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The National Innovation Foundation (NIF) and India’s first edutainment channel, ZeeQ have partnered to encourage young children to make innovations and nurture scientific ideas through a programme—Teenovation.
NIF-jointly with ZeeQ will air 70 commendable innovations by teenagers across India in a weekly 30 minute show ‘Teenovation’.
Teenovation, which airs on ZeeQ, is about children innovators who create remarkable solutions to the problems they saw around them.
From automatic food makers to crutches with shock absorbers for the elderly, the partnership encourages children to think out of the box and open their mind to endless possibilities on problem solving.
“NIF wants to promote originality and innovative spirit of our children so that when they become leaders of our society tomorrow, they can ensure an imaginative, inclusive and an innovative future for the country. Teenovation is an appreciable attempt on part of ZeeQ to seed this message in the minds of the children of our country. We hope more channels will follow suit,” said Anil Gupta, executive vice chair of NIF.
NIF, through it’s IGNITE national competition, looks to harness creative spirit of the children in and out of school all around the country.
Through the show, ZeeQ is trying to ensure that the innovations of these young teenage scientists reach as many children as possible across India and to inspire them to also unleash their creativity.
“Through Teenovation, we want to provide children a strong platform to showcase their talent and knowledge. We are thankful to NIF in supporting us in this endeavor,” Subhadarshi Tripathy, business head of ZeeQ stated.
The Teenovation team is travelling to villages in Gujarat, Kashmir, Delhi NCR region, Tamil Nadu, Pune, Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, Sikkim, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab and capturing the real Teen-Innovators on reel.
The NIF has currently provided ZeeQ with a database of over one hundred innovations ZeeQ’s team has filtered the entries and 70 of the most promising and commendable innovations are featuring ZeeQ’s weekly programme, Teenovation.
