Eighth grade Amik getting NASA award!

The Dhaka Times Desk Amik Mandal - an 8th grade student from a school in Durgapur, West Bengal, India has won third prize in his category in the 'NASA Space Settlement Contest' jointly organized by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the US and California Supercenter Space!

They have been organizing 'NASA Space Settlement Contest' since 1994 for school students from all over the world. Students of class VII to XII can join it alone or in groups. Prizes are awarded to first, second and third in each category.

The question was how can self-sufficient human living arrangements be made in spaceships? Amik came to know about the competition from the internet and submitted his 16-page paper before the last date of March 15 this year. He wrote in the paper, life will continue only if there is water, air, sunlight, trees. Evaporated water can also be used in special ways. Apart from humans, various animals can also live in it. Amik, a student of Hemshila Model School in Durgapur, said, “I never imagined that I would get the award. But a few days ago I opened the internet and saw that I came third in the eighth grade section.” Out of the 592 answer sheets that were submitted from all over the world, one of the eighth grader Amik Mondal of Durgapur. NASA liked his answer. The call has come to collect the prize. He is the only award recipient from this state! His school principal Saumen Chakraborty said, “Amik is always in the midst of innovative ideas. The entire credit for this success is his own."

যুব উন্নয়ন বিষক মন্ত্রী অরুপ বিশ্বাস বলেন- ভারত থেকে অংশগ্রহণকারীদের মধ্যে বিভিন্ন স্কুল থেকে স্কুল টিম আবার আলাদাভাবে টিম বাদে পৃথক অংশগ্রহণকারীও ছিলো । “পুরাপুরি ভারত থেকে দশটি স্কুল টিম ও ছয়জন পৃথক অংশগ্রহণকারী বিভিন্ন বিভাগে এই বছর পুরষ্কার জিতেছে।

He congratulated Amik for winning this award and handed over a check of 100,000 rupees to Amik to attend the 'International Space Development Conference' held in San Diego from May 23 to May 27.

In Amik's words, "When things have gone well so far, the end will surely be well." He wants to become a scientist in future and thanked the West Bengal government for its support.

Reference: hello-today.com