Varanasi:
A class X student of Bangali Tola intermediate college of the city, Gaurav Patel is among the students selected for ‘Inspire’ award scheme (under the department of science and technology) who will represent UP in the Japan-Asia Youth Exchange Program in Science (SAKURA Exchange Program in Science) in Japan from April 17 to 23. He is the only student from the state to have been selected for the scheme.
Gaurav secured sixth position at the national level on the basis of his science model aimed at conservation of energy by incorporating optical fibre. He was among the 60 students selected for the award scheme held at IIT-Delhi last year aimed at promoting scientific talent among children. The district inspector of schools (DIOS) Awadh Kishore Singh had recently informed the principal of Bangali Tola intermediate college about Gaurav’s selection for the programme along with a letter from ministry of science and technology, GOI on April 2.
Gaurav had participated in the science exhibition organized as a part of ‘Inspire’ award scheme last year. His model on ‘energy conservation by optical fibre’ ranked first in district and he finally bagged sixth rank at national level thus making his place among top 10. “We are all happy and proud of him,” said principal of BTIC, Jai Prakash Pandey.
When TOI contacted Gaurav, who will leave for Japan from Delhi on Saturday night, said, “I am looking forward to this visit as it will not only introduce me to some of the brilliant young minds but also expose me to the eminent people associated with field of science.”
Talking about his model, he said, “Energy conservation is one of the concerns of our government much is being done to reduce the energy consumption. I had been reading about renewable energy and upon realizing its importance, decided to prepare a model on the same by incorporating optical fibre, which consumes far less energy.”
“He is a very hardworking and it was because of his interest in science that his model has been selected. The teachers of his college have also been very supportive and I hope he gets to learn more about his subject from his abroad visit and make our country proud”, his father, Munna Lal Patel,said who works as a textile designer with a private firm.
Notably, Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) is an innovative programme sponsored and managed by the department of science and technology. The basic objective is to communicate to the youth of the country the creative pursuit of science, attract talent to the study of science at an early age and thus build the required human resource pool for strengthening and expanding the science and technology system.
source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Varanasi / Punkhuri Kapoor / TNN / April 17th, 2016