Initiated by women scientists of Indian Insitute of Technology (IIT) Mumbai in 1979 and carried forward by the women scientists of IIT Roorkee for the past three years, this tradition of talent hunt in Mathematics is being carried forwards towards its aim.
On Sunday, IIT Roorkee campus was abuzz with student winners from classes VI to IX who had participated in Vijaya Agarwal Memorial Mathematics Olympiad (VAMMO-3) on January 27, 2019 in the memory of Professor Vijaya Agarwal, one of the founder members of Indian Women Scientist Association, Roorkee chapter.
About 1400 students from 16 schools of Roorkee and nine schools of Haridwar had participated and 35 students were felicitated in the award function.
A total of 35 cash prizes and certificates with trophys were awarded. Four students secured first position and were given Rs 3,000 each, four students were awarded second prize of Rs 2,000 each and third prize was for Rs 1,000, awarded to each of the eight students along with 19 consolation prizes. More than 70 certificates of encouragements were awarded.
Presiding over the award function as chief guest Sonia Garg, the director of Forace Industries, Haridwar appreciated the efforts made by the competition organisers and said that such type of events boosts the confidence of children. “With an endeavour to promote analytical and problem solving skills among the students, IWSA has taken up a commendable initiative of organising Mathematics Olympiad.
The event was a big success which is evident from the huge participation of more than 25 schools of Haridwar and Roorkee,” she said. She congratulated IWSA for their perseverance and dedication towards the cause of uplifting scientific temperament in the society through various projects and events.
The award ceremony Guest of Honour Sadhana Sachdeva , Member of Chinmaya Education Society, Haridwar and RC Agarwal congratulated all the awardees and wished them the best for a good future and success in all the endeavours.
The maths olympiad coordinator from Haridwar Manika Saraswat said, “This year our aim as a team was to bring VAMMO-3 as intercity Olympiad and we succeeded with huge number of participation.
The encouragement awards for students of each class were included this year along with the appreciation to all school coordinators. The question paper was also made in Hindi to encourage Hindi medium schools.”
IWSA president Indu Mehrotra and secretary Neeta Mittal said that workshop for children in applied sciences was also cards for the schools of Haridwar in near future. Abhishek Khandelwal of class IX of Adarsh Bal Niketan, Parth of class VIII from Montfort school, Jinesh Kumar Mahapatra of class VII from DPS Roorkee and Vaibhav Naragwani from class VI of Hariharanand Public school Haridwar bagged first positions.
