We feel proud to congratulate our New Hope High School (E.M) children whose projects have been shortlisted for the District Level Competition of INSIPE AWARDS – MANAK-2021, (an Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research Scheme) which is one of the flagship programmes of Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India. In this contest Million Minds Argument National Aspiration and Knowledge, which aims to motivate students in the age group of 10-15 years. The objective of the scheme is to target one million original ideas/innovations rooted in science and societal applications to foster a culture of creativity and innovative thinking among school children. Out of million students 1 lakh top ideas at initial level would be shortlisted with potential to address societal needs through Science & Technology, later 10000 ideas at District level and 1000 ideas at state level would be shortlisted, finally top 60 innovations would be selected for national awards and future direction. Disbursement of INSPIRE Award of INR 10,000 into the bank accounts of short-listed students through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme.
It is the most prestigious thing that 3 students of our school are shortlisted for the competition. The details of the projects are below.
- Medical Dispensary Machine by Pidatala Vikas Ratnam
Abstract of the Project: Now a days, many people are suffering from different ailments and chronic diseases. Most common types of chronic diseases are heart diseases, diabetes, and arthritis. People suffering from such diseases need to take medication every day at prescribed time. If they skip or delay the medicine, it may lead to serious problems.
Medical dispensary machine works like ATM machine. The function of ATM machine is to provide money by accepting ATM cards, similarly this machine also gives medicines by accepting the coins. It gives the prescribed medicine to particular disease.
Abstract of the Project:Every year, due to floods most of the crops are being damaged. In order to makeup that loss K. Yesu Raja has come up with an innovative Idea of “Floating Farms”.
By constructing bamboo rafts and collecting water hyacinth during monsoon, which can be compacted into rafts, at intervals of 8 to 10 days more layers can be built using water lettuce, duckweed and Salvinia. Sometimes coconut husk or soil is spread over the bed. Thus, organic bed is allowed to rot for 15 to 30 days. It is then anchored by placing bamboo poles around it. Seeds are placed inside small balls made of aquatic plants like durali, creeping grass and salvinia fern. These plants are dried and moistured before making balls after a week when seedlings are 15cm long, balls are transferred to rafts. Seeds are sown directly in the coconut husk spread over the rafts. Vegetables like Okra, Cucumber, Gauds, Amaranth, Plants, Pumpkin, Spinach, etc. can be cultivated easily.
This floating Farm method is very useful in most affected areas, by floods and where water remains for a prolonged period of time. Farmers can use their submerged lands for crop production by adopting such methods.
Abstract of the Project: This unique device using waist belt technology which successfully integrates biosensors into a belt. This belt monitors heart rate, skin temperature, footsteps count, and any breathe problems and it also has the facility of GPS. The main thing that the belt contains a biosensor which guide us everything about the kid. Through this belt we can monitor the movement of the kid and also locate the child when he/she goes away from the parent or in trouble. It also informs the parents regarding how much distance the child is. When the baby cries, when the diaper gets wet mother knows automatically. All the above children belong to very poor background. The government has sanctioned Rs. 10,000/- for their project execution.
