{"id":21312,"date":"2025-09-29T16:52:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T11:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekyaschools.com\/?p=21312"},"modified":"2025-09-29T16:52:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T11:22:25","slug":"ekya-itpl-student-medha-sharma-wins-national-shoe-design-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekyaschools.com\/blog\/ekya-itpl-student-medha-sharma-wins-national-shoe-design-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Ekya ITPL Student Medha Sharma Wins National Shoe Design Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekyaschools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-2-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21315\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Medha Sharma, talented student of Ekya Schools, celebrating her award-winning design; one of the best schools in Bangalore fostering creativity and innovation among students.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ekya ITPL continues to nurture creativity and purpose-driven learning, and Medha Sharma\u2019s recent achievement is a shining example. Last year, Plaeto, a revolutionary footwear brand founded by former Nike innovators, launched a national competition inviting design students from across India to create original shoe designs. Medha, an aspiring product designer, rose to the challenge with a unique creation that earned her the prestigious Best Design Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekyaschools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-1024x937.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21313\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Custom-designed shoes by Medha Sharma, brought to life by Plaeto; a proud achievement from a top school in Bangalore, Ekya Schools<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plaeto, known for its innovative multipurpose shoes designed specifically for Indian feet, with features like Tilt Lacing, a Wide Toe Box, and outsoles suited for diverse surfaces, was so impressed by Medha\u2019s design that they went ahead and manufactured it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekyaschools.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-1-850x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21314\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Hand-written congratulatory letter from Plaeto CEO Ravi Kallayil to Medha Sharma of Ekya Schools recognizing her award-winning shoe design<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recently, she received a pair of her custom-designed shoes along with a personalized note from the CEO, marking a memorable milestone in her budding career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inspired by Medha\u2019s talent, Plaeto has now announced another competition, extending a special invitation to Ekya School as a Design Progressive School. Her achievement celebrates individual brilliance and reflects Ekya\u2019s commitment to fostering curiosity, creativity, and real-world skills in our learners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medha Sharma, talented student of Ekya Schools, celebrating her award-winning design; one of the best schools in Bangalore fostering creativity and innovation among students. Ekya ITPL continues to nurture creativity and purpose-driven learning, and Medha Sharma\u2019s recent achievement is a shining example. Last year, Plaeto, a revolutionary footwear brand founded by former Nike innovators, launched [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekyaschools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekyaschools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekyaschools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekyaschools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekyaschools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ekyaschools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekyaschools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekyaschools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekyaschools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekyaschools.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}