Resonance felicitates winners of STaRT-2014

Excelsior CorrespondentJAMMU, Jan 27: The grand ceremony of Resonance�s Scholarship & Talent Reward Test (STaRT) 2014 was organized recently at UIT Auditorium in Kota.Dr� Vinay Pathak, Vice Chancellor, Vardhman Open University was the chief guest of the ceremony while� the function was presided by the Managing Director & CEO of Resonance,� R K Verma.The function was attended by students selected in stage-II of STaRT-2014, their parents and Principals and co-ordinators of participating schools across India.This had been the 3rd season of Resonance STaRT- a National Talent Reward Test conducted for students studying in classes 5th to 12th. It is conducted in 2 stages.This year more than 1.75 Lakh students participated in the stage-I examination. Format of question paper in both the stages is objective in nature.The winners of STaRT � 2014 of different classes, are ;� Jeevesh Joon of� Kota Ifza Parvin of� Narendrapur,� Swaraj Nandi of� Bhubaneswar, Vinit Kr Yadav of Varanasi,�� Akansha Jain of� Faridabad,� Aryadeep of� Varanasi,�� Ayushman Tripathy of� Bhubaneswar,� Aashi Bhati of� Bikaner,� Stuti S� Khandwala of Surat,� Yash Gupta of� Kota,� Shauryasikt Jena of� Noida,� Jatin Kumar Goyal of� Kota,� Tushar Agarwal of Bhopal,� Chitrank Gupta of� Jaipur,� Sourav Sahoo of� Bhubaneswar,�� Ashutosh Samal of� Kharghar,�� Divyam Bapna of� Udaipur,� Abhisek Sahu of� Bhubaneswar,�� Sharique Imbesat of� Ranchi,� Ayush Agarwal of� Ghaziaba,� Mudit Agarwal of� Jaipur,Kunal Bansal of� Mandi Gobindgarh,� Arnim Mathur of� Kota,� Pushpraj Sikarwar of� Sheopur, Swapnil Tolia of� Rajkot,� Bhargavi Srividya Akella of Hyderabad,� Anirudh Sarda of� Ajmer, Charu Maheshwari of� Surat,� Ayush Gupta of� Kota, and Vishesh, of MahendragarhThe prizes of STaRT-2014 include 11-day tour to USA including 2 days educational trip to NASA for students securing All India Rank (AIR)-1; 9 days tour to Europe including visit to CERN for AIR-2 and 6 days tour to Singapore including visit to Science Centre for AIR-3. In addition to this various other prizes like branded laptops, tablet PCs, digital cameras & sport watch are awarded. The total number of prizes in STaRT-2014 comes out to be 2100 worth more than Rs 1 crore. Also, for students joining any of the Resonance courses there is a provision of more than 5000 scholarships.