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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