India Robot Olympiad 2010 held, Winners to Represent Country

TECHTRONICS EDUCATION (India) Limited organized the fifth edition of Indian Robot Olympiad (IRO) 2010, the annual national level robotics championship in association with LEGO, world's premier manufacturer of play and education materials.

The Olympiad was organized at Genesis Global School, Noida with participation from over 100 schools. The Olympiad is amongst many initiatives taken by Techtronics Education to promote the basic mantra of learning by doing in the Indian education system.

The Indian Robot Olympiad is held in three categories - primary school, junior high and senior high. In this showcase of talent and intellect, teams from over 100 different schools across India participated and the two winning teams from each category will get to represent India in the World Robot Olympiad to be held in Philippines from November 5th -7th 2010.

Participant students demonstrated capabilities of their Robots, which were created using LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education NXT kits. These students are part of the Robotics for Schools program being rolled out in India through Techtronics Education (India) Ltd. Some of the prominent schools participating are Amity International School, New Delhi, Vasant Valley School, New Delhi, Saupins School, Mohali and Chandigarh, Young Scholars School, Barnala, St. John's High School, Chandigarh. Displaying exceptional acumen for robotics, children aged between 9-17 years created and programmed various robots to solve complex challenges.

In his introductory speech Sudhanshu Sharma, MD Techtronics Education (India) Limited stressed on the importance of "Learning by Doing" - the inherent principle behind Techtronics Education. He said, "Techtronics Education in India is committed to the core cause of learning by doing in the education system in India.