Thursday, July 27, 2023

10,000 students from TN take part in Science Olympiad organised by Rosatom


CHENNAI:
More than 10,000 students from 30 universities and colleges along with 53 schools from Tamil Nadu took part in  the Precise Energy-2023 Science Olympiad in Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry, organized by the JSC Atomstroyexport (The Rosatom State Corporation Engineering Division).

This Olympiad was hosted in collaboration with ANO Energy of the Future, and was supported by the Russian House in Chennai, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute MEPhI, and Tamil Nadu Science and Technology Centre.

The Olympiad marked its third successful edition in Tamil Nadu, the region where Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) is getting constructed by the collaborative efforts of Rosatom and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL). The competition unfolded in two rounds, with the participation of over 10100 students in the preliminary round. Out of this exceptional pool of talent, over 700 students qualified for the final round., a release stated.

The event consisted of separate written tests in Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry. Junior level students from 53 schools participated in a junior level, consisting of cross subject science questions.

The top three senior level participants in each subject were awarded, as well as top three junior level outstanding performers. The winners are Madhubala L. from Madras University (in Physics), Sanand G. Dev from Pondicherry University (in Mathematics), Girish S from Anna University (in Chemistry) and Adarsh Chandramouli from Dav Boys, Gopalapuram (in Junior level).

The awards were handed over by Zavorin Dmitry Ivanovich, Act. Consul General, Consul of the Russian Federation, Chennai; Nina Dementsova, Head of Communications Department, JSC Atomstroyexport, Gennady Rogalev, Director, Russian Centre for Science & Culture, Chennai, I.K. Lenin Tamilkovan, Executive Director, Tamil Nadu Science & Technology Centre and Roman Fomin, Ph.D. in Engineering Science, associate professor, Department of Nuclear Physics and Technology of Obninsk Institute for Nuclear Power Engineering (NATIONAL RESEARCH NUCLEAR UNIVERSITY MEPhI).




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