Kashmir student's logo picked from 3,200 entries

President Pratibha Patil's green sustainability initiative in Rashtrapati Bhawan will now have a Jammu & Kashmir touch.

President Pratibha Patil's green sustainability initiative in Rashtrapati Bhawan will now have a Jammu & Kashmir touch.

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Robin Singh, a class 9 student from the state has won the national competition to create a logo for the initiative. Patil picked it from 3,276 entries submitted by school children across India, according to a Rashtrapati Bhawan communiqué.

Singh is a student of Kendriya Vidyalaya Border Security Force (BSF) School at Bandipore in Jammu and Kashmir.

Delhi boy Vibhu Prakash, a student of Air Force School Delhi Cantt also received a special encouragement prize.

Explaining his design of a combination of a house and tree, Robin Singh said while the hut signifies the use of eco friendly domestic equipment, the tree shows the importance of greenery.