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The
winners of the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE 2016 Competition, received
their awards from President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi,
today.Speaking on the occasion, the Union Minister for Science &
Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, congratulated all the
winners and said he was really amazed by the range of creativity
expressed by these young minds.
The Minister further said, that the
“many wonderful ideas coming from children from diverse backgrounds and
regions, goes to show how much pervasive the spirit of creativity and
innovation is in our country”.Addressing the young winners, Dr. Harsh
Vardhan, said that they have a duty not to adapt to the problems our
society is facing but transcend them and to help India become a
creative, compassionate and collaborative society. Given the various
challenges the country faces and may face in this 21st century,
“we will need an army of young people like you who would help the
Government and society by identifying and addressing problems faced in
day to day life and also likely to be faced in the long term. I am sure
you all will live up to our collective expectations”.
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE 2016
competition –is a national competition of original technological ideas
and innovations by children up to class 12 or those out of school up to
the age of 17 years -it is organized by National Innovation
Foundation(NIF) every year to promote creativity and originality among
children.The awards of IGNITE competition are announced every year on
October 15th, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam’s birthday, which is celebrated as the
Children’s Creativity and Innovation Day by NIF.
Starting in 2008, in the last eight
years, 173 awards have been given to 246 children. This year, a total of
31 students have been awarded for their ideas/innovations (List of
award winners annexed). Overall, 55,089 submissions of students from 458
districts of all the states & Union Territories of India were
received during the IGNITE 16 competition, which ran from September 1,
2015 to August 31, 2016.An exhibition showcasing award winning ideas has
been put up at the venue. NIF will file patents in all applicable cases
in the name of the students and will also engage designers/fabricators
to develop prototypes of the students’ ideas.
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