Thirteen Children Awarded for their Paintings on Energy Conservation
	19:11 IST

S. Chandhini of Mother Middle School, Puducherry was given the first prize for her expression on energy conservation/energy efficiency.  Union Minister for Power, Shri Sushilkumar Shinde gave away the prizes here today to the winners of the National Painting Competition organized by the Ministry of Power and Bureau of Energy Efficiency for creating awareness regarding energy conservation activities.  Speaking on the occasion, Shri Shinde noted that the National Painting Competition has been a resounding success with over 9 lakh students from all over the country having participated.  Terming them as very important stakeholders in this endeavour, the Minister observed that they are the future leaders of this nation and hence must carry forward the agenda  by becoming an integral part of the energy conservation family and ambassadors to spread this important message.   Following is the list of prize winners: 1.         S. Chandhini  of Puducherry received the First Prize of Rs.1,00,000/-   2.         In the Second Prize Category, 4 prizes each of Rs 50,000 were won by   i.          Nitish Aggarwal of Vishwa Bharati Public School, Noida, Delhi/NCR   ii          Bitanuka Deb of Pranavananda Vidyamandir, Agartala, Tripura   iii.        Jyoti Nagpal of Amity International Vashundara, Gaziabad, Uttar Pradesh   iv         Tania Karmakar of Oxford High School, Howrah, West Bengal   3.         In the Third Prize Category, 8 prizes each of Rs 25,000 were won by                                               i.            Yashkirti Garg of Dayanand Public School , The Mall, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh                                             ii.            Himanshu Dhiman of Bhavan Vidayala, Panchkula, Haryana                                             iii.            Ruhi Kapasi of Green Lawns Highschool, Breach Candy, Mumbai, Maharashtra                                            iv.            Solomon Chanambam of Modern Higher Secondary School, Bishnupur, Manipur                                              v.            Arka Pravo Karmarkar of Raisina Bengali School, Mandir Marg , New Delhi, Delhi                                            vi.            Abhishek N.K of C.C.U.P. School, Kozhikode, Kerala                                          vii.            Pritish Mohanty of St.Xavier's High School Kedargouri, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa                                        viii.            Samta Jain of Mount Abu Public School, Rohini New Delhi, Delhi   About 9 lakh school children participated in the School Level Painting Competition held in August-November 2009 all over the country.  1,750 school children were selected among them for participating in the State/UT Level Painting Competition on 14th November 2009 in State Capital/UT.  105 children selected from this competition participated in the National Competition. The prize winning paintings were displayed at the function venue at Vigyan Bhawan.    The Ministry of Power and Bureau of Energy Efficiency launched the National Awareness Campaign in order to promote energy conservation in the country.  Painting competition for students at the school, State and at National level has been included as one of the activities of the campaign, which would not only make the children aware about the need for conserving energy, but at the same time would also educate and involve their parents as well in this cause.  The competition aims to motivate children towards thinking about energy conservation, and offers them a chance to explore their creativity.   PRA/SKK