Three exclusive models conceived by the meritorious students of the State received the coveted INSPIRE – MANAK award at IIT-Delhi. The national level contest, which brings out some of the best talents from across the nation showcasing the scientific temperament of the school students had as many as 60 top selected models from different States across the country.
Notably, in terms of percentage, Jharkhand emerged as the top State clinching maximum awards. The innovative models created taking inspiration from the surrounding problems have been envisaged by the aspiring young talents -- Ankita Singh, Kiran Kumari and Hemant Kumar Paswan.
The models presented at the national level contest ranged from pollution controller machine to the concept of smart bridge including multipurpose chulha. Sharing the experience, Ankita who hails from Dhanbad said, “The multipurpose chulha that I made does three tasks which include boiling water, distilled water processing including waste materials process. The concept has been taken up from the villages where often such problem arises.”
Other students -- Kiran Kumari from Lohardaga and Hemant Kumar Paswan from Ramgarh, who brought laurels to the State, shared the details of their respective models.
“The idea of the ‘Smart Bridge’ is to safeguard an individual life during high tide. The bridge constructed on the river banks are at high risk during the flood. The concept works on the model of light and sensor detection techniques. During high tides, the gate constructed on the bridges gets automatically shut-down restricting all public movements,” said Kumari.
Similarly, Paswan who designed the coal air pollution controller said that the replica works on the theory of power plant emissions that result from the combustion of fossil fuels such as coal, gas and other hazardous materials.
Over 31 students enrolled in different government schools participated in Inspire Award Scheme – the seventh edition of the national level exhibition cum project competition. The event was organised on February 14 and 15. The students from Ramgarh, Latehar, Gumla, Lohardaga, Hazaribagh, Ranchi, East Singbhum, Koderma, Khunti, Dhanbad, Deoghar and Pakur were selected for the annual affair.
This season, around 208 unique models selected from different districts of Jharkhand were displayed illustrating the creativity of the students at the concluding State-level ceremony of Inspire Award – Manak. Approximately, 21 creative models having unique components were selected for the national level competition from the State.
“Jharkhand students have shown their mettle in the competition. In comparison to a few big States like Andhra Pradesh and Bihar, the students of Jharkhand have performed extremely well. Bihar received only one award while Andhra Pradesh got two awards,” said Regional Deputy Director of Education, South Chotanagpur Division cum State Nodal Officer (Inspire Award) – Ashok Kumar Sharma.
Interestingly, the selected models at the national level competition are patented. The competition is organised annually by Ministry of Science and Technology, GoI to encourage talented young students to study Science and pursue career in Research and Development (R&D).
