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North South FoundationReview 2006

Celebrating Seventeenth Year ofEncouraging Excellence in Education

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North South Foundation2 Marissa Court, Burr Ridge, IL 60527-6864

Ph: 630-323 -1966Non-Profit Organization Tax ID 36-3659998 - 501(c)(3)

* Please visit www.northsouth.org for details

17 NSF Centers In India*60 NSF Chapters in USA & Canada*

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Celebrating 17th year of Encouraging.... 2What is North South Foundation 3

Highlights during 2005 4Volunteerism at North South Foundatiion 7

Individual Donors List: Dec 2004 - Nov 2005 8How are Candidates selected for Scholarships in India 9

A primer for spelling & Vocabulary Bee in India 10Fundraising Events 12

DAS - Fundraising Campaign by kids for kids 14NSF Scholarship Recipients In India (photos) 16

Corporate Donors 17Recipients of NSF Scholarships in India –Current 18

English Workshop in India 21Contribution Form 22

DAS Pledge Sheet 23Fiftieth Birthday Gift 24

2005 Scholarship Sponsors for NSF-USA Champions 25Scholarship Awards for Essay Writing 25

Rural Math Talent Search (RMTS) in Orissa 26Financial Highlights 28

2005 National Winners 292005 National Champions - Educational Contests 30

2005 Winner Bees 332005 Educationals Contests - Centers 38

2005 National host Committee 392005 Contest Coordination Teams 40

2005 National Finals Teams 40Directory - North South Foundation-India 41Directory - North South Foundation-USA 43

Inside NSF 2006 Review

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Celebrating 17th year of Encouraging Excellence in Education

When North South Foundation (NSF) was established in 1989, our vision was toeliminate monetary barriers for meritorious children with potential to excel.Consistent with this vision, the Foundation began providing scholarships in Indiafor the academically brilliant, but economically poor students in order to fund theircollege education. The Foundation began encouraging academic excellence amongthe children of Indian-American community in the US through educational contestssuch as the spelling bee, since 1993. Over the years new contests have beenadded, which now include vocabulary, math, geography, essay writing and brainbee. The Foundation has come a long way in the last 17 years. The following tableprovides some statistics:

Photo CreditsFront Cover: Placid waters of Merced Lake

Yosemite Wilderness, California

Dr. S. K. Dronamraju, Overland Park, Kansas

It is gratifying to know that the NSF has been able to serve thousands of talentedchildren both in India and North America. A major share of the credit goes to thethousands of dedicated volunteers, donors, and parents. We are grateful to all ofthem. The Foundation plans to introduce public speaking as another contest in2006 to further improve the communication skills of Indian American children. Weare getting queries to start educational contests in India. We had embarked on apilot spelling bee contest in Orissa for the last two years. There was also a pilotspelling bee workshop in Andhra Pradesh this year. We are looking for volunteersto administer contests in India. If you are or someone you know is interested,please send an e-mail to [email protected]. We see this as a greatopportunity to improve the educational skills of children in India. In closing wewish to thank all stakeholders including donors, volunteers, well wishers, andbeneficiaries.

National Team, North South Foundation

IndiaChaptersScholarships*Cumulative Scholarships* - includes renewalsUS/CanadaContestsChaptersChildren ParticipatingCumulative ParticipationScholarships for ChampionsCumulative Scholarships

1994

3 110 310

2 16 800 1,600 6 12

1999

5 154 1,040

2 18 800 5,600 7 43

2004

10 300 2,400

9 46 3,200 13,160 24 101

2005

17 350 2,750

14 60 5,380 18,540 27

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North South Foundation, USA

Ratnam Chitturi, PresRaghavendra Paturi, DirSamit Bhattacharya, SecRamdev Jagarlamudi, TreasRadhakrishna M, Co-Treas

Home OfficeRatnam Chitturi2 Marissa CtBurr Ridge, IL 60527630-323-1966630-455-9008 (fax)[email protected]

National CoordinationCommitteeRaghavendra Paturi(860) 434-9381Ramanand Achanta(919) 932-1738Samit Bhattacharya(860) 446-1445Venkat Gade (203) 254-3181Madhavi Nathan(978) 486-0686Kasi Paturi (847) 202-0573Pavan Petluru(210) 408-0549Sumana Sur (408) 746-0702

Spelling/Vocabulary TeamKesav TadipatriSamit BhattacharyaAnita GaviniG. Krishna Rao KodaliMirle Shivashankar

Math Core TeamKrishniah RevuluriDinesh BansalVenkat Batchu

Naresh GoelSandeepa GoelSrinivasa Rao MogallapuSarat Puthenpura

Geography Core TeamSumana SurVasantha NagareddiBharati PastapurJanakiram Puppala

Essay Writing Core TeamSilali BanerjeeSandhya GopalanRama GovindRaja KaranamVasavi LevendelRamesh Rajagopalan

Workshop TeamMirle ShivashankarMadhavi NathanShalini Srinivasan

IT Tech TeamSwamy AchantaLokraj AdhikariMahi AkkinaVenkat AmbatiKishore ChavaliPrasad DevarapalliNandini GanapathiKamala GopalanSanjay GulatiSunil IdnanySatya JawaharPrakash KailasaAnuradha KarimikondaBhargav KondapalliMuralidhar KothapalliMirza Murtaza

Charan SurapaneniTeja Vangala

Web DevelopmentJaya SureshNabanita ChakrabortyVarsha GajjarAnjali Deshpande

DAS Coordination TeamBharati PastapurMadhavi Nathan

Public Relations TeamVenkat GadeRaji Lukkoor

Fund Raising TeamSakthi AngappamudaliVenakt GadeMadhavi NathanShankar Rachakonda

Editorial / Newsletter/BeeBook/ReviewSrirama Krishna DronamrajuVisweswara Rao DurgaPavan Kumar PetluruSubbarao M.Krishna SandepudiSrinivas KaruturiRaji LukkoorSwapna JayakumarSuman Mudamala

AccountsRamdev JagarlamudiRadhakrishna MarreddySridevi AkkinaRadhe Puranmalka

AuditorFullerton Tax & Planning

Visit www.northsouth.org for list of more volunteers

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What is North South Foundation

Non-Profit Organization Tax ID#36-3659998 - 501(c)(3)2 Marissa Court, Burr Ridge, IL 60527-6864, Ph: 630-323-1966

North South Foundation is a non-profitorganization established in Illinois in1989. It received tax-exempt status underthe IRS Section 501(c)(3).

Our Mission is to promote excellencein human endeavor, to develop humanresources, to help people achievesuccess regardless of religion, gender,caste, geographic origin by giving hopeto those who may have none.

The Foundation is all-volunteer driven.While organizing events, we strive toget discounts from our vendors andsponsorships for our awards. Thesemeasures keep our expenses down andchannel donated funds more towardshelping the needy. Our overhead is fivepercent or less.

The Scholarship program in India isdesigned to encourage excellenceamong the poor. It is targeted atqualified, needy students enteringcollege. Over 2,500 scholarships havebeen awarded to date. Our plan calls formore than 150 new scholarships this year.Each scholarship is $250 per student peryear. Awards are made following strictselection criteria based on merit andeconomic qualification. Students areselected from 17 centers in India:Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhavnagar,Bhubaneswar, Kochi, Chennai,Hyderabad, Jamshedpur, Jodhpur,Kanpur, Katihar, Kolkata, Madurai, Mau,Pune, Sibsagar and Trivandrum. Thesecenters are run by dedicated volunteerswho are committed to the noble cause of

helping the poor who excel at academicsattend college. Donors can sponsordesignated college scholarships orsponsor awards in their alumni highschool.

Educational contests in the US aredesigned to encourage academicexcellence among Indo-Americanchildren. The NSF spelling, vocabulary,math, essay writing, public speaking andgeography bees are conducted annuallyin two steps. Children initially participatein regional contests. There are more than60 centers in the US and Canada. Pleasecontact us if there is no regional contestin your area.

Winners of these contests are invited forthe national finals. National top rankersare awarded scholarships ranging from$1,000 to $250, redeemable in the winners’freshman year of college.

Children can enter into most of thecontests starting from grade 1. Somecontests are open for up to 12th grade.Children are grouped by grade toparticipate in a particular contest. Thecontests help focus students’ attentionon the PSAT and SAT exams. Brain beeis conducted only at the national level.

Accomplishments of NSF Children:Many NSF children have scored top ranksin the Scripps National Spelling Bee overthe years. Sai Gunturi won the ScrippsHoward Championship in 2003, whileSamir Patel bagged 2nd place in 2005. Topcolleges in the nation have acceptednumerous NSF winners. More

[email protected] Chapter, BiharMr Rajeev Kumarc/o Shri Surendra P VermaOfficer’s Col, MirchaibariKatihar, Bihar 854 105Phone: [email protected]

Liaison: Ravi [email protected]

Kochi ChapterMr K G JagadishSaranya, Chittoor RdKochi, Kerala 682 018Phone: [email protected]

Liaison: Swapna [email protected]

Kolkata ChapterCapt G S PrakashGutta Engineers53/1 Garcha Rd, BallygungeKolkata, WB 700 019Phone: 033-247-6568 (O) 033-2422-1868 (R)[email protected]

Mr Anil Kumar Ghosh1050/1 Survey Park Udita, Flat 07-405Kolkata, WB 700 075Phone: 033-2418-8768 (R)anil_ghosh53 hotmail.com

Liaison: Samit [email protected]

Madurai ChapterMr S Ramanathan Iyer17, North St, Kalai NagarMadurai, TN 625 014Phone: 0452-264-0678 (R)[email protected]

Liaison: Madhavi [email protected]

Mau Chapter, UPMr S K PandeyLalita Sadan, Nr JeevanRekha HospBye-Pass Rd, SahadatpuraPO Mau, UP 275 101Phone: [email protected]

North East States ChapterMr R P HandaRetd. District & SessionsJudgeBishnu Nagar, Ward #2Sibsagar, Assam 785 640Phone: [email protected] Pune ChapterNorth South Foundationc/o Office #12, PrimeCentreBahirat Patil Chowk,( N Om Super Mkt), ModelColony,Pune, Maharashtra 411 016

Maj Gen (Retd) S C N JatarPhone/Fax: 020-2447-5366 942-201-6474 (C)[email protected]

Air. Cdre (Retd) K V RaoPhone: 020-2586-1737 (R)[email protected]

Mr. B H K PrasadPhone: [email protected]

Trivandrum ChapterMr R Sreekumar331 Nila, Techno ParkTrivandrum, Kerala 695 581Phone: 0471-270-0166Phone: 479-346-3199 (C)[email protected]

Liaison: Sarat [email protected]

Bangalore Sel CommitteeMr G Aswathanarayana,former SecretaryMr B L Subramanya,

former C.E., KEBMr B N Krishna Murthy,former Dir.Tech.Ed.Prof P S Veerabhadrappa,Bangalore Univ

Bhubaneswar Sel CommMr Trilochan DashMr S C ChoudhuryDr Swadhyn PatnaikMr R C TripathyMr Manaswi SadhuMr Shyama Prasad Ghosh

Hyderabad Sel CommitteeProf L V A SeshasaiMr. D SeetharamaiahMr Ch Hanumantha RaoMr. C Madhusudhanrao

Jodhpur Sel CommitteeMr Damodar Das Moondra,Retd.C.EDr N K Maheshwari, Dir,MSSDr Nagendra Sharma, NeuroSurgeonMr A P Gaur, Staff Writer,Hindustan Times

Kolkata Sel CommitteeMr Anil Kumar GhoshMr Abhijit MajumderMr Kamal Kumar MitraDr Apurba K RoychowdhuryCapt G S Prakash

Pune Selection CommitteeMaj. Gen (Retd) S C N Jatar,Mgmt ConsultantAir. Cdre (Retd) K V Rao,ConsultantDr A P Bhupatkar, Director,IMDRMr M N Kachare, AdvocateMr B H K Prasad,Consultant

S. R. Trust, Sister Org.Dr N SethuramanMr P T SundarMadurai, TN

AdvisorMr V NagarajanGurgoan, Haryana

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importantly, these contests helpchildren improve their communicationskills, self-confidence and empowerthem to become better citizens fortomorrow.

Role Model Award: The Foundation hasawarded its inaugural Role Model

Award, ‘Vishwa Jyothi’ to RajivVinnakota in 2003 and Nipun Mehta in2004. It helps to showcase human valuesand academic excellence to the childrenof Indian American community.

For further information, pleasecontact Dr. Ratnam Chitturi at 630-323-1966 or [email protected]

Highlights During 2005The year 2005 saw several notable accomplishments and one sad departure.

• NSF had a record number of 60chapters with 10 new chapter openingsduring 2005; Irvine, CA; Sacramento,CA; Jacksonville, FL; Rockford, IL;Indianapolis, IN; Kalamazoo, MI;Lansing, MI; Minneapolis, MN;Jackson, MS and Columbia, SC.

• Building on the success of thepilot Math Bee in 2004, NSF openedMath Bee for all centers in 2005. TheMath Bee contest at various levelsattracted a record 2,100 contestants in2005. Overall, the contests have seenan exponential growth as a total of 5,300contestants participated in the 2005regional contests. We are indebted toall the new and existing regionalcoordinators who worked hard to makethe regional contests successful.

• NSF introduced Geographyand Essay Writing as pilot contests inseveral regional centers. TheGeography contests were subdivided toJunior (Grades 1-3) and Senior (Grades4-8) while the Essay Writing was dividedinto Junior (Grades 3-5), Intermediate(Grades 6-8) and Senior (Grades 9-12)levels. The combined Geographycontests at the pilot centers attracted250 contestants while the Essay WritingContest had 470 contestants. Kudos to

Sumana Sur (CA), Meledath Govindan(MA), Vasanthi Nagareddi (MA), RemaGovind (IL), Ramesh Rajagopalan (CT),Vasavi Levendel (CA) and others forjumpstarting and bringing them tofruition in record time. Thanksespecially to Sumana and Vasavi fordiligently preparing the Geography andEssay Writing contest material in a shortspan of time.

• An unprecedented 1,312regional rankholders and other topscorers in the regional Spelling,Vocabulary, Math and Essaycontestants were invited to the NationalFinals. The National ChampionshipFinals were conducted at NorthwesternUniversity, Evanston, IL during August5th-6th with a record attendance of 776contestants.

• Dr. Asok Ray of Chicago, ILwhose vision inspired the Essay Writingcontest made a very generousendowment that enabled the SeniorEssay Writing contest at the Finals. Dr.Ravindranath Kambhampati was verykind in sponsoring the first prize for fiveof the contests by instituting the ‘DrJanaki Kambhampati MemorialAward’ in memory of his wife.

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North South Foundation, IndiaDr I V Subbarao, PresidentDr S V Ratnam, ChairmanDr P V Rao, Mng. TrusteeMr S S Prakasa Rao, TrusteeMr Ch H Rao, SecretaryMr. C. Madhusudhanrao,Treasurer

Hyderabad Main OfficeMr. D. SeetharamaiahNational CoordinatorFlat 103, Padmaja Parkview Apts6-3-841/B AmeerpetHyderabad, AP 500 016Phone: 040-2340-3466 (O)[email protected]:Flat 403, Classic EnclaveNear Githanjali CollegePunjagutta,Hyderabad 500 082040-5554-6408 (R)988-533-8959 (C)

Mr Ch Hanumantha RaoSecretaryFlat 203, Sai Laxmi Nivas2-2-647/92A Central ExciseColony, Bagh AmberpetHyderabad, AP 500 013Phone: 944-029-6495 (C)[email protected]

Ahmedabad ChapterMr Sanjay Hansraj Mittal2, Vastu FlatsNr. Sbi-Girdhar Nagar,Shahibag, Ahmedabad,Gujarat 380 004Phone : 079-2286-7203 (R) 079-2562-5911 (O)[email protected]

Liaison: Ashok [email protected]

Bangalore ChapterProf G K Narayana Reddy622 Dr. Raj Kumar Road2nd Block, Rajaji NagarBangalore, Kar 560 010Phone: 080-332-4546

Liaison: Bharathi [email protected]

Bhavnagar ChapterMr Bipinbhai ShahVikas Vartul TrustPirchalla Naka, PirchallaBhavnagar, Gujarat 364 001Phone: 0278-243-0103 (O) [email protected]

Liaison: Nainesh [email protected]

Bhubaneshwar ChapterMr Trilochan Dash504 Shahid NagarBhubaneshwar,Orissa 751 007Phone: 0674-251-1056 943-705-1056 (C)[email protected] Mr S C Choudhury, IRSPhone: 939-310-6433 (C)[email protected]

Liaison: Sandip [email protected]

Mr. Farley NorthSpelling BeePhone: 0671-261-9368 (O)

Prof. Swadheen PatnaikMath BeePhone: 0674-254-2164 (O) 933-820-0720 (C)[email protected]

Chennai ChapterTemporarily vacantSee Madurai chapter forcommunication

Liaison: Madhavi [email protected]

Hyderabad ChapterProf L V A SeshasayiHouse No. 4-7-12/59,Ravidra Nagar, NacharamHyderabad, AP 500 076Phone: 040 - 2717 8439 (R)Phone: 984-908-5806 (C)[email protected]

Liaison: Ratnam [email protected]

Jamshedpur ChapterProf Ram Kumar KakaniXLRI Campus 4,CH. Area EJamshedpur,Jharkhand 831 001Ph: 0657-222-5506 ext408/604 [email protected]

Liaison: Kishore [email protected]

Jodhpur ChapterMr Damodar Das Moondra201, Shiv Sunder42A PWD ColonyJodhpur, Rajasthan 342 001Phone: [email protected]

Liaison: Raghavendra [email protected]

Kanpur ChapterProf B.V.PhaniAssistant ProfessorDept. Industrial &Management EngineeringIIT, Kanpur, UP 208016Phone: 0512-259-6606 (O)Phone: 0512-259-8657 (R)Fax: [email protected]:H.NO: 3062IIT - KanpurKanpur 208016,Uttar Pradesh, India

Liaison: Samit Bhattacharya860-446-1445

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• The keynote speaker at the2005 Finals was Dr. Eboo Patel, founderand Executive Director of the InterfaithYouth Core, a Chicago-basedinternational organization that bringsyoung people from different religiouscommunities together to buildunderstanding and cooperation in socialaction projects. Dr. Patel was recentlynamed “one of thirty social visionariesunder thirty changing the world” byUtne Magazine. Dr. Patel gave a stirringspeech to the parents and contestantsalike impressing upon the audience tofollow the twin Indian values ofachievement and service.

• The Editor of this Review,Srirama Krishna Dronamraju (KS) andhis team of volunteers, Visweswara RaoDurga, Pavan Kumar Petluru,Subbarao M, Krishna Sandepudi,Srinivas Karuturi, did a superb job incollecting and presenting material for2005 Bee Book which was given out toeach National Finalist.

• Our ever reliable admin,Kishore Chavali and volunteer MuraliKothapalli were joined by Sunil Idnanyand together, they were able to updateand maintain the Online registrationsystems for the ever expanding universeof both Regional and Final contests.

• The web team consisting ofJaya Suresh, Nabanita Chakraborty andRamanand Achanta, did a fantastic jobin creating a user friendly web fromatand content for nationals.

• Congratulations to MahendraAkkina on getting married in 2005! Hespent his post wedding monthgenerating test word reports withdiacritical markings online and html filesto project vocabulary words on screenfor the Finals. He had single-handedlyworked on the technical tools earlier

that enabled him to generate the contestreport that were emailed to all the testcenters. All the instructional material areprovided to coordinators through weblinks. As in previous years, Kesav RaoTadipatri and Ratnam Chitturi tookgreat pains to maintain and verify thecontent of the contest materials. Toensure consistency across the largenumber of chapters, we were able toreach all judges/pronouncers/volunteers across the country byteleconferencing. Pavankumar Petluruof San Antonio, TX joined the contestcoordination team and helped immenselyin the technical portion of the contests.

• Lansing, MI, held a DASfundraiser show on Aug 26 for the firsttime. The Boston chapter sponsored thethird Tristate (MA-NH-RI) Walk-a-thon.The Detroit, CT and Chicago chaptersalso held their annual Walk-a-thons.

• The Dollar-A-Square (DAS)program, which empowers children inUS to help raise funds for scholarshipsfor poor children in India, has had a greatamount off success as a total of $8,149was raised by 98 kids as of November2005. Continuing on with the traditionfrom past years, children andcontestants who had participated inDAS program were recognized at theNational Finals by Madhavi NathanOliver, the director of the DAS program.

• Shiva Vishnu Temple ofLivermore, CA, has selected North SouthFoundation as one of 21 non-profitorganizations to receive their Grant-in-Aid Award for 2005.

• Dr. Murali Gavini, the founderof the educational contests and a pillarof the organization has decided to retirefrom the Foundation activities after morethan a decade of stirring service. Heleaves a strong legacy behind him.

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2005 Contest Coordination TeamsNational Coordination TeamDr. Samit BhattacharyaMr. Venkat GadeMs. Madhavi Nathan OliverMr. Raghavendra PaturiDr. Ratnam ChitturiMs. Sumana SurMr. Ramanand AchantaMr. Kasi Prasad Paturi

Spelling & Vocabulary BeeTeamDr. Samit BhattacharyaMr. Kesava Rao TadipatriDr. Ratnam ChitturiMr. G. Krishna Rao KodaliDr. Pavan Kumar Petluru

Geography BeeMs. Sumana SurMs. Vasanthi NagareddiMs. Bharati PastapurMs. Janakiram PuppalaMs. Gunavati GandhiDr. Meledath GovindanMr. Debnil SurMs. Amisha Gandhi

Technical Support TeamMr. Kishore ChavaliMr. Mahendra AkkinaMr. Ramanand AchantaMr. Prasad DevarapalliMr. Muralidhar KothapalliMs. Jayasri SureshMs. Madhavi KailasaMs. Vimala NijjarMr. Sunil IdnanyMs. Nabanita ChakrabortyMs. ShanthalakshmiParanthamanMs. Anjali DeshpandeProf. Mirza MurtazaMs. Teja VangalaMr. Sivakumar RachumallaMr. Sanjay GulatiMr. Venkat AmbatiMr. Prasad ThiriveediMs. Rameeta KhuranaMs. Padma KurugantiMr. Prakash Kailasa

Brain BeeDr. Mohan K. SapruMs. Bhakti Nagalla

Math Bee TeamDr. Krishnaiah RevuluriDr. Sarat PuthenpuraDr. Visweswara Rao DurgaMr. Venkat BatchuMs. Sumana SurDr. Yadagiri PendriMr. M S RaoMr. Ginesh Bansali

Essay Writing Bee TeamMs. Vasavi LevendelMs. Rema GovindMs. Sandhya ShankarMs. Silali BanerjeeDr. Ramesh RajagopalanMr. Ramkumar KovvaliMr. Raja Karnam

Bee Book Editorial TeamDr. Srirama Krishna DronamrajuMr. Visweswara Rao DurgaDr. Pavan Kumar PetluruDr. Subbarao M.Mr. Krishna SandepudiMr. Srinivas Karuturi

2005 National Finals TeamsRegistrationIpsita SatpathySushant SatpathyMonika JaiswalManju Rupani

TechnicalSamit BhattacharyaKasi PaturiAnita GaviniAnu GollapudiSilpa ChukkapalliKedar Shah

HospitalitySanjiv ModiManish GargYogesh Bhargava

FacilitiesMurali Yalamanchili

Safety, Security,EmergencyMadhavi Kottapalli

Travel / AirlinesSandhya KamathRekhaAtchut PaturiMadhavi Paturi

Reception / InformationRema GovindVisveswara Rao DurgaVijay Govind

NSF boothJanaki KodaliBharati Chukkapalli

Signs and DirectionsSiva Tripuraneni

WebRamanand AchantaJaya SureshNabanita Chakraborty

Audio/VisualSwamy AchantaHemant Shah

MediaKruti PurohitVenkat Atluri

Food TeamRadhakrishna MarreddySri Lala

PublicityShilpa ChukkapalliMonika JaiswalSri Lala

Awards CeremonyNiranjani PrabhakarVinitha RaghavanJyoti SandsaraFahmeeda Begum

Parent/Child ActivitiesVijaya Jujjavarapu

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• NSF-India now has 17 chaptersthroughout the far reaches of India. TheFoundation plans to award 400scholarships in India during 2005-06needing $100,000 in funds.

Matching Gifts: There are manycompanies that encourage giving foreducation by matching a dollar for adollar gift to their employeecontributions. This is a nice way todouble your contributions to theFoundation. Please find out if youremployer does this. The Foundation hasreceived matching funds from severalwell-known companies including AbbotLabs, BP, Cisco, Compuware, Dun &Broad St, Fleet Boston, Monsanto,National Semiconductor, Omgeo, Oracle,Pitney Bowes, Pfizer, Reader’s Digest,Reebok, Sun Micro Systems, SymphonyCorporation, Tudor Investment, andVerizon. In addition the Foundation isgrateful to all the corporate employeescontributing to United Way who havedesignated their company’s matchinggift for North South Foundationscholarships. For further information,please call 630-323-1966.

Volunteers: The Foundation is lookingfor volunteers in many areas of itsendeavors. The success of any publicfoundation depends on its volunteers.It is the collective efforts of volunteersthat made this Foundation what it is

today. Volunteerism is like an elasticband. You only need to spare as little asyou can afford or extend as much asyou love to contribute. You will get thesatisfaction of promoting excellence ineducation among the most impoverishedin India and children in our communityin the US. Some corporations alsoencourage their employees to becomevolunteers by providing financialcontribution. The Foundation receivedsuch contributions from Allstate, Pfizer,American Express, The Standard, JPMChase and Lucent.

How are projects funded at theFoundation?

Scholarships in India: This was the firstproject initiated by the Foundation in1989. Money is raised from major eventssuch walk-a-thon and other means.Money designated for this purpose isonly used for this purpose.

Educational Contests in the US: Dr.Murali Gavini began this program in1993. The expenses for conducting thecontests are covered by registrationfees and local collections. Thescholarships for the NationalChampions are covered bycontributions from individuals andorganizations. Excess funds fromeducational contests are used forscholarships in India.

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City State Coordinator Sponsor

Cambridge MA Meledath Govindan AID - Boston chapterRockville MD Murali Gavini AID - Maryland chapterDetroit MI Srinivas Gudeti Indian Grad Student Assoc @

Univ of Michigan, DearbornGrand Rapids MI Yamuna Iyer INDIA - LINKKalamazoo MI Tarun Gupta North South FoundationLansing MI Samdhya Shanker North South FoundationMinneapolis MN Shanti Godishala North South FoundationRochester MN Silali Banerjee North South FoundationSt. Louis MO Raja Rajsekharan North South FoundationJackson MS Sreelakshmi Maddali North South FoundationRaleigh NC Satish Maroju Hindu Samaj of North carolinaGreensboro NC Sarika Mohan North South FoundationManchester NH Karthi Chandra Indian Assoc of NewhampshireEdison NJ Padmamukhi Gutta Telugu Fine Arts SocietyMawah NJ Subba Lakshmi Marellapudi North South FoundationRockland NJ Subba Lakshmi Marellapudi North South FoundationPrinceton NJ Sunitha Krosuri North South FoundationCherry Hill NJ Damodar Rao Gedala Jain Temple SocietyMarlboro NJ Sangita Sancheti/Ashok Mittal North South FoundationLong Island NY Brahashita Gupta Sishyaa Education CenterCincinnati OH Madhava Rao Dasari Cincinnati Telugu FoundationCleveland OH Viji Raghavan North South FoundationColumbus OH Bhaskara Rudraraju North South FoundationPortland OR Prasanna Paralkar North South FoundationAllentown PA Raj Saraswati Hindu Temple SocietyHarrisburg PA Beena Krishnamurthy/

Sreedharane Krishnan HARI Sunday SchoolPhiladelphia PA Saroja Sagaram North South FoundationColumbia SC M. Subbarao North South FoundationMemphis T N Ravi Dasari India Association of MemphisDallas T X Ananda Murthy/ Vimala DFW Hindu Temple & NetIPHouston (BAPS) T X Kanakambabu Inampudi Indian Cultural CenterAustin T X Vasumathi Guthikonda Indian Community CenterSan Antonio T X Pavan Kumar Petluru India Association of San AntonioWoodlands T X Suresh Raghavan North South FoundationMadison W I Srinivasa Rao Mogallapu North South Foundation

2005 Nationals Host Committee

Kasi Paturi, ConvenerShivkumar Rajagopal, Coordinator, Barrington

Kumar Kotlo, Coordinator, ChicagoMadhu Kottapalli, Coordinator, RockfordSushant Satpathy, Coordinator, Hinsdale

Murali Yalamanchili, Coordinator, Hinsdale

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Volunteerism at North South FoundationRamesh and Mallika Govindan*

North South Foundation (NSF) is a non-profit organization that providesscholarships to qualified, and needystudents in India to facilitate their collegeeducation. In order to raise funds, NSForganizes academic contests and annualWalk/Bike-a-Thons for Indian Americanchildren in the United States. Thesecontests include the Spelling,Vocabulary, Math, Geography, andEssay Writing Bees. There are age-wiseregional contests for each category, andthe winners from those contests thenadvance to the national finals, afterwhich a national champion is named ineach division.

At the Walk/Bike-a-Thons, childrenparticipate in the Dollar-A-Square(DAS) program, in which they go aroundtheir neighborhood requestingdonations to support NSF. At the Walk/Bike-a-Thons, families turn in the moneythey had raised, walk or bike around thepark areas, and enjoy a fun picnic in thepark. Through these annual fun eventsparticipants can help less fortunatechildren fulfill their dreams of collegeeducation.

Our involvement in the NSF began in2001 when the spelling bee was first heldin Massachusetts. There was just aspelling bee with about 20 participantsfrom the region. This year, over 200contestants participated in differentlevels of all the five contests. Theparticipation in the Walk/Bike-a-Thons

and the DAS program has increased,too, with over 100 families joining theevent, usually held at the HopkintonState Park. With proceeds from thecompetitions and fundraisers, the NSFhas been successful in providingscholarships for the needy and eligiblestudents in India.

The DAS program has provided manybright, but poverty stricken youngadults with a chance for new future. Ourgoal at the NSF is to remove theirfinancial obstacles. To do this we mustpersuade our friends, families, andneighbors to contribute to the cause.We were surprised by how supportiveour American neighbors were. For thepast several years we have beencollecting around $400-500 dollars fromjust our neighborhood! This year we hada picnic dinner at our house featuringIndian food. Many neighbors came anddonated $25 or more! This small gestureproduced enough funds ($500) to sendtwo under privileged Indian teenagersto college. This year the Massachusettschapter collected over $7,000, enoughto fund scholarships for 28 children.

If you are still unsure whether to jointhis organization then think, “Wherewould I be without a collegeeducation?” For more information onNorth South Foundation or to become ayouth volunteer/contest participantvisit: www.northsouth.org or contact usat [email protected].

* Ramesh is 14 years old and Mallika is 12 years old.

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2005 Educational ContestsNSF conducted contests this year in the following centers around USA and Canada withthe help of coordinators and sponsors.

2005. He is Captain of the NASA Fellows Science & Math Bowland PAGE Academic Bowl Teams. He is also a good artist,loves to draw and his artwork has won first place in manycompetitions. He loves to play Tennis, Basketball, and Chess.

He is a Brown belt in Karate. He is aphilatelist and likes playing violin.

2005 SENIOR ESSAY WRITING BEE WINNERS

Shazeen Harunani is fifteen years old and isin 10th grade in Rockford, IL.

Aarti Iyer is fifteen years old and is in 10th grade at John CooperSchool in Houston, TX. Aarti is a World Affair Council StudentAmbassador and an educational columnist.

City State Coordinator Sponsor

Calgary -Canada AL Narayana Murthy Nadella Indian Student Association @ University of Calgary

Phoenix AZ Sampath Karikalan Association for India (AID) -Phoenix chapter

Los Angeles CA Nimmi Raghunathan Jain Center Of Southern CAMilpitas CA Kishore Chavali Indian Community CenterSan Diego CA Anuradha Kumar Indian Student Association @

Univ of San DiegoSan Ramon CA Anand Gundu Ma Ammachi Amma CenterPalo Alto CA Sumana Sur Sanskriti, Stanford UniversityBakersfield CA Kanna Meyappan India Asso. of San Joaquin ValleyIrvine CA Kumar Ramajayam North South FoundationSacramento CA Ramesh Srinivasan North South FoundationFort Collins CO Bharathi Mandavalli North South FoundationStamford C T Pradeep Caplash North South FoundationHartford C T Ramesh Rajagopalan North South FoundationFort Lauderdale FL Radhika Satchidanand North South FoundationJacksonville FL Vinay Ahuja Hindu SocietyAtlanta GA Vasanthi Ramachandran India American Cultural

AssociationHinsdale IL Murali Yelamanchili Chinmaya Mission of ChicagoPeoria IL Ravi Errabolu India Association of Peoria &

Indian Student Association @Bradley University

Chicago IL Kumar Kotlo North South FoundationPalatine IL Shivakumar Rajgopal North South FoundationRockford IL Madhu Kottapalli North South FoundationIndianapolis IN Sivakumar Vavilala North South FoundationKansas City KS Pratibha Trivedi North South FoundationNew Orleans LA Palani Ponnapakam North South Foundation

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Individual Donors: Dec 2004 - Nov 2005$1,000 and abovePrasuna & Ramagopal GSudha & Nav GuptaVijaya & Srinivas JujjavarapuRavindranath KambhampatiRamana & Annapurna KShantha & V KesavuluIndira & S Rao KoritalaBhavani & Anil NagallaJhansi & Surya PuttaSita & U Rao VaranasiOnkaram BasavapatruniSrirammohan BeltangadyJohn T. ContilloRaj & Anjan LukkoorAtul PandeyRavi M. Shankar

$500 to 999AnonymousSailaja & Ramana AkunuriSamit BhattacharyaVeena & Venkat GadeShanti, Laxmana GodishalaAparna & Ajay GuptaRadha & Dev KeshavLinda & Bruce KoeMadhavi, Madhu KottapalliSrividya & S Rao MalipeddiMadhavi & Gaugarin OliverJayasri & R Rao PaturiVinita RaghavanIndra & Chris RamdhaniRekha & Sambamurthy V

$250 to 499Ajit R NerurkarAnnapurna PendriSatya & Swamy AchantaHaritha & Naveen AkkinaNeelima & Sandip BeriAnnapurna & Srinivas CRamaswamy ChandrashekarVanaja & Obayya CRani S & S Reddy ChintamSridevi & Sanjay ChittoreVanaja, Chandra DommarajuVijaya, Visweswararao DurgaMani & Ravi ErraboluRema GovindPadmaja & Murthy GAradhana & Tarun GuptaBhanusri JakkarajuNayana & Kaushik Joshi

Veena KannanMalaika & Satish KodaliPrafulla & Harinadh KoneruUma & Vinod T KumarDudley & John MacfarlaneRajeev NadkarniSreelatha & Jai P NaiduMadhuri, Srinivas PendyalaGeorge PillariRahi RacharlaAparna & R RamakrishnanAparna & Ramasundar RPushpa & Sripathy U RaoLaxmi & Viswanatha ReddySyamala & Krishnaiah RVarsha & Datta SambareLakshmi, K Rao SunkavalliJ Rani & Krishnamoorthy TVani & Parthiban ThilagarLakshmi & H Rao VaitlaDwaraka & Venkatasai VJaya & V Venugopal

$200 to 249Rajeswari & Rao ChintapalliSanjay DesaiDebendranath DeyJanaki & Rangarao GobburiPremkumar HarikrishnanPadmaja & Suri JettyMadhavi & Prakash KailasaBindu & Ravi KasarlaJanaki & G K Rao KodaliVidyavathi & Krishnaiah KShari & Spencer W LampertSatish MandavilliSridevi & Varadendra PMadhavi & Kasi PaturiRamanathan RaguramanRevathi & Srinivasan RAarthi & Shivakumar RBharathi & Ramayya SNancy & John ScrantonPooja & Bimal ShethAnuradha & Srinivas SiriginaSumana & Balmiki SurSridevi & Shiv UduthaLoretta & Thomas VermaJyoti & Gautam RanadeChitra & Kal Subramanian

$150 to 199Lakshmi & Balaji BodicherlaLavanya & Jagan Borra

Pascale CarayonGeetha, Meledath GovindanRatna KrovvidiKalaiselvi & Dhanapalan NNivedita & Neelkant ShuklaShashikiran TadasKamala & Prasad TummalaPadma & Choudari P V

$100 to 149Lalita & Ramanand AchantaBhavana & Bheemsen AithaJon & Julie AllordShalini & Rajiv AnejaPrameela & Harinath ApuriSusan A & Sanjay AsthanaLaxmi & Subbarao BollepalliShobhna & Pradeep CaplashKamala & Murthy ChimataTheresa & Hemang DaveFelishia & Jason DavisPadma & Chalapathi DIndira, S Rao DonthamsettiS.A. & S.K. DronamrajuLakshmi & Shrinath EElizabeth & Micheal FNimisha & Anthony FinizzaRavi & Mala GanesanSailaja & Sankara GundaRenee & Wayne HarrisVidya & Jayaram IyengarDevika & Deven JoshiUma Devi & R Rao KanuriHema & Prasad KarcherlaAruna & KrishnaKarunakaramSridevi & Srinivas KodaliSireesha & Ramesh KolaKavita & Lalit KothariMohana & Srini KrishSarvjit & Jatinder KumarChacko KurianMaureen & B Jack LongleySonia & John MathewJennifer & Steven MathewsRajani & Narayana MeduriJyotsna & Naresh MiglaniJamuna & S Rao MogallapuDeepti & Naval MohtaVijaya & Padmanabhan MVimala & C NagannaVibha & Rajiv NaikUma, Harinatha Reddy NUsha & S Narayanaswamy

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2005 MATH BEE LEVEL 4 WINNERS

Keshav Puranmalka is fifteen years old and is in 9th grade inNaperville Central School in Hinsdale, IL. Keshav was placed2nd in ICTM. Keshav’s hobbies include reading.

Bharat Kusuma is sixteen years old andis in 10th grade at the Illinois Mathematics and ScienceAcademy in Chicago, IL. He enjoys playing tennis and playsthe clarinet and baseball for his school.

Yasaswi Raparla is sixteen years old andis in 10th grade at Thomas Jefferson High School for Scienceand Technology in Rockville, MD. He is the President ofNational Junior Honor Society and has contributed to localnewspapers. He enjoys debating and essay writing. Yasaswilearns the Carnatic music on violin (student of legendaryLalgudis). Yasaswi is a nationally rated chess player and was

the captain and champion of Chess team in middle school.

2005 BRAIN BEE WINNERS

Mangala Iyengar is seventeen years old and is in 12th gradeat East Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill, NC. Mangalaparticipated in the Department of Energy National ScienceBowl this year. She is also an avid debater and recently attendedthe National Forensics League Championships in Philadelphia.In her spare time, Mangala sings Carnatic music, volunteers at the University ofNorth Carolina-Chapel Hill Hospital, and teaches younger students about HinduCulture at the Chinmaya Mission Balavihar. Mangala aspires to become a biomedicalresearcher. Mangala won 1st rank in Brain Bee and 3rd rank in Senior Essay

Writing National finals.

Arka Mallela is in 8th grade. Arka was qualified to participatein the “TIP” (Talent Identification Program) offered by theDuke University in 2004. Arka achieved a Black belt in YoshukaiKarate after five and a half years of training and became a LifeScout at a very young age of twelve and has completed severalrequirements to become an Eagle Scout. He has been playingviolin for about five years.

Pranay Udutha is a rising 8th grader at Palmer Middle School in Kennesaw (Atlanta),GA. He received State Recognition and Commendation Medal from DukeUniversity’s Talent Identification program for achieving high scores in SAT in

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Mamata & Vivek NarendranJas & Sunita ParmarUsha & Raja Sekhar PathuriLinsey & Rachel PhilipAnjali & Gautam PhullShivani, Prasad DevarapalliChitra & Murali RajagopalanSupriya & Suhas P RaoSaikantha & Tejaswi RaparlaAruna & Krishna P ReddyRajeswari & Raju Rudhraraju

Sumathi & Richard RunjaIpsita & Susant SatpathyGayatri & Adesh SaxenaLatha & Manimaran SSandhya & M ShivashankarUma & D SivakumarMira & Vishaw SondhiRajasree SrinivasanRadhika & T R SrinivasanNirmala & Palanisamy SUrmila & Tirupataiah Tella

Chitra & Ramaswamy VJayasri & H Rao ValivetyRekha & Srinivas VuppuluriKumar PeriakaruppanSanjay SahooAdesh SaxenaJaymin ShahAlka SinghVeena Somayaji

This is a question often asked by manypotential donors. They want to knowthat their hard-earned money is helpingthe most deserving pupil, not just anydeserving. They know the need is thereeverywhere. They also know thateveryone can’t be helped because oflimited resources. So they want theircontribution go to the very best.

NSF currently has seventeen centers forgiving scholarships in India:Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhavnagar,Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Hyderabad,Jodhpur, Jamshedpur, Kanpur, Katihar,Kochi, Kolkata, Madurai, Mau, Pune,Sibsagar, and Trivandrum. Here is abrief synopsis of the entire process at atypical center.

Get Ready: Each center monitors theirlocal Common Entrance Test (CET)schedules. Shortly after theexaminations have taken place, the localNSF center (or the NSF USA at therequest of the local center) prepares aformal press release (announcement)

How are the Candidates Selected forScholarships in India?

about the scholarship program for theupcoming academic year.

Go to Press: The aim is to get the wordout to all eligible students. Theannouncement is sent to all localnewspapers, and other media includingTV and radio. The content isdisseminated both in English and in thelocal language. The media does this freeof charge as a community service. Thisannouncement normally is madebetween June and August to coincidewith the examination results. All eligiblestudents are encouraged to write to thelocal center for application forms.Students have two to four weeks to sendin their applications, along with theiracademic scores and documents on theirfinancial status.

Form a Selection Committee: Whilethe applications are being received, aSelection Committee gets established.Selecting the right people to be on thisCommittee is one of the most crucialelements in the process. Committee

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Olympiad for elementary schools, and has obtained specialrecognition for achieving one of the highest score in the tests.Nihal is an avid sports enthusiast – he enjoys playingbasketball, swimming, Taekwondo, and tennis. Nihal believes

that “giving and volunteering” is important.He shared his NSF prize money with theless fortunate children in India. When hegrows up he plans to contribute to scienceand technology.

Jay Shah is eleven years old and is in 5th

grade Gomes Elementary in San Ramon,CA.

Chanukya Malla is a 10 year old, and is in 4th grade inDetroit, MI. Chanukya received a Gold Medalist in MathOlympiads for Elementary and Middle Schools 2005 andwas in the top 20 in North America for Kumon Math-2 yearsin a row. He is part of the school Word masters team (Nation-wide vocabulary test for elementary schools) which was placed 1st in the Nation.He is an active member of the Boy Scouts since 2nd grade. Some of Chanukya’shobbies include playing soccer and tennis.


Matthew Vengalil is thirteen years old and is in 7th grade atParcells middle school in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. He achievedthe first place in math in the Midwest Talent Search competition.He was on the school’s Social Studies Olympiad team whichranked number one in the state of Michigan. He enjoys reading,

playing piano and soccer and is an active member in his school’s choir. His hobbiesinclude collecting interesting and unique coins from both India and the UnitedStates.

Arjun Puranik is thirteen years old and is in 7th grade inPlum Grove Junior High School in Rolling Meadows,IL. Arjun has secured the first place for the past 3 years atthe Illinois Math League competition. Arjun qualified forthe National Mathcounts competition in Detroit in May 2005,where he was the Illinois State topper. He plays the pianoand has given many recitals. He also enjoys playing tennis and has been rankedwithin the top 20 in the Chicago area and top 50 in the Midwest.

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While the spelling and vocabularycontests run by North SouthFoundation (NSF) in the US are nowmore than a decade old, the Indian

members within each center are selectedbased on their credentials and respectin the community. Usually three to fivemembers are appointed based on theirrespective integrity, honesty, character,trust, and reputation.

Selection Process: The SelectionCommittee screens all applicationsbased on academic qualifications first,and on the financial need second. To beeligible, a student must score among thetop five percent, which is relaxed to tenpercent in the case of rural and girlstudents. The annual family incomeshould not exceed Rs. 38,000 in urbanareas and Rs. 26,000 in rural area. Ofthose eligible, a short list of the mostdeserving candidates is made for an in-person interview. Each student and aparent are interviewed and verificationsare made as to the genuineness of theirapplication. Candidates are reimbursedfor one-way travel to the local NSFcenter. The interview process and theverification process are quite extensive,as every effort is made to be sure theaid is going to the most-needy anddeserving among the poor.

Communication with Central Office andNSF USA: After a center finalizes itschoice of candidates, the information issent to the national coordinator. Here,the list is further verified to ensure thenorms are being uniformly implemented

across all centers, and the informationis in turn relayed to NSF USA. Followingthe confirmation of the finalists, fundsare disbursed to the selectedcandidates. Return receipts for thefunds received by the students are sentback to the central office. Finally, anaward ceremony is often scheduledwhere the press is invited. This not onlyhelps the student in being recognized,but also makes more people becomeaware of NSF.

Renewals: The student must maintainhigh academic standards for thescholarship to be renewed for each yearof study. The scholarships currentlycover 100% of tuition fee in most states.The student and family are expected tocover the remaining costs eitherthrough their own funds or otherscholarships.

NSF is growing every year. The averageaward is about $250 per student per year.In order to establish a new NSF center,it is necessary to be able to support 10scholarships. Therefore, if the award isgiven for four years, then at least$10,000 per year is needed to establishand maintain a new center.

In a nutshell this is the entire NSFscholarship process. The Foundationwelcomes any new ideas or thoughtsfor improving this process.

A How to Do Primer for Spelling & Vocabulary Bee in IndiaSandip K. Dasverma

spelling bee in Orissa is only 3 yearsold. It was initially started by Sandip K.Dasverma under the banner of Dioceseof North India, Cuttack. Now it is being

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Last year, he won 1st place in junior vocabulary and was placed fifth in the MB3 atthe national competition in Phoenix. Anand won 1st rank in SVB and 3rd rank inthe MB-3 National Finals.

Shaswat Samudra is thirteen years old and is in 8th grade atSt.Mark’s School of Texas in Dallas, TX. Shaswat reachedthe top five from Texas last year at the Texas State LevelGeography Bee after winning at the school and regionallevel. Last year, as a seventh grader, he was accorded StateLevel Recognition and Grand Recognition Awards by theDuke University as part of their TalentIdentification Program, leading to a

scholarship from a local university.

Soham Chakraborty is thirteen years old and is in 8th grade atShaker Heights Middle school in Cleveland, OH.


Shyam Narayanan is seven years old and is in 2nd grade atPleasant Ridge Elementary in Kansas City, KS. Shyam got99.99 percentile in Uniform Non-verbal Intelligence Test(UNIT). Shyam won the Superior Solo Piano Performanceaward in MAMA festival (August 2004) and won Gold medalsin Desi Olympics in Kansas City. Shyam’s hobbies are

swimming, bicycling, piano, martial arts, jogging, computersand typing.

Aakash Pattabi is eight years old and is in 2nd grade atBarksdale Elementary in Austin, Texas. Aakash is a speed-reader, reading at 300 words per minute - and is a big fan of theHarry Potter series. He competes intensively on everythingwith his twin brother Vikram (who was placed in the top 10 of

this year’s math bee). He enjoys playing the piano, lovesplaying chess, basketball and swimming.

Niranjan Balachandar is eight years old and is in 2nd gradeat Hightower Elementary school in Plano, TX. Niranjan is abudding and avid painter and sketch artist. Niranjan is alsoplaying to learn mridangam, a south Indian classical drum.


Nihal Satyadev is eleven years old and is in 5th grade in Tustin Ranch, CA. Nihalhas been the winner of the founder’s gold medal, for the last two years, in the Math

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schools (from Cuttack) sent in about 500applications.

4. The preliminary word lists(1,000 words each for spelling andvocabulary) were received from NSF.They were checked for variation inspelling, retyped, copied and sent toeach student to study. This is both timeconsuming and expensive. Some wordswere replaced as they were veryAmerican.

5. There was usually a shortageof good pronouncers, and even Englishteachers did not have goodpronunciation skills. Luckily we had afew top class pronouncers in Prof GopaDas, Nita Das, Farley North, StanleyWright and Mariamma Jachak at NewStewart School.

6. The team conducted somedemo competitions in new schools,where it was not done in 2003. This yearit will be done through a demo VCD,which is available to others at cost.

7. We could have used a few ofthe parents as judges. But some parentsquestioned the fairness of suchcompetition. As a result, we strictlyforbade the parents or their friends,being in the room of their wards.

8. Because of the large numberof applicants, contests were held inmultiple rooms concurrently with nomore than 50 in any room. A child canonly participate in spelling orvocabulary, but not both. The contestswere done in both Cuttack andBhubaneswar.

9. Each kid was given 3 randomwords in the beginning (Phase 1, oral),a list of 20 words dictated to them forwriting (Phase 2, written) and again 3random words at the end (Phase 3, oral.)The cut off for the semifinals wasdecided after both the Cuttack and

run under the auspices of K. P. DasMemorial Spelling Bee and VocabularyTrust. From the beginning, the contesthas been assisted technically by theNSF USA.

To adapt to the local conditions, theCuttack team has developed their ownlist of dos and don’ts. For example, theteam had to deal with the followingissues:

1. Unlike in North America, theIndian program has to be school basedand not based on volunteers among theparents and civil society.

2. Transport is both expensiveand a big hindrance for a distance ofeven 15 miles.

3. Indian English and AmericanEnglish are different both in spelling andpronunciation.

4. People in India are accustomedto getting things free, so even a Rs 10to 20 entry fee can be questioned.

5. The number of participants isusually high because, unlike in the US(only Indo-Americans), everyone iseligible to participate, though the kidsfirst need to be motivated.

I will now describe the process (lastyear) which is the main area of interestto the readers here:

1. We sent a letter to everyschool we targeted giving a date bywhich to send the list of willingparticipants with a Rs 15 fee per child.

2. Except a few schools, whichwere under control of the diocese, wehad to pursue the school Englishteachers or the Head Masters,incessantly.

3. About 6 English mediumschools (3 from Cuttack and 3 fromBhubaneswar) and 3 Oriya medium

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Nikhil Koganti is fourteen years old and is in 8th grade at RiceMiddle school in Dallas, TX. Nikhil won 2004 Collin CountySpelling Bee Championship; Scripps Howard Dallas MorningNews Competition and was placed 5th in The Dallas MorningNews Spelling bee for the North Texas Region. Nikhil’s hobbiesare Tae Kwon Do and reading.

2005 JUNIOR VOCABULARY WINNERS

Krithika Varagur is eleven years old and is in 6th grade atJohn Adams Middle School in Edison, NJ where she is anall A and Honor Roll student. She learns Indian music anddance, participates in her school’s choir, and is a memberof the jazz band where she plays the Trumpet. She got 1st

rank in her grade in the AMC8 (American MathematicsCompetition). She has participated in NSF bees since she

was 8, and has also gone to the national finals every year.Krithika won the 2nd place in the 2004 Junior VocabularyBee.

Anirudh Dasarathy is eleven years old and is in 5th grade atBirchwood School in Cleveland, OH. Anirudh achieved

Black belt in Karate, plays Carnaticmusic on violin.

Sathvika Ramaji is twelve years old and is in 7th grader atGlades Middle School in Miramar, Florida. She is avoracious reader and is categorized as a highly-giftedstudent by the Broward County School System. Sathvikawas the school Spelling Bee champion for the last 2 years.Sathvika is learning Bharatnatyam and Carnatic music and

attends Balavihar and Tamil language classes over the weekends. She also playsthe Piano and the Clarinet. She is very interested in art and won the 3rd place in theCaribbean Art Competition.

2005 SENIOR VOCABULARY WINNERS

Anand Oza is thirteen years old and is in 7th grade at TakomaPark Middle School, in Silver Spring, Maryland. InMathcounts, Anand was invited to the national competitionin Detroit in 2005. Anand achieved a perfect 800 score inMath SAT. Anand is an avid reader, plays chess, videogames, tennis, table tennis, and basketball. Anand hascompeted in the NSF Bees since he was in the third grade.

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Bhubaneswar competitions were over.Roughly 20% were invited to thesemifinals. The score sheets weresigned by each judge and pronouncer,and were later archived, just in case.Phase 2 and 3 included some words fromout side the list given to children earlier.These words were also obtained fromthe NSF data base and were kept underwraps by Prof Gopa Das who gave outthe lists only at the last moment. Shehad made the necessary correction andduplication of the list with dueassistance from Nita Das.

10. For the next level of contestscalled semifinals, 78 kids were invitedfor spelling and some 52 for vocabulary.They included at least one person fromeach participating school so they cancarry the flavor of the final to their fellowstudents. Semifinals were held inmultiple rooms simultaneously.

11. The same format was used atthe semifinals consisting of threephases. Again the confidentiality of thetest words was very carefully maintainedby Prof Das.

12. The top 30 during thesemifinals were selected for the finals,which also followed the same format ofthree phases. Semifinals were held inthe morning with the finals scheduledin the afternoon.

13. In the finals there were two tieswhich were eliminated by a tie breakerfor which additional words not in thelist were used.

14. Awards amounting to Rs 22thousand were given away: Rs. 3,000for 1st prize, Rs 2,000 for 2nd prize andRs 1,000 for the third prize in each ofVocabulary and Spelling Bee.

15. Five consolation prizes each ofRs. 500 (total 10) was also given in eachcategory.

For further information, you maycontact: Prof. Gopa Das, President andexpert: 0671-2617530Farley North, Secretary: 0671-2619368Nita Das, Asst Secretary: 0671-2618189Sandip Dasverma:[email protected]

Fundraising EventsThe river of giving flows once again…

Education is truly a gift for a lifetime.North South Foundation is able to givethis gift to so many under privilegedchildren growing up in India throughyou - the donors - who donated allthrough the year and at specificfundraising events. This year NSF heldsix major fundraising events around thecountry. NSF is grateful to all theparticipants, contributors, and the manyvolunteers whose enthusiasm andtireless efforts have made these eventsa success. Everyone who donated in

2005 has indeed started a ripple effect,which will improve the life of more andmore underprivileged Indians.

Hopkinton, MA - June 26, 2005Close to fifty families from NewHampshire and Massachusettsparticipated in the annual fundraisingevent held at Hopkinton state park. Theevent kicked off with a hike around thepark. After the hike, children did art inthe woods or played in the field.

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2005 WINNER BEES

Anjithaa Radhakrishnan is eight years old and is in 3rd

grade and at the Academy of Notredame in Manchester,NH.

Apoorva Rangan is eight years old,and is in 2nd grade at ChallengerElementary in San Jose, CA. She is

an avid reader, accomplished pianist, flute player, and isvery interested in Carnatic Music. She has completedCalifornia Music Teachers Association Piano Certificate ofMerit - Level 3, and was placed first in US Open Piano

Competition.

Akshay Aitha is eight years old and is in 3rd grade atDougherty Elementary school in Milpitas, CA. From hisearly childhood, Akshay developed a special interesttowards reading books. He started reading at the age ofthree. Amazingly he has read thousands of books so far.He read all the volumes of Harry Potter in a span of onemonth. His hobbies include reading, coin collection,

playing soccer, swimming, karate, and Pokemon cartoon.

2005 SENIOR SPELLING BEE WINNERS

Nilesh Raval is thirteen years old and is in 7th grade atSaginaw Arts and Sciences Academy, a magnet school, witha concentration in Math/Science in Lansing, MI. Nilesh wasa semifinalist in the 2004 Discovery Channel Young ScientistChallenge. Nilesh plays tuba in his school’s band. He hasreceived recognition for being a good role model by theState of Michigan. He holds a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.Nilesh is an aspiring Ophthalmologist. This was Nilesh’s first appearance at the

North South Senior Spelling Bee.

Srikrishna Raghavan is thirteen years old and is in 7th Gradeat Branch Crossing Junior High school in The Woodlands,TX. Srikrishna is a straight A student. Sri attended the DukeUniversity Talent Identification Program this past summer.He participates in math competitions, represents his schoolat science fairs, plays chess in his spare time with hisyounger brother and is a very accomplished soccer player

as well.

2005 JUNIOR SPELLING BEE WINNERS

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Everyone enjoyed a sumptuous lunch,donated by local restaurants. The HarryPotter quiz was a big hit and since itwas too hot to play games, children hitthe water at a nearby beach. This 5th

annual walk raised $7,500. Of thisamount, $2,500 was collected by DASparticipants.

Hamden, CT – June 26, 2005On this bright and summery Sundaymorning, the CT-NSF volunteer teamwas up early, making sure that they hadeverything set up for the Walk/Bike-a-thon event held on the sprawling greensof Brooksvale Park in Hamden, CT. Theday was filled with events ranging fromsome serious thinking to pure fun, fromsomewhat strenuous physical level tobarely moving your fingers for theBingo. In other words, if you were just2 yrs. old or 100 yrs old you’d find thatthere was something exciting waiting foryou at the event. The event at its 7th

year raised close to $2,820.

Downers Grove, IL – June 19, 2005The 15th NSF Walk/Bike/Games-a-thonof the Chicago chapter was held in thebeautiful McCollum Park in DownersGrove, IL. There were close to 200people who participated in thesuccessful event, which raised a littleover $6,000. Many local restaurantsdonated food for the event and NSForganized games like Volley Ball andTennis. The chess tournament wasanother popular event which drew a lotof participants young and old.

Lansing, MI - Aug 26, 2005The NSF Lansing chapter’s annualFundraiser was held on August 26 at

Spartan community center MSU.Eighteen kids aged 4-10 presented acharacter building play “The EnchantedForest.” The moral of the play was theNSF’s motto “Helping those who needto help themselves.” Kids were highlyexcited to wear their animal costumesand performed par excellence. This wasfollowed by a talent show and kids sangsongs ranging from Carnaticcompositions to Hindi film songs. Therewere a couple of Hindi film danceperformances and violin, cello anddulcimer recitals. In all, the kids raised$1,000. The Lansing chapter hassucceeded in generating a lot ofenthusiasm and goodwill toward theNorth South Foundation. This eventwas special in the sense that peoplerealized that NSF not only focuses onthe academic aspect of excellence, butalso encourages the all round extracurricular development of the children.The idea of one kid doing something foranother underprivileged kid in the spiritof giving was well enforced by thisevent. Rekha Sambamurthy along withmany other local volunteers spearheaded this new type of fundraising.The event was sponsored by theKumon Learning Center at Okemos.

Canton, MI - September 11, 2005The fifth annual walkathon of NSFMetro Detroit Chapter was held inHeritage Park, Canton. It was a nicesunny day with perfect weather. Twentyfamilies participated in the event whichincluded a workshop on publicspeaking. Some of the topics given totalk were, ‘Who is your role model andwhy so?’ and ‘What do you want to

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role in fundraising in increments of onedollar (one square in a sheet of 100squares). The funds raised as part ofDAS contribute to North SouthFoundation’s mission to providescholarships to poor but meritoriouschildren in India.

“Great job with this year’s finals too, asusual. I have attended the NSF events3 years in a row and it keeps gettingbetter every year with increasingparticipation and scale! I was awestruckby the army of ‘Red shirt’ volunteers. Let us keep up the great work andcontinue to dream bigger each year. Iam particularly delighted that wecontinue to add contests that matter andbring the diversity of talent in thecommunity to the forefront - Math Beein 2004, Geography Bee Pilot in 2005,Essay Writing Contest and theproposed Public Speaking contest to beadded in 2006,” was some feedbackreceived from Kalyan Subramanian, aparent from Phoenix, AZ.

“Thanks for giving me an opportunityto volunteer. The whole event was veryeducative. In fact, I gained someknowledge by volunteering. Wouldlove to volunteer for NSF again infuture,” said Sudha Saxena, a volunteerfrom Chicago.

Arindam Chakrabarti, a judge at thecontests said - “I greatly enjoyed beinginvolved in the National Finals andseeing so many extremely smart andtalented children. I was also especiallymoved to see that your Foundationbrings together some of the nicest andmost talented people in the Indian-American community, and all of them

share a deep and abiding passion to helpuplift India to her rightful place in thecomity of nations, and to give to ourpeople true Independence — controlover their lives and destiny —something I think 1947 promised but didnot achieve yet, through education andempowerment.”

The National contest categoriesconsisted of Junior and Senior SpellingBees for children below 9 and 15 years,respectively. The Junior Vocabulary(word-meaning) contest is meant forchildren below 13 years, while the SeniorVocabulary contest is for children belowthe age of 17. The spelling andvocabulary were held in 3 phases withthe last one involving eliminationrounds that made it quite exciting.

The Math Bee that was introduced lastyear was a popular contest as it attractedmassive registrations throughout theregional contests. The Math Bee washeld in two phases, one written andanother lightning round with questionsdisplayed on a screen for 60 seconds.The Level 1 in Math Bee is meant forGrades 2 and lower, the Level 2 forgrades 3-5, the Level 3 for grades 6-8and Level 4 for Grades 9 and 10. TheSenior Essay Writing that wasintroduced this year was open to grades9-12. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners ofall these contests will receive NorthSouth Foundation scholarships of$1000, $500 and $250 respectively,redeemable in the freshman year of theircollege.

For more information, please send anemail to [email protected]

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Dollar – A – Square: FundraisingCampaign for Kids by Kids

Bharati Pastapur

The Dollar-A-Square (DAS) is a fundraising program “for the children by thechildren”. DAS, which was started in2003, is now in its 3rd year. Children asyoung as three years have beencollecting donations to help children inIndia attend school. Kids who hadparticipated in DAS were recognizedduring the national finals. This year alone98 kids raised $8,149 through thisprogram. Every child is encouraged canjoin this great team!

What is DAS? Each child gets a pledgesheet with 100 squares and each squareis worth one dollar. The children fill onesquare for every dollar they raise. Bygoing around the neighborhood andasking friends and other parents,children can easily fill in the squares.One complete sheet means at least $100that provides nearly half of a scholarship.For those children who complete onesheet, NSF offers free access to an onlineeducational game. It is somethingeducational and fun; but most of all itdevelops a giving heart in your child.

Why they did it and how they did it?Children do it to help kids like themselvesin India through various ways. Thishelps them discover compassion inthemselves. It also makes them feel good,knowing that being children does notprevent them from making a positiveimpact on the society. Many kids giveup their pocket money, and tooth fairy

money to fill the squares. Some ask fordonations in lieu of birthday gifts. Someothers collect cans and conserve naturewhile helping another child! Here’s anextract from one of the kids who wroteto Dr. Chitturi, the founder of NSF:

“I collected this amount on my birthdayby providing an option to the guests tocontribute to DAS in lieu of gifts. I amglad that I am able to contribute towardsscholarships for needy students inIndia. I intend to continue to beinvolved in the DAS program and otherfund raising activities conducted byNSF.”

How to begin? Give a DAS pledge sheetto your children and talk to them aboutDAS. You can start off their collectionby giving them some money andchecking off the squares on the pledgesheet. Soon they would be full.

Two pledge sheets get you access toboth spelling and vocabulary games. Byjust adding another half you can help apoor child in India go to college for oneyear.

Learn more about DAS on http://www.northsouth.org/dollarasquare.asp.

Remembering Meghna Mahapatra, aDAS kid: NSF family is very sad to haverecently lost Meghna Mahapatra, ayoung DAS participant from Michigan,

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organization that brings young peoplefrom different religious communitiestogether to build understanding andcooperation in social action projects. Dr.Patel was recently named “one of thirtysocial visionaries under thirty changingthe world” by Utne Magazine. Dr. Patelgave a stirring speech to the parentsand contestants alike impressing uponthe audience to follow the twin Indianvalues of achievement and service.

Enrichment activities were offeredduring the 2-day event. On Saturdayafternoon everyone enjoyed a parentspelling bee conducted by the studentsas the grand finale of an interactive paneldiscussion on teaching kids spellingand vocabulary. Kids had fun watchingtheir parents sweat it out at the bee. OnSunday afternoon, there was aninteractive panel discussion on teachingproblem solving techniques in math. Apanel of experts in mathematicsanswered numerous questions on mathcompetitions and preparing children forthese contests. There was anenthusiastic sharing of views andexperiences among the moderators andaudience. Supervised babysitting(including a magic show and balloonanimals), a chess/game room for the kidsfreed parents to enjoy some of the aboveactivities, lectures, and competitionsoffered during the two days.

Continuing on with the tradition frompast years, children and contestantswho had participated in North SouthFoundation’s Dollar-A-Square (DAS)program were recognized at the Finalsby Madhavi Nathan Oliver, the founderof the DAS program. As part of the DASprogram, participating childrenthroughout the country take an active

This year the Foundation held itsnational finals at NorthwesternUniversity (NWU), Evanston onSaturday, August 6th and Sunday,August 7th, 2005. The National Finalswere co-sponsored by the South AsianStudent Alliance (SASA) of NWU. Overseven hundred seventy finalists fromover sixty North South Foundationcenters throughout the US participatedin the event.

This is the 6th year for North SouthFoundation’s Brain Bee, a neurosciencecontest. Mangala Iyengar, a risingsenior from Chapel Hill, NC won thisyear’s Brain Bee Championship withoutmissing a question throughout thecompetition. Mangala will be invited tothe 2006 International Brain Beeconducted by Prof. Norbert Myslinskiof the University of Maryland, Baltimorein March 2006. Prof. Myslinksi himselfconducted this year’s Brain Bee contestalong with Bhakti Nagalla, a past NorthSouth Foundation and InternationalBrain Bee champion.

In the path of challenging children oftheir educational potential, North SouthFoundation, this year introduced yetanother program, “Senior EssayContest”, for high school students.Tenth graders Shazeen Harunani fromRockford, IL and Aarti Iyer fromHouston, TX won the first and secondplace, respectively, while the Brain Beechampion Mangala Iyengar won thethird place.

This year’s keynote speaker at the awardceremony for these contests was Dr.Eboo Patel, founder and ExecutiveDirector of the Interfaith Youth Core, aChicago-based international

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to a tragic accident. We offer our heartfeltcondolences to her family. The Lansing,MI chapter had a fundraising event, inAugust, in which children participatedin a play called, “Enchanted Forest” toraise money for helping poor childrengo to college in India. Meghna had arole in the play.

DAS Coordinators: There are severaladult DAS coordinators motivating

children in various chapters. A DAScoordinator helps publicize DAS atevents like the bees, walkathons andother events where NSF sets upinformation booths. If you are interestedin becoming a DAS coordinator for NSF,please contact Bharati Pastapur at913-780-2617 or email to [email protected]

Debnil SurMonishaa Suresh

Madhuri SatishSanjana Lakshmi

Arun JandaurKshitij Srinath

Akshayraj AithaMegha KattiPooja Phull

AnitaNeil

Pranav PhullAvani Yaganti

Viswanath ValivetiShruti Vaidyanathan

Srinivas PanchamukhiPrasanthi Kandula

Pradeep KandulaPrakash Kandula

Sangita MuraliPriyatham VennapusaPrashanth Vennapusa

Sai Nikit RaniNishika Rani

Sowmya KurugantiHriday ChawlaDrishti Chawla

Iris OliverEthan Oliver

Maya JayRamesh Govindan*Mallika Govindan*

Nyshidha GurijalaBirdget KodenkandathAbhishek and Subisha

Shivakumar

Abhinav & RishikeshNarayanan

Manas SarmaPriya VenkiSanjay VenkiNivedha RamNaveen Ram

Sean SavarirayanTara Jawahar

Divya MuthusamyAkshara Tejaswi

Meghna 1999-2005

Rohit KrishnaAmartya Chakraborty

Sanjay BatchuNeha Sundaram

Priyanka Akunuri**Apurva ChavaliDhivya Sridar

Karthik MunugalaNetra MurthySreeman Kota

Anushka MurthyRamya Mohankumar

Purva ShankerAntonia IyerTanvi Joshi

Abhijeet DasNamrita Murali

Natasha GhoseAlyssa GhoseDeva KotaMeghna MahapatraRaveena MishraRitwik BiswasRavi BetzigHarini AcharyaDev AcharyaKartikeya KandulaAkshay PrabhushankarNavya PrabhushankarAishwarya Pastapur*Kavya Shivashankar*Prashant GodishalaVishal YelisettiShravan DakshinamurthyVignesh DakshinamurthyMalavika PerincheryAnirudh UduthaPranav UduthaTejas SrinivasanRajit KrishnamurthyVibhav ShrishailAnish ThilagarLasya ThilagarShyam VasudevanMayank DubeyVivek MiglaniSatyanarayanaDevabhaktuniAditya DommarajuSharavan DommarajuPrasanna RajasekaranSarvesh RajasekaranSwapna Kalapatapu

* denotes one scholarship

2005 DAS Kids

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2005 National Math Bee Levels 1 & 2 Winners

MB Level 1

Shyam NarayananAakash Pattabi

Niranjan BalachandarVivek Miglani

Sachchit MuraliNivedh Rajesh

Dipayan BanerjeeRupesh Chinta

Rupayan NeogyVikram Pattabi

MB Level 2

Nihal SatyadevJay ShahChanukya MallaAditya ViswanathanAnirudh DasarathyTejas SundaresanKrishna HegdeAkshat ShekharShantan ChemerlaVirup Gubba

Rank

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Rank

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2005 National Math Bee Levels 3 & 4 Winners

MB Level 3

Matthew VengalilArjun Puranik

Anand OzaAnubhav Sinha

Sudarshan MohanramAkshar Wunnava

Arka MallelaAnita Mehta

Mahadev (Dave) NairManoj Maddali

Rank

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MB Level 4

Keshav PuranmalkaBharat KusumaYasaswi Raparla

Rank

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2005 National Finals

EVANSTON, IL: Nilesh Raval, a 13-year-old tuba player from Saginaw, MI andAnjitha Radhakrishnan, an 8-year-oldfrom Nashua, NH won the 13th AnnualNorth South Foundation Senior andJunior Spelling Bee Championships,respectively. Krithika Varagur, fromEdison, NJ won the Junior Vocabularycontest, while precocious Anand Oza;from North Potomac, MD who had wonthe Junior vocabulary crown just lastyear took the senior crown on his first

attempt. In the second year of the MathBee contests, 7-year old Shyam Narayan,a pianist from Overland, KS and 11-yearold Nihal Satyadev from Tustin, CA wonthe first places in Level 1 and Level 2contests, respectively, while twocontestants from the Midwest, 7th graderMatthew Vengalil from Grosse, MI and9th grader Keshav Puranmalka fromNaperville, IL got the top ranks in Level3 and Level 4 contests, respectively.

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NSF Scholarship Recipients In India

T. Eswara RaoMedicine, AP

B.VenkateswararaoEngineering, AP

A. LakshmiEngineering, AP

K. Haseen BashaEngineering, AP

D. Balaji NaikEngineering, AP

R. HarishPolytechnic, AP

S. SarithaPolytechnic, AP

N. Raja KumariPolytechnic, AP

B. SuneethaPolytechnic, AP

V. Rajendra PrasadPolytechnic, AP

K. Gopi KrishnaPolytechnic, AP

T. SuneethaPolytechnic, AP

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2005 National Spelling Bee Winners

Senior Spelling

Nilesh RavalSrikrishna Raghavan

Nikhil KogantiSameer MishraSameer Kailasa

Mouctika PaluriKrithika Varagur

Kavya ShivashankarVignesh Dakshinamurthy

Akshat Shekhar

Rank

12345678810

Junior Spelling

Anjithaa RadhakrishnanApoorva RanganAkshayraj AithaShiva KangeyanMayank GanesanIris OliverSuryateja RaoKeval YerigeriSanjay KottapalliSonia GuptaShravanrama DronamrajuVivek MiglaniRoshini Srinivasan

Rank

1234467

88888

Senior Vocabulary

Anand OzaShaswat Samudra

Soham ChakrabortyAditya Kalluri

Rohit ThummalapalliKrishna Suri

Pranav MahadevanSrikrishna RaghavanSivakumar Sundaram

Shazeen Harunani

Rank

1234467899

Junior Vocabulary

Krithika VaragurAnirudh DasarathySathvika RamajiSiri YelamanchiliAshley ThakurAamani PaturiVikas VavilalaBhavya ThotaSai Gourisankar

Rank

123455789

2005 National Vocabulary Bee Winners

2005 National Brain & Essay Writing Bee Winners

Brain Bee

Mangala IyengarArka Mallela

Pranay Udutha

Rank

123

Essay Writing

Shazeen HarunaniAarti IyerMangala Iyengar

Rank

123

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NSF Scholarship Recipients In India

S.K. AkbarPolytechnic, AP

K. BharathiPolytechnic, AP

V.R. ReeshmaEngg., Kerala

Khais KuningatMedicine, Kerala

Fasil, V.K.Engg., Kerala

V. Praveen KumarEngg., Kerala

Corporate Donors: Dec 2004 - Nov 2005

$1,000 and aboveAmerican ExpressAshok Kache Med & Ed FdnATFSCastle Screen PrintingCompuwareEZ MathTRixFidelity InvestmentsHexcoIndima FoundationLucent TechnologiesPfizer FoundationSarode FoundationSri Venkateswara Temple,NCUnited WayVerizonWatumull Foundation

$500 to 999Allied SolutionsAllstate Foundation

Community FoundationCSF Boston FoundationDTE EnergyHindu Comm & Cultural CtrMutual BankPitney BowesSPCS California ChapterTudor Investment

$250 to 499Balavihar, Fairfield, CTHSBCMittal TechnologiesSAS Insurance TechnologySBCSeema World TravelSilicon SystemsSukhwal Charitable FdnSystech SolutionsTANA Foundation

Telecompioneers AlexanderThe Standard InsuranceVajra Infotech Llc

$200 to 249Abbott Lab FundBank OneFleet Matching GiftsKumon Learning CenterMadison Community FdnOmgeo LLCSun Microsystems

$100 to 199Embroidme Sorrento ValleyHinsdale Bank & Trust CoIndia Community CenterKER IncUshus Therapy Services

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Financial Highlights Fiscal Year: May 1, 2004 to April 30, 2005

Scholarships in India

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How RMTS test is conducted:1. A central agency (in our case

IMA, BBSR) plans out the programschedule (date of test), prepares thequestion papers, application forms andthen writes to the Orissa State Govt.Mass Education department.

2. The mass education deptsends out a circular to the 314 Blocksdevelopment officers, who send it to theSub Inspectors of Schools (SI) attachedto the blocks.

3. The SIs send it to the Middleschool Head Masters and the middleschool teachers take the initiative toorganize it.

4. The students pay a nominalRs. 10 entry fee.

5. After the first two years wenoted the word is not going out andparticipation decreased. So we startedto have a civil society promoter,normally some one’s father or brother(and a retired person) to help us out andto give a push to the schools. Thisapproach tried from this year is bearingfruit.

6. The participation went up 3fold from 1,500 to 4,800 this year, withabout 1,000 plus students attributed toefforts of Non Resident Oriyas.

7. From 14 out of 30, participationhas gone up to 29 out of 30 districts.Only one district Kandhamal, one of themost interior, is still unrepresented.

8. There is a regional distributionof scholarships as also other affirmativeactions, like equal distribution ofscholarships between West, South andCoastal Orissa. 40% reservation for

Adivasi / Harijon students, which is inproportion of their state population.

Lessons learned:1. Civil society’s participation

has been successful. The creation of anetwork of education lovers is provingboth beneficial and necessary.

2. The nominal scholarshipshave made a difference in the lives ofchildren. We have found kids who didnot have shirts to come to the camp,and so they had to borrow them. Theyworked as wash boys in tea shops.

3. A fear existed that averagestudents (class performance) are notgood for RMTS. This has been provedwrong and facts proved otherwise. TheRMTS tests the logical mathematicalmind of the student and not the abilityto remember tricks to solve problems.They are tested for the process &approach to unknown problem. Resultsare sometime startling. Kids who werenot at all expected to be good in mathwere being successfully unearthed, andsubsequent performance has confirmedthe correctness of test results.

4. Girls have done equally well asthe boys. Both 2003 and 2004 girlstopped.

5. Affirmative action is used toselect 40% of tribal and Harijon students– once in the camps, they have provedto be not inferior in any way to others.

End Note:If you’re interested in contributing tothis effort or starting such a project inyour own state - please contact us.

Prof Swadheen Pattanayak, [email protected], Ph: (0674) 254-2164,254-0604 or Sandip [email protected]

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topic challenged the contestants to takethe lead and articulate how theleadership would translate into activitiesfor the betterment of humanity. Thewinners of the essay contest were:

• First Place: $1,000 won byShazeen Harunani from Rockford, IL

• Second Place: $500 won byAarti Iyer from Houston, TX

• Third Place: $250 won byMangala Iyengar from Raleigh, NC

See pp. 37-38 for their photos and briefbios.

The essays were reviewed by a total ofseven judges over two days. ThisLeadership-In-Writing Essay contest isthe brainchild of Dr. Ray, an OrthopedicSurgeon from Chicago.

Indima Foundation has been intimatelyinvolved in charitable, health-relatedand educational activities in India, USand Mexico. It has donated in excessof one million dollars over the years. Inthe US, it has actively participated inKatrina relief, Apna Ghar Shelter forabused women and children, and theHeartland Foundation, which treatsindigent, poor people in Chicago

area.This essay writing project wasinspired by one of the sponsors, whowon a very small prize for writing anessay, which completely changed hiscareer and fulfilled his long cherisheddream of helping the under-privilegedin India, literally with his own hand.Indima Foundation believes thateveryone is unique, and is born withspecific, but different gifts. Everybodydoes not learn the same way, but theyhave their own talents. An essay contestlike this, more so than any other type ofcontest, will encourage creativity.

Doors will open for the one who isrewarded and inspired to excel. Thefounder of Indima Foundation wishesto provide, through the Leadership-In-Writing essay contest, the sameopportunity to anyone who wants toparticipate at the high school level. TheFoundation believes and desires thatNSF essay contest be kept open to alland reward the flower that did not yethave the opportunity to bloom. Forfurther information, you can write to Dr.Asok Ray at 2 Marissa Ct, Burr Ridge,IL 60527. For the 2006 contests you canregister online at www.northsouth.orgduring January for regionals or June fornational finals.

Rural Math Talent Search (RMTS) in OrissaSandip K. Dasverma

Dr. Swadhinananda Pattanayak, theDirector of the Institute of Mathematicsand Applications (IMA) inBhubaneswar, has been conducting theannual Orissa Mathematics Olympiadfor several years. He screens candidatesto represent Orissa at the national level.The winning candidates have an

opportunity to represent India in theInternational Math Olympiad. Dr.Pattanayak observed that though 90%of Orissans live in villages, not a singlechild among the 30 being selected eachyear from the Orissa Olympiad is fromrural area. Purpose of RMTS is to remedythis situation.

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Junior Spelling Bee1st Place $1,000 Hexco2nd Place $500 NSF3rd Place $250 Seema Travel, St.Louis,

Junior Vocabulary1st Place $1,000 Dr. R. Kambhampati1

2nd Place $500 NSF3rd Place $250 NSF

Math Level 11st Place $1,000 Sarode Foundation2


Math Level 31st Place $1,000 Dr. R. Kambhampati1


Senior Spelling Bee1st Place $1,000 Dr. R. Kambhampati1

2nd Place $500 NSF3rd Place $250 TANA Foundation

Senior Vocabulary1st Place $1,000 Dr. R. Kambhampati1


Math Level 21st Place $1,000 www.EzMathTrix.com3


Math Level 41st Place $1,000 Dr. R. Kambhampati1

2nd Place $500 NSF

3rd Place $250 NSF

Senior Essay Writing1st Place $1,000 Dr. Asok K. Ray2nd Place $500 Dr. Asok K. Ray

3rd Place $250 Dr. Asok K. Ray

MiscellaneousTrophies NSFMedals NSFCertificates(Reg) NSFCertificates(Natl) NSFBee Book NSF

1. Dr. Janaki Kambhampati Memorial Awardby Dr. Ravindranath Kambhampati

2. Sarode Foundation by Dr. Sarode Pundaleeka3. Dr. Janardhan Grandhe

2005 Scholarship Sponsors For NSF-US Champions

Scholarship Awards for Essay Writing

The North South Foundation (NSF) hasintroduced yet another challenge in 2005– ‘Leadership-In-Writing Essay’ for highschool students at the national level. Itis intended to encourage the followingtraits in the participating contestants:

• Critical thinking• Ability to organize one’s

knowledge into a coherent essay format• Promote lucid and effective

written communication

They are all essential qualities in a goodleader. This type of essay writing has

become a part of SAT, which will helpstudents prepare for college entrance.This year, more than 470 childrenparticipated among all levels, althoughthe contest was run on a pilot basis onlyat selected centers. At the nationalfinals, the subject of this year’s topicwas:

• The United Nations and itsinvolvement in multifarious globalactivities.The topic was selected by the sponsorof the scholarships, Dr. Asok K. Ray,founder of Indima Foundation. The

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It was hard to believe that it was still hotand humid even though summer hadended a couple of months ago insouthern India when we arrived there inJuly 2005. It reminded me of the dog daysof summer in Connecticut. I was on myway to Vijayawada to stay with mypaternal grandparents and conduct aspelling workshop in English at a localschool. Vijayawada is a large town inAndhra Pradesh with a population ofaround two million. I was told that it hadat least a hundred municipal highschools.

I couldn’t wait to go to the local school,Sri Boyapati Siva Rama KrishnaiahMunicipal High School to meet kids whowould be attending my spellingworkshop. The kids there learnedEnglish as a second language. Weentered the school ground to meet withthe authorities that had met my grandpaseveral times over the past few monthsin preparation for the spelling workshop.We discussed the plan with Mr. Samuel,the assistant principal. I was nervousabout conducting the workshop for over300 children. Moreover, as the mediumof instruction was Telugu, I needed myfather to translate everything in thecourse of the workshop to Telugu.

We introduced ourselves to the childrensaying that we were there to teach

spelling techniques in English language.This, we said was an opportunity forthem to learn English language skills inthe American way. To teach the Englishrules, I would read a rule off of the boardfollowed by some examples. My dadwould then step in by explaining the ruleand examples in Telugu. This includeddiscussion of the simplest rules such as“I before E except after C” to complicatedrules like “suffixes beginning withvowels.” Later on during the course ofthe workshop, the sessions became moreand more interactive.

We conducted a spelling bee after thecompletion of the workshop. Althoughonly a handful got high scores, therewas a perfect scorer- Nurjahan Begumfrom the ninth grade!

True to the ideals of North SouthFoundation, my dad insisted ondistributing participation certificates toall the children. The top ten children ineach grade received gifts andcertificates. As for me, I was thankful tomy dad and grandpa for making theworkshop possible. I was also gratefulfor my association with North SouthFoundation. I hope that some day thosekids from the municipal school in Indiawould emulate the NSF spelling beewinners, and pursue their dreams ofhigher education.

* Anita is a 13 years old freshman at Fairfield Warde High in Fairfield, CT.

English Workshop in IndiaAnita Gade*

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Fiftieth Birthday GiftIndra Ramdhani

I am a Guyanese of Indian origin, raisedin a Hindu home, the fifth child in a familyof eight. The wages my parents receivedwere stretched to meet our basic needs.Our lives were simple, but in the eyes ofmy parents we were all equal. Like mostIndians and people of Indian origin, myfather was more protective of hisdaughters. Outside of family functions,our activities were screened andsupervised. But despite this control, myfather’s vision of an educated family wasa test of his love for something for whichhe had but a flavoring. To him, educationwas the answer for a better lifeeconomically, socially and spiritually.

Migrating to New York, I became awareof the social injustice permitted andpracticed against girls in India,particularly the millions born to low andmiddle class families. I was shocked andsaddened that in a culture and country

that filled my mind with mysticism andspirituality such atrocities exist. Like myparents, I believe that sons anddaughters are immeasurable assets andthat freedom can be attained througheducation. Stories of the Indian girls -their exploitation and cries for help inlife, as well as the countless femalefetuses severed before birth - touchedthe core of my being and I wanted tohelp. Through North South Foundation,I was able to sponsor four years ofcollege education for one girl, and I amin the process of sponsoring others. Wecan all make a difference in the life ofsomeone in need. For the little we give,our returns will multiply. The happinessI felt on my fiftieth birth anniversarycelebration was the request I made forthe invitees to make a small donation toNSF on my behalf instead of a gift to me.The response was humbling.

become when you grow up ?’ This wasfollowed by games well enjoyed by kids.This event raised close to $1,500. Theevent was coordinated by SrinivasGudeti and ably supported by Dr. RajJayachandran. Compuware Corporationand DTE Energy sponsored the eventby contributing to NSF

Other events:The 2nd annual tennis tournament inConnecticut was once again a bigsuccess. Games were held over 6weekends and the event brought

together old tennis pros and buddingstars and raised close to $1,000.

Workshops were conducted in manydifferent centers includingMassachusetts, Minnesota, Kansas,Ohio, Illinois, Louisiana, Pennsylvaniaand Michigan. While the main reasonfor conducting these workshops are tohelp the children prepare for the spellingbee, we were glad that some centers alsoraised money ($1,500) for Indiascholarships through this program.

Fundraising EventsThe river of giving flows once again…Continued from page 13

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Please select one of the options:___ $250 Full Scholarship ___ $125 Half Scholarship Other $ ________By Check# _____ Credit Card ___ Check one: VISA__ MC__ DISC__ Am Exp__Name on card: ____________________________________________Number: ________________________________ Expires on: _______You can also contribute online at www.northsouth.org( ) $250 to sponsor a scholarship for one year( ) $1,000 to sponsor a student for a full 4-year college( ) $5,000 to sponsor a scholarship every year in perpetuity+ + Using interest generated from this fund, a scholarship is given from thefollowing year.

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www.northsouth.org

The North South Foundation (NSF) was established in 1989 as a non-profit andtax-exempt entity to award scholarships to exceptionally qualified needy studentsin India entering college regardless of religion, gender, caste or geographic origin.In addition, NSF organizes contests, for children of Indian origin living in the US &Canada, such as spelling, vocabulary, math, geography and essay writing. Checksshould be made to North South Foundation and mailed to 2 Marissa Ct, BurrRidge, IL 60527. You can also sign up on-line and watch the total grow:www.northsouth.org/dollarasquare.asp

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