Brief History of Sri Prakash’s International Children’s Science & Mathematics Festival
Sri Prakash Vidyaniketan has been organising Science and Mathematics Festival biennial for school children of different countries at Visakhapatnam, A.P., India. The festivals were organised in 2012, 2014, 2016 & 2018 attracted budding Scientists and Mathematicians from India, Hong Kong, Thailand, Dubai, Italy, Malaysia and Srilanka to display their innovative projects. The festival evoked a good response from the society in general and from educational institutions in particular.
Speakers of the festival list is as follows:
2012
- Padmavibhushan Dr.P.M.Bhargava, Former Director, CCMB.;
- Mrs. Chandana Chakraborti, CCMB;
- Ms. Terrie Rust, an Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow, U.S.A.;
- Dr. Janchai Yingprayoon, Deputy Director of International College, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University,
Thailand; - Dr. Jimmy K.Y.Wong, Centre Director, Hong Kong New Generation Cultural Association Science Innovation
Centre, Hongkong; - Prof. Agarkar C.Sudhakar, Homi Baba Centre For Science, Education T.I.F.R, Mumbai;
- Dr.S.V.Rangarajan, Director, Naval Science and Technological Laboratory(NSTL);
- Mr. Suhas B.Naik, Co-ordinator, Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai;
- Prof.P.V.Arunachalam, Former Vice Chancellor, Dravidian University;
- Dr. A.Senthil Kumaran, Senior Counsellor, Confederation of Indian Industry;
- Dr. Kalasapudi Srinivasa Rao, IIBT, U.S.A.;
- Dr. D.Purandeswari, Hon’ble Minister Handlooms & Excise;
- Sri O.Naresh Kumar, Symbiosis Technologies, Vizag;
- Child prodigies who created apps for Apple store Master Sanjay Kumaran & Master Shravan Kumaran;
2014
- Dr. Dee Jean Ong, Malaysia; Dr. Ben Akpan, Nigeria;
- Dr. Chou Chien Heng, Taiwan;
- Mr. Ben Akpan, Nigeria;
- Dr. Janchai Yingprayoon, Thailand;
- Prof. G.Viswanathappa, Principal, Regional Institute of Education, Mysore;
- Sri M.T.Krishnababu, Chairman, Visakhapatnam Port Trust;
- Dr. K.Haribabu, Member of Parliament;
- Dr. E.Pedaveerraju, an Eminent Gastroenterologist;
- Sri K.Chandrahas, Rtd., I.R.S.;
- Prof. Agarkar C.Sudhakar, Homi Baba Centre For Science, Education T.I.F.R, Mumbai;
- Sri R.Balaji, CEO, Shriram Properties;
- Squadron Leader Jayasimha, 13 World Guinness records holder on Memory techniques;
- Prof. A.Prasanna Kumar, Former Rector, A.U.;
- Dr.Lalit Kishore, Jaipur, India.;
- Sri O.Naresh Kumar, Symbiosis Technologies, Vizag
2016
- Padmashri Prof. Arvind Gupta, Indian toy inventor and expert in Science;
- Dr. Chou Chien Heng, Taiwan;
- Prof. Agarkar C.Sudhakar, Homi Baba Centre For Science, Education T.I.F.R, Mumbai;
- Prof. Chang Shih-Tsung, National Taipei University of Education, Taipei;
- Dr. Janchai Yingprayoon, Deputy Director of International College, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University,
Thailand; - Dr. Tetsuhisa Shirasu, Ph.D., Showa Women’s University, Tokyo;
- Mr.Alexander Soegaard, Co-ordinator and performer at DTU(The Technical University of Denmark) team
- Sri T.Yoganand, Commissioner of Police, Visakhapatnam;
- Prof. G.Nageswara Rao, Vice Chancellor, Andhra University;
- Sri Kollu Ravindra, Hon'ble Minister for BC welfare& empowerment; Handlooms & Excise;
- Sri Y.S.Chowdary, Hon'ble Minister of Science & Technology & Earth Sciences;
- Dr.K.Lakshminarayana, Rtd., IAS, Director, A.P.State Skill Development Corporation & so on.
2018
- Dr. Jimmy K.Y.Wong, Hongkong
- Ms.Maarit Irene Rossi, Global Teacher Prizer winner, Finland
- Dr. P.J.L.G. Nonis, Srilanka
- Prof. Sudhakar C.Agarkar, Mumbai, India
- Dr. Janchai Yingprayoon, Thailand
- Mr. Emil Bach Andersen, DTU, Denmark
- Mr. Kristian Julius Moltved, DTU, Denmark
- Mr. Nikolas Thuesen, DTU, Denmark
- Mr. Simon Klinck Borregaard, DTU, Denmark
- Ms. Mathilde Vester, DTU, Denmark
- Dr. Sultan Ahmed Ismail, Chennai, India
- Prof. Agarkar C.Sudhakar, Homi Baba Centre For Science, Education T.I.F.R, Mumbai;
- Dr. A.P.Jayaram, Rtd. Senior Nuclear Scientist, Mumbai
- Dr. Arun Raaza, Arcomm Technologies, Chennai
- Prof. G.Suryanarayana Murthy, Bangalore
- Sri P.D.K.Rao, Sodhana, Vizianagaram
- Prof. Balamohan Das, Former VC, Acharya Nagarjuna University
- Dr. D. Raghunadharao, Homi Bhabha Cancer Research Centre
- Dr. Rao Tatavarti, GVP, Vizag
- Sri Rahul Pandey, IFS
2012
Nov 24, 2016
International Children’s Science & Math festival 2016
Nov 13, 2014
International Children’s Science & Math festival 2014
Nov 10, 2012
International Children’s Science & Math Festival 2012
