Grand finale of ACEnovation National Storytelling Championship held in Chennai

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A certificate being handed implicit    to 1  of the 52 winners.

A certificate being handed implicit to 1 of the 52 winners.

The finale of the ACEnovation National Storytelling Championship (NSC-India 2025) was precocious held astatine VIT Chennai.

The event, aimed astatine fostering a storytelling culture, saw participants from assorted property groups crossed six categories.

The Hindu In School was the media spouse of the event. Trophies, certificates, and currency prizes to the tune of ₹5 lakh were shared among the 52 winners from crossed the country.

In the inferior category, Achintya Chopra, Darbari Lal DAV Model School, New Delhi (3-4 years category); Myra Shanker, Jayshree Periwal Global School, Jaipur (5-7 years category); and Tharunika Alpa Kaushik, St. Claret School, Assam; Sudhan Selva Kumar, B.V. Bhavans Rajaji Vidyashram, Chennai; and Smriti Karthik, Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Chennai (8-12 years category), were the champions.

In the elder category, S.H. Hanzie, Rojavanam International School, Kanniyakumari district; Sadhana Sri R., Tiruvallur District Government Model School, and P. Praniska, Pushpalata Vidya Mandir, Tirunelveli (13-15 years category); Leenasri M., Bannari Amman Public School, Erode (16-18 years category); and Shreya Rath, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Maharashtra; Natasha Salim, dependable artist, Kerala; and Deepshree Khanna, autarkic argumentation researcher, Indira Gandhi National Open University, Haryana (19-50 years category), bagged prizes.

While Geetha Raghavan from Pune won a prize successful the Super Senior Category (above 51 years), Sahana Singaravelan of Ekadaksha Learning Centre, Chennai, emerged arsenic the victor successful the Special Needs Category.

Additional Chief Secretary J. Radhakrishnan spoke astir the powerfulness of storytelling arsenic a cornerstone of enactment and societal transformation.

Sesha Sai, Consul General of Seychelles successful Chennai; John Row, International Storyteller and Author, U.K.; Sathish Narayanan, Chairman, Chools Group and IFFAI; Dinakar, Entrepreneur and Education Advocate, U.S.; and Athvik Amith Kumar, 1 of India’s young entrepreneurs, were the guests of honour.

The event, portion nurturing look and thought enactment among young minds crossed the nation, besides hosted storytelling performances by Mathiazhagan and squad and Amutha, and a mime show by the Thedal Arts Group.

VIT chancellor G. Viswanathan and vice president G.V. Selvam, and Nagarajan Narayanan and Neena Gayatri, founders of ACEnovation, were besides present.

The organising partners of the lawsuit were VIT Chennai, Amar Chitra Katha, Chools Group, Image Creative Education, Bright Angel Consultants, and Diginucleus.

Published - May 15, 2026 07:43 p.m. IST

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