The painting competition was conducted throughout the country by Central Ground Water Board, Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation ,Govt. of India with the theme on Water Conservation at School Level. More than 18,500 schools and over 17.50 lakh students in all over the country have participated at School Level. Out of these, 50 students selected by the Jury in each State, were invited to participate in the State Level Painting Competition which was organized in the last week of November, 2014 on the theme “ SAVE A DROP, SAVE THE FUTURE”. The 1st, 2nd & 3rd prize winners of the State Level Painting Competitions were invited to participate in the National Level Painting Competition at New Delhi. The theme of competition this year was “Save Water for the Future”.
In the National Level Painting Competition, in all 13 students were declared winners. Master / Abhayam Rathod of class VIII of Bridge Ford School, Ranchi of Jharkhand state won the first prize of Rs 1,00,000/- (One Lakh). Besides this, four second prizes of Rs. 50,000 each, eight third prizes of Rs 25,000/- each and consolation prizes of Rs. 5000/- each to the remaining participants were awarded. The list of winners is as follows:-
Prize |
Student Name |
Location/State |
First |
Master Abhayam Rathod |
Jharkhand |
Second |
Kumari Sharmistha Parida |
Odisha |
Second |
Kumari Sudhruti Padhiary |
Odisha |
Second |
Kumari Swosti Shree Mohanty |
Odisha |
Second |
Master Utkarsh Bankar |
Karnataka |
Third |
Kumari Anjana L. |
Kerala |
Third |
Master Sathwik D. Amin |
Karnataka |
Third |
Kumari Shibalika Narayan Bhowmik |
Tripura |
Third |
Kumari Shreshtha Shrivastava |
Rajasthan |
Third |
Kumari Shreya Narwal |
Haryana |
Third |
Kumari Tribedi Tanaya Das |
Assam |
Third |
Kumari K. M. Vinisha |
Tamil Nadu |
Third |
Master Zone Zeneith Das |
Delhi |
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