February 11 2016, 18.32 PM IST || Pocket News Alert
NEW DELHI, India – February 11, 2016 – FIRST LEGO League India, the largest LEGO competition in India for students, today announced the winners from different categories. Team NEXT, Delhi, Team Polygon, Rajkot, Team High Voltage, Delhi, Team Master Mind, Bengaluru and Team Horcruxes, Pune bagged top 5 places respectively in FIRST LEGO League Championship India. The National winners will represent India at the World Festival, USA from 27th to 30th April 2016 which will see 233,000 entrants from 80 countries from the age group of 9-16.
“I would like to congratulate all the teams that participated in FLL India TRASH TREK challenge for students of 9-16 year olds. The top winning teams would now represent the country at International platform and we wish them great success. This year’s challenge required children to explore, research and present their own creative and innovative ideas on how Trash can be recycled and reused to make this world a better place and reduce the burden on our natural resources. The discovery took them to follow the journey of trash right from collection, to sorting, to smart production and reuse and they came to know that there is more to the garbage than meets the eye. The participants and mentors demonstrated their problem-solving skills, creative thinking, teamwork, competition and collaborative skills ” said Mr Sudhanshu Sharma, Director & CEO at India STEM Foundation
The National Championship of The FIRST LEGO League was organized on 9th & 10th February 2016 at Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi. As many as 390 children participated in this fierce competition. The regional chapters of FLL were held at various schools across Ahmedabad, Coimbatore, Chennai, Mumbai, Pune, Vijaywada and Delhi/NCR.. Nearly 1200 Children from different schools across the country, had participated in this national competition.
Complete list of winners –
Category Winner team
Rising Star Award St. Joseph, Chennai and Titan of Wars, Pune
Against All Odds Award G18 Public Charity Trust, Chennai
Judge’s Choice Award Bold Nuts, Delhi
Best Core Values Trash Treasureres, Anand
Best Project Team Tec, Mumbai
Best Robot Design Team High Voltage, Delhi
Best Robot Game Team NEXT, Delhi
