Sterlite organises Science Mela for girl children

Nov. 1, 2013 - PRLog -- Thoothukudi: As part of Sterlite Ilam Mottukal Project, Sterlite Copper organised a science mela for girl children of 75 government schools at TNDTA Primary School, Puthiyamputhur here on Thursday.

In the inter-school science competition, nearly 150 children of class one to six from 75 government schools from Thoothukudi participated and exhibited their scientific experiments.  The programme was organized with an objective to make children understand difficult science concepts in an easy and interactive manner. More than 2500 girl students witnessed and benefited by the event.

The competition was based on four themes - scientific reason behind day today life, current issues with scientific solutions, new concepts/inventions and basic concepts with an experiment. The winners will be selected based on innovation, experiment related to the topic, demonstration, explanation, neatness and originality, material used for the experiment and conclusion. First, Second and Third place winners were given Rs 4000, Rs 3000 and Rs 2000 respectively which will help to procure more books to place in the libraries of the schools.

The event was conducted as a part of Sterlite Ilam Mottukal Project launched by Sterlite in July 2012 with an objective to ensure that every girl child is provided with quality school education to realise their fullest potential. For the project, Sterlite Copper has allotted Rs 1.6 crore and will support the education of 6132 girl children from 75 Government schools in Tuticorin. Additional academic, material and moral support for the children are the key components of the programme.

Mr S. Natarajan, Deputy Chairman, V O Chidambaranar Port Trust participated as the chief guest and inaugurated the programme. Mr.P.Ramnath, Chief Executive Officer, Sterlite Copper said that the main objective of the programme is to provide opportunity for the students to understand the science behind various day-to-day concepts and develop a scientific attitude towards their life.

Mr.S.Logabiraman, Programme Officer, Naandi Foundation, Mr.A.Murugan, Assistant Elementary Education Officer, Ottapidaram, Mrs. Fathima, Assistant Elementary Education Officer, Thoothukudi Rural, Mr.S.Arul Kumar, Head Master, TNDTA Primary School, Puthiyamputhur, Mr.Suresh Bose, Head – Human Resources and Mr.R.Rajasekarapandy, Manager - Community Relations, Sterlite Copper were also present during the programme.

Photo Cut-Line: Mr S. Natarajan, Deputy Chairman, V O Chidambaranar Port Trust inaugurating the science mela organised by Sterlite Copper at Puthiyamputhur in Thoothukudi on Thursday.

For further information, please contact:

R.Ramesh

Head - Community Relations

Sterlite Copper

r.ramesh@vedanta.co.in

Tel:  +91 461 424 2940