June 6, 2012 12:57 am

By Our Staff Reporter Bhopal, June 5 Rising student entrepreneurs, innovators and scientists from around the world were recognized today as Intel Corporation and Society for Science & the Public announced the top winners of the worlds largest high school science research competition, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. Gargi Pare from Ujjain won the Second Award from the LANXESS Corporation for her project on Nano Zero Valent Iron: solution for coloured wastewater remediation. We congratulate Gargi Pare and all the students from India on their success at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, said Ashutosh Chadha, Director Corporate Affairs Group, Intel South Asia. Gargi and all the other finalists this week, further demonstrate how a background of STEM (science, engineering, technology, and math) education creates the breeding ground for creativity and ingenuity that will help solve the pressing issues of the future. This year, more than 1,500 young scientists were selected to compete in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. They were selected from 446 affiliate fairs in approximately 70 countries, regions and territories. In addition to the winners mentioned above, more than 400 finalists received awards and prizes for their groundbreaking work. Awards included 17 Best of Category winners who each received a $5,000 prize. The Intel Foundation also awarded a $1,000 grant to each winners school and to the affiliated fair they represent. Society for Science & the Public, a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to public engagement in scientific research and education, owns and has administered the International Science and Engineering Fair since its inception in 1950, as the National Science Fair. The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair finalists are selected annually from hundreds of affiliated fairs around the world. Their projects are then evaluated onsite by more than 1,200 judges from nearly every scientific discipline, each with a Ph.D. or the equivalent of six years of related professional experience in one of the scientific disciplines.

The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2012 is funded jointly by Intel and the Intel Foundation with additional awards and support from dozens of other corporate, academic, governmental and science-focused organizations.

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