Leadership plays a vital role in the life of students. Jain International Residential School (JIRS) offers opportunities to students to showcase their leadership traits which allow them to shoulder responsibilities as prefects for the various posts in the student council. The students need to go through a rigorous selection procedure before being adorned with the position of a council member. The initiation of the student council members took place on the June 18, 2016 in the form of the Investiture Ceremony. The chief guest was Grp Cpt. T Srinivas Rao.

The event commenced with a ceremonial parade with 700 children representing different contingents holding the school flag and respective house flags high marched past the chief guest in a commendable manner. The new council members were unveiled with great pomp and show and the oath taking ceremony was done under the guidance of the guest who read out the oath where the students swore to uphold and pledge d allegiance to the school reputation, House Flags and designated posts with integrity and honour.

The chief guest advised the children to take sports seriously and to balance both sports and academics as he himself played national level and secured a CAT score of 99.15 percentile and joined IIM, Ahmedabad. The memorable day drew to a close but the hearts and minds of the student council members opened up new vistas for them as this day marked the beginning of a new chapter in their lives.