The 7th MA regional educational contests of the North South Foundation were held on April 1st at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), for Cambridge chapter. The event was co sponsored by Study Porch.

For Worcester Chapter they were held on April 14th and 15th at Fitchburg State College. The event was co sponsored by Fitchburg State College.

These Events are made possible by Dr. Anu Annaswamy and Dr. Meledath Govindan, who helped in acquiring the facilities at MIT and FSC, respectively.

Over 432 contestants participated in the Spelling, Vocabulary, Math, Geography and Essay Writing and Public speaking contests at these two centers.

Because of their popularity, Spelling bee and Math bee were held at both the centers. All participants received a participation certificate and medal.

The chief guest for April 1st evening was Justice Sabita Singh of MA Superior Court, who gave the key note speech at the MIT contests and urged children to excel in their studies and get involved in community affairs. Justice Singh has helped the NSF in the past years as a judge in the spelling and vocabulary contests. She distributed the medals to the math, vocabulary and spelling bee winners.

There was an entertainment program on April 15th called Bhangra Beats. Reshma Singh, founder of Khelmel conducted a free workshop for kids on Bhangra.

The chief guest for April 14th evening was – Poonam Ahluwalia, Founder and Executive Director of Youth Employment Summit (YES). She gave away the participant and winner’s medals for Essay writing, Geography, Public speaking competitions. The chief guest for April 15th was Meghna Chakrabarti, Reporter, WBUR News. She gave away the medals for Math and Spelling bee participants and winners.

All children were also give a Dollar-A-Square pledge sheet and encouraged to participate in fundraising for merit-based scholarships provided by NSF for poor children in India.

Madhavi Nathan Oliver was the regional coordinator for Cambridge chapter and Ruma Neogy for Worcester chapter.

NSF would like to acknowledge the efforts of this years regional coordinators, technical coordinators, judges, pronouncers and the many volunteers who made this event possible.

The winners of the contests are listed in the table below:

Cambridge Chapter

Rank		Name	Grade	Town*
JUNIOR VOCABULARY
1	Nikhil Srinivasan		3	Littleton
2	Rohit Rajiv		3
3	Niket Gowravaram		3	Acton
INTERMEDIATE VOCABULARY
1	Aneesh Anand		6
2	Suma Anand		6
3	Akshat Shekhar		7	Quincy
SENIOR VOCABULARY
1	Ramesh Govindan		10	Lancaster
MATH BEE LEVEL 1 (Cambridge)
1	Vasumitra Rao		2	Westford
1	Afareen Jaleel		2
1	Ashwin Krishnaswamy		2
MATH BEE LEVEL2 (Cambridge)
1	Preetham Chippada		4	Lexington
2	Tushita Gupta		5	Acton
3	Suryateja Rao		4	Wstford
MATH BEE LEVEL 3 (Cambridge)
1	Sheela Devadas		6
2	Priya Donti		8	Andover
3	Akshat Shekhar		7	Quincy
JUNIOR SPELLING BEE (Cambridge)
1	Namita Arunkumar		3
2	Ashya Singh		1	Lowell
3	Akhil Meka		3
SENIOR SPELLING BEE (Cambridge)
1	Akshat Shekhar		7	Quincy
2	Serene Singh		4	Falmouth, ME
3	Irtika Kumari		6	Tyngsborough

Worcester Chapter winners

Rank	Name	Grade	Town
Junior Essay Writing
1	Meghana Vagwala	4
2	Nihal Gowravaram	5
3	Sajeth Dinakaran	4	Framingham
Intermediate Essay Writing
1	Mallika Govindan	7	Lancaster
2	Bridgit Kodenkandath	6
3	Nivedha Ram	6	Boxborough
Senior Essay Writing
1	Ramesh Govindan	10	Lancaster
Junior Geography bee
1	Rohit Rajiv	3
2	Vinay Reddy	3
3	Pranav Nanga	3
Senior Geography bee
1	Saharsh Mehta	8
2	Mallika Govindan	7	Lancaster
3	Deepank Korandla	8
Math bee Level 1 (Fitchburg)
1	Nadha Illikkal	2
2	Dhruv Ramanujan	2
3	Anirudh Iyengar	2
3	Ethan Oliver	2	Littleton
Math bee Level 2 (Fitchburg)
1	Nihal Gowravaram	5	Acton
2	Niket Gowravaram	3	Acton
3	Abhinav Venigalla	4	Southborough
Math bee Level 3 (Fitchburg)
1	Deepank Korandla	8
2	Saharsh Mehta	8
3	Nivedha Ram	6	Boxborough
Junior Public speaking
1	Prashanth Vennapusa	6	Lancaster
2	Hemang Kaul	6	Andover
3	Muneeba Syed	6	Shrewsbury
Senior Public Speaking
1	Wajida Syed	11	Shrewsbury
2	Mounica Donepudi	10
3	Rishi Singh	11	N. Dartmouth
Junior Spelling bee (Fitchburg)
1	Rohit Rajiv	3
2	Surabhi Iyer	2
3	Ashwin Krishnaswamy	2
Senior Spelling bee (Fitchburg)
1	Priyatham Vennapusa	6	Lancaster
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