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It is now open for all schools across the country Results will be announced on December 28 CHENNAI: World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand on Sunday launched the second phase of ‘iPaint08’ organised as part of ‘Kidex 2008’ and felicitated the winners of first phase in three categories. Organised by NIIT and the Confederation of Indian Industry, the first phase of ‘iPaint08’ received 80,000 entries from schools located in Assam, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, New Delhi and Haryana. L. Balasubramanian, president, NIIT School Learning Solutions said, “The competition is now open for all schools across the country. The winners of the phase II of the event will be felicitated during Hyderabad chapter of Kidex 2008. December 15 is the last date for uploading paintings on to a specially created site www.niit.com/ipaint and the results will be announced on December 28.” In his address, Mr. Anand urged the young students to make use of technology to express their creativity better. P. Rajendran, NIIT Chief Operating Officer said that the digital painting competition became a huge success due to the Green Initiative, in which paintings were uploaded on to a website and no printouts were taken. Pradipta K. Mohapatra, Kidex Chairman said CII had been focusing on competitiveness and inclusive growth as thrust areas for rapid socio-economic development. CII-Young Indians (Yi) and the Group for Nature Preservation and Education (GNAPE) also organised a Nature Quiz coinciding with Kidex 2008. The ‘GNAPE-Yi Nature Quiz-2008’ tested the students on their knowledge of nature, wildlife and environment. The winners of the competition were awarded trophies on Saturday.
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