Dr APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE Awards, 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 to promote creativity and originality among children.

As many as 21 creative and innovative children from across India have been conferred with Dr APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE Awards 2019 by the hands of former President of India, Pranab Mukherjee for their 18 distinct ideas and innovations.

The competition is organised every year by the National Innovation Foundation (NIF) - India, an autonomous body of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. An exhibition to showcase all award-winning ideas by young, creative minds of the nation was also organised on this occasion.

The innovations being recognised this year encompass a great diversity of science and technology, be it Vishwa Goswami a student of UKG from Gandhinagar, Gujarat who gave the idea of “Plate with inbuilt detachable glass” or Innovator trio AJ Surya, S. Venkateswaran and Venuram RR from Chennai who gave the idea of “Semi-automatic flower garland maker and packer”.

Over 60,000 submissions of students from 544 districts of all the states and union territories of India were received during the IGNITE 2019 competition, which ran from September 1, 2018 to August 31, 2019. The award winners hail from nine states and union territories, representing the diversity of India.

Speaking on the occasion, the former President recollected the initiatives like Festival of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (FINE) during this presidency which proved to be an excellent platform for innovators of the country. He remembered India’s glorious history characterised by emphasis on education through universities and evolution of social innovations since time immemorial. He acknowledged the potential of innovators in the country who always keep needs of the society at the forefront. He congratulated innovators who proved to be a game changer for society by being the reason for a quantum jump from bringing incremental changes historically to radical changes in present times.

Mukherjee appreciated the efforts of NIF in promotion of innovation in the country and shared few areas where he would anticipate more innovations will emerge in coming days such as poverty alleviation, rural communications, agriculture, animal husbandry, wind energy and those which would help address the climate change problems.

He gave a mantra of 3 I’s for India - The first “I” being Impatient, second “I” being Innovations and the third “I” being Inclusive. He urged the innovative minds of the country to keep trying, trying again until the time when efforts result in success of an endeavour.

Dr PS Goel, Chairperson, NIF in his welcome address reiterated the commitment of NIF towards recognising children’s creativity in the country. He expressed his gratitude towards former President of India for constantly motivating the country’s young innovative minds. He also touched upon the great journey of IGNITE awards ever since the year 2008, then a humble beginning until today, wherein children from nearly 90 percent districts of the country have been participating in the competition year on year.

Speaking on the occasion, Acharya Devvrat, Governor of Gujarat appreciated the high potential that innovators of India possess and an ever increasing need to connect this potential with opportunities. He cited various examples of people who contributed to transformation of the world at large through science and technology and expressed his happiness that youth of India is keeping pace with rest of the world in terms of innovations. He expressed his confidence in next generation innovators in the country.

Dr APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE Awards, 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 to promote creativity and originality among children. The winners of the 2019 competition were announced on the October 15, 2019, the birth anniversary of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, which is celebrated as the Children’s Creativity and Innovation Day by NIF.

List of awardees of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE Competition 2019

Idea/ Innovation

Student Name

Class

School Name

District

State/ UT

Solar ironing cart

Vinisha Umashankar

8

The Path Global Public School, Malappambadi

Thiruvannamalai

Tamil Nadu

Visually challenged friendly toilets

Baibhav Parida

8

Dev Public School, Chandresekharpur

Khordha

Odisha

Expandable food plate

Padmashri G.

6

GKHPS Doddabompalli

Kolar

Karnataka

Insect killing dustbin

Tanmay Kumar Sethi

7

Delhi Public School

Rourkela

Odisha

Modified broom with dust collector for cleaning ceiling

Swadha Krishn

7

Delhi Public School, North Bangalore

Bengaluru

Karnataka

Modified broom with dust collector for cleaning ceiling

Swastik Subham

6

Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 1

Sambalpur

Odisha

Plate with inbuilt detachable glass

Vishwa Goswami

UKG

Bhaskar Play School, Pethapur

Gandhinagar

Gujarat

Quick finger duster for whiteboards

Archit Aryaman

9

Army Public School, Narangi

Kamrup Metropolitan

Assam

Fast drying shoes

Devjit Prasad Majhi

9

Buxi Jagabandhu English Medium School, Bhubaneswar

Khordha

Odisha

Intelligent stair case

Anuj Mishra

9

Vindhyavasini Public School, Bharuhana

Mirzapur

Uttar Pradesh

Innovative shading tool for drawing

Raktim Das

10

Shankar Dev Sishu Vidya Niketan, Dadara

Kamrup

Assam

Easy cleaning water tank

Siddhant Kumar

9

Govt High School, Rana Bigha

Nalanda

Bihar

Manual Cole crop harvester

Yash Pramod Jadhav

10

Shardabai Pawar Vidyalaya, Shivnagar

Pune

Maharashtra

Stapler for leaf plate making

Suyash Patel

10

Sri Chaitanya Techno School, Kaggadasapura

Bengaluru

Karnataka

Spill-proof Kaangri

Asim Sikandar Mir

8

Shemford Futuristic School, Wanpoh

Anantnag

Jammu & Kashmir (UT)

Perspiration absorbing shoe

Sayeeda Banoo

9

Govt High School, Poyen

Kargil

Ladakh (UT)

Sickle housing first aid kit

Kishan H. Thakor

12

Gramshala, Grambharti, Amrapur

Gandhinagar

Gujarat

Sleep-walking detector and preventer

Shivam Amritesh

11

Sanskar Bharti Global School, Phulparas

Madhubani

Bihar

Semi-automatic flower garland maker and packer

A.J. Surya, S. Venkateswaran and Venuram R.R.

12

Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Mylapore

Chennai

Tamil Nadu


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