Port Blair, Nov 28: Islands’ Jr. Scientisthas proved her mettle by bagging Silver Medal in the recentIndia Young Inventors & Innovators Challenge (IYIIC)-22held at RavindraBhavan,Margao, South Goafrom Nov. 16to 20, 2022.A three member team from these Islands led by Shri Ashok Kumar Sharma, State Coordinator, Dr. Lalitha Rao, State Academic Coordinatorand Child Scientist KumariYogita Singh of Navy Children Schoolparticipated in the Expo.
A stall representing Andaman & Nicobar Islands wasset up on the theme ‘Geographic Isolation Nurtures 1032 Endemic Species in Andaman & Nicobar Islands’ which was awarded Silver Medal in the ‘India International Innovation & Invention Expo-22’. The stall was set up by Shri Ashok Kumar Sharma, State Coordinator and Dr. Lalitha Rao, State Academic Coordinator of National Children’s Science Congressof Port Blair.
KumariYogita Singh, a student of Navy Children School, Port Blair created history by securing Silver Medal in her category for herpresentation on the project titled ‘The Sea Weeds with Immense Potential’ and shall compete for two project to be selected for the International arena to be held in December.
The dignitaries lauded the performance of the young budding talents of A&N Islands and appreciated KumariYogita Singh for being selected among 2 other students, out of the 150 National and International Child Scientists who participated in the events.
The results of other projects presented at the National level in the Session-22 are Project ‘Plastic waste to useful fabrics’ of Naval Children School awarded ‘A’ grade; Project ‘Working Model of Robot for cleaning’ of R.G.T Public Vidyalaya awarded ‘A’ grade; Project ‘Traditional Knowledge System for Sustainable living’ of G.S.S.S Campbell Bay awarded ‘B+’; Project ‘Nicobari Tribes of A&N Islands-Saviour of Indigenous Knowledge System’ of Naval Children School awarded ‘A’; Project ‘Artificial ecosystem stray animals’ of Khalsa Public School, Port Blair awarded ‘A’ grade; Project ‘Our Local Eco Cultural Tradition & Sustainable Living’ of VKV LambaLine awarded ‘B+’ ;Project ‘Understanding impact of human in different Ecosystem’ of VKV LambaLine awarded ‘A’ grade and Project ‘Affordable & Clean energy Gadgets’ of V.K.V Port Blair awarded ‘A’ grade.
The State Level selection was held virtually on 17th January, 2022 by Andaman Nature Club in collaboration with Directorate of Education, A&N Administration. The Andaman Nature Club, Port Blair has been dedicatedly working in these Islands since 1999 and everyyear participates in the National Science Congress with 4 child scientists, in the Indian Science Congress with 2 child scientists. This provides platform to the aspiring and talented child scientists of A&N Islands for other science events organized in India from time to time.
