PakTurk student gets two awards in I-SWEEEP 2013

Lahore: A Pakistani student bagged forth position worldwide and got Honourable Mention Award in the International Sustainable World Energy Environment Engineering Project Olympiad (I-SWEEEP 2013) held recently in Houston, Texas.

Muhammad Bilal Bhutto, a class 10th student from PakTurk Khairpur Branch presented his Biology project regarding decreasing air pollution by using common grass in the competition in the 5th I-SWEEEP 2013 to be honoured.

His project provided applicable suggestions for cleaning the environment by improving air quality, maintaining higher treatment and decorating the surroundings which was admired by the judges, participants and contestants representing 363 projects from 68 countries and 41 states from the USA.

Participants were also provided the opportunity to visit Stem Expo, Robotics Contest, NASA field trip and Houston Museum of Natural by the organizers.

It may be mentioned that I-SWEEEP is international science fair which has been promoting sustainable energy solutions since 2008 on energy, engineering, and environmental projects.

Commenting on the success, PakTurk Chairman Unal Tosur, MD Fasih Celik and Director Education Kamil Ture said that participation in competitions is not just about winning; the students gets opportunity to study other projects, participate in workshops, symposiums, cultural events, exhibitions, listen to legendary scientists and interact with brightest young minds.

They said that today’s students are the innovators of tomorrow, we’re helping to empower the next generation of Pakistani scientists, engineers, doctors and entrepreneurs so that they can change the world.

Participation in science competitions is highly beneficial which has encouraged PakTurk to focus on such events to ensure a brighter future for Pakistan, they said.Bhutto said that he feels honoured to represent Pakistan in America and that he will share experience with class fellows and juniors.