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Delhi students to participate in finals of NASA competition

Speed News Desk | Updated on: 10 February 2017, 1:48 IST

Twelve students from a Delhi school have been selected to participate in the finals of the prestigious International Space Settlement Design Competition (ISSDC) at NASA.

The Class X to XII students of Delhi Public School, R K Puram, were invited by Union Minister of State for Atomic Energy and Space Jitendra Singh for an interactive session on the eve of their departure to Florida.

Hailing the achievement of the students, Singh said they not only deserve encouragement but in addition, their success story should be propagated among school children across the country, so that those with a hidden talent for space experimentation are able to realise their passion.

At the same time, he said other students should also become aware of the various options available across the world for developing their scientific skills.

Singh said it was no small achievement that the team was selected through a very rigorous and objective competition held at a continental level.

"Their names were finalised for the international finals only after they won the Asian regional round against teams from countries including Pakistan, China, Japan, and Korea," a statement quoting Singh said.

The selected students were Varun Arora, Dibyadarshi Dash, Aman Siddhant, Aditya Soni, Suryansh Garg, Hersh Aditya Singh, Aryan Gupta, Raj Bakshi, Arunim Gupta, Yash Khurana, Anhad Singh and Shashwat Goel.

-With agency inputs

First published: 2 July 2016, 4:06 IST