By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh 09th February:- At a glittering ceremony held at the NSCI, Worli, gathered were 75 talented tech whiz kids from all over India who were felicitated for winning awards in a fiercely contested gamified competition in the city today. The biggest Online Technology Competition of its kind, ‘WHIZ Juniors 2017’ was a pan-India contest organized by the Mumbai-based Clone Futura.
The winners who received awards are Soham Pednekar,Aadity
punatar,Abhrajit Gogoi from Group A, Om Hemdev,Shiv Bhatt Arnav Chokhawala
from Group B, Shresht Prasad, Shreyaan Daga,Viraj Thakur from Group C, Aahaan
phadnis, Deepak Roshan, Pratham Chaudhary, Group D from Ajay Rawat, Salil Naik,
Satvik Annapragada from Group E. The
Finalists were from Mumbai, New Mumbai, Jamshedpur, Panaji and Bengaluru.
To applaud and encourage the winners and runners-up ranging from 2nd to
12th standard, eminent personalities were present including Gowri Ishwaran , the
chief executive officer of the Global Education and Leadership Foundation Dr
Jawahar Surisetti - Education Advisor to 3 state governments and Central
Government, Perin Bagli, Regional Head of Maharashtra ICSE board and principals
of prestigious schools.
Vidushi Daga, Founder & Director of Clone Futura said that half of
what technology students know today will be obsolete in 2-3 years, and in order
to sustain a competitive advantage, students need to keep upgrading their
technological skills. Vidushi Daga added that Whiz juniors’ gamified learning
platform gives an opportunity to enhance the entrepreneurial and learning
skills of young minds with fun, since today it is very important to empower
children with the latest technology.
Vidushi Daga further added that this time we also had some special
students who have reached the Top 75. One of them is Bhavya Shah,visually
impaired student from Gopi Birla memorial school and other is Medansh Mehta from Euro
school, Mumbai who surprised
Satya Nadella with his new gaming application. This makes us proud that Whiz
juniors exist to champion and promote excellence in Technology in all its forms
without being biased. It
seeks to celebrate power of knowledge of innovation, curiosity and creation
amongst the present generations and also helps them in achieving their dreams.
Adding to this Perin Bagli, Regional Head of Maharashtra ICSE board said
that Whiz Juniors is a wonderful platform to encourage and groom children to
grow in life and succeed in achieving their dreams. She has personally
witnessed the enthusiasm among children from her school (Activity School)
coming up to her and sharing their tech ideas. It is surprising to see such
creative ideation among today’s young generation, and she is glad that we have
a platform like Whiz juniors to support them and make them one of India’s tech geniuses.
Also present at the event was Padmashri
Gowri Ishwaran, CEO of The Global Education and Leadership Foundation said
that today’s kids have lot of thing to express. Their curiosity
is to learn more and more and to compete with each other. She has seen drastic
change in the students present here. The knowledge that they have gained
through Whiz Juniors is remarkable. There are things related to technology that
she might also not be aware of like complete knowledge of even making an app
etc.
The tech competition was held in five levels according to the school
grades (2nd to 12th standard). More than 70000+ students and 600+tech savvy schools
across India participated. The rigorous process of checking and elimination by
the experts over several rounds ensured that only the best among the lot came
out as the winners.
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