PRATIBHA 2013
This test for the students of 9th & 10th standard of 48 schools under Chaukhutia & Syalde Block, District Almora, Uttarakhand was conducted on 01.12.2013 at 2 examination centres namely Saraswati Vidya Mandir Chaukhutia and GIC Syalde. Total 175 students participated in the written test.

Based on the performance of students in the written exam, top 10 students were selected and presented with certificates and cash prizes in a prize distribution function organized at Shikshak Bhawan Chaukhutia on 4th December 2013.

Chief guest of the function was Dr. DS Pundhir, Director Bipin Tripathi Kumaon Institute Of Technology Dwarahat. The certificates & cash prizes to all the toppers were distributed by the Chief Guest.The certificates & cash prizes to all the toppers were distributed by the Chief Guest. Chief guest appreciated the unique initiative of the organizers Umesh Chandra Singh Bisht and Sheela Bisht for the students of this under privileged area and advised students and their parents for setting a realistic and ideal goal for the students  and ensure their best to achieve it.

List of toppers, media coverage and photographs of the written test & prize distribution function are as follows.