Hyderabad: Telangana secured third place nationally at the 12th INSPIRE Awards-MANAK Exhibition held in New Delhi, with five students receiving awards for innovations in drainage management, road safety and assistive devices for visually impaired people, the school education department said on Wednesday.

The award-winning students will also have an opportunity to participate in the Sakura Science Exchange Programme in Japan.

The exhibition, held at Bharat Mandapam from October 12 to 14, featured around 780 projects from the academic years 2023-24 and 2024-25.

Telangana sent 52 students, of whom five were among the 62 selected for national recognition.

Karnataka topped the list with nine awards, followed by Maharashtra with seven.

Vyshnavi Govardhana of Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan Public School, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, received an award for her project, ‘EClod Smart Drainage’, while Kollu Mahidhar of MSR Central School, Suryapet, was recognised for ‘Smart Steering with health alerts to reduce Accidents’.

Rehan Raza, a visually challenged student of Devanar School for the Blind, Hyderabad, received an award for ‘Medicine Box for Visually Challenged’. N. Purnith Reddy of Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan Public School, BHEL, Sangareddy, developed ‘AI Based Smart E-Goggles for visually impaired people’.

Chowdapuri Sai Meghana of Origin Techno School, Patancheru, Sangareddy district, was recognised for her project, ‘Anti Riot Shield With Pepper Spray Blinding Led’.

Union minister of state for science and technology Jitendra Singh felicitated the winners on October 14, according to the department.

Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, education secretary Yogita Rana, school education director E. Naveen Nicolas and SCERT director P. Ramesh congratulated the students and their teachers.


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