Alva’s Amogh Narayana is Genius Olympiad International Science Fair Medalist
Moodubidri: Master Amogh Narayana, class 10 student from Alva’s English High School, Moodubidire, has won the silver medal at the Genius Olympiad International Science Fair held at Oswego University New York, U.S.A. The medal is for his project on the application of an eco-friendly Weedicide prepared from Kokum fruit extract and Soapnut.
This project ‘“Evaluation of Novel eco friendly Weedicide from Kokum fruit extract and Soapnut’’, was among the 1269 participants from 79 countries participated in the event held on June 19.
Prior to this global competition, he participated in IRIS-National fair on November 01, 2017 at New Delhi and selected to represent India. He represented India at Pits burgh, P.A., U.S.A on 12th May 2018 and won Broadcom MASTERS international Award for excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. He was also participated in IRIS –National fair on 4th December 2018 at New Delhi and won “A.S.M. Material Science Award” and “Ricoh Sustainable Development Award”. He was selected for ISRO- Yuvika as a young scientist from Karnataka.
At the Genius Olympiad International, he was given silver medal, a certificate and a Kindle pad. For his outstanding performance Genius Olympiad International Science Fair, Alva’s Education Foundation Chairman Dr. M Mohan Alva and his teachers organized traditional felicitation program in the school campus, on Thursday.