Annai Fathima College of Arts and Science, Alampatti near Tirumangalam, will conduct “Expo on Vision 2020,” a State-level competition for Plus Two students on November 30.
In a press meet on Wednesday, P.S. Navaraj, Principal of the college, said that students can submit a 1,000-word-write-up of their project’s abstract to the organiser before November 5 and the shortlisted contestants will be announced by November 15.
“Fifty students will be shortlisted to take part in the exhibition, which will be judged by scientists from Central Electro Chemical Research Institute, Indian Space Research Organisation, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and Department of Atomic Energy Sciences,” he said.
The topics for the competition are agriculture and food processing, infrastructure with reliable and quality electric power, education and healthcare, information and communication technology, critical technology and strategic industries.
“Students can exhibit working devices, models and presentations with chart papers exhibiting their problem solving capacity in the various topics. A workshop and career guidance programme will also be conducted during the exhibition,” Dr. Navaraj added.
The abstracts can be mailed to afcexpo2020@gmail.com. For further details, students can contact the organiser at 9442648168 / 9894735764, he further said. The first prize winner will get Rs. 10,000 cash prize, second prize winner will get Rs. 5,000 and third prize winner will get Rs. 3,000.
