Text Box: Research Based Indian Projects: • Detection of Malignant Tissues by Image Processing • Nano Zerovalent Iron - The Solution for Color Waste Water Remediation • Bio Pesticide for the Control of Helopeltis Antonii In Cocoa Plant • Primes And Their Relations With Repunit Sequences • Photoredox Catalysis - Molecules as Energy Tanks • Production of Bio-Fertilizer, by Action of Bacillus subtilis on Bones Intel ISEF 2012, a program of Society for Science & the Public, begins at Pittsburgh today. More than 1,500 high school students selected from 446 affiliate fairs in approximately 68 countries, regions and territories will share ideas, showcase cutting-edge research and inventions, and compete for more than $3 million in awards.
“We sponsor the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair to encourage millions of young innovators around the world to propel their curiosity into action,” said Praveen Vishakantaiah, President, Intel India. “The finalists gathering in Pittsburgh have the potential to solve some of the world’s most pressing issues.”
The Indian contingent to Intel ISEF 2012 this time comprises of students from Kolkata, Chennai, Ujjain, Mangalore, and New Delhi. All these students were selected for Intel ISEF 2012 based on their creative ability and scientific thought, as well as the thoroughness, skill, and clarity shown in their projects. Intel ISEF 2012 offers these students an opportunity to come together to share ideas, showcase cutting-edge projects along with the best young minds in the world.
“The Intel ISEF provides an opportunity for the best young scientists from around the globe to share ideas and showcase their cutting-edge science projects,” said Ashutosh Chadha, Director - Corporate Affairs Group, Intel South Asia. “By inspiring and rewarding young scientists, this program, now in its 63rdyear, will help the next generation usher in new solutions to global challenges, which are vital to our common future.”
From India, Onkar Singh Gujral (Kolkata), Raghavendra Ramachanderan (Chennai), Gargi Pare (Ujjain), Sindura Saraswati (Mangalore), Shubam Goel (New Delhi), Saral Baweja and Nishi Paliwal (New Delhi) will showcase their projects at the fair.
This year, some of the research projects from other countries at ISEF 2012 include topics such as earthquake detection, oil spill cleanup, self-navigating robots, energy-generating hiking boots and alternative chemotherapy treatments.
The Awards Ceremony is scheduled for Friday, May 18 2012. The top prizes awarded by the Intel Foundation include the $75,000 Gordon E. Moore Award, named for the Intel co-founder and retired chairman and CEO. Two additional top winning projects will receive Intel Foundation Young Scientist Awards of $50,000 each.
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About Intel® ISEF
The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, a program of Society for Science & the Public, is the world's largest pre-college science fair competition. Each year, more than 6 million young scientists from around the world vie to attend and 1,500 are selected as finalists to share ideas, showcase cutting edge ideas and compete for over USD 4 million in awards and scholarships. To judge the projects, more than 1,000 science, engineering, and industry professionals volunteer at the Intel ISEF. http://www.intel.com/education/isef/
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