National Bal Shree Honour

National Bal Shree Honour

National bal shree honour plaque
Awarded by National bal bhawan
Type civilian
Category children between age 9 and age 16
Instituted 1995
Last awarded 2015 (for the year 2011 & 2012)

The National Bal Shree Honour is awarded to creative children in the age group of 9–16 years.National Bal Shree Honour given by National Bal Bhawan an autonomous body of Ministry of Human Resource Development (India).The Honour includes a plaque, a certificate, and a cash prize.National Bal Shree Honour usually given by President of India in Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. National Balshree Honour is thus one of the highest child honour of India.

Detail of Bal Shree

In Hindi the word 'Bal' means a child and 'shree' denotes fame and also used as an aura of glory.Shree also stands for Goddess of Wealth and Goddess of Knowledge.Therefore, the epithet ‘Bal Shree’ was considered to be the most appropriate for defining the attributes of those very creative young ones, who possess unmatchable qualities, unique approach and innovative ways and thereby they not only enrich the society but also cover themselves with glory. Such children are an asset to the society and therefore, it was considered to honour them as Bal Shree.

History

Bal Shree Scheme was conceived in 1993. After working out its modalities, it was finally launched in 1995.

Areas of creative expression

The Bal Shree Honour is awarded to creative children in the age group of 9–16 years in the following areas of expression.

Mode of Selection

The selection of creative children in four areas is done at three levels:

  1. Local Level (by respective Bal Bhavans)
  2. Zonal Level (The National Bal Bhavan identifies the Zonal Centre)
  3. National Level (At National Bal Bhavan)

Local Level

At this level National Bal Bhavan and all affiliated State Bal Bhavans undertake preliminary screening for selecting candidates for zonal level selection camp. A 2- days camp for member children is organized at State Bal Bhavans. After local selection 8 children (2 in each stream) are nominated by the affiliated Bal Bhavans for their respective zonal level selection camps. An additional nomination is sent in case the nominee is a child of special needs or from tribal areas.

Zonal Level

The country has been divided into different zones – North, East, West, Central, and South. As there are large number of Bal Bhavans in the southern region, South Zone has further been divided into two zones – South-I and South-II Zones. Every year different Zonal Centres are identified for organizing zonal selection camps. As there are certain states where there are no Bal Bhavans, representation of these states are ensured through the Chief Secretaries of these states. Children selected at the local levels participate in these 3-days zonal level camps where the second round of selections is made by local experts, specialists from the Zone and National Bal Bhavan. The local resource persons are thoroughly briefed by the National Bal Bhavan before the start of the camps.

National Level

This is the final level where the qualifying students from different zones are provided a common platform to prove their creativity in their respective fields at the 4-days National Level Camp held at National Bal Bhavan. New Delhi. A panel of experts and resource persons drawn from the various streams is identified to administer the tests. In the National Level camp the psychological tests are also conducted by experts. These include verbal tests and tests on creativity. On the basis of these tests and other tools, the children are finally selected.

Criteria of Selection

While selecting children, the process and product are assessed on the basis of:

Tools used for selection of children

There are two types of tools used for selection of children

Activity Related Tools

For identifying the creative talents of children, an exhaustive list of activities is planned in four identified areas. The tools are specific to the activity as well as according to the different age groups. These tools are continuously being evolved and every time new and innovative tools are administered for identifying creativity of children.

Psychological Test

Standarized Psychological tests on creativity are administered.

Norms of National Bal Shree Honour Scheme

April of the year of participation.

years. The age group will be decided on the basis of age as on 1 April of the year of participation.

participate in Bal Shree selection process a maximum of 2 times, be it at any level (Local, Zonal or National), that too provided the stream or age group is different at the time of participation for the second time. A Bal Shree Awardee is debarred from participating again in the Bal Shree selection process.

List of awards

Year 2006

Name Area Name of Bal Bhawan Indian state of origin
Manjari Mukherjee Creative Performance West bengal
Barkha P. Naik Creative Performance Goa
Arza Varshini Creative Performance Andhra pradesh
Bhavya Pandit Creative Performance Maharashtra
Riddhi Nandkumar Gupte Creative Performance Gujarat
Protijayi Chatterjee Creative Arts West bengal
Neeraj Chokshi A. Creative Arts Gujarat
Sahil Aggarwal Creative Arts Chandigarh
A. Velmurugan Creative Arts Puducherry
K. Manogna Creative Arts Andhra pradesh
S. Dinesh Creative Arts Tamil Nadu
Jigisha Arun Marwale Creative Scientific Innovations Maharashtra
P. Sharmila Yadav Creative Scientific Innovations Puducherry
Mansi Gokhale Creative Scientific Innovations Gujarat
D. Padmanaban Creative Scientific Innovations Puducherry
Ishan Wadhwa Creative Scientific Innovations Uttar pradesh
Neha Mehrotra Creative Scientific Innovations Uttar pradesh
Avipsha Das Creative Writing Tamil nadu
Siddarth Chandrasekaran Creative Writing Tamil nadu
Tanya Anne Pinto Creative Writing Goa
Mohan Lal Delu Creative Writing Rajasthan
Shivali Unishree Creative Writing Uttar pradesh

Year 2007 [1]

Name Age group Area Name of Bal Bhawan Indian state of origin
Mstr. Yashawant Kumar Vaishnav 14+ Creative Performance Stream Raipur Chhattisgarh
Miss Krishna Bindu Vijay 15+ Creative Performance Stream Jawahar Bal Bhavan Kollam
Miss Ipshita Sinha 15+ Creative Performance Stream Jawahar Shishu Bhavan Kolkata
Miss Arya Krishnan 15+ Creative Performance Stream Jawahar Bal Bhavan Thiruvananthapuram
Mstr. Dhruv Souran 15+ Creative Performance Stream Bal Bhavan Jaipur
Mstr. Sabari Shriram Thiagrajan 14+ Creative Performance Stream National Bal Bhavan New Delhi
Miss Urvi Manocha 9+ Creative Performance Stream Bal Bhavan Chandigarh
Miss P.Srinithi 13+ Creative Performance Stream Jawahar Bal Bhavan Pudukkottai
Miss D. Karthika Anagha 15+ Creative Performance Stream Jawahar Bal Bhavan Hyderabad
Miss Amrutha P.Nair 11+ Creative Performance Stream Jawahar Bal Bhavan Hyderabad
Miss Megha Sharma 15+ Creative Performance Stream National Bal Bhavan New Delhi
Miss Sripathi Alekhya 15+ Creative Performance Stream Bal Bhavan Nellore
Miss Gore Bhatla (special needs) 15+ Creative Arts Stream Bal Bhavan Kanpur Uttar pradesh
Miss Shruti Bhatla (special needs) 15+ Creative Arts Stream Bal Bhavan Kanpur Uttar pradesh
Mstr. Rizwan Azimuddin Shaikh (special needs) 13+ Creative Arts Stream Bal Bhavan Society Vadodara
Mstr. Subhajit Bagchi 12+ Creative Arts Stream Jawahar Shishu Bhavan Howrah
Mstr. Sumanta Dey 15+ Creative Arts Stream Jawahar Shishu Bhavan Kolkata
Mstr. Yudhajit Amit Datta 14+ Creative Arts Stream Bal Bhavan Society Vadodara
Mstr. Yogesh Baroliya 13+ Creative Arts Stream National Bal Bhavan New Delhi
Miss Indira Tiwari 14+ Creative Arts Stream Jawahar Bal Bhavan Bhopal
Miss Anu Henry 14+ Creative Arts Stream Jawahar Bal Bhavan Thrissur
Miss Tanya Paul 15+ Creative Arts Stream National Bal Bhavan New Delhi
Mstr. Madhav Sankar R. Warrier 13+ Creative Arts Stream Jawahar Bal Bhavan Thiruvananthapuram
Miss Ayushee Tripathy 13+ Creative Arts Stream Bal Bhavan Board Daman
Miss Kanayaka Bhattacharya 15+ Creative Arts Stream Jawahar Shishu Bhavan Kolkata
Mstr. Rishikesh 15+ Creative Arts Stream Bal Bhavan Bangalore
Mstr. Shubham Verma 13+ Creative Arts Stream Jawahar Bal Bhavan Bhopal
Mstr. V.J. Unnikrishnan 14+ Creative Arts Stream Jawahar Bal Bhavan Kollam
Miss Shwetha Vishwakarma 15+ Creative Arts Stream Jawahar Bal Bhavan Chennai
Mstr. Samved Sharma 15+ Creative Arts Stream Raipur Chhattisgarh
Miss Seles K. Babu 15+ Creative Arts Stream Jawahar Bal Bhavan Thrissur
Miss Kunatharaju Mrudula 14+ Creative Arts Stream V.C.S.P. Vishakhapatnam
Mstr. Aditya Vaibhav Joglekar 10+ Creative Scientific Innovations Stream Jawahar Bal Bhavan Mumbai
Mstr. Satyabrata Jena 13+ Creative Scientific Innovations Stream District Bal Bhavan Cuttack
Mstr. Mehul Kumar 14+ Creative Scientific Innovations Stream Bal Bhavan Jaipur
Mstr Ashmeet Singh 14+ Creative Scientific Innovations Stream National Bal Bhavan New Delhi
Mstr. Upamanyu Moitra 13+ Creative Scientific Innovations Stream Jawahar Shishu Bhavan Kolkata
Mstr. S. Hemanth 13+ Creative Scientific Innovations Stream Bal Bhavan Nellore
Mstr. Kshitij Mukesh Gupta 15+ Creative Scientific Innovations Stream Jawahar Bal Bhavan Mumbai
Mstr. M.S.R. Harith Kumar 13+ Creative Scientific Innovations Stream Jawahar Bal Bhavan Hyderabad
Mstr. Prateek Saxena 14+ Creative Scientific Innovations Stream Bal Bhavan Vidyut Nagar
Miss Janaki Padmakumar 15+ Creative Scientific Innovations Stream Sai Bal Bhavan Aurangabad
Mstr. Shashank Sahu 14+ Creative Scientific Innovations Stream Bal Bhavan Kanpur Uttar pradesh
Mstr. D.N. Ramakrishnan 15+ Creative Scientific Innovations Stream Bal Bhavan Society Vadodara
Mstr. Ashish Behra 14+ Creative Scientific Innovations Stream National Bal Bhavan New Delhi
Mstr. Bhaskar Vats 12+ Creative Scientific Innovations Stream National Bal Bhavan New Delhi
Miss Minnu A.S. 14+ Creative Writing Stream Jawahar Bal Bhavan Thiruvananthapuram
Mstr. Advait Sanjay Sonar 13+ Creative Writing Stream Jawahar Bal Bhavan Mumbai
Mstr. Deepak Dwivedi 15+ Creative Writing Stream Raipur Chhattisgarh

Year 2013[2]

Name Area Name of Bal Bhawan Indian state of origin
Rajvi Nilesh Banker Creative Performance Bal Bhavan Nadiad Gujrat
Haritha Raj MP Creative Performance K.S. Jawahar Bal Bhavan, Trivandrum, Kanakakkunnu Kerala
Anagha C.B. Creative Performance Bal Bahavan Mysore Karnataka
Bhairavi Venkatesan Creative Performance JBB Halls Road Chennai Tamil Nadu
Sampraja Prashant Mainekar Creative Performance Bal Bhavan Goa Goa
Shubhangi Goel Creative Performance Bal Bhavan Vidyutnagar Delhi
Gayathri Sandeep Creative Performance Jawahar Bal Bhavan Thrissur Kerala
Srinivasan M Creative Performance Bal Bhavan Thrissur Arcot Tamil Nadu
Saumya Hariharan Creative Performance Bal Bhavan Ooty Udagamandalam Tamil Nadu
Ninad Adhikari Creative Performance JBB Bhopal Madhya Pradesh
S. Nadiammale A Yuva Latchumi Creative Performance Jawahar Bal Bhavan Puducherry Union Territory
Uddeshya Singh Creative Performance Jawahar Bal Bhavan Allahabad Uttar Pradesh
Priyanka Yurembam Creative Performance Bal Bhavan Manipur Manipur
Krishna Kumar Creative Performance Kilkari Bal Bhavan Patna Bihar
Manav Rao Creative Scientific Innovation Pathania Bal Bhavan Haryana
Preetdeepan Prasant Pradhan(M) Creative Scientific Innovation Bal Bhavan Vadodra Gujrat
Ananya Agarawal Creative Scientific Innovation National Bal Bhawan Delhi
Aravind A.K. Creative Scientific Innovation Jawahar Bal Bhavan Thrissur Kerala
Smriti Tiwari Creative Scientific Innovation Bal Bhavan Jaipur Rajasthan
Devashish Tupkary Creative Scientific Innovation Bal Bhavan Aurangabad Maharashtra
Priyansh Faldu Creative Scientific Innovation Bal Bhavan Rupyatan Gujrat
Abhinav Azad Creative Scientific Innovation Kilkari Bal Bhavan Patna Bihar
Tanay Talaiya Creative Scientific Innovation Bal Bhavan Ujjain Madhya Pradesh
Bivas Nag Creative Scientific Innovation Bal Bhavan Vidyut Nagar Delhi
Pratyay Shetye Creative Writing Bal Bhavan Goa Goa
Najna Nazeem Creative Writing Rangaprabhat Bal Bhavan Maharashtra
V. Darshana Creative Writing Jawahar Bal Bhavan Puducherry Union Territory
Anchitshivam Sharma Creative Writing Bal Bhavan Jaipur Rajasthan
Aditya Shankar Wagh Creative Writing Bal Bhavan Vadodra Gujrat
S. Akshaya Creative Writing Jawahar Bal Bhavan Chennai Tamil Nadu
Goa Bal Bhavan 
   Creative Writing
 Eeshan Surendra Shukla[3] Creative Writing Abhinav Bal Bhavan Bhopal Madhya Pradesh
Aharika Baskar Creative Arts Jawahar Bal Bhavan Chennai Tamil Nadu
Kritika Grover Creative Writing Pathania Bal Bhavan Haryana

References

  1. ↑ http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=39514
  2. ↑ National Bal Bhawan, New Delhi (2015). "National Bal Shree Awardees 2013" (PDF). p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  3. ↑ The Times of India, Bhopal (2014). "9 city kids make it to Bal Shree award national camp". p. 1. Archived from the original on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, April 23, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.