Bangalore:
It was a thrilling experience for the team of four from DAV Public School, Secunderabad, which won Upakaran 2011, the National Level Science Project Competition organised by M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology in Bangalore.
Their project titled- 'Generation of energy from speed breaker', focused on generating electricity every time when a vehicle passes a speed breaker.
"We were pitted against participants from pre-university colleges in Bangalore and our project was really simple. But we think our project is a multi-purpose one, and we would definitely like to apply it in the future," said Bhoja Ramakrishna, one of the winner, a class eleven student at DAV Public School, Secunderabad.
Using a copper coil, a magnet and a galvanometer, the team explained the viability and potential of the project to the judges.
Deepthi, Nanda, Harshitha and Yogapriya from Sri Kumarans Home Composite College shared the second place with Srinivas K N and Charitha T of PES Pre University College , Bangalore.
Judged by Dr Bhanuprashant, Professor, BNM Institute of Technology , Prof Srinivas, M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, and Dr. Venkatesh, M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology, winners were awarded with Rs 25,000 and Rs 15000 cash prizes.