Ranigunj school wins science competition

Durgapur: School students from in and around Durgapur got a chance to showcase their scientific knowledge at the 4th Times-NIE Science Project competition on Friday. Presented by NSHM Knowledge Campus, the event was held on the college premises.
The projects which were from physical science, life science and social science included a life-saving transfusion device, mobile AC, reflex arc, a rainwater harvesting and hydroelectricity producing apparatus, homemade Van De Graff generator and and a hydraulic alarm among others.
With nearly 30 science projects to consider, judges Seema Sarkar Mondal, associate professor, department of mathematics, NIT Durgapur; Samaresh Ghosh, assistant professor, department of chemistry, Bankura Sammilani College, Bankura and Pathik Kumbhakar, professor and head, dept of physics, NIT Durgapur, had a tough time picking winners.
DAV Public School Ranigunj came out on top for their automatic railway gating system. While the first runner up was DAV Model School Durgapur for their auto directing device for visually impaired people, the second runner up was Burnpur Riverside School for their project on the mechanism of bacteriophage replication.
The six special appreciation awards were bagged by Bidhan School, for their project on power storage from wheel, East West Model School, for An unknown relationship between black hole and dark energy, Hemsheela Model School, for The Four Colour Theorem, DAV Durgapurfor their floor cleaner, Guru Teg Bahadur Public School for their project on generating electricity from urine and Suresh Chandra Modern School. for their fire writing project.
The thrilled winning team of three from DAV Ranigunj said they literally burned the midnight oil to set up the project in just two days.
"Keeping in mind the train accidents which take place daily, we made this project based on IR technology to prevent accidents," said Arijit Sarkar, a member of the winning team.
Probir Kumar Bose, campus director, NSHM Knowledge Campus, Durgapur, said: "Such events are a social commitment for us at NSHM to encourage scientific temperament among students. Young minds are brimming with new ideas and such contests give them a chance to explore them. For our society to progress we need young minds like these who are so interested to do something. We want the lesser-known schools to come forward and participate too, since there is so much hidden talent in them. However, students should ensure that their projects are practical and implementable. I feel that we should have such competitions at least twice a year to give more scope to the schools in the area."