Aliva Mishra, a Class X student of the Chinmaya Vidyalaya (English medium) of Chhend, has brought laurels for the steel city and State by bagging the first prize in the National Science Seminar (NSS) held recently at Nehru Science Centre in Mumbai.
Aliva topped among all the 34 contestants in the competition, in which one each from all States and Union Territories participated. The topic was Water Cooperation-Issues and Challenges since the United Nations has declared 2013 as the year of Water Cooperation. The contest was held countrywide by the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) among 35,000 students. Aliva topped at all levels, including block, district and the State to reach the national level. Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan awarded her with a national winner trophy, a certificate, a scroll and a scholarship of Rs 24,000. Aliva now stands to represent the country in suitable fora organised by the UN to be held further.
Aliva, the only child of Nibedita Mishra and Satyabrata Mishra, had also been selected from the State for the National Children’s Science Congress in Jaipur in 2011.