3 schools from Kashmir, Ladakh awarded at Wipro Earthian award ceremony

Posted by admin_kas on 2025-02-26 18:29:02 |

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Srinagar, Feb 26: In a significant development, three schools from Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh were awarded during the 14th edition of Wipro earthian Awards for the year-2024.

The event was held at Azim Premji University, Bengalur by Wipro Limited, a leading technology services and consulting company.

The award ceremony was held during the annual program designed to foster integrated sustainability education and recognize Indian schools and colleges that actively promote sustainable action and thinking.

At the occasion, Government Boys Higher Secondary school, Manigam, produced an award-winning submission on solid waste.

"The struggle to manage the growing issue of solid waste was well represented and documented by the students. The difference between linear disposal of waste, and circular recycling/ reuse management was well represented by them," the handout reads.

The students developed a good understanding of the solid waste journey in the local area.

 Also, the team from Lamdon School (Tsang Chu), Ladakh brought in a different perspective on water management in the cold desert environment of Ladakh.

"Similar to hot deserts, water is in short supply there. However, the requirement is less, due to the low temperatures. Water management remains an issue. Challenges of storage and distribution were highlighted by the team," the handout reads.

Another team from Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Leh documented changes in the attitudes of people.

The team demonstrated the increased awareness due to climate change and explored how ice stupas play an important role in the conservation of glacial water.

"Climate change is causing huge disruptions in people's day-to-day lives. Drip and sprinkler irrigation is practiced on the campus. The school is residential. Therefore, water consumption is higher than a day school," the handout reads.

Anurag Behar, Chief Executive Officer, Azim Premji Foundation, and Narayan P S, Global Head of Sustainability and Social Initiatives, Wipro Limited, and Managing Trustee, Wipro Foundation, felicitated the winning teams with certificates and cash prizes.

Narayan P S Global Head of Sustainability and Social Initiatives, Wipro Limited, and Managing Trustee, Wipro Foundation said the annual Wipro earthian awards was the culmination of the 14th edition of Wipro’s long-running program that seeks to ignite interest and foster learning in young minds on humanity’s unique relationship with nature.

"Bringing students and teachers together from schools spread across the country, the Wipro earthian program is designed to generate action-based learning that celebrates the underlying connectedness of the individual with the larger fabric of community and nature," he said,

The Wipro earthian program is one of India’s largest sustainability education programs for schools and colleges. The 2024 edition of this program received over 1,500 project submissions, of which 23 winning and 43 shortlisted entries were selected by an independent jury.

Since 2011, Wipro earthian has engaged with over 50,000 schools, 4,000 colleges, 2,00,000 students, and 40,000 teachers.

This year, participation remained high with more than 1,500 submissions from schools and over 700 from colleges.