Sikkimese Student’s dissertation to get published as book

source:Isikkim & Sikkim Mail

Yuksam, 5 June 2012:
Angela Bhutia, the only school student from the country to present a Speed Talk-cum-Poster at the prestigious YETI (Young Ecologists Talk & Interact) 2010 held at Indian Institute of Science (Bangalore), has been given a publication offer by an International Publishing House named Lambert Academic Publishing GmbH & Company, KG, Germany.
In a mail addressed to Angela Bhutia sent at Yuksam School’s e-mail address, Alina Covali (the Acquisition Editor of the publishing house) showed an interest to publish her dissertation on the project CLEAN UP GUYS (Cycling Long-lived Eco-unfriendly Accumulated Non-biodegradables through United Participation for a Cleaner Unpolluted Youthful Sikkim) in the form of a book.
It may be recalled that in 2009, the School in observance to International Polar Year undertook an 8-day long clean-up exercise along the Yuksam-Dzongri-Goechala trail falling under KNP of KBR and returned with 122 bags of non-biodegradable garbage. Angela Bhutia along with co-authors Passang Kipa Bhutia and Renuka Chhetri (then in Class IX) under the guidance of Sanjoy Acharya analyzed the findings of the exercise. The students then under the guidance of their teacher Sanju Shilal presented the result at the State-level Science Exhibition 2009 where it was adjudged as the Best Exhibit.

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This is perhaps the first time in history that a school student of Sikkim received such an offer. The entire Yuksam School family expressed immense happiness at the achievement. It is another indicator of success of Yuksam School in recent years.
For Angela Bhutia, who is presently studying in Class XII (PCB) at Pelling SSS (West), the reaction was mixed of surprise and pleasure. Her Class Teacher, Ayodhya Ray, expressed happiness over the development and commented that ‘Angela is learning and shaping herself well today in preparation for a better tomorrow’.