 Tejas Badgujar is a 6 th grade student at Vickery Creek Middle
School.
 He has been qualified to compete at State level of the
National Geographic Bee.
 Tejas won the school bee in
January, and then took a written test to qualify for the state-level competition. Tejas is one of top 100 scorers.

Dhruv is a Senior at Alpharetta High
School and will be heading to Georgia
Tech University to study Chemical
Engineering.
 He has been selected for Governor's
Honors program for Chemistry.
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Regional & State level winner in Science
Olympiad competitions.
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Selected as a member of National Spanish
Student Honors Society.
 Involved in Taekwondo and has participated in a National sparring tournament hosted by Yong-in University of South Korea. He won the grand championship Gold medal. He was awarded a trip to study the martial art at
Yong-in University.
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He has participated in YMCA's program for Homeless and Orphanages. He conducts martial art classes in church for students who cannot afford classes.

Aditya Bhave is in 7th grade at Riverwatch
Middle School in Suwanee,
GA
 Aditya competed in the Georgia
State Oratorical Contest in the
Middle & High School category and won 1 st place in Forsyth County. The topic was ‘Why my voice is important’. He then represented
Forsyth County at the Zone Level
Contest held in Gainesville and won
2 nd place.
 Aditya was selected to play clarinet in the District Honor Band .
 Aditya acheived over 95 percentile in
SAT Math and has qualified for the
Grand Recognition Ceremany through the Talent Identification Program at
Duke University.

Preity a 4 th grader , is a National winner of the Constituting
America Art contest. The topic was "What does the
Constitution mean to you?" Preity was awarded a prize which consisted of a trophy, a certificate, and a $100 gift card in the fall of 2012.

Avani Dhuri is in 4 th grade at Camp Creek Elementary,
Lilburn.
 Avani was recognized from National
Elementary Honor Society (NEHS) for maintaining academic excellence above 95% (outstanding scholarship), responsibility and committment to excellence in leadership and service.
 Avani with her brilliant performance won divisional championship for
Readers Rally Competition. She got a chance to represent her school in
Final Four at GCPS TV broacasting center on Thursday March 21, 2013.
 Avani was also selected for State
Level Reflection program for her own choreographed 3 minute performance which was based on her
Bharat Natyam education.

 Sarth has been selected in the top 10 students who will be representing
Georgia in the AGLOA (Academic
Games Leagues of America) national championship tournament in
Charlotte,NC.
Sarth Diskalkar is in 7th grade at Riverwatch
Middle School in Suwanee,
GA
 Sarth is a Tuba player in RMS symphonic band and was selected for District Honor Band this year. He also made it to the final round of All
State auditions in Macon, GA.
 Sarth has also been qualified for
Duke Tip State recognition ceremony through Duke University’s Talent identification program.

 Amey was conferred a prestigious honor by being elected to the Patient
Advocacy Committee of a National
Non-Profit Organization, the North
American Thrombosis Forum
(NATF).
Amey Houde is a Junior at
NorthView High School
 Amey’s efforts to increase the awareness of 2 deadly conditions called Deep Vein Thrombosis and
Pulmonary Embolism have resulted in the Governor of GA on March 4,
2013 proclaiming September of each year as a Thrombosis Awareness
Month in GA.

Anushka is in 6 th grade at Riverwatch Middle School. She volunteered as a PAGE on January 29, 2013 at the GA State Capitol
(Golden Dome) during the 2013 Georgia General Assembly.

• Georgia Governor’s Program Finalist
• AP Scholar with Distinction
• Eagle Scout
• Varsity Policy Debater – Varsity
Captain
• Debate Team : Chattahoochee High
School
• Co-Founder and Co-President of
Chattahoochee Politics Club
• Honor Roll (every semester since freshman)
• Cross Country Runner
• Orchestra – Chelo
• Going ot Georgia Tech.

• 21 AP Credits
• National Honors Society
• Outstanding Speaker – 2 years in row in ‘Mock Trials’
• Volunteer Work – Foster
Home, Ocee Library, Habitat for Humanity
• Junior Varsity Volleyball team
• Silver Award Girl Scout
• Going to University of
Georgia

Animesh Koratana participated in the
Georgia Science and Engineering
Fairs held at UGA, Athens. He presented his project in the
"Environmental Control" Category in
Juniors Division. He earned the Best in Category award medal at the State level.
Animesh Koratana is swimming at
State Level. He broke the Dynamo record for 50 Meters Breast stroke event swimming in 29:85 seconds at the age of 12. This record was broken at the 2012 Eastern Classic Southern
Swimming Championships.

Anushka swims at state level for Dynamo Club.
She is ranked 2 nd in 50 Free with the swim time of 32:28 seconds.

Accepted at University of California at Berkely. Graduated from
Chamblee High School.

Selected at Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchesta (city level). He plays violin and was also selected for 2013 Georgia All-State
Orchestra (state level).

Pooja Mayur will be going to
University of Miami’s accelerated program in Medicine.
 Pooja Mayur will be going to University of
Miami’s 7 year accelerated program in medicine in August. She has received
University of Miami’s President’s scholarship, Gables scholarship and is also accepted into their Foote Fellows program.
 Previously in summer she was selected for the Governor’s honors program where she attended as a Spanish major and dance minor. She is the President of the Dance team and the FBLA club at her school. She is on the Principal’s list in her high school, received the teacher’s choice award in
Spanish and 2 varsity letters in swimming.
She won the PTA Reflections contest at the County level twice and also placed
6 th in a FBLA competition at the state level.

Omkar Mayur (current 9th grader) won the PTA Reflections contest at County level in Art.

Rohan has qualified for the Grand
Recognition Ceremony through the
Talent Identification Program at Duke
University in Durham, NC.
Rohan Rege is in 7th grade at Vickory Creek Middle
School.
Excerpt from the letter he received from the Duke TIP program:
Congratulations on your superb performance in the Duke University
Talent Identification Program's (Duke
TIP) 2013 7th Grade Talent Search! Your scores have qualified you for recognition at the Grand Recognition Ceremony.
There were 64,044 students in this year's
Talent Search, and only 1,670 qualified for Grand Recognition.

• Yash who is a 5 th grader, received
CERTIFICATE OF SPECIAL
RECOGNITION for citizenship along with his honor roll certificate. This recognition is for academic excellence as well as great citizenship qualities.
• Won the 1st prize on 26th January
Balvihar Art Competition held at
South Forsyth Middle School among
12 5th grade participants.
The topic was - Depict "OM" & it's significance & write one sentence about it.

Ritwik is a 8th grade student from
Riverwatch Middle school.
He was selected for Georgia All State band in Savannah which is organized by the Georgia Music Educators
Association or the GMEA. Ritwik played 2 instruments, the Alto sax and the Bari sax when he first appeared for the All State audition in
December. Another round of audition in January ensured Ritwik making it to All State Band as first chair for Bari Sax .

• Sumit got selected for
Governor's Honors Program for
Biology- 4 weeks summer camp at Valdosta,GA in June
2013.
• He also got a first place in
'Medical Math' at HOSA State
Level convention held in
Athens, GA in March 2013.
HOSA is a national student organization endorsed by the
U.S. Department of Education and the Health Science
Education Division of ACTE.

Akhil Vaidya , an 8 th grader at
Autry Mill Middle School plays
French Horn.
Akhil was chosen as the 1 st Chair for the GMEA District 5 Honor
Band and 3 rd Chair for the Georgia
All-State Band and Orchestra. The
All-State band is composed of students from all around the state. He represented AMMS at
All-State Band concert in
Savannah in March.
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Omkar Waingankar is in 8th grade at Piney Grove Middle school.
 He has been awarded the Innovate
Award at the Vex Robotics
Competition for innovative design and engineering for the Vex Robot.
 He stood 1st in Lanier Chapter Math
Counts Competition at UGA & 5th place in Math Counts State
Tournament.
 He is also 1st Place winner at Forsyth
County Technology Fair in Digital
Video Production & 3rd Place in State
Technology Fair.

 Aditya completed his PhD from
Berkeley CA in theoretical Physics "
Superfluid 4He interferometers: construction and experiments"
 Aditya was an undergrad from
Cleveland State University with a 4.0
GPA thru out and Research scholorship all the way for his Grad school. His research was focused on characteristics of helium 4 at
Cryogenic temperatures close to absolute zero. He has decided to work in Intel at their R&D facility in
Portland Oregon from this summer .

During the summer in 2012, Amruta spent 10 weeks as a full-time volunteer with Sewa Sahayog and Surajya (NGO) in Pune, Maharashtra, India. Amruta’s primary project was “Developing Tools and Approaches to Teach Science in
Rural Schools.” Amruta worked as a part of Sewa
Sahayog’s projects, Samutkarsha which works directly in vastis (slums) in Pune.
Amruta designed and taught science projects utilizing a handbook that she single handedly developed. The session starts off with basic science concepts through discussion, interactive learning and through a hands-on experiment using materials that are found in slums so that kids can see how science is all around them.
Amruta is a 3rd year student at Georgia Tech studying Psychology. She has been involved with various non-profit organizations including Hindu
Swayamsevak Sangh, Sewa International, Vibha,
Emerging Leaders, Maharashtra Mandal of Atlanta, and volunteering at local events.
Amruta also worked in a vasti in Yerwada, Pune through
Surajya organization. Amruta’s primary objective was to provide the girls with basic martial arts training so they had the ability to defend themselves in any unsafe situations.
Amruta has collected significant funding to help build a hostel for women who have been left behind or kicked out of home.