Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Dr APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE 2015 Award

The National Innovation Foundation- India (NIF) has released the list of winners of the Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE 2015 Award, on his 84th birth anniversary on Thursday.

IGNITE-a national competition of original technological ideas and innovations by children up to class 12 or those out of school up to the age of 17 years is organized by NIF every year to promote creativity and originality among children.

The awards of IGNITE competition are announced every year on October 15th, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam's birthday, which is celebrated as the Children's Creativity and Innovation Day by NIF.

This year, a total 31 ideas by 40 students of 27 districts from 18 states will be awarded for their ideas/innovations (List of award winners annexed). Overall, 28,106 submissions of students from 425 districts of all the states & union territories of the country were received during the IGNITE 15 competition, which ran from September 1, 2014 to September 10, 2015. The award ceremony will be held on November 30, 2015, during which Hon'ble President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee will give away the awards in Ahmedabad.

Read More- http://nif.org.in/ignite

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