A special thanks to the Finalists for taking part in the RYSI Award Finals. It was a pleasure seeing almost all of you on Sunday, 4th March, 2018, 105 of you to be exact, on the occasion of National Science Day! You lit up the erstwhile residence of India’s only science Nobel Laureate, and he would have been most proud to know that his name and home was being used for such an event. The models you brought and the new ones you created were a testament to your innovative nature and we hope that this is just the beginning of your scientific exploration.
Each of you will be issued a personalised certificate, duly signed, within the next two weeks (by 20th March). These will be free of cost and will either be emailed to you or available to download online through a login portal. We will let you know which method once we have generated all the certificates. If in addition, you want a physical hard copy of the certificate, you will need to fill in a form online (will be made available shortly) and we will send you the certificate by post for a total nominal cost of Rs. 250.
We look forward to engage with you further on this great scientific journey ahead. Please add our email address ([email protected]) to your address book so that future e-mails don’t get lost in your spam folder. We will use this e-mail to communicate with you about all our exciting events coming up over the next many months.
Winner Photo | Name | Category | Type | Age | Standard | School | City | Model |
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Dhruv Shah | Senior | Winner | 13 | 8 | Aditya Birla World Academy | Mumbai | Cartesian Diver |
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Arin Chowdhary | Intermediate | Winner | 11 | 7 | Shiv Nadar School, Noida | Delhi | Diamagnetism of Water |
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Soham Joshi | Junior | Winner | 9 | 4 | Universal School, Ghatkopar | Mumbai | DIY Dholak |
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Mohammed Sulaiman | Senior | Runner-up | 13 | 8 | Oasis International School | Bangalore | Car Parking Wash |
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S. Gokulraj | Senior | Runner-up | 14 | 9 | J.K.K. Nattraja Matriculation Hr. Sec. School | Komarapalayam (TN) | Electricity Generator in Rainwater |
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Kavin Shanmugam | Intermediate | Runner-up | 12 | 7 | Inventure Academy | Bangalore | Homopolar Motor |
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R. Atul | Intermediate | Runner-up | 11 | 6 | Chinmaya Vidyalaya Sr. Sec. School | Chennai | Magnetic Heater |
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Dhaatri Bhat | Junior | Runner-up | 9 | 4 | Sri Sri Ravishankar Vidya Mandir | Bangalore | Cup phone |
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Siddharth K. Gopal | Junior | Runner-up | 9 | 4 | St. Thomas Residential School | Thiruvananthapuram | Sound propagation |
Dr. Rajaram Nityananda – One among the foremost physicists in the country with great breadth and depth. Currently, School of Liberal Studies (SLS), Azim Premji University (APU), Bangalore; Earlier: Director, TIFR Centre, Hyderabad; Director, National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune and; Faculty IISER, Pune; Early career at RRI, Bangalore
Dr. Jayant Murthy – Senior Faculty, Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bangalore; PhD, Johns Hopkins University, USA; worked at the Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA), Maryland, USA, specialist in Space Astronomy with broad interests.
Dr. Dwarakanath – Raman Research Institute (RRI), Bangalore; PhD from IISc, Main area of work Extragalactic astronomy using techniques of Radioastronomy
Ms. Swati Sircar – APU; runs MathSpace. Previously at Shikshamitra, Kolkata. Graduate Studies at Univ of Washington, USA
Mr. Sekhar Soorianarayanan – The Valley School, Bangalore. Hands-on science teacher for kids of all ages. Previously at GE, Bangalore. Graduate Studies at Texas Tech
Dr. Richard Fernandes – SLS, APU; PhD IISc; Worked at the Liquid Crystals Laboratory of RRI; a founding father of the Centre for Learning, Bangalore
Dr. Mousumi Das – Faculty at IIA; previously at RRI & Univ of Maryland, USA; PhD IISc. Focus of interest in galactic and extra-galactic astronomy.
Dr. Ashok Pati – Retired Faculty, IIA; Main area of interest – Extragalactic Astronomy and Stellar Populations; an expert in computer technology and instrumentation. PhD and career at IIA for ~40 years. Graduated from BITS, Pilani
Dr. Sabyasachi Chatterjee – Retired Faculty, IIA. PhD IISc. Great breadth and depth in various branches of physics, excellent in hands-on experiments; fluent in maths; Co-author of the biography of KS Krishnan, deeply involved in People’s Science Network
Dr. D.C.V. Mallik – Retired Faculty, IIA; Main area of work Interstellar Matter and Planetary Nebulae, PhD Univ. of Wisconsin, USA; Senior author of the biography of KS Krishnan; edited books on astronomy, currently working in the field of History of Science
Dr. Abha Rao – National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore; previously at St. John’s Research Institute, Bangalore. PhD from the Univ. of Arizona, USA. Vast experience in the field of Public Health
Dr. Sushma V. Mallik – Retired Faculty, IIA. Specialised in stellar spectroscopy. PhD and career at IIA, the last doctoral student of M K Vainu Bappu, the father of optical astronomy in India. Early user of high-resolution techniques using facilities at the Kavalur Observatory.
Mr. Proteep Mallik– SLS, APU. Extensive experience in the field of optical engineering with firms such as Pacific Biosciences and KLA-Tencor in the USA. Graduate studies at Optical Sciences Center, Univ of Arizona, USA.