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IESO to be held at Yogyakarta, Indonesia, in September 2010

Dimapur, December 6 (MExN): The Geological Society of India will be conducting an objective-type Entrance Test (ET) to select about 20 students to attend a Training Camp in Earth Sciences at Bengalooru during May 2010. Four students will be finally chosen from among the Training Camp participants who will represent India at the 4th International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO) to be held from September 19 to 28, 2010, at Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
G T Thong of the department of Geology, Nagaland University, has informed in a press release that the one and a half (1½) hour objective type test would be held at 10:30am on January 24, 2010, at Ahmedabad, Bengalooru, Bhubaneshwar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dharwad, Goa, Guwahati, Hissar (Punjab), Hyderabad, Kolkota, Lucknow, Mangalore, Mumbai, New Delhi, Patna, Pune, Shillong, Thiruvananthapuram, Varanasi and Vishakhapatnam. The syllabus (with weightage) covers Geosphere (45), Atmosphere (20), Hydrosphere (15) and Astronomy (20). The syllabus with details is available at http://www.ieso2009.tw/home/2a_scient.html.
Students of X and XI standards, who were born between September 15, 1992, and September 15, 1995, and who have not participated and won a prize in an earlier IESO, are eligible to apply on plain paper giving their name, date of birth, sex, school address, address for correspondence, email address, phone no, test centre opted: 1st preference, 2nd preference; along with the applicant’s signature. Also, two passport size photos and a certificate from the Principal/ Head Master stating that the candidate is studying in X/XI standard should be enclosed. Applications should be sent to Dr. R Shankar, Foreign Secretary, Geological Society of India, c/o Department of Marine Geology, Mangalore University, MANGALAGANGOTRI (DK)  574 199 [Email: rshankar_1@yahoo.com; Phone: 0824-2284465; 0-9916823885] to reach him on or before December 20, 2009.
The 20 students selected for the Training Camp in Earth Sciences will be awarded certificates of Merit. The four students selected for competing at the IESO will be awarded Certificates of Merit and cash prizes.
 


Comments (1 posted):

sunita mohapatra on December 18, 2009 08:11:02
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GSI should emphasis more on development of rural children making them learn about the resources wealth of INDIA by organi8sing mobile camps.

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