What an idea!
Meet the better India
The first month of 2016 ended on a high-on-energy and enthusiastic note for me. I got a chance to attend and cover the #Teenovators2015 event over Facebook and Twitter courtesy BlogAdda and INKtalks at Manipal University.
Teenovators is a National level pan-India competition for students between 9th-12th grades. This program was initiated in 2011 by Manipal University, where I was, and has been successfully implemented across India since then. The 2015 batch saw 400+ schools participating out of which 9 cities were short-listed. 7 cities, 8 schools were in the final round and they had some amazing and innovative ideas to present.
The place had a great vibe and every team was nervously excited. The ideas were unique and easily implementable by everyone who wants to try them. The Guests of Honour list included names like, Dr. Kiran Datar, Former Advisor, National Knowledge Commission, Govt.Of India, Anand Gandhi, Filmmaker and screenwriter and Dr.Maulishree Agrahari, Academician and Visiting International Scholar.
Here are the 8 finalised teams:
MGM PU College, Bangalore — Suraksha Kawach — Women safety is foremost for MGM PU College, Udupi. A watch that alerts the authorities and your dear ones at the press of a button.
St.Soldier School, Chandigarh- To use solar energy to desalinate the sea water .
BJS, Pune — Electromagnetic effect on plant growth — Mixing physics and biology to control plant growth.
Velammal Vidyasharam, Chennai plans to use plastic concrete for make-shift house construction. Sustainable and a great idea to use the plastic waste!
St Columba’s School, Delhi — Micro-controller based Crop Management System.
Air Force School, Hebbal — Cloneator Robot. One control robot cloning another control robot.
Garden High International School, Kolkata — Harvesting piezoelectricity from train movement and utilizing it to partially light up the train compartments
Iqbalia International School, Hyderabad — Addressing Female Iron deficiency in India.
These kids outdid themselves and spent an entire day demonstrating and showing their Teenovation to everyone who attended without being tired. The enthusiasm was overwhelming from the audience as well as the school teams once the results were announced:
Air Force School, Hebbal, Bangalore — 1st Place
Garden High International School — 2nd Place
BJS, Pune — 3rd Place
The evening ended with Vasundhara Das and the DrumJam team lightening up the moods with the percussion instruments letting people play the tambourines and drums!
It was my first #Teenovators event and I look forward to working with the BlogAdda and INKtalks teams again! :)
Author: Disha Parekh
a.k.a @Bindaas_Chokri