Kulbir Singh Ahluwalia and Aishna Vashishth have been nominated for the National Bal Shree Award 2010 from Chandigarh. Kulbir, a student of Delhi Public School, Sector 40, will be awarded for creative scientific innovation while Aishna of Guru Harkrishan Singh Public School, Sector 38, a special child undergoing rehabilitation at Prayaas, will be awarded for excellence in creative performance. Both of them represented Chandigarh Bal Bhawan at national-level Bal Shree Award Competition 2010. The prizes will be given by President of India at Rashtarpati Bhawan. ''I made a lung capacitor using a plastic bottle, wire, cell and a balloon. It works as well as an actual lung capacitor,'' he said. His father Dr Jasbir Singh Ahluwalia, a kidney specialist, said, ''It feels great that my son has made me and the entire family proud. Kulbir has excelled in studies since Class I. He is a very good painter and also plays synthesizer.''
