Ludhiana Class-8 girl wins PM’s award for innovation
LUDHIANA: Namya Joshi, a Class 8 student of Sat Paul Mittal School, Dugri, Ludhiana, is among 32 children across the country, who has been awarded the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar, 2021.
The children have been awarded for exceptional abilities and outstanding accomplishment in innovation, scholastics, sports, arts and culture, social service and bravery.
Joshi has been awarded in the innovation category and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact, virtually, with the awardee on January 25 through video-conferencing.
Only student from Punjab to be felicitated
Joshi is the only student from Punjab who has been awarded.
She said, “This achievement is the tremendous highlight of my academic life. I feel fortunate and Monday is a big day for me. I am looking forward to interact with the PM in the virtual meet.”
Last year, Joshi had bagged first prize at an online science fest organized by Innovation Hub of Pushpa Gujral Science City in collaboration with Grassroots Innovations Augmentation Network (GIAN) to display their innovative ideas and creations. The fest was intended to encourage love of science among the youth through enquiry-based learning and to convert their innovative ideas into real life models/ projects.
She had presented an innovative working 3D model, Sustainable World-Better World using Minecraft.
She also represented India in the United Nations General Assembly and won the coveted ‘The Outstanding Delegate Award’ in an event held at New York last year.
She was the youngest in the group and the UCP Collaborative Project prepared under her leadership received the Honour of the Technology Award.