532 students honored in Ramanujan Talent Search awards at state level

The Department of Science, Technology, and Technical Education, marking the occasion of National Mathematics Day, held a state-level felicitation ceremony of the meritorious students qualifying in the Srinivasa Ramanujan Talent Search Test in Mathematics 2025, on Monday.

Felicitation ceremony:

The felicitation ceremony was organized at Gyan Bhavan in connection with the birth anniversary of mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. Sunil Kumar, science and technology and technical education minister, was the chief guest at the felicitation ceremony that took place at Gyan Bhavan.

In this particular instance, a total of 532 students belonging to class 6 to 12, having come first and second in their district, as well as the first three in the state, participated. The first twenty-one students in the state received laptops, certificates, and tokens.

Pratima, the secretary of DSTTE, welcomed the conclave, sending her regards to the minister, who had attended the meet as soon as she took over as the minister in-charge of the department. She also welcomed all the prize winners and their parents.

Extending her congratulations to the prize winners, she said, “Ramanujan, despite limited resources and surroundings, made some phenomenal discoveries in the realm of mathematics. His life makes us understand that obstacles will never dim our skills and capabilities. Even today, students are inspired by Ramanujan and inculcate in them principles of turning impossibility into possibility through curiosity and hard work.”

She also said that “the DSTTE's vision is not only concerned with achieving excellence in academics but is also concerned with empowering students as per the changing scale of technical education.” She emphasized that “Engagement of qualified faculty members from BPSC for recruitment in engineering and polytechnic colleges has led to an upgrade in the standard of education.” 

Furthermore, some specific emerging courses like leather technology, food processing, and the use of Artificial Intelligence, and similar courses, have been incorporated. While reiterating her point about the department emphasizing the development of her students, she stated that this includes health sub-centres, clinical psychologists, and mental health professionals, foreign language education in Japanese, French, and the German language, Centers of Excellence in the polytechnic, quality labs, smart class, gym, and sports grounds, and this will help ensure the development of her students.