Manchester NH: The India Association of New Hampshire (IANH) and North South Foundation (NSF) conducted the 2004 NH Regional Education Bee contests on Saturday March 27th at NH Community Technical College in Manchester. The contest drew over 125 participants mainly from NH and Northern Massachusetts towns. NSF conducts these contests in various states to raise money for educational scholarships in India.

Manchester center registered the second highest count in the country. A highlight of this year’s contest was the addition of Math Bee for students from KG through Grade 7 divided over four levels. Contests were also held at junior and senior levels in Spelling and Vocabulary. Certificates were awarded to all participants. Three winners were selected for contests with up to ten participants and three winners for contests with more than ten participants.

Sumant Shendye and Arjun Venkatachalam were the first and second place winners in Senior Vocabulary. Amritha Mangalat, Mayank Dubey, and Asish Andhavarapu were first, second and third place winners in Junior Vocabulary. Asish Andhavarapu and Kaushik Korrapaty were the first and second place winners in Senior Spelling Bee, and Annu Nishant and Arjun Garma shared the third place. Kasyap Tenneti and Shyam Vasudevan were the first and second place winners in the Junior Spelling Bee, and Anjana Mangalat and Vaibhav Shrishail shared the third place. Anish Thilagar, Sadhana Tadepalli, and Suraj Shroff were the first, second, and the third place winners in Math Bee Level-I. Lasya Thilagar, Mayank Dubey, and Vaibhav Shrishail were the first, second and third place winners in the Math Bee Level-II. Arjun Venkatachalam was the winner in Math Bee Level-III, and the second place was shared by Kush Patel and Amritha Mangalat.

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