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Award ceremony of the Climate Change Essay writing Competition.

The Paryavaran Mitra programme and Samsung Engineering’s social responsibility program, Eco-generation held the award ceremony for the Eco-generation Environmental Essay Competition at Samsung Engineering India’s headquarters on Monday. Out of 22 finalists, Shreya Srinivas from Bal Bharati Public School and Geetika from Mayur Public School achieved the highest honor and were awarded an all expenses paid trip to attend Eco-generation’s 2013 Global Youth for the Environment Forum in Seoul, Korea.

In November 2012, Eco-generation launched its first essay competition for Indian students from grades nine through eleven attending schools in Delhi and Noida. 166 students submitted 1,500 word English essay on the topic, “How Climate Change Affects our Life: Climate Change and My Efforts towards a Sustainable Life.”

At the awards ceremony, Viney Kaushik, Vice President of Samsung Engineering India, and Mr. Prabhjot Sodhi, Programme Director of CEE, congratulated all 22 finalists with an official certificate and trophy for demonstrating insight and passion regarding environmental issues. The top two winners Shreya and Geetika presented their essays and shared their thoughts on global warming and climate change.

“We are proud of all the students for actively leading the conversation on climate change,” said Mr. Viney Kaushik. “In February, Shreya and Geetika will be invited to the 2013 Global Youth for the Environment Forum in South Korea so that they can strengthen their knowledge through environmental education programs with more than 400 international students.”

WINNERS OF THE ESSAY COMPETITION

Prize	Name	School Name	City/State	Click here for PDF
Samsung Engineering India MD’s Prize (Trip To Korea)	Shreya Srinivas	Bal Bharati Public School, Dwarka	New Delhi	Shreya Srinivas
Centre for Environment Education Director’s Prize (Trip To Korea)	Geetika Null	Mayur Public School, IP Extn. , Patparganj	New Delhi	Geetika Null
Honourable Mention	Priyanka Patra	Sai International School	Cuttack	Priyanka Patra
	Himanshu Ahuja	Bal Bharati Public School, Dwarka	New Delhi	Himanshu Ahuja
	Stuvi Jain	Organization/School	New Delhi	Stuvi Jain
	Kalicharan Murmu	Kalinga Institute Of Social Sciences	Orissa	Kalicharan Murmu
	Shashwat Jolly	Vishwa Bhararti Public School, Noida	Uttar Pradesh	Shashwat Jolly
	Monica James	Ida Scudder School	Tamilnadu	Monica James
	Harsha Sanyukta	Delhi Public School Patna	Patna	Harsha Sanyukta
	Dikshima Gupta	Organization/School	New Delhi	Dikshima Gupta
	Shashwati Chakravorty	Delhi Public School, Patna	Patna	Shashwati Chakravorty
	Chetan Duggirala	Tejasvi Vidyaranya	Hyderabad	Chetan Duggirala
	Salilkumar Tripathy	Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's Public School, Jubilee Hills.	Hyderabad	Salilkumar Tripathy
	Shelly Gupta	St. Marks Sr. Sec. Public School, Meera Bagh, New Delhi	New Delhi	Shelly Gupta
	Aastha Singhal	Mayur Public School	New Delhi	Aastha Singhal
	Agrima M	Amity International School, Pushp Vihar	New Delhi	Agrima M
	Anushka Garai	Agrasain Balika Siksha Sadan	Kolkata	Anushka Garai
	AV Singh	Organization/School	Lucknow	AV Singh
	Ashita Maria Paul	Army Public School, Nehru Road	Lucknow	Ashita Maria Paul
	Aarushi Naskar	East Point School	New Delhi	Aarushi Naskar
	Aman Agrawal	Azad Public School	Khurja, Uttar Pradesh	Aman Agrawal
	Srijayee Ghosh	City International School In India	Kolkata	Srijayee Ghosh