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Prime Minister's Awards for Innovation and Invention

2000 Winners' List

Prize Winners In The 8 – 10 Age Category

Highest Scoring Entry
The Memory Tax Game
Winner : Akeem Henry 
Mentor : Lennox Henry

Second Highest Scoring Entry
A Hand Juicer
Winner : Dwight D’arceuil 
Mentor : Mona Thompson

Special Prize
The Multiplier Game
Winner : Shadia Brahim 
Mentor : Krishna Brahim

 

Prize Winners In The 11 – 14 Age Category

Highest Scoring Entry
Chubby And Lil Boy Cap Opener
Winner : Rebecca Balgobin 

Second Highest Scoring Entry
Cricket Stumps
Winner : Vikash Singh 
Mentor : Adesh Ramlal

Special Prize
The Student’s Compac
Winner : Kizzy Gift And Adama Wiltshire 

Special Prize For Most Innovative Use Of Indigenous/Waste Material
Ligneous Polystyrene Hand Craft Products
Winner : Poloma, Renee and Kimberly Bain 
Mentor : Andrew Bain

 

Prize Winners In The 15 - 18 Age Category

First Place : Best Innovator/Inventor
The Green Coconut Crusher
Winner : Nancy Cardinez and Maurice Oudith 
Mentor: Jefferson Cole

Second Place : Best Innovator/Inventor
Edu-Wat??
Winner : Raymond Joseph 
Mentor : Madeline Joseph

Special Prize For Best Presentation Of Prototype
Remote Controlled Lawn Mower 
Winner: Aeshvar Mahabirsingh 

Special Prize For Most Innovative Use Of Indigenous/Waste Material
The Green Coconut Crusher
Winner : Nancy Cardinez and Maurice Oudith 

Special Prize For Simplicity Of Design
General Electromagnetic Studs
Winner : Vivian Cumberbatch 
Mentor : Ming Hon

 

Prize Winners In The 19 - 22 Age Category

First Place : Best Innovator/Inventor
Product Category
The Thru Tubing Backsurging Tool
Winner : Mervyn Chen 

Second Place: Best Innovator/Inventor 
Product Category
The Golf Putter Weight Management System
Winner : Bertram Bland 

Third Place: Best Innovator/Inventor
Product Category
The Celestine Hip-Joint Mechanism 
Winner : Celestine Hypolite 

Special Prize
Hydrocool Pre-Fabricated Concrete Wall
Winner : Corie Quash, Joel Bourne, Kailash Ramkhelawan and Faiyet Mohammed

Special Prize
Diesel Particulate Emission Filter
Winner : Nikhil Gyan 
Prize Winners In The 23+ Age Category (Product)

 

Prize Winners In The 23+ Age Category (Process) 

First Place: Best Innovator/Inventor
Process Category
The Powderisation of Trinidad Lake Asphalt
Winner : Dolly Nicholas 

Second Place: Best Innovator/Inventor 
Process Category
Puppet Engineering
Winner : Rogers Peterkin 

Third Place: Best Innovator/Inventor 
Process Category 
Tyre Enclosed Coastal Retaining Wall
Winner : Selby Alfred

 

Special Prize Winners In The 23+ Age Category

Special Prize For Best Educational Entry
Brainstorm
Winner : Noel Kalicharan

Special Prize For Best Environmental Entry
The Water Recycling System For Washing Machines
Winner : Roland Aguilar

Special Prize For Most Innovative Use Of Indigenous/Waste Material
Baggasse Lignin Products
Winner : Andrew Bain 

Special Prize For Best Innovation/Invention 
In Art/Science of Pan - Midipan
Winners : Brian Copelandm, Navindra Bidaisee, Joffre Bourgeois and Earl Philip

Special Prize For Best Medical Entry
The Endotracheal Tube Support
Winner : Roland Roopchand

Special Prize For The Entry With The Most Commercial Potential
Jojovera Exfoliating And Skin Conditioning Soap
Winner : Buddie Miller

 

Overall Winners In The Individual Category

Prize For The Best Entry In The Under 23 Years Category
Winner : Rebecca Balgobin 

Prize For The Best Entry In The Over 23 Years Process Category
Winner : Dolly Nicholas 

Prize For The Best Entry In The Over 23 Years Product Category
Winner : Mervyn Chen 

 

View the 2004 Winners' List here.

View the 2002 Winners' List here.

View the 2000 Winners' List here.

 

 

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