State level painting competition was held for students of standard 4, 5, & 6 from all over Nagaland organized by NEEPCO Ltd. Doyang under the bureau of energy efficiency, ministry of power on November 14 at Kohima war cemetery. The theme was ‘save one unit a day, keep power cut away’, ‘practice conservation, for the future generation’ and ‘save energy, save resources.’
Out of 5200 entries from different schools, 45 students were selected to take part in the competition. 1st prize was bagged by Thomas K (class 5) from Kendriya Vidyalay school Kohima, received `10,000, 2nd prize Apfhezo Miachie-o (Class 6) of Mezhür HSS Kohima, received `8,000 and 3rd prize Nilav Rajkhowa (class 6) of VKV school NEEPCO Doyang, `5,000.
The 10 students were given consolation prizes of `1000 each. Dr. Chumben Murry, minister of agriculture was the chief guest while panel of judges were Meyase addl. director Education., Noudi art executive (Art & Culture), Lepten Jamir senior artist (Agri. Dept.) and Parinita Chakraborty eminent artist.