The recognition
The December 2025 government award report identifies Aishi Prisha Borah, 14, from Jorhat in Assam, as a Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar recipient in Science and Technology. It describes work involving natural farming, newspaper mulching and a machine for making pencils from waste newspaper.
From an idea to a question
The source also lists science exhibitions at which her work appeared. It does not supply the independent performance measurements needed to describe a product as commercially proven or to promise environmental savings.
The story we can tell now is about the documented projects and their recognition.
Look at a material that is regularly thrown away around you. What other use might it have? Then ask a harder question: what evidence would show that the new use is useful? A labelled sketch and a list of unanswered questions can be the start of an investigation. This activity is our editorial suggestion, not a claim about Aishi’s process.
SOURCES
- PIB Guwahati · 26 December 2025 ↗ · Government award report
