Odisha Son Gets Rashtriya Bal Puraskar

(Surjit Kumar Dhal) Bhubaneswar: Bringing accolades to Odisha, Yash Mishra from the state capital received the ‘Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar’ from The Indian President Sri Ram Nath Kovind at a special function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, Raisina Hill in national capital today on the verge of Republic Day.

Yash, a student of DAV school in Chandrasekharpur here, received the award for his excellency in the field of scholastic achievement. He received a cash reward of Rs 1lakh and medal for his achievements.

Currently, he is studying at Sir Padampat Singhania School in Kota. Earlier, Yash had won gold medal for India in Singapore Asian Mathematical Olympiad. He has over 400 prizes and around 200 medals to his credit so far.