak ShowKids for Bangalore’ and performed in “Shiamak ConfiDance Bangalore (The SPB ) Show”. She was selected and has completed the “SHP Juniors (Shiamak Half Yearly) Program” which is an intensive 6-month dance training program for multiple styles including ballet, contemporary, hip-hop, salsa, jazz, and gymnastics. Later on, she completed the “SHP Advanced Juniors” Program as well. Awarded with the Title: “OYP Student Of The Year 2020-21” during OYP10 from none other than "Dance Guru Shiamak" Shiamak's One Year Dance Certification Program (OYP) is a full-time dance training course that helps potential dance enthusiasts from the world to hone their skills in a professional environment after auditioned and selected by Shiamak Davar himself. She also bagged “The Most potential in contemporary”, ``The Most potential in HipHop” & “The Most potential in ShiamakStyle”. during the OYP graduation ceremony. She has been Awarded 1st Position in Contemporary during Dps Bangalore East Virtual Solo Dance Competition “Footloose 2021”

 And that’s not it, the list of achievements of our young star continues. She has completed Grade 2 in keyboard (with ‘Merit’) and Grade 2 in guitar (with ‘Distinction’) from “Trinity College of London”. She has completed the “White Ball grade” from CSPA (Cue School by Pankaj Advani) and WPBSA (World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association). She is currently pursuing a “Red Ball grade”. She was the runner-up for the inter-house billiards competition in school. She has been selected for the next round of “Mr and Miss Little Kids Competition Bangalore” & won Mr. & Miss little Runner-up South India title Dec 2019.

 Tisya is a very motivated individual and she has done exceptionally well in everything that she put her heart into. She was selected by her school as a representative for Inter School Competitions across genres such as dance, speaking skills, and yoga. She had been a runner-up in an inter-house yoga competition at school. She is also a part of the school choir. Tisya participated and represented her school at Infosys organised “Catch them young 2020”. Tisya hosted a virtual workshop that was attended by the 9th and 12th-grade students across the country. Her Q & A session was very well received at the workshop.

 Tisya is an avid reader and passionate about writing as well. She loves writing stories and poems. Her debut book, which is due for publication this year, already has the book cover launched. She likes sketching, doodling, and painting as well. She received a superior achievement award for the “Poster Making Contest 2016” conducted by DPS East and “HarperCollinsPublishers India”. She likes doodling, sketching, and painting. She was the Brand Ambassador for the “13th season of Colorothon – Draw Your Imagination – a platform deftly created for everyone to pick up arty tools and colourfully express themselves without any limitations. She is the social media head for TCP(Teens for Cancer Patients), an international youth-led non-profit organization dedicated to teens battling cancer. Tisya holds the Exclusive world record (2021) – Exclusive kid category. She has appeared in various media including DD National, Zoom TV, Sun TV Network(Chintu TV), Businessworld, Hindustan Times, etc, and was interviewed for Radio Active CR 90.4 MHZ show.

The higher the kids are on the academic ladder, the harder it gets for them. They find it difficult to give time to things like reading, writing, painting, and dancing. Textbooks take up all their time and most of them lose out on sleep in a rush to do everything as expected by their parents. Tisya will be an inspiration for the kids of this generation. The way she manages her academics along with the other fields is praiseworthy. The kids of this generation need to find a balance between their needs and wanting to survive the demand in the coming years of the 21st century.

Commendable Initiative-

The lockdown due to Coronavirus has left many daily wage workers jobless and homeless. While some fled the cities they worked in, others find themselves helplessly stranded. Our brand ambassador, Tisya Singh took a praiseworthy initiative to provide 40 underprivileged families with food materials, daily for 15 days. She is mobilizing the members of her gated community, Heritage County, and is working with IGP Karnataka & ACP as a ‘Social Warrior’. She received recognition from “Bengaluru City Police”. She is following in the footsteps of our respected Prime Minister, Narendra Modi Ji to ensure that the needy do not go hungry. We couldn’t be any prouder watching her come to the front and lead the community in the fight against this pandemic. Her social work has been covered by various national media including "The Times of India & The New Indian Express”. The Member of Parliament & Central Union Minister of State has appreciated and encouraged her social work.