The 16th International Award ceremony held in New Delhi recently for the winners of the four Olympiads organised by the Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) saw 50 students from Odisha being felicitated.
Spandan Kumar Sahu from the DAV Public School at Paradeep and Abhishek Somani from the Naidu +2 science college in Bhubaneswar won cash prize of Rs 50,000 each. Others who were felicitated for winning in the Olympiads included Aishani Chaudhury from the loyala School in Bhubaneswar, Pooja Das from DAV Public School in Bhbaneswar, Snigdha Das from the Delhi Public School at Rourkela and Smarajit Das from DAV School in Bhubaneswar.
Former Chief Justice of Supreme Court RC lahoti was the chief guest at the ceremony while the guest of honour was Prof YS Rajan, Chairman of NIT Manipur, Founder and Executive Director of Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) Mahabir Singh said that 24,000 students from 1,050 cities across India and 14 countries were awarded for achieving top State-level ranks. In addition, close to 3,50,000 students were awarded “Medals of Excellence” for achieving top ranks in their respective schools.