Finally version 1.4.0 of CVS was ready and we had a successful voting session at school today. All the teachers were very happy with it and all of them alongwith lots of students congratulated us and displayed their appreciation on our effort.

The voting went very smooth and fast and no confusion or stampede took place as it had always done. It took around 3~4 hours with the students coming class by class and lining up according to their houses and then casting their votes on the respective computers (1 per house). Archit and I were running around since 8 am setting things up, getting them ready and hoping that nothing goes wrong, and I thank God that it went fine.

There was media coverage too, as this was apparently the first time in India that a school's council election process was carried out electronically and that a couple of students made such a software for the school. We were interviewed by reporters from NIE, The Hindustan Times and a couple other newspapers. Some random voters were also questioned as to how they liked the new system and they sounded pretty happy and satisfied with CVS, and all of this made us beam with pride and happiness.

When we were informed that our software would be used for the following years as well and also for the Junior Council elections, it made us immensely proud and the hint that we would be given a "Certificate of Appreciation" and our work be announced on the Founder's Day in the presence of the parents were the icing on the cake. It was really amazing to give back something to the institution which has shaped our lives for the past 10 years and make history for the school.

We thank Ma'am J. Mishra and Sir N. Motilal for all their support and encouragement throughout which really made the difference…

I hope that we can continue updating the software and keep adding new features and making it even better.

You can read up a detailed page on the software and its sections here – Computerised Voting System