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| 2019 North South Foundation Regional Educational Bee Contests Concludes! |
Press Release
05/02/2019
North South Foundation (NSF) is a non-profit organization that was established 30 years ago in 1989. The mission of the organization is to provide college scholarships to economically poor, bright kids in India. These scholarships are funded by fees collected from educational bees conducted across 89 chapters in the US. Over 20,000 scholarships have been disbursed thus far, changing the lives of many scholarship recipients and their families!
NSF conducts various contests including Spelling, Vocabulary, Math, Geography, Science, Brain, Public Speaking, History and Essay Writing, over three weekends between March and April each year. NSF Massachusetts chapter conducted contests at TUFTS University on April 7th and at Fitchburg State University(FSU) during April 27th -28th weekend. Over 550 kids in grades Kindergarten to 12 participated in the two centers, while NSF had over 16,000 registrations nationwide!
Under the leadership of Chapter Directors (CDs) Mani Santhanam for Cambridge chapter and Santosh Sapkal for Worcester chapter and Technical Leads Dr. Meledath Govindan & Madavi Oliver, the Massachusetts chapters successfully completed the contests.
A combined awards ceremony was held at Kent Hall at FSU on Sunday, April 28th to recognize all the contestants and award trophies to the winners of the competitions. Dr. Kris Iyer, the Co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Spring Bank Pharmaceuticals, an IND-stage drug discovery company presided over the awards ceremony. With over 28 years of experience in the biotech and pharma industry, Dr. Iyer has authored more than 110 scientific publications and has 200 US and international patents filed and issued in his name. Born and raised in a tiny village in Kerala, Dr. Iyer worked his way to become a successful entrepreneur and recipient of several prestigious awards in the Pharmaceutical field. He gave an inspirational speech that connected well with the audience, especially the kids! All the participants and winners of the bees received medals and trophies from Dr. Iyer.
The CDs from the two centers briefly spoke about the work of NSF and their roles within the organization.
Ramesh Govindan, son of Geeta & Dr. Meledath Govindan, who participated in NSF contests as a young kid and now volunteers for the organization shared his experiences of the positive impact NSF has had on his life’s journey. He encouraged the kids to keep competing and learning more and more each year.
Akshay Gowrishankar, son of Preeth & Gowrishankar, a senior at Acton-Boxborough high school was our youth speaker. He too has participated in various contests for several years. He spoke about how NSF taught him to be competitive and to volunteer. Akshay also stressed on working hard not just to win, but to learn. Akshay will be attending Caltech this fall.
Savitha Rajiv, the Regional Director for NSF Northeast and the Convener for the upcoming NSF National Finals that the Massachusetts and New Hampshire chapters are jointly hosting, encouraged parents to join the Finals team and volunteer. The 2019 National Finals will be held during August 9-11 at MIT. The top scoring 10% of contestants in various contests from across the US, about 1600 of them will be invited to participate at the Finals.
To learn more about NSF, please visit our website : www.northsouth.org To read testimonials from Scholarship recipients in India: https://www.northsouth.org/public/india/testimonials.aspx
If you are interested in volunteering for the finals, please contact Shitanshu Shekar: shitanshu@yahoo.com. If you would be interested in sponsorship opportunities, please contact Madavi Oliver: madavioliver@gmail.com. For any information related to NSF or the Finals, please contact Savitha Rajiv: Savitha.rajiv@northsouth.org.
Math Level 1
1st Place Soham Samanta
2nd Place Vihaan Jain
3rd Place Akshay Rao
Math Level 2
1st Place Adrita Samanta
2nd Place Amal Balachundhar
3rd Place Anand Swaroop
Math Level 3
1st Place Akshay Kumar
2nd Place Rohith Raghavan
3rd Place Aahan Mehra
Junior Science
1st Place Mohita Chepeni
2nd Place Srivatsan Marimuthu
3rd Place Sharmada Rajaram
Intermediate Science
1st Place Anand Swaroop
2nd Place Tarun Venkatesh
3rd Place Ishan Roychowdhury
Senior Science
1st Place Rohan Venkatesh
2nd Place Sahana Behera
3rd Place Anuprabha Dandapat
Junior Spelling
1st Place Aditya Tangella
2nd Place Armaan Syed
3rd Place Srivatsan Marimuthu
Senior Spelling
1st Place Rohit Paradkar
2nd Place Mahnoor Kazi
3rd Place Aadhavan Veerendra
Intermediate Brain Bee
1st Place Anuprabha Dandapat
2nd Place Rohan Venkatesh
3rd Place Savomit Sett
Senior Brain Bee
1st Place Adhvika Arunkumar
2nd Place Rudra Sett
3rd Place Shreya Nagri
Winners at Fitchburg State University
Junior Essay Writing
1st Place Vaishnavi Iyer
2nd Place Shruthika Senthilkumar
3rd Place Neha Nagireddy
Intermediate Essay Writing
1st Place Sanjana Pulaparthi
2nd Place Saravu Mudundi
3rd Place Janani Ganesh
Senior Essay Writing
1st Place Rithika Prasad
2nd Place Nikhita Athipathy
Math Level 1
1st Place Siddharth Prabhu Shankar
2nd Place Sarvesh Nandakumar
3rd Place Anish Saravanan
Math Level 2
1st Place Sriaditya Vaddadi
2nd Place Suhaas Goluguri
3rd Place Vybhav Velamoor
Math Level 3
1st Place Vishal Nandakumar
2nd Place Advay Goel
3rd Place Sumanth Sura
Junior Geography Bee
1st Place Rishik Kundu
2nd Place Rohan Nair
3rd Place Aaruni Moudgal
Senior Geography Bee
1st Place Aritra Ghosh
2nd Place Sujith Yeruva
3rd Place Pravar Mukkala
Junior Spelling
1st Place Rithika Sunchu
2nd Place Rohan Nair
3rd Place Risheth Rajasekaran
Senior Spelling
1st Place Harshitha Sunchu
2nd Place Gayatri Iyer
3rd Place Saketh Madhusudhan
Junior Vocabulary Bee
1st Place Siddhant Chouhan
2nd Place Rushil Kelapure
3rd Place Sameeksha Pasunuru
Intermediate Vocabulary Bee
1st Place Akhilsai Damera
2nd Place Pratham Juvekar
3rd Place Annika Singh
Junior Public Speaking
1st Place Sanjana Pulaparthi
2nd Place Advay Goel
3rd Place Ankith Bharadwaj
Senior Public Speaking
1st Place Rithika Prasad
2nd Place Amir Hameed
3rd Place Nikhita Athipathy
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