OD-TALENT SEARCH


PTI | Bhubaneswar | Updated: 14-12-2018 13:34 IST | Created: 14-12-2018 13:34 IST
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Over 60,000 high school

students participated in the Tata Steel's Young Astronomer

Talent Search (YATS) 2018-19 programme, creating a record in

its 12 year history.

The number of participants this year nearly doubled to

63,000 students from 300 schools of all the 30 districts in

Odisha.

Around 32,000 students had participated in the

competition last year.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik felicitated 20 winners

of the programme at a function held at Pathani Samanta

Planetarium here on Thursday, a Tata Steel release said.

The winning group of aspiring astronomers and

scientists will get an opportunity to visit one of the premier

facilities of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to

get a first-hand experience of space science in action, it

said.

The theme for this year's competition was "Imagine

space exploration, 50 years from now" and it included quiz

competitions and essay writing, it said.

Speaking at the programme on Thursday, Arun Misra,

vice-president, raw materials, Tata Steel said, "To make the

YATS initiative more meaningful, we intend to collaborate with

experts, researchers and groups working in the field of

astronomy."

The YATS is an initiative of Tata Steel for high

school students of the state, organised in association with

Pathani Samanta Planetarium, under Odisha's Science and

Technology Department.

Congratulating the winners and participants,

director, Pathani Samanta Planetarium, Bhubaneswar, Chanakya

Chaudhary said, "We seek to create a culture of scientific

curiosity among our youth, both for their holistic development

and the nation's progress." PTI SKN MM

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