Little Stars Shine at International Space Olympiad

KOCHI:
The International Level Competitions of International Space Olympiad 2016 organized by Edu Mithra Intellectual Services Pvt. Ltd were held at Renewal Center Kochi.
Selected students of classes 5-12 from various countries participated in the competition to win the title and the competition was designed to examine their knowledge in space science, history of space explorations and space technology. Sai S Kalyan from Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Arpit Kottur from Podar International School Pune and Riya Titus from Mar Gregarious Memorial Residential Public School won the title prizes in the competition which was held in three categories namely Juniors, Seniors and Super seniors. Eminent personalities from the field of space science handled the quizzes and the related workshop sessions. The event was scheduled as a three day camp and comprised of many innovative and informative sessions on space science and astrophysics.
In the valedictory function held Fr. Davis Chirammel, founder and director of Kidney Federation of India interacted with the children and gave away the prizes. The winners received Newtonian Reflector Telescopes as title prizes.