Bengaluru:

Budding science superstars of the city outshone themselves at the Science Olympiad as six of them secured international ranks in the exams conducted by the Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF). 45 lakh students from over 34 thousand schools across 1400 cities in India as well as 22 other countries took part in the ultimate science challenge for the academic year 2015-16.
The SOF conducts four Olympiad exams – National Cyber Olympiad (NCO), National Science Olympiad (NSO), International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) and International English Olympiad (IEO).

Chinmayi Ramasubramanian was the star of the night when she was awarded the first rank in the National Science Olympiad (NSO). The class 4 student of Sri Kumaran Children’s Home English Nursery & Primary School was the only one among the Bengaluru achievers to secure a gold medal.

Securing second rank in the same exam was Nithilan Ravikumar, a class 3 students from Delhi Public School, South Bengaluru.

Among those securing the second rank and being awarded the silver medal in the National Cyber Olympiad (NCO) were Tvisha Chandra, a class 4 student, studying in Inventure Academy; Garg Shali of class 5, Vibgyor High School and Aryan Srivastav of class 7, studying in Sri Kumaran Children’s Home.
Pranjali Srivastav of class 6, National Public School, Koramangala achieved the second rank in International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO).

While the first ranker was given a cash prize of Rs 50,000, those who stood second, were given the same of Rs 25,000. Also, ten principals and 40 teachers from the awarded schools were felicitated as well for motivating their students to shine bright in the Olympiad exams.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Bangalore / Deepika Barli / TNN / June 16th, 2016