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Global applause for two young Indian scientists
Two young scientists ' Anis Mukherjee and Debarghya Sarkar ' are grabbing headlines after Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Lincoln Laboratory of the USA have re-christened two planets in their names.
Anis and Debarghya, the Higher Secondary pass-outs of Kolkata's South Point School, have won the second Grand Award in the Electrical and Mechanical category at the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair at Nevada. A statement released from MIT and LU said: 'Minor Planet 2000 AH52 (Citation No. 25629) and Minor Planet 2000 AT53 (Citation No. 25630) will henceforth be called Mukherjee and Sarkar respectively.' These two minor planets were discovered on January 4, 2000, by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team at Socorro, under its Linear Programme. A minor planet is an astronomical object, not a dominant planet or a comet, in direct orbit around the sun. Ceres, the first minor planet was discovered in 1801 and since then over 200,000 minor planets have been discovered. Most of them are lying in the asteroid belt.
Anis and Debarghya, who are pursuing their study at Jadavpur University, won accolades from the jury, comprising Nobel laureates and eminent scientists for their research. They designed a novel clamped bottle neck and cap for single and multiple uses that has the potential to curb bottle forgery.
The award comes with citations and US $1500 for the team. They discovered this unique clamped bottle neck and cap while they were students of Class XI. Casually they thought to compete in the global competition and sent application. They were awarded at the IRIS National Fair at Science City auditorium, Kolkata. Then in Mumbai they were among the eight national awardees. Among them only six were sent for the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair at Nevada. There they touched new heights. Debarghya. 18, told TSI: 'We are really delighted with the result. This was our first award in any science fair or exhibition'. Anis, 18, said: 'We won awards earlier too, but not in any science fair. Debarghya is a drama actor and bagged awards earlier too. I got awards earlier in this segment. But this is our first award for any science-related activities.'
Apart from pursuing their study they are now awaiting for the Patent rights, for which they have already applied for. 'Friends wanted a treat and we offered them. Our parents are happy too', said Anis. 'For the time being we will concentrate on our study. However, we will look for college-level competition as the Nevada show was school level one,' added Debarghya.
Interestingly, another Indian boy, Vishnu Jayaprakash, also won second Grand Award in the Energy & Transportation category. He won it for his comprehensive study and modifications to a cow-dung fuel cell which is almost 90 per cent cheaper than the one available in the market.
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A language that dividesGlobal applause for two young Indian scientists
Two young scientists ' Anis Mukherjee and Debarghya Sarkar ' are grabbing headlines after Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Lincoln Laboratory of the USA have re-christened two planets in their names.
Anis and Debarghya, the Higher Secondary pass-outs of Kolkata's South Point School, have won the second Grand Award in the Electrical and Mechanical category at the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair at Nevada. A statement released from MIT and LU said: 'Minor Planet 2000 AH52 (Citation No. 25629) and Minor Planet 2000 AT53 (Citation No. 25630) will henceforth be called Mukherjee and Sarkar respectively.' These two minor planets were discovered on January 4, 2000, by the Lincoln Laboratory Near-Earth Asteroid Research Team at Socorro, under its Linear Programme. A minor planet is an astronomical object, not a dominant planet or a comet, in direct orbit around the sun. Ceres, the first minor planet was discovered in 1801 and since then over 200,000 minor planets have been discovered. Most of them are lying in the asteroid belt.
Anis and Debarghya, who are pursuing their study at Jadavpur University, won accolades from the jury, comprising Nobel laureates and eminent scientists for their research. They designed a novel clamped bottle neck and cap for single and multiple uses that has the potential to curb bottle forgery.
The award comes with citations and US $1500 for the team. They discovered this unique clamped bottle neck and cap while they were students of Class XI. Casually they thought to compete in the global competition and sent application. They were awarded at the IRIS National Fair at Science City auditorium, Kolkata. Then in Mumbai they were among the eight national awardees. Among them only six were sent for the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair at Nevada. There they touched new heights. Debarghya. 18, told TSI: 'We are really delighted with the result. This was our first award in any science fair or exhibition'. Anis, 18, said: 'We won awards earlier too, but not in any science fair. Debarghya is a drama actor and bagged awards earlier too. I got awards earlier in this segment. But this is our first award for any science-related activities.'
Apart from pursuing their study they are now awaiting for the Patent rights, for which they have already applied for. 'Friends wanted a treat and we offered them. Our parents are happy too', said Anis. 'For the time being we will concentrate on our study. However, we will look for college-level competition as the Nevada show was school level one,' added Debarghya.
Interestingly, another Indian boy, Vishnu Jayaprakash, also won second Grand Award in the Energy & Transportation category. He won it for his comprehensive study and modifications to a cow-dung fuel cell which is almost 90 per cent cheaper than the one available in the market.
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