BYITC India announces winners of essay writing and picture illustration competition

Malishka Jena, a student of Class VI at Terna Orchids International School, Koperkhairne, Maharashtra has won the first prize in picture illustration and essay writing competition organised by the Indian division of British Youth International College (BYITC) last month. Themed as ‘Express your lockdown stories”, the competition was organised for Indian school students in the age group of 4 to 16 years.

The objective of the competition was to promote creativeness and writing & drawing skills of the children. The First, Second and Third winners were awarded with cash prizes of Rs 10,000, Rs 8,000 and Rs 6,000 respectively. Five best entries were also provided with consolation prizes of Rs 1,000 each.

The selection criteria of the winners was based upon the creativity, positivity, clarity and originality of the stories. The entries were judged by an internal panel headed by Dr Rashmi Mantri, the Founder and Chairperson of BYITC, United Kingdom.

Malishka had described her lockdown story which included her positive and negative emotions. Through her story, she had proved that there is always a bright day after the darkness. The second prize was won by Swastik Panigrahi who studies in Class II at Terna Orchids International School, Koperkhairne, Maharashtra. Swastik had expressed his lockdown story that reflected his strong will and fighting spirit against the odds.

The third prize was won by Tanishq Kakani who studies in Class VI at St. Anselm’s Sr Sec School, Ajmer. Tanishq had expressed his lockdown story in a way that conveyed a message of fighting the Covid by staying strong mentally and physically.

The winners of consolation prize are: Sameer Sethi from PIET Sanskriti School, Panipat; Nainika Mehra from Kothari International School, Noida; Ayush Mohapatra from Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandi, Puri;  Aarya Chauhan from The Modern School, ECNCR, Delhi and last but not the least Anushka Singh from HAL School, Lucknow.