Excelsior Correspondent
New Delhi, June 4: Three students from Jammu have secured top ranks in the SOF Olympiad exam for 2023-24. Atharv, a first grade student from Oriental Academy Senior Secondary School, achieved the first rank in the International General Knowledge Olympiad, earning an international gold medal and a merit certificate. Rohinya Proch, a second grade student from Jodhamal Public School also claimed the first rank in the International General Knowledge Olympiad, receiving an international gold medal and a merit certificate. Waniya Beig, a first grade student from KC International School, claimed the first rank in the International Mathematics Olympiad, receiving an International gold Medal and a merit certificate.
This year’s SOF Olympiad saw participation from approximately millions of students across 70 countries, including over 23,813 students from Jammu. The Science Olympiad Foundation hosted an awards ceremony at New Delhi to honour the winners, their teachers and principals for the academic year 2023-24.
Former Chief Justice of India, Justice Dipak Misra and renowned author and screenwriter Chetan Bhagat graced the occasion. Justice Misra said, “Competition or the effort to compete doesn’t end here, that is the beauty of competition in Life. When you talk about competition, success follows it because everyone competes to succeed. Success is the real achievement.”
Chetan Bhagat said, “When you get recognition and awards for something, you feel, I should do it more. This is the recognition of your potential. Potential doesn’t mean that the result is guaranteed. You have to do the work and then you turn that potential into something beautiful.” Mahabir Singh, Founder Director of SOF, announced the completion of 26 years of organizing Olympiad exams.
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