Team India Wins 4 Grand & 4 Special awards at ISEF 2008

I was delighted to be part of Team India for the Intel ISEF 2008 at Atlanta. The Indian Team won 4 Grand awards and 4 Special awards. (Scroll down below for project details)

Six winners from the India IRIS national fair were selected to represent at Intel ISEF.

Out of the 6 teams, 4 were from Tier-2/3 cities like Varanasi, Rajkot, Mandya, Nagpur and two from Tier-1 city Mumbai & Bangalore respectively.

In India this is a wonderful opportunity for any student who has great ideas and want to showcase it to international level.

India National Fair link: IRIS India National Fair (http://www.intel.com/cd/corporate/education/APAC/ENG/in/ k12education/math/math2/math23/239082.htm)

Note that in India, there is a direct entry system where anyone can submit their abstract directly – online (or offline). See the link http://www.iris.educationinindia.net/ for more details.

Award Details

Full pdf: http://www.societyforscience.org/isef/results/grnd2008.pdf

Grand Awards at ISEF 2008 for Team India

1. Environmental Management – Presented by Kendeda Fund
Third Award of $1,000
EM049 Fusarium pallidoroseum, II: Can It Control Water Hyacinth?
Swathi Soman, 16, Bhavan’s B.P. Vidya Mandir, Nagpur, India

2. Team Projects – Presented by Science News
Third Award of $1,000
EM320 Larvicidal and Insecticidal Properties of Carica papaya Leaf
Extract Against Mosquitoes
Neha Avinash Kulkarni, 14, Modern English School, Mumbai, Maharashtra,
India
Divya Venkataraman, 14, Modern English School, Mumbai, Maharashtra,
India

3. PS316 Eco-Friendly Ink for Color Pens
Pooja Krishnakant Dholakiya, 14, Late Shree S.G. Dholakiya Memorial
High School,
Rajkot, Gujarat, India
Riddhi Rajendrabhai Dasani, 14, Late Shree S.G. Dholakiya Memorial High
School, Rajkot, Gujarat, India

4. Electrical & Mechanical Engineering – Presented by Intel Foundation
Fourth Award of $500
EE071 A Low Cost Water Based Evaporative Cooling Device for Computers
Ambud Sharma, 15, Sunbeam School,Bhagwanpur, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh,
India

Special Awards

full pdf: http://www.societyforscience.org/isef/results/sao2008.pdf

1. American Phytopathological Society

A non-profit, scientific organization devoted to the study of plant
diseases and their management. Founded in 1908, the society has grown
from 130 charter members to nearly 5,000 plant pathologists worldwide.
The research of the organization’s members advances the understanding
of the science of plant pathology and its application to plant health.
Third Award of $500

EM049 Fusarium pallidoroseum, II: Can It Control Water Hyacinth?
Swathi Soman, 16, Bhavan’s B.P. Vidya Mandir, Nagpur, India

2. American Society for Horticultural Science
Second Award of $500

PS045 Natural Color from Ixora Flowers
Lavanya Giriraj, 16, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Mandya, Karnataka, India

3. Ashtavadhani Vidwan Ambati Subbaraya Chetty (AVASC)
Foundation
An educational and medical service foundation dedicated to recognizing
academic talent and providing services to the needy. We will award
projects that display outstanding creativity, ingenuity and have the
potential to alleviate the human condition or mark a substantive
advance in the scientific field.
Second Award of $500 U.S. Savings Bond

EM320 Larvicidal and Insecticidal Properties of Carica papaya Leaf Extract Against Mosquitoes

Neha Avinash Kulkarni, 14, Modern English School, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Divya Venkataraman, 14, Modern English School, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

4. Florida Institute of Technology

Florida Institute of Technology is the only private technological
University in the southeastern United States. Florida Tech, located on
the Space Coast near Kennedy Space Center, offers full undergraduate
and graduate programs in engineering, science, psychology, business,
and aeronautics.
Scholarship Award of $12,500 per year, renewable annually

EE071 A Low Cost Water Based Evaporative Cooling Device for Computers
Ambud Sharma, 15, Sunbeam School,Bhagwanpur, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh,
India

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