Bhubaneswar, Dec 10: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik yesterday felicitated young innovator Subhendu Kumar Sahu from Ganjam at a function held here. The Chief Minister congratulated the child prodigy from Hinjili for developing an award-winning device which can perform multiple farm operations. The device assists farmers in tilling of soil, sowing of seeds and sprinkling of pesticides along with a host of other farming activities. Besides this, Patnaik also gifted him a laptop at the function held at State Secretariat. Subhanedu’s father Shantanu Sahu and his teacher and mentor Manjula Sahu were also present on the occasion.
Subhendu had received bronze medal in the National Child Award for ‘Exceptional Achievement’ from President Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhawan last month on Children’s Day. Shubhendu is a Class VIII student of Somapur Project Upper Primary School in Hinjili. He had prepared a science project titled ‘Gift for Farmers’ which got selected for the national level award.
