BEST OF THE BEST
People who never quit, People who never fail,Ones who make things
happen and The ones who are born to win……
Ananya Jain, a student of Carmel Convent School in
Chandigarh has won the
prestigious
IGNITE 14 award. IGNITE is a national competition of original
technological
ideas and innovations of school children instituted by the National
Innovation
Foundation - India (NIF). Ananya was conferred this award by Former
President Honourable Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam on 19th November at a ceremony
held
at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Ananya’s award winning project
was
based on the idea that excreta of cockroaches contains nitrogen essential
for
the growth of leguminous plants, and hence can be used as fertilizers
instead
of the conventional environment degrading chemicals. Speaking about the
inspiration
behind her project, Ananya said, “I came
up with the idea since many of my friends complained of cockroaches in their houses. This led me to think if I
could turn these ‘pests’
into
something useful for humans.”
Pritika Jain emerged as a top scorer in The Worlds Scholars
Cup Tournament held in Singapore from 24 – 27 November,2014. Earlier she had won a
GOLD Medal at the national round of The Worlds Scholars Cup Tournament held in
New Delhi to qualify for The Asia Cup held in Singapore. As many as 2400
students from 40 countries across Asia participated in the competition held at
Star Auditorium at National Junior College in Singapore.She also bagged a Gold
medal and secured the tenth place in the field of collaborative writing among
the junior division.
