New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday conferred the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2020 to 49 children at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi.
The Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar are given under the revamped award scheme of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India.
Eleven-year-old Aparna Chandrasekaran was awarded the Pradhan Mantri Bal Shakti Puraskar 2020 for her achievement in the innovation category. Aparna Chandrasekaran is a student of class 6, Maharishi Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Hosur, Tamil Nadu. Aparna has an extraordinary creative bent of mind that has fetched her many international and national awards before this. In 2017 she begged the IGNITE award from the then President Pranab Mukerjee for innovation of self-defense watch.
She also represented India at ASEAN INDIA PUSPITEK INNOVATION FESTIVAL held in Indonesia where she was conferred the Young Innovator Award at Jakarta. She was awarded Junior Einstein Finalist at IEEE Yesist 2019 held at Hua Hin, Thailand for her project: Early diagnosis of Dysgraphia in Children (JO). Dysgraphia is a writing disorder associated with impaired handwriting in children which will continue even at the early stage if not taken care of.
“I am thrilled to be a winner. I will also participate in the dress rehearsal and the Republic Day parade this year, also interact with the PM and dignitaries,” said Aparna Chandrasekaran, the youngest girl awardee while talking to The Statesman.
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