S Sai Vineet from J H Tarapore School stood eighth internationally where as Aman from DBMS English School Jamshedpur secured 20th position during the Science Olympiad organised by Science Olympiad Foundation.
Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF) has been conducting exams for past 16 years. It encourages development of a scientific aptitude through innovative activities and use of information technology in the learning process across the globe. The chief guest justice RC lahoti, former chief justice of India, gave away prizes to the winners.
During the function, awards were given to the top three international rank holders from classes one to twelve for the 4 Olympiad exams conducted by SOF.
Winners from classes 7 to 12 won Rs 50,000 each, the rank two holders won Rs 25000 each and rank 3 holders won Rs 10,000 whereas, winners from classes one to 6 were awarded I-Pads. In addition, attractive gifts were given to all winners. The top 10 principals and top 40 teachers whose students put up an excellent performance were also felicitated with cash awards, mementos & citations.
Justice RC lahotimet students who won prizes and received certificates in the final stage of subject Olympiads. Justice RC lahoti and Prof YS Rajan handed in valuable gifts and financial awards to the attendees, expressing gratitude for their work. In their speech, the guests stressed that the most important resource the nation has is its intellectual potential, which is not only inexhaustible, but will multiply and obtain new qualities in case of proper use, adding that it is also among the most reliable guarantees for the dynamic economic development.
SOF spends about Rs 8 crores towards awards, scholarships and training programs. For the academic session 2012-13, close to 25,000 schools registered for the four Olympiads and millions of students appeared in them.