Excelsior Sports Correspondent
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JAMMU, Aug 23: 13 students of Kathua secured State rank at the SOF International Olympiad Exams, recently.
The rank holders included Shreya Sharma, Lovish Kumar Gupta, Palak Sharma and Divyansh Jasrotia from Springdale English School, Trivid, Suyansh Andotra and Diya Gupta from IPS Kidzee School, Dikshant Gupta and Abhishek Jasrotia from RS Jagriti Niketan Senior Secondary School and Bhavesh Bhushan of DAV Collegiate School.
The 3rd State Level Award Ceremony of SOF was organized at Jammu to felicitate the winners.
Raman Bhalla, Minister for Housing, Horticulture and Culture was the chief guest on the occasion, while Masud Chaudhary, founder Vice Chancellor BGSB University was the guest of honour.
The winners from classes from 7 to 12 won Rs 5000 each for 1st rank, 2500 for 2nd rank and 100 each for 3rd rank, while the winners from classes 1 to 6 were awarded attractive gifts besides educational DVD and subscription of BBC Knowledge magazine for one year.