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Bridging the digital divide
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The young minds showed great enthusiasm.
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Tech savvy:Prize winners with Pradeep K. Dutta of Synopsys
The digital divide is all too evident in the tech city of Bangalore. So an endeavour to foster scientific thinking amongst students of government high schools in Karnataka was heartily welcomed. The event, Disha 07, was the fifth of its kind undertaken by IT major Synopsys at the St. Theresa’s Girls High School, Chamarajpet.
With a total number of 52 teams from 30 schools being a part of this initiative, Disha 07 provided a platform for students to showcase their scientific skills. The young minds showed great enthusiasm with their science projects and in interacting with the judges present for the day.
New techies
“We are firm believers in the fact that we need to promote a thirst for knowledge in vital fields like science and technology among children,” said Pradip K Dutta, Corporate Vice President & Managing Director, Synopsys India Pvt. Ltd., while giving away the prizes to the winners. Government High School, Hebbal, which left competition behind with its project All about Aeroplanes, project took home the glory.
Government High School, Kadusonappanahalli, walked off with both the second and third prizes with Mathematics Project on Circles and Gobar Gas and Rainwater Harvesting.
As a part of this event, about 80 students from these 30 schools attended a workshop at the Visvesvaraya Science Museum. Twenty-five meritorious students among them would also be sponsored for a two week summer camp at the museum.
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