Meet the 15 inspiring school kids who received the CSIR Innovation Award this year – Education Today News
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) celebrated its 79th Foundation Day at the SS Bhatnagar Sabhaghar in its premises in Delhi on Saturday and virtually announced the various CSIR Awards for younger and older Indians who have made a significant contribution to science in India.
The CSIR Innovation Awards for School Children were announced for 15 incredible children of India who have developed apps, devices or products, or come up with scientific ideas that can help the country.
The children come from a wide range of backgrounds, from both government and private schools, and from big cities and small towns. These young innovators are an inspiration to everyone.
Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Science and Technology, Earth Sciences, Health and Family Welfare and Vice President, CSIR presided over the event.
Other awards announced were CSIR Young Scientist Awards-2020, CSIR Technology Awards-2020, CSIR Award for S&T Innovation for Rural Development (CAIRD) – 2017, 2018, 2019, CSIR Diamond Jubilee Technology Award -2019 and the GN Ramachandran Gold Medal for Excellence in Biological S&T-2020.
About the CSIR Innovation Award for School Children
CSIR instituted the ‘CSIR Innovation Award for School Children’ on April 26, 2002 – the day celebrated as World Intellectual Property Day throughout the world. The award comprises a cash prize, trophy and a certificate.
15 winners of CSIR Innovation Award for School Children
Here are the 15 students who won the CSIR Innovation Award for School Children:
1. Karan S Soin
Class XII of The Shri Ram School, Gurugram, Haryana
Awarded for designing a mobile application for the rural masses for easy access to microfinance in the rural areas.
2. Dhruvi Gupta
Class IX of Amity International School, Ghaziabad, UP
Awarded for designing a herbal paper tooth brush using butter paper, impregnated with herbal-formulation.
3 & 4. A Srija and K Hari Krishna
Zilla Parishad High School, Jogulamba Gadwal, Telangana
Awarded for making eco-friendly biodegradable pots with groundnut shells. These pots are a good alternative to plastic pots in nurseries.
5. Neha Bhat
Class X of Vivekavardhini High School, Puttur, Karnataka
Awarded for making an efficient multi-purpose battery operated automatic spraying machine which can be used as a pesticide, weedicide or insecticide sprayer.
6. Vibha K Bhat
Class VIII of Shri Niketana School, Sirsi, Karnataka
Awarded for designing a Fuel saving Cooking vessel.
7. P Harshitha
Class X of ZP High School, Penumalli, Andhra Pradesh
Awarded for preparing a magic pot using black soil, alum powder, moringa seeds and leaf powder to remove fluoride from drinking water.
8, 9 & 10. Yash Petkar, Sanchi Hisariya and Saniya Shakil
Class XI of Ranglal Kejdiwal High School & Jr. College, Wardha, Maharastra
Awarded for designing an automatic waste disposal system for train.
11. Archit Rahul Patil
Class VIII of Kashinath Palod Public School, Jalgaon, Maharastra
Awarded for designing a device to estimate the obstetric blood loss accurately in real time and help save maternal life.
12 & 13. Abhijeet Kumar and Arpit Kumar
From Bihar Bal Bhawan Kilkari, Patna, Bihar
Awarded for making a low-cost water filter using magnets for removing Arsenic from water.
Class XII of Delhi Public School, RK Puram, New Delhi
Awarded for designing a web application to detect Covid-19 and other lung diseases.
15. Revathy V Manikandan
Class XI of Alphonsa Central School, Kannur, Kerala
Awarded for designing Free-Air Temperature increase system (FATI system) consisting of infrared heaters to increase canopy temperature artificially.
Kudos to these youngsters for coming up with such incredible ideas that can transform their society and help the country. We wish them all the best for their future!