North South Foundation (NSF) is a volunteer driven non-profit organization established in 1989. The organization was established to provide scholarships to kids in India.

The NSF Scholarship program in India is designed to encourage excellence among the poor children who excel academically but need help to attend college. A scholarship of $250 will enable a student to attend one year of college. For the year 2012-2013, NSF has provided over 1000 scholarships and more than 10,000 scholarships in its lifetime.

The money for the scholarships is raised through the registration fees from the educational contests conducted in the US. The Educational Contests are designed to encourage academic excellence among Indian American children. We conduct spelling, vocabulary, math, essay writing, public speaking, brain bee and geography bees. Some of the NSF children have achieved top ranks in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, MATHCOUNTS and National Geographic Bee.

NSF has 84 chapters in the US, including 2 in Massachusetts. Over the April 6-7, 2013 weekend, NSF MA, Worcester Chapter conducted contests in Essay Writing, Geography Bee, Public Speaking, Math Bee, Spelling Bee & Vocabulary Bee at Fitchburg State University in Fitchburg, MA. Over 400 kids participated in the contests.

The Cambridge Chapter Regional event was held at Tufts University, Medford, MA and was hosted by Anil Saigal, Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Dr. Rajesh Dharampuriya presided over the awards ceremony.

The top 3 winners in each contest for the North South Foundation, Cambridge Chapter Regional are listed below:

Winner	Contest	Rank	Grade
Suraj Rajiv	Intermediate Science	1	4
Ishita Goluguri	Intermediate Science	2	4
Bharathan Sundar	Intermediate Science	3	4
Sruthi Kurada	Junior Science	1	3
Senthil Sivakumar	Junior Science	2	3
Shalini Biju	Junior Science	3	2
Harshitha Sunchu	Junior Spelling	1	2
Shreya Majumdar	Junior Spelling	2	3
Miriam Alex	Junior Spelling	3	3
Aahan Mehra	Math Level 1	1	2
Akshay Kumar	Math Level 1	2	2
Shubham Agarwal	Math Level 1	3	2
Varun Jayanti	Math Level 2	1	5
Vidhur Ramanujan	Math Level 2	2	5
Ishita Goluguri	Math Level 2	3	4
Ravi Raghavan	Math Level 3	1	8
Shreyaa Raghavan	Math Level 3	2	6
Nirmal Balachundhar	Math Level 3	3	8
Abhijeet Sambangi	Senior Science	1	7
Dhruv Ramanujan	Senior Science	2	8
Praneet Mekala	Senior Science	3	6
Mahima Das	Senior Spelling	1	4
Arushi Kalpande	Senior Spelling	2	5
Shakti Kumaresan	Senior Spelling	3	5

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