Seven students from Mangalore qualified for INMO

Mangalore, December 30: Seven students undergoing training for IIT-JEE/AIEEE at Manipal Career Excellence, Mangalore are selected in the prestigious examination Karnataka Regional Mathematics Olympiad (KRMO 2011) and qualified to appear for the second stage of the examination, that is, Indian National Mathematical Olympiad (INMO) to be held on February 5, 2012.

The selected students are Sudhanva Bhat, a second year student of Sharada PU College, Varun Shetty and Gagan of Standard XI from Lourdes Central School, Keerthan Shetty and Akshatha Shenoy, first year students from Sharada PU College, Rakesh, a second year student from St. Aloysius PU College and Joel Martis of first year student from St. Aloysius PU College, informed Severine Rosario, Principal, Manipal Career Excellence, Kuntikan, Mangalore at a press meet here on Thursday.

Karnataka Regional Mathematics Olympiad-KRMO 2011 was held on December 4 and out of 2230 brightest students only 50 students are selected from the Karnataka State. The selected students will be attending a training camp at Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore in the month of January. Students of list A are eligible to attend the second stage of the examination INMO (Indian National Mathematical Olympiad) which will be held on February 5, 2012, she said.

She said there was no selection from Mangalore for the KRMO since 2005. In 2009, for the first time two students of Mangalore were selected, in 2010 six students and in 2011 seven students from Mangalore have been selected and all these students were undergoing IT-JEE/AIEEE training Manipal Career Excellence, Kuntikan, Mangalore, she informed.

Vijay Moras, President of Manipal Career Excellence was also present in the press meet.