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Reliance Foundation School, Koparkhairane won the SECOND Position in Navi Mumbai and FIRST The innovative project, a desktop application entitled Hunting Exoplanets in Space, on the theme

Position in E-Ward, Koparkhairane along with a Cash Prize of Rs 21,000 and Rs 15,000 respectively in Explore Space designed by our students Tanishka Darira and Jahnvi Arora of class 12 has been listed at
the Private School Category in Swachh Sarvekshan 2022 conducted by Navi Mumbai Municipal the EIGHTH position among the top 75 innovative projects in the ATL Space Challenge 2021. This
Corporation. The main objective of this programme is to identify the standard of hygiene and sanitation innovative application can predict the existence of an exoplanet near a star using the brightness of the
at government, government-aided and private schools. star. The ATL Space Challenge 2021 was launched on 6 September 2021 by Atal Innovation Mission,

NITI Aayog in collaboration with ISRO and CBSE as part of the nationwide celebration of ‘Azadi Ka
Amrit Mahotsav’. The challenge witnessed over 2500 submissions from both ATL and Non-ATL
students across the country from which 75 top innovators were selected.

Joanne Alex, a student of Class 12 of Reliance Foundation School, Koparkhairane won the Second
Position in the JuniorSkills Championship 2021 in the Skill Category – Digital Photography (Senior

Group), organised by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) in partnership with Central
Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). She received a Silver Medal and a Certificate.

Leeza Sayed of Class 7 was awarded Rs 10,000 in the First Round
and qualified for the Second Round of the INSPIRE Awards -
MANAK for her innovative idea “Dewumen” - Dishwasher cum
exercise machine. Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired
Research (INSPIRE) scheme is one of the flagship programmes of

the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government
of India. The INSPIRE Awards - MANAK (Million Minds
Augmenting National Aspirations and Knowledge), being

executed by DST with the National Innovation Foundation –
India (NIF), an autonomous body of DST, aims to foster a culture
of creativity and innovative thinking among school children.

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