Gayatri Vidyapeeth of Haridwar achieved overall eighth position in the IT Olympiad held in Pune this year. Over 70,000 students from 160 schools from India and nine schools from Afghanistan had participated in the championship. Among these Devasya Desai of class VIII bagged 11th position in the championship.
Speaking to The Pioneer, Devasya Desai said that he was fortunate to have been able to achieve a good position in the championship and gave credit for it to the institution where all round development of child is focussed upon. For the first time Gayatri Vidyapeeth had participated in the IT Olympiad.
Notably, the IT Olympiad was held in two categories-cubs and lions. In both these categories, over 70,000 students had participated in an online test. In cub category, only Devasya was selected for award form the whole State of Uttarakhand. He won the Android tab excellence award and letter of appreciation. Devasya was jointly awarded by CEO of Quick Heal, Kailash Katkar, director of IT Olympiad, Professor Rishi Acharya, CEO of CITIS Harshad Sangley and MC Society president PA Imandar.