Palak Dhawan, class-VI, student of DPS, BHEl, Ranipur, Haridwar bagged third prize in Category-A (for students of Class 4, 5 & 6 students) in national level painting competition under Energy Conservation Campaign-2013 of Ministry of Power, Government of India.
President of India, Pranab Mukherjee felicitated Palak with third prize of Rs 25,000 and a certificate in a grandeur prize distribution ceremony held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
President of India along with Union Minister of State for Power Jyotiraditya Scindia, Secretary, Power, Government of India, PK Sinha, Chairman CEA and DG, BEE were the dignitaries present on the dias.
On behalf of THDC India limited, nodal agency for organizing State level Painting Competition in Uttarakhand, RST Sai, CMD, SK Biswas, D(P), C Minz, Additional GM, Mukesh Verma, Manager, Alok Toppo and KS Mehta were also present along with teachers and parents of participating kids. It is to mention that earlier nodal agency, THDC India limited organized state level painting competition in Rishikesh on November, 12. Under category–A for students of Class 4,5 & 6 Master Ajit Singh came first, Palak Dhawan was second and Shivani Rawat was third. Diya Sehgal, Hafizul Rehman and Shurti came first, second and third respectively under category-B for the students of class 7, 8 & 9.
All these successful kids got the opportunity to participate in national level painting competition on December, 14 at PMI-NPTC, Noida (Uttar Pradesh).