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Kodaikanal International School
Online Academic Journal

Introduction
Welcome to the KIS online academic journal. This online magazine gives us the opportunity to highlight some of the exceptional academic work produced by the staff and students of KIS. The criteria for selection in this journal are:
  • Staff - Either papers published in peer reviewed journals of repute or presented at peer reviewed conferences including IB conferences

  • Students
    • IB extended essays obtaining an “A” grade and considered worthy of inclusion by the editorial committee
    • TOK essays and internal assessments which obtained the highest grade possible and are deemed worthy of selection by the committee

The editorial committee hopes to showcase the rigor of many of our members of our learning community while also highlighting the breadth of endeavor that KIS undertakes. The committee comprises the Principal, the IB Coordinator and the Middle Years Coordinator.

List of Contents

Extended Essays


Biology – Aaron Chamberlain

Staphylococcus aureus
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English HL -Aditya Menon
The Winter’s Tale and The Tempest
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Business & Management HL - Prakriti Makkar
‘Effective Marketing’ As A Strategic Option To Arrest Sales Of Original CDs.
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Economics HL –Brinda Adhiya
Market structure of KIS operating as an IB school in India
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Geography HL – Rabia Kamal Fareed
Increase in urban settlements has led to a change in microclimate of Riyadh in terms of temperature
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Hindi HL – Ridhi Ghelani
Swatantrata ke dohran di gayi kurbaniyan aur aaj ke vidhyarthiyon ki maansikta
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Political Science HL –Alys Boucher
Naxalite movement
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Political Science HL –Latoya Mistral Ferns
Chinese Market Socialism
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Physics HL –Arjun Thapar
Production of hydroelectricity from a mini hydroelectric plant
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Economics HL –Naina Chhiber
Sustainability and Employment Generation
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Mathematics HL –Radhika Patel
Linear Programming
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Psychology HL –Taira Malaney
To What Extent does Animal Assisted Therapy reduce anxiety?
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Economics HL –Saatvika Kantamneni
Technology and Productive Efficiency
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Economics HL –Raghav Ahooja
Strategies used to increase sales and market position in the oligopolies cell phone market
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Internal Assessments

History HL – Saatvika Kantamneni
Was the Quit India Movement of 1942 an aberration of Mahatma Gandhi's principles of non-violence and satyagraha?
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World Literature (English HL) –Alys Boucher
The Nature of Leadership in Sophocles’ Oedipus and Herman Hesse’s Siddhartha
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World Literature (English SL) –Jung-Hyun(Amy) Kim
Nature’s Effect
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World Literature –Anush Sachdeva
The Outsider
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World Literature (English SL)–Sabina Shakya
Freedom – at what price!
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World Literature (English SL)–Sowmya Thakur
Outsiders
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World Literature (English HL) – Aditya Menon
Commentary on a passage from the Outsider
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Theory of Knowledge essays

Anush Sachdeva
Implications of knowledge
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Jannine Rane
"When can we trust our senses to give us truth"
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Personal Projects (Middle School)

‘RUMA’ – Angshu Natarajan
“To live is so startling, it leaves little time for anything else”; the personal project, in my opinion, has given me the chance to explore my abilities and broaden my scope of understanding through researching and finishing my product.
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Music on Aspects on Love – Sheahan Devadoss
My goal was to try and bring out completely different aspects of one emotion/feeling through music.
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3 Countries, 3 Different Surroundings – Sadichchha Dhakhwa
My Personal Project is carried out with the guiding question of “Am I able to show the difference of my life in 3 different places?”
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Staff Papers

Amertya Sen's Alternative Approach - Atul Deshpande
Article on Amertya Sen's new book, 'The Idea of Justice' (Marathi)
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Economics - Atul Deshpande
Law & Economics (Hindi)
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