The NHDC on Saturday organised a State-level painting competition for the schoolchildren of Classes IV, V and VI (Group A) and Classes VII, VIII and IX (Group B) as a part of the energy conservation national campaign 2014 of the Ministry of Power.
Senior IAS officer Rajneesh Vaish, who is vice chairman of NVDA was the chief guest for the prize distribution function. He distributed the prizes to the winners of State-level painting competition who demonstrated great creativity during the event. He also addressed the gathering and stressed the importance of energy conservation in our day to day life.
On the occasion, KM Singh, Chief Executive Director, NHDC also addressed the children and advised them to make all efforts in conservation of energy. He also gave the details of competition. DD Aggarwal, Commissioner, DPI and Senior officers of NHDC and parents of children participating in the competition were also present.
As a part of National level Energy Conservation Drawing Competition, approx 7.5 lakh school children from over 24,000 schools participated in Madhya Pradesh of which 50-50 selected students in both the categories took part in the State-level Painting Competition organised by NHDC on Saturday. Ashok Kumar, Chief (HR) was Nodal Officer/Coordinator of this event.
The children who emerged victorious in group A were- Avni Modi of St Mary’s Sr Sec School, Bhopal (First), Kanishka Shukla of DAV Public School, Majhgawan, Panna (Second) and Atharva Bhawalkar of Rekhankan Kala Sansthan, Bhopal (Third).
Similarly, in group B, winners were — Antra Pathak of Vidya Bhawan Public School, Gwalior (first), Divyansh Sharma of St Paul Higher Sec School, Indore (second) and Sakshi Pal of Kamla Nehru Hr Sec School, Bhopal (third).
First Prize of Rs20,000, second prize of Rs15,000, third prize of Rs10,000 and 10 consolation prizes of Rs2500 each were given to the winner in both the categories.
The first, second and third prize winner will participate in National level competition to be organised on December 12, 2014. Winners of National level Competition are likely to be honoured by the President of India on National Energy Conservation Day Function on December 14, 2014.