Place of Exhibition (Mela)

Science Block of Everest Science Center Pvt. Ltd. at Barju-05, Shantiban, Sunsari in Province No. 1.

The project has been supported by the Government of Nepal (Province No. 1). The project has been conducted with the partnership between the government and ESCN. The Science Exhibition (Mela) has been conducted for three days viz. 30, 31 and 32 of Jestha 2076. Twenty-Nine schools, Colleges and Organization and an individual from ten different districts has been participated in the Exhibition (Mela). Total number of 16,582 visitors has visited the science Exhibition (Mela) within three days. At the end of the Exhibition (Mela) the participants with the best Exhibition and demonstration has been awarded with the prizes. The Exhibition (Mela) has been completed successfully and has achieved its objectives.

Organization of Exhibits

Day 1

Total fifty stalls were completely prepared for the exhibitors. Exhibitors from different location reached to the place of exhibition. The stall has been provided to the exhibitors and the exhibitors setup their exhibition and demonstration. The visitor started to visit the exhibition. The participants from different school has explained about their exhibition and demonstration to the visitors. In Day one total number of 1342 visitor visited the exhibition.

In day one, all the participants and exhibitors are welcomed by organizing the opening ceremony. The ceremony was chaired by Mr. Dilip Adhikari, Chairman of ESCN. Honorable Minister Mr Jadish Kumar Kusiyat was the chief guest. Chief guest along with other respected guest visit the exhibition. Chairman and Chief guest welcomes all the participants and encourage the students for the research and development in the field of Science and Information Technology.

Performance Evaluation committee was formed. Performance evaluation committee was formed with the view of evaluating the demonstrations/exhibition of the participants. Following are the members of the committee:

S. No.	Name	Position
1	Nanda Kumar Thakur	Chairman
2	Bhojraj Ghimire	Member
3	Sudip Bikram Adhikari	Member
4	Safal Katwal	Member
5	Ishwor Devkota	Member

Day 2

In Day 2 total number of 3,174 visitor visited the exhibition. In Day 2, Most of the visitors were students. All the student visited were seen with the curiosity about different scientific demonstration.

Day 3

In Day 3, total number of 12,066 visitor visited the exhibition.

During Day 3, the members of performance evaluation committee perform the evaluation and provided the marks to the participants. The Exhibition was ended by the organization of closing ceremony. The Closing Ceremony was chaired by Mr. Dilip Adhikari, Chairman of ESCN. Honorable Minister Mr. Jadish Kumar Kusiyat was the chief guest. And other special guest present are: Honorable Mr. Kul Prasad Sawa,

Badri Raj Dhungana (Secretary of Industry, Tourism, Forest and Environment Ministry), Mr. Krishna Raj Adhaikari, Mr. Nanda Kumar Thaku, Mr. Debendra Karna (Science Teachers Association), Mr Umesh Yadab, Mr. Gopi Aachami and etc.

During the closing ceremony the chairman, Chief guest and special guest deliver the speech congratulating the organization for the success of the exhibit and thanking all the participants and visitor for making the exhibit success. At the end of the ceremony the chief guest distributes the letter of appreciation to the participants and awards and prizes to the top teams.

List of Participants/Exhibitors

Total of 29 Schools, Colleges and organization take participation in the Exhibition (Mela). 29 Schools, Colleges and organization and an individual displayed their exhibition in 36 stalls. List of the participants is as below:

S.N.	School Name	Address.
1.	Shree Pokhariya Secondary School	Biratnagar
2.	Manmohan Memorial polytechnic	Hattimuda
3.	Boudha Children Heaven Boarding School	Kathmandu
4.	Shree Sita ram ma.vi.	Kathmandu
5.	Sankatmochan Ma.vi.	Janakpur
6.	Radiant School	Kathmandu
7.	Vishwa Premi Ma.vi	Bhojpur
8.	Shree Sita Paila Ma.Vi.	Kathmandu
9.	Nava Jyoti Ma.Vi.	Kathmandu
10.	Godawari Vidya Mandir	Belbari
11.	Everest world school	Kathmandu
12.	Triyuga model school	Udaypur
13.	STEM Foundation	Kathmandu
14.	Tech Samaj	Kathmandu
15.	Eastern college of engineering	Biratnagar
16.	Shree Ram Sita Ma.Vi.	Sunsari
17.	Shree Harinagra Ma.Vi.	Sunsari
18.	Emerald Academy	Jhapa
19.	Shree Satyanarayan Ma.Vi.	Biratnagar
20.	Koshi Vidya Mandir	Biratnagar
21.	Shree Adarsha Ma.Vi.	Biratnagar
22.	Nawayug Academy	Inaruwa
23.	Shree Mills Ma.Vi.	Biratnagar
24.	Bishnu Ma.Vi.	Inaruwa
25.	Smarika Boarding School	Jhapa
26.	Delhi Public School	Biratnagar
27.	Gograha Ma. Vi.	Biratnagar
28.	Pokhara Aeronautical Society	Pokhara
29.	Mr. Deepak Adhikari Chettri	Individual
30.	Birat Saishik Samagri Nirman Kendra	Biratnagar

Major Achievements

• 29 schools, Colleges and organization and an individual from 10 different districts participate in the Exhibition (Mela).
• Total of 16,582 students and general public visit the Exhibition (Mela).
• Visitors obtain the knowledge and practical experience of science and the scientific inventions

Awards and Prize Distribution

The Evaluation of the exhibition (Mela) has been evaluated by providing equal weight of marks between the vote that exhibitors got from the visitor and from the marks provided by performance appraisal committee. The total of 7,514 Valid votes have been obtained by the exhibitors.
The total of Nine exhibitors was able to win the award and prizes. Out of them two exhibitors are the joint winner of the exhibition and seven other participators were provided with the consolation prize. Details of the exhibitors winning the prize are as follows:

S. No.	Name of Participants	Position	Prize Amount
1	Shree Pokhariya Secondary School	First	50,000
2	Godawari Vidya Mandir	First	50,000
3	Manmohan Memorial polytechnic	Second	10,000
4	Shree Ram Sita Ma.Vi.	Third	10,000
5	Shree Harinagra Ma.Vi.	Forth	10,000
6	Triyuga model school	Fifth	10,000
7	Shree Satyanarayan Ma.Vi.	Sixth	10,000
8	Gograha Ma. Vi.	Seventh	10,000
9	Shree Adarsha Ma.Vi.	Eight	10,000