DIMAPUR — A total of four students have been selected to represent Nagaland at the National Level Exhibition and Project Competition 2024 (NLEPC) at New Delhi.
The selected students are Zarenthung Odyuo from Christian Higher Secondary School, Dimapur; Likivi M Sumi from Holy Cross Higher Secondary School, Dimapur; Farhadul Islam Talukdar from JNV, Kiphire; and Temjenyanger from Jubilee Memorial School, Mokokchung.
The four students were selected during the State Level Exhibition and Project Competition (SLEPC)-cum-mentorship workshop organised by the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), Nagaland, along with NIF India and DST, Ministry of Science and Technology, New Delhi, at EBRC Kuda, Dimapur, on May 28.
An update from SCERT stated that the programme was followed with an orientation on INSPIRE MANAK Awards for 64 GHS and GHSS teachers from Mon, Peren, Chumoukedima, Dimapur and Niuland districts.
The jury and mentors of the programme were Dr. M Prakash, assistant professor and head of EEE at NIT Nagaland; Dr. Th. Jackson Singh, assistant professor and head of ME at NIT Nagaland; Dr. Shambhu Kumar Mahanto, assistant professor of ME at NIT Nagaland; and James Sema, senior lecturer at DIET, Dimapur.
It stated that the programme was divided into different sessions including exhibition (SLEPC) and mentoring, teachers orientation on INSPIRE awards MANAK and visit to NIT lab, Dimapur.
The programme began with a welcome address delivered by SCERT state nodal officer, Daniel Thong Seb, followed with a brief introduction on the programme by representatives of NIF India, Pf. Leshiphro Kashena.
It stated that each student participant was interviewed individually by the mentors and their innovations were critically evaluated and given inputs.
The orientation for teachers began with a presentation on INSPIRE Awards MANAK by Leshiphro Kashena, which was attended by 64 teachers from different schools of Dimapur, Mon, Peren, Chümoukedima and Niuland districts.
Later, the student awardees along with the guide teachers were taken to workshops of Mechanical Engineering department and Electrical Engineering department at NIT Nagaland for exposure to technological design and manufacturing processes.
During exposure, mentors clarified the doubts of the awardees and boosted their confidence to embark on their journey towards Science and Technology.