In year 1997, Kshitij organized its 2nd All India Child Art Exhibition at National Bal Bhawan, New Delhi from 20th December 1997 to 27th December 1997.  This exhibition was only second since the inception of the Art Society in 1994, but the year witnessed a twofold increase in the number of entries from all States and Union Territories of India, including the Andaman and Nicobar Islands as well. In all 7000 paintings created by around 6100 artist were sent to the society. Handicap artist from Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Karnataka & Maharashtra participated in the competition.

It was not an easy task for the judges (Shri Prayag Shukla – Poet & Art Critic, New Delhi and Shri Madan Lal – Sculptor, B.H.U., Varanasi, U.P.) to select the 1800  paintings. 35 Gold Medal, 35 Silver Medal, 55 Bronze Medal and 1675 Merit Certificates were awarded to the participants.

In addition Five Kshitij Ratna Award for Principal and Art Teachers for “Inspiring Co-operation to children” are given to :

- Somervile School, Noida (Uttar Pradesh)

- Delhi Public School, Dhaligaon (Assam)

- Sachdeva Public School, Rohini (Delhi)

- Tagore Public School, Jaipur (Rajasthan)

- Jamnabai Narsee School, Mumbai (Maharashtra)