INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMY MEETS
Srinivas Laxman I TNN
Mumbai: They could be future Kalpana Chawlas and Sunita Williams. After a gap of four years, Indian girl students are once again aiming for the stars.
What better proof of this than two of them—Jeevana Priya from Secunderabad and Nidhi Pashine from Durg in Chhattisgarh—who will participate in prestigious astronomy meetings to be held in China and Iran this year.
The announcement about their selection was made on Saturday at the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education.
The programme is jointly funded by the Department of Atomic Energy and the Department of Space and is organised by the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education.
Said Aniket Sule, academic co-ordinator, Indian National Astronomy Olympiad, “After four years, girls are representing this country. This is a good sign and we are sure they will perform well.’’
Priya will take part in the International Astronomy Olympiad to be held at Hangzhou in China from November 8 to 16, while Pashine will participate in the International Olympiad in Astronomy and Astrophysics at Tehran in Iran between October 18 and 27.
Sule said from an estimated 14,000 students who appeared for the first round of the national olympiad, 40 from Stds VIII to XII were chosen to attend the camp at Mumbai from April 27 to May 16.
Of these, 11 were finally chosen—six for the astronomy olympiad and five for astronomy and astrophysics meet.
srinivas.laxman@timesgroup.com
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