Meet Deep, Creator Of 'The Rejuvenators'

Posted On: July 20, 2009 03:07 pm

Topperlearning.com features projects designed by students, across the length and breadth of India. A Class X student from Mumbai tells Biswajeet Boruah about his project 'The Rejuvenators', which made it to the top 10 in the Students Space Scientist Programme by ThinkQuest.com and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

Name: Deep Jain
Class: IX
School: Kendriya Vidyalaya, INS Hamla, Mumbai
Project title: The Rejuvenators
Teammates: Aditya, Shankar and Ashok

Theme and Concept: "Our basic aim was to create awareness on the whys and hows related to environmental degradation," explains Deep. For example, everybody knows that polythene bags are banned but don't know why, and how they harm the environment. "We want to make sure that people know the reasons and the solutions," says Deep.
 
Elaborating on their project, Deep says "It was part of a national online competition conducted on Thinkquest.com." The competition was held, separately, across the globe in more than 27 countries and the top two finalists were to go to California, USA for the final round. "We made it to the top 10 but failed to qualify for the final round," says a slightly disappointed Deep.

The Rejuvenators, Unmasked: "We were a group of four friends, who played different roles in the project. For instance, Shankar, Ashok and I would collect the data, create the tools and invite people to vote for our project. Aditya would upload the data on the web site, ThinkQuest.com. We were helped, immensely, and rightfully guided by our head coach, Mrs Krishna Kumari," explains Deep.

In the picture: Deep (extreme right), Aditya, Shankar and Ashok

How they did it!
"Since it was an online project, we got the content ready, first. Then we created slides on PowerPoint. Next, we uploaded them on the web site," confirms Deep.

They used posters to promote their project and create awareness, as they believe that posters are the best way to make people understand things in the simplest way.

"We also made our project bi-lingual, so that people, who don’t know English, could understand it in Hindi. This gave it a mass-appeal," justifies Deep.

"We used online polls and forums to debate and brainstorm with people, across the country. The poll asking people about the chief cause of pollution also generated quite a stir, with 'ignorance' winning it hands down with 60% votes!" Deep shares. 

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