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 <p>SRINAGAR: Around 13 students from various government schools in Jammu and Kashmir have made it to the awards of the National Exhibition of Innovation in the Search for Science for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) for the 2020-21 academic year.</p>
 <p>The students, who are in the age group of 10-15 years, competed in a state-wide electronic exhibition held by the National Innovation Foundation-India (NIF) in collaboration with the State Council for Educational Research and Training ( SCERT) in early January.</p>
 <p>The scheme, INSPIRE, is one of the flagship programs of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, which aims to motivate students in the age group of 10-15 years studying in 6 classes to 10.</p>
 <p>The goal of the scheme, says the Inspire website, is to target one million original ideas/innovations rooted in science and social applications to foster a culture of creativity and innovative thinking among school children.</p>
 <p>Under this scheme, schools, both government and private, can nominate the 5 best original ideas/innovations from students through the official INSPIRE website.</p>
 <p>Giving details of the exhibition, Sahreen Mushtaq, who is the J&K coordinator of INSPIRE-NIF, said that the exhibition, which is the ninth in the series due to Covid restrictions, could not be held in offline mode. .</p>
 <p>“For the Kashmir division, the State Level Projects Exhibition and Competition (SLEPC) was held on January 17 and for Jammu on January 19,” Sahreen said.  “A total of 116 students, including 60 from Kashmir and 56 from Jammu, showcased their original ideas/innovations which were reviewed by a jury of four experts.”</p>
 <p>Professor of Electronics and Communication, University of Kashmir, Dr. Shabir Ahmad Parra, Professor Mohammad Ashraf Shah, HOD Physics, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar acted as judges from Kashmir, while Poonam Sharma, HOD District Institute of Education and Training (DIET ) Jammu and Arsh Kour, teacher of DIET Jammu, acted as judges for Jammu.</p>
 <p>Sahreen also sat as a member of the jury for both shows.</p>
 <p>“Previously, a total of 1,123 students, out of 10,344, had qualified for the exhibition at the district level, of which 116 made it to the state level,” Sahreen reported.  “Danish Javid, Basit Ali Moti, Mehvish Khaliq, Khushboo Riyaz, Khushboo Jabar, Mubashir Ramzan, Mohammed Adeel Allam belong to the Kashmir division, while Lata Devi, Mahsoom Fatima, Mahima Kaur Sodhi, Ismat Kousar, Shabina Akhtar and Vansh Kumar they belonged to Jammu.  division."</p>
 <p>The selected students, he said, would be mentored by a team of experts from the NIT and other institutions to improve their ideas and innovations.</p>
 <p>Extremely delighted at their selection for the national exhibition, Chief Secretary for School Education, BK Singh, congratulated the students.</p>
 <p>“It is important that our children learn to embrace the spirit of experimentation and have fun with science,” Singh said.</p>
 <p>SCERT Director Professor Veena Pandita said the significant milestone achieved by the students after successfully competing at the district and UT levels is a proud moment for all of us.</p>
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