New Delhi: A drawing by a Class IX student from a Jammu and Kashmir school will be adopted as the logo of the Rashtrapati Bhavan's green initiative 'Roshni' after it was adjudged winner among 3,276 entries.
President Pratibha Patil adjudged the drawing of Robin Singh, a student of Kendrya Vidyalaya BSF school in North Kashmir's Bandipore, as the best among the thousands of entries received by her secretariat.
The 15-year-old boy, whose father Birender Singh is a head constable in the Border Security Force, was in a daze after he came to know that his drawing had been selected for the Roshni logo.
"I am an environment lover and this award is an encouragement for me," Singh, who originally hails from Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh, told PTI over phone from his school.
Singh's drawing depicts a house and a tree.
His teacher Ravi Kant described him as the best student from his class and said that he has joined the school a year back. Kant found him shy.
"But his art work was extra-ordinary. I am happy that out of the four entries sent in by the school, one has been selected as the logo of Roshni," Kant said.
Roshni is a green innovative concept encompassing environment management and empowerment of local communities, to create eco-friendly sustainable urban habitats through participation of stakeholders and convergence of partnership programmes.
It was initiated by the President on July 25, 2008 and the programme aims to make the President's Estate a model in green, energy efficient and zero waste model township for all other habitats across India.
Robin Singh will be called to Rashtrapati Bhavan on June 5 (World Environment Day) during which he will be awarded a prize by the President.
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