Chennai: Sandeep Kumar from Jeevana School, Madurai secured first prize in the missile launch competition organised by Raven Aerial Technologies Pvt Ltd, Chennai recently.
According to a press release, the student’s missile stayed on air for 14 seconds. The competition was a tribute to former President and missile man of India APJ Abdul Kalam on the occasion of his birth anniversary. More than 45 schools with 1,300 students participated across Tamilnadu. The aero-modelling competition was conducted to inspire students across the State.
A workshop was also organised for designing missile model. The participants learnt the science behind the working of missiles by constructing and flying their own models. ISRO Mangalyaan former mission director T K Sundaramurthy, who was the chief guest gave the awards for the best missile models.
Activities like paper plane competition, glider design workshop were also organised for the students and parents.