Bhubaneswar: One out of five projects from Odisha participated in the ‘National Exhibition and Project Competition’ has bagged the third position in the country.
‘Automatic Straw Processing and Packaging Machine for Oyster Mushrooms’ developed by Shreyashan Nayak, a student of Khurda district, brought glory to the State by securing the third position.
Other four projects were awarded in the competition organized by the National Innovation Foundation under the supervision of the Ministry of Science and Technology.
Among the other four projects, Smart Health Care prepared by Krishna Sahu from Bargarh, Development of Roller Brush by Santhi Tong from Mayurbhanj, Soldering smoke Absorber made by Sumaya Senapati from Jharsuguda district and Safe Sewing Advances of Soumya Ranjan Singh from Kalahandi district also found place among the 60 projects of the country.
Commissioner-cum- Secretary, Department of School and Mass Education, OSEPA State Project Director congratulated all the awardees, other participating students, the entire Odisha team, teachers, and parents for this special achievement.
As many as 27 students including 13 girls from Odisha took part with various projects in the national-level project exhibition and competition held at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi.
The students along with seven teachers had left for National Capital on October 6 under the supervision of Krishnachandra Nayak, District Education Officer-cum-District Project Coordinator, Cuttack.
The exhibition started on October 9 and continued till October 10. As many as 60 top students were awarded on October 11 in the presence of Dr Jitendra Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology.
