Making a splash with their art
The Hindu
Painting contest draws over 24,000 entries
The winners of the Club Mahindra National Painting Competition 2021, in association with The Hindu Young World, were announced virtually on January 22. The preliminary round started on the occasion of World Students’ Day on October 15 and over 24,000 entries were received from children across categories. Finally, 927 children made it to the finale held on December 26.
In the sub-junior category, S. Nikithaa, a Class 4 student of Avila Convent Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Coimbatore; Krithi Rajesh, a Class 4 student from Maharishi Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Coimbatore, and Thanishka Nair, a Class 4 student from City Pride School, Moshi, Pune were adjudged the winners.
Nived Reji, Class 8, Cochin Refineries School, Thiruvaniyoor, Ernakulam; A. Kundana Rayal, Class 7, Kendriya Vidyalaya Bowenpally, Hyderabad; and S Adrija Pathanjali, Class 6, SRM Nightingale Matriculation School, Chennai were the winners in the junior category.