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NSF National Educational Contests


09/03/2008


The North South Foundation  held its national convention at MIT on the labor day weekend. The event was intense with the brightest Indian American youngsters from all over the country competing for the top spot in thirteen different contests. In addition to competitions the event also held several panel discussions to help inspire youngsters along the academic career path.

The north south foundation is a unique charity where registration money from participants is used to fund scholarships for underpriviledged people in India. The participants hugely from the training and preparation that recieve from the NSF contests. Winners of the contests have gone on to win the National Spelling Bee , Geography Bee and other contests.

The parents of the students serve as volunteers and work very hard to coordinate events that are held in several cities around the country. "If we total up the volunteer time spent on these contests and put a dollar value to them, it would come to aroun 2.5 million dollars a year. Collection from participants via registration is only 230,000 dollars, a bargain indeed for the participants" said Dr. Ratnam Chitturi who is one of the founding members of this organization.  The Boston team including Madhavi and Gaugarin Oliver, Durga Rao, Geeta and Govindan , Anita and Murali Rajagopalan and others did a phenomenal job in managing the logistics for the three day weekend.

"We learned so much from this event. The college workshop by Dr. Anil Saigal was very insightful. We also learned a lot from parents like Sunil Iyer whose children have achieved so much success. We have come from New Orleans. For us this trip was part of the evacuvation.  We are honored that our child participated in the event" said a couple who moved to New Orleans from India only six years earlier.

Lokvani Congratulates the winners and the participants.

       
Rank Participant Name Center
  SENIOR PUBLIC SPEAKING  
1 Shubhro Saha Hartford, CT
2 Ishita Kala Hartford, CT
3 Rishika Chugh Marlboro, NJ
     
  SENIOR ESSAY WRITING  
1 Ishita Kala Hartford, CT
2 Aditya Kalluri Cleveland, OH
3 Nithya Vijayakumar Detroit, MI
     
  BRAIN BEE  
1 Nithya Vijayakumar Detroit, MI
2 Aditya Kalluri Cleveland, OH
3 Shweta Patro Marlboro, NJ
     
  SENIOR VOCABULARY  
1 Shweta Patro Marlboro, NJ
2 Pooja Pendri Hartford, CT
3 Sathvika Ramaji Ft. Lauderdale, FL
     
 
          
Rank Participant Name Center
  JUNIOR SPELLING BEE  
1 Surabhi Iyer Worcester, MA
2 Sabrina Khuntia Hinsdale, IL
3 Anup Hiremath Edison, NJ
4 Sarika Chawla Manchester, NH
5 Spoorthi Kamepalli Austin, TX
6 Jaskaran Singh Hartford, CT
7 Manasa Muppirala Dallas, TX
8 Sadhana Durbha Atlanta, GA
9 Priyanka Devaguptapu Tampa, FL
10 Shruthi Santhanam Atlanta, GA
     
  SENIOR SPELLING BEE  
1 Avvinash Radakrishnan Manchester, NH
2 Akshayraj Aitha Palo Alto, CA
3 Aishwarya Pastapur Springfield, IL
4 Anamika Veeramani Cleveland, OH
5 Sameer Kailasa Ft Lauderdale, FL
6 Akshat Shekhar Worcester, MA
7 Sanjay Kottapalli Barrington, IL
8 Anjithaa Radakrishnan Manchester, NH
9 Debnil Sur Palo Alto, CA
10 Ranjani Sundaresan Atlanta, GA
     
 
         
Rank Participant Name Center
  INTERMEDIATE VOCABULARY  
1 Anamika Veeramani Cleveland, OH
2 Shilpa Saravanan Houston, TX
3 Anirudh Dasarathy Detroit, MI
4 Karthik Munugala Cleveland, OH
5 Akshat Shekhar Worcester, MA
6 Sakethnath Are Fairfax, VA
7 Debnil Sur Palo Alto, CA
8 Mallika Mathur Portland, OR
9 Smitha Gundavajhala Palo Alto, CA
10 Nikhil Jaisinghani Hartford, CT
     
  JUNIOR VOCABULARY  
1 Surabhi Iyer Worcester, MA
2 Ashwin Veeramani Cleveland, OH
3 Amit Chakrabarti Indianapolis, IN
4 Musa Subramaniam Nashville, TN
5 Akash Kaza Hartford, CT
6 Lokesh Nagineni Dallas, TX
7 Shruthi Santhanam Atlanta, GA
8 Shruti Anant Fairfax, VA
9 Ethan Oliver Cambridge, MA
10 Dhweeja Dasarathy Cleveland, OH
     
 
       
Rank Participant Name Center
  MATH BEE LEVEL 1  
1 Bhagirath Mehta Hinsdale, IL
2 Shaantam Chawla Princeton, NJ
3 Akshaj Kadaveru Fairfax, VA
4 Stuti Garg Portland, OR
5 Adithya Mummidi San Antonio, TX
6 Harini Muthukumar Milwaukee, WI
7 Tarang Saluja Manchester, NH
8 Poojit Hegde Marlboro, NJ
9 Vinayak Kurup Cleveland, OH
10 Saaketh Narayan Phoenix, AZ
     
  MATH BEE LEVEL 2  
1 Ankan Bhattacharya Detroit, MI
2 Vivek Miglani Tampa, FL
3 Meghana Vagwala Worcester, MA
4 Kavya Ravichandran Cleveland, OH
5 Raj Borra San Ramon, CA
6 Neil Menghani Cherry Hill, NJ
7 Niket Gowravaram Worcester, MA
8 Rishi Sundaresan Raleigh, NC
9 Abhinav Venigalla Tampa, FL
10 Maadhav Shah Sacramento, CA
     
 
           
Rank Participant Name Center
  MATH BEE LEVEL 3  
1 Anirudh Sailesh Hinsdale, IL
2 Chanukya Malla Detroit, MI
3 Ajit Unnam Marlboro, NJ
4 Sakethnath Are Fairfax, VA
5 Tejas Sundaresan Raleigh, NC
6 Anirudh Dasarathy Detroit, MI
7 Sohil Shah Madison, WI
8 Ajay Sohmshetty Detroit, MI
9 Nihal Gowravaram Worcester, MA
10 Vaibhav Vavilala Indianapolis, IN
     
  SENIOR GEOGRAPHY BEE  
1 Arjun Kandaswamy Portland, OR
2 Nitin Krishna Atlanta, GA
3 Abhinav Kurada Worcester, MA
4 Narayan Gopinathan San Diego, CA
5 Shantan Krovvidi Raleigh, NC
     
  JUNIOR GEOGRAPHY BEE  
1 Anup Hiremath Princeton, NJ
2 Neha Middela Detroit, MI
3 Debolina Ghosh Cleveland, OH
4 Anmol Nigam Barrington, IL
5 Akash Kapoor San Diego, CA
     



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