Hazaribagh: Imagine mosquitoes getting electrocuted while you sleep peacefully.

At a time vector-borne diseases such as dengue, malaria and chikungunya are affecting almost all parts of India, the power-charged mosquito net invented by 15-year-old Hazaribagh schoolboy Hridyesh is most welcome.

Class X student of DAV Public School, Hridyesh was one of the recipients of the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE 2017 Awards, 2017, given by the National Innovation Foundation, an autonomous body under Union ministry of science and technology, to schoolchildren across India.

Though the winners were announced on October 15, the birth anniversary of Dr Kalam, he got the award in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, on December 22 from former President Pranab Mukherjee.

Hridyesh, who thought of fixing electrical mosquito nets on windows and ventilators, said they would be "safe for people and pets but unsafe for mosquitoes".

The boy who lives with government employee father Vijay Kumar Singh and homemaker mother Indu in Shivdayal Nagar, said he wanted to do something for people of his locality, who live in constant fear of dengue and malaria.

Hridyesh said his mosquito net, coated with a mix of iron and copper, would consume only 5 volts and work on solar power too. "I wanted my invention to be easy to use," said the boy who plays chess, is a YouTuber who reviews new products on his channel and wants to be an astronaut.

Principal Ashok Kumar congratulated Hridyesh.

This year, besides Hridyesh, a Class XII student of MGM Higher Secondary School in Bokaro, Ayan Aryan (17) was also one of the recipients of IGNITE award.

Aryan came up with the idea of a sensor that would automatically open the locked doors of a car in case of fire.

In all, 56 students from 16 states received the IGNITE award for 29 ideas and innovations. Overall, 65,000 submissions of students from 576 districts of all states and Union territories of India were received during the IGNITE 2017, which ran from September 1, 2016 to August 31, 2017.