Report by Aditi Mukund, Images by PIB
Every year, on Republic day, those children who have achieved great feats, like inventing or innovating a useful product, showing bravery, doing social service, and other fields are recognised and awarded. Similarly, this Republic Day also, 29 children were endowed with the honour of Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar.
Below are the children who received awards and in which category.
| Category | Name | Age | Why |
| Innovation | Shivam Rawat | 18 | Helped in increasing crop productivity |
| Innovation | Vishalini NC | 8 | Invented an Automatic Multi-Functional Life Rescue Flood House which helps to prevent drowning during floods |
| Innovation | Jui Abhijit Keskar | 16 | Invented a tremor profiling device for patients with Parkinson’s syndrome |
| Innovation | Puhabi Chakraborty | 15 | Developed an app for athletes which help them both physically and mentally |
| Innovation | Aswatha Biju | 14 | Has collected many fossils and is also spreading awareness about the same. |
| Innovation | Banita Dash | 16 | Has invented a automatic sanitizing school bag. |
| Innovation | Tanish Sethi | 14 | Developed an app which helps buyers and sellers of cattle connect. |
| Social service | Meedansh Kumar Gupta | 11 | Has made a portal consisting of all information about COVID-19. |
| Social Service | Abhinav Kumar Choudhari | 16 | Has helped under-privileged children get access to second hand books through a website. |
| Social Service | Pal Sakshi | 8 | Has contributed to charity for the PM CARES fund through an online music show. |
| Social Service | Aakarsh Kaushal | 16 | Developed a website in which the rise and fall of COVID cases are shown. |
| Sports | Arushi Kotwal | 17 | Won medals in all three formats of chess |
| Sports | Shriya Lohia | 13 | International motorsport karting racer. |
| Sports | Telukunta Virat Chandra | 8 | Climbed Africa’s highest summit, Mount Kilimanjaro |
| Sports | Chandhary Singh Choudhary | 13 | Holds 96 hour skating record |
| Sports | Jiya Rai | 13 | Achieved India’s top rank in Para-Swimming |
| Sports | Swayam Patil | 14 | Swam 14km with Down’s syndrome. |
| Sports | Tarushi Gaur | 12 | Guinness World Record holder in martial arts |
| Sports | Anvi Vijay Zanzarukia | 13 | Is known as the rubber-girl of Surat, and has learnt yoga even while having 3 disabilities. |
| Bravery | Gurugu Himapriya | 12 | Saved her family from terrorist attack |
| Bravery | Shivangi Kale | 6 | Saved lives of her sister and mother from electrocution. |
| Bravery | Dhiraj Kumar | 14 | Saved his younger brother from an alligator. |
| Arts and Culture | Gauri Maheshwari | 13 | Mastered more than 100 styles of calligraphy. |
| Arts and Culture | Remona Evette Pereira | 16 | Has her name in various Golden Books of Records. |
| Arts and Culture | Deviprasad | 14 | Has played mridangam with various renowned musicians. |
| Arts and Culture | Syed Fateen Ahmed | 14 | Won several Piano competitions and is a pianist par excellence |
| Arts and Culture | Daulas Lambamayum | 14 | Has excelled in the fields of painting and photography. |
| Arts and Culture | Dhritishman Chakraborty | 5 | Is a multilingual singer who can sing in Assamese, Sanskrit, Bengali, Hindi and English. |
And finally, in the field of scholastics, we have a lone winner: Avi Sharma, 12. He has written a book about the Ramayana and has taught free coding and Vedic maths online.
All images from PIB
