Young girl from Manipur receives Rashtriya Bal Puraskar for extraordinary artwork ANI | Updated: Jan 28, 2021 22:06 IST
Imphal (Manipur) [India], January 28 (ANI): A young artist from Manipur is among 32 recipients of the prestigious Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar this year.
Venish Keisham, a Class 11 Humanities student of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Langjing in Imphal received recognition for her extraordinary work in the field of Arts. I am extremely grateful and happy that I got an opportunity to speak to the Prime Minister. I was initially very nervous ahead of the interaction but he encouraged us and it was very motivating, Keisham said. I received a call from the Prime Minister s Office around 12:30 am on January 22. I was asleep and my father, who received the phone call, woke me and I was so ecstatic, she added.