Celebrating 30th Year of Promoting Excellence in Education

North South Foundation is all run by volunteers. In order to sustain and grow, we need certain values that we all believe in and abide by. They pro- vide the common bond connecting all of us to act together in unison with a common vision to achieve the seemingly unachievable.

Consistent with our service motive, our core values are: Work for a cause, not for applause. Live life to express, not to impress. Don’t strive to make your presence noticed, just make your absence felt.

Consistent with our core values, our core beliefs are: There is goodness in every human being. The true test of goodness is doing good for others. Be the best you can be in doing good. Collective goodness can redress suffering in society. Volunteer-run organizations without payroll can sustain, grow, and be relevant.

The table below highlights some accomplishments at North South Foundation. INDIA 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2018 Chapters 3 5 10 14 26 26 Scholarships* 110 154 300 600 2,500 1,600 Cumulative Scholarships 310 1,040 2,400 4,700 12,380 20,300 *- including renewals

USA Contests 2 2 9 15 18 19 Chapters 16 18 46 70 85 89 Children Participating 800 800 3,200 8,400 17,930 16,170 Cumulative Participation 1,600 5,600 13,160 48,970 122,510 187,525 Scholarship for Champions 6 7 24 33 42 42 Cumulative Scholarships 12 43 101 266 446 614 Over the last eight years, North South online coaching has become very popular in the US. The program includes Math, Science, Geography, SAT/ ACT, Computer Programming, Life Skills and Universal Values. More than 4,000 children have enrolled this year. Online workshops are also be- 2 I NSF - Annual Review 2019 coming popular. We have added Math and College Admissions Planning in 2016. Prep Club has also become popular at the Columbus, OH chapter with more than 400 registrations in 2018. It is gratifying to know that North South has been able to serve thousands of talented chil- dren, both in India and US. The credit goes to the thousands of dedicated volunteers, donors, and parents. We are very grateful to all of them.

Structured Learning for Children

Structured Learning is a new initiative introduced to NSF children in 2016. Despite the preparation section we have posted for each contest, some parents seem to feel it is not adequate. So we are providing a week- where parents can acquire study material. to-week study guide along with a specific reference to a book(s) or source, This self-study guide will give an opportunity to parents to secure the material and provide guidance to their children on a week-to-week basis. Instead of solving their children’s problems, they should only help them solve their problems. The material will be consistent with the syllabus, which may be above that of a regular public school. Our goal is to help improve children’s skill level to match or exceed international standards in going up the rungs on a ladder to reach out to the goal post. If parents doby thetheir time part the in childreninspiring reach and motivating 8th grade. their The self-helpchildren guideto excel is ain first the stepaca- demic studies and continue to participate in NSF activities, we can assure that the children will be in the top 10 percent, if not in the top 10 ranks.

While mother, father and school form three legs, NSF becomes the fourth school.leg of a We stool have (of more academics). than 10 yearsIf a child of data starts to demonstrate in first grade these and positivefollows outcomes.through diligently, he/she will be on a firm ground when entering high

The structured learning program guides are available to parents after reg- istering their children in NSF contests, every year.

North South Foundation National Team

NSF - Annual Review 2019 I 3 Gratitude Letter from a Participant What I gained from North South Foundation

Aniruth Narayanan, Founder/President, National Student Speakers

Association (a non-profit organization)

There is a certain tendency to focus on the short-term benefits of engaging knowledgein an activity gained, when forevaluating example. and North reflecting South onFoundation it. Thinking conducts about whatcon- testswill immediately here in the Unitedhappen States and momentary to promote benefit excellence is easier in education to notice while than generating funds towards scholarships back in India so students can pur- sue higher education. My personal experience has been with the domestic contests, year after year for nearly eight years. Now that I am an 11th grad- er in high school in the IB program, I see the difference that North South Foundation has made that I was not focusing on when I was younger. They can be summed up into four different categories: Academics, Leadership, Volunteering, and Mentoring.

- demics. Mastery over content areas like math, science, history, vocabulary, spelling,The clearest geography, benefit fromand more North contribute South Foundation to success most in school often citedbeyond is aca the grade level. The biggest reason why this was important for me was that it freed up time for me to engage in extracurricular pursuits without wor- rying about school. Instead of spending a night studying for a test, since I already knew the content, I could spent that time preparing a speech to - tests uniquely promote this learning almost unlike anything else because theydeliver pose that a powerfulweekend incentiveor on online to learn courses. and goWhile above there and is beyond. flexibility, It is con im- portant to remember that trophies are not the end goal, but they are a tool to the ultimate goal of knowledge.

This is not the only aspect of North South Foundation, however. While it may be the most direct, leadership, volunteering, and mentoring were all impacts on me as well. I was in a unique position in the Tampa chapter as a contestant because my days would not end when the contests or even the award ceremonies. After everyone had left, I would be the last to leave 4 I NSF - Annual Review 2019 taken on the role of Chapter Coordinator and I was to wait until all of his tasks– not hadof my been own completed. want, at first, While but I wasn’tbecause excited of my atfather. the time, My father hindsight had reveals there was more than what met the short-term focus. I created con- tacts, met people, networked to make myself known as more than just the “chapter coordinator’s son”. I took on larger roles over time as I found my- self indirectly being told to volunteer and help out, beginning with sending messages to people that had silenced their phones all the way to proctor- ing Spelling Bees and running the Public Speaking contest now as contest master now. These roles do not appear out of thin air; they are built slowly over time just as a glacier moves slowly but surely. Leadership from North South Foundation such as speaking on Live TV when Nationals were held in Tampa expanded into school as well, taking on larger delegate roles within clubs and teaching me to take initiative.

While I volunteered and gained leadership, I met countless mentors that guided me on my path to where I am today. It is only due to these people in the community, that guide for the purpose of guiding, that shaped me into the individual I am now. That is also the reason why I feel it is only right to reciprocate the same actions, mentoring within my own chapter. Using the leadership skills that North South Foundation has given me the platform to practice on my own skills, I have founded a nonprofit National Student- licSpeakers Speaking Association contests to(www.nationalstudentspeakers.org) give back to the community as the community and am doing has a givenworkshop to me. with my Tampa chapter through this nonprofit before the Pub

My main point is that North South Foundation extends beyond the aca- demic contests. Participation brings knowledge about the world, of course, but it also provides opportunities to bee the best you can be. I thank North South Foundation for all of the opportunities that I have had, and I hope

The most important thing that we can do is to take opportunities when theythat morepass by, people and whensee beyond they are to notevery there, benefit to create of North our South own. NorthFoundation. South

Foundation has much more than just short-term benefits.

NSF - Annual Review 2019 I 5 What is North South Foundation?

Non-profit Organization, Tax ID: 36-3659998, 501(c)(3) North 2South Marissa Foundation Ct, Burr Ridge, IL 60527-6864, Ph: 630-323-1966 -

Our Vision: Every child should is a non-profit reach his or organization her maximum established potential in Illi Ournois inMission 1989. It received tax-exempt status under the IRS Section 501(c)(3). Provide hope to children and families who may have none, un leashing a lifetime of potential success. Maximize human potential by giving scholarships to brilliant but most needy among the poorest of poor students in India entering colleges, regardless of religion, gender, caste or creed. Promote excellence in human endeavor by organizing Education al Marathons for mission-driven children in the USA. Maximize human potential by giving educational tools to children in the United States, regardless of religion, gender, caste or creed. Promote excellence in the practice of universal human values. Instill “Pay it Forward” culture among the NSF Alumni.

The Foundation is all-volunteer driven with less than 5 percent overhead. TheIt is a Scholarship virtual organization program with in Indiano payroll, is designed office or to physical encourage assets. excellence among the poor. It is targeted at qualified, most needy students entering- college. More than 18,500 scholarships have been awarded to date. The followingFoundation strict plans selection to give 3,000criteria scholarships based on merit during and the need. current Students academ are ic year. Each scholarship is $300 per student per year. Awards are made dedicated volunteers who are committed to the noble cause of helping theselected poor fromwho excel25 centers in studies spread attend across college. India. There These is acenters plan to are add run more by chapters, especially in states where NSF does not have a presence. Please contact us if you can help us start a new chapter.

Educational contests in the US are designed to encourage academic excellence among Indian American children. The spelling, vocabulary, math, science, geography, essay writing, public speaking, and brain bees are conducted annually in two steps. Children initially participate in any - of 90 6centersI NSF in - Annualthe US. Review Winners 2019 of these contests are invited for the na tional finals. National top three rankers are awarded scholarships ranging usfrom if you $1,000 would to $250, like to redeemable have a chapter in the in winners’ your area. freshman Educational year of contests college. areMore also than being 175,000 conducted contestants in India benefited on a pilot from basis. NSF bees. Please contact

Online Coaching and Workshops: NSF offers online coaching in Math, Science, Geography, SAT/ACT, Computer Programming, Life Skills, Univer-

4000+ students, NSF Online coaching has been instrumental in not only sal Values and Vedic Math. With more than 250 volunteer coaches and money towards scholarships. Skilled high school students are provided thefurthering opportunity the education to coach andand earnskills credit of US towards students volunteer but raising service significant hours and also Presidential Service Awards. Online coaching is made possible through the dedication of more than 260 volunteer coaches with a passion to make a difference. NSF conducts online workshops in spelling, math, science, geography and college admissions planning. These workshops provide a focused learning opportunity and a method to enhance their skills.

Accomplishments of North South Foundation Children: Many NSF children have scored top ranks in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, Na- tional Geographic Bee, MATHCOUNTS, Math Olympiads and Science Bowls. Top colleges in the US have accepted numerous NSF children. More importantly, these contests help children improve their communication tomorrow. skills, self-confidence and empower them to become better citizens for Role Model Award: The Foundation has awarded its inaugural Role Mod- and Nimesh Patel in 2014. It helps to showcase human values and aca- demicel Award, excellence ‘Vishwa to Jyothi’ the children to Rajiv ofVinnakota Indian American in 2003, Nipuncommunity. Mehta in 2004

For further information, please contact Dr. Ratnam Chitturi at 630-323-1966 or [email protected]

NSF - Annual Review 2019 I 7 Highlights of 2018 North South Foundation Kids True its mission, many NSF kids won accolades with their accomplish- ments in several national mainstream contests, including: Scripps National Spelling Bee – with Karthik Nemmani winning the championship for 2018; National Geographic Bee – it has been 6 years it hasof winning been 9 streakyears withof winning Venkat streak Rajan

International Geography Bee World Championship – NSFwinning kid, theSaket title. Pochiraju, 7 out of wontop 10 this places contest at this held bee in Berlin,are NSF Germany; children; Math- counts is another area of major accomplishment for many NSF For kids first partic time-

Onlineipating inCoaching the national final contest, at a record number. NSF online coaching program has become a breeding ground for future - gional chapters across the US. The online coaching program continues to expandchampions with in progress NSF educational in number contests of course that offerings, take place students, at close volunteer to 90 re coaches and funds raised for the noble cause of helping the needy children. The most notable being the introduction of online Science coaching with over3 levels 800 (junior, students. intermediate NSF online and coaching senior) recordedfor kids in the first highest to eighth ever grade. regis- In the first year itself, science coaching reached the highest enrolment of- counts, SAT English, SAT Math, Geography, Science and Universal Values programstrations with in 2018. well Withover the3738 success students of the enrolled program in inPreMathcounts, enrolment, the Mathfunds raised support over a thousand scholarships to help the needy kids in In- dia. The online coaching program is only possible with a dedicated team of volunteers; it starts with the able leadership of Dr.Praveen Goli as the madeoverall in program technology: director. including There automated are 250+ schedulingcoaches and of Webexseparate sessions program to assistleads forcoaches; each area establishing of coaching. a support There have ticket been system significant to help improvements with problem resolution.

Classroom coaching (PrepClubs) by Columbus, Ohio chapter. Run by dedicated parents and youth volun- It is 9th successive and successful year of conducting classroom coaching 8 I NSF - Annual Review 2019 teers to help local NSF community with more than 200 kids attending this until March of following year. It has become a model for other chapters to follow.year (2018-19). The classes are held every Saturday starting September

2018 National Finals The 2018 National Finals contests were held on September 1st, 2nd at the University of Maryland, college Park, MD. This was the 26th anniversary of highly successful academic contests. The competitions on both the days were attended by more than 1200 participants and supported by more than 300 volunteers that included several local chapter volunteers, past- NSF children and High School students. For the first time Remind-based communication was morphed into real-time online help center(e-Help Matchingdesk) for ease Gifts of communication. There are many companies that encourage giving for education by match- ing a dollar for a dollar gift to their employee contributions. This is a nice employer does this. The Foundation has received matching funds from severalway to double well-known your contributions companies including to the Foundation. Abbott Lab, Please American find out Express, if your Bank of America, BP, Bristol Myers, Cisco, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Monsan- - izon. In addition, the Foundation is grateful to all the corporate employ- to, Oracle, Pfizer, Tudor Investment Trust, United Technologies, and Ver designatedees contributing their tocontribution United Way for (individual North South companies Foundation allow scholarships. for pay-roll deductions of the employees contribution to the United Way) who have

VolunteersFor further information, please call 630-323-1966. The last several years have seen tremendous growth for the academic that around 16,000 contestants registered in various categories this year. Itcontests was all held possible by NSF with among thousands 90 regional of volunteers centers. acrossWe are the happy country. to report The Foundation is always looking for new volunteers in many areas of its en- deavors. The success of any public foundation depends on its volunteers. It is the collective efforts of volunteers that made this Foundation what it is today. Volunteerism is like an elastic band. You only need to spare as little as you can afford or extend as much as you love to contribute. You will get the satisfaction of promoting excellence in education among the most impoverished in India and children in our community in the US. Some cor- NSF - Annual Review 2019 I 9 porations also encourage their employees to become volunteers by pro- viding financial contribution. The Foundation received such contributions Educationalfrom Allstate, ContestsHSBC, Intel, in theMicrosoft US and Pfizer. The expenses for conducting the contests are covered by registration fees and local collections. The scholarships for the National Champions are excess funds remaining from the registration fees. covered by contributions from individuals, non-profit organizations, and India Activities During 2018 scholarship season, we continue to actively promote schol- arship program in 30+ India chapters; more than 1700 scholarships were- cants,awarded. volunteers For the and2018-19 donors academic to access year, information the target about is 3,000. our NSF India website schol- arship(www.northsouth.org) program. For more was information updated to about make Indiait easy Scholarship for potential program, appli

APNAplease –contact Ambassador Ganesh ProgramDasari([email protected]) for North South Foundation Alumni Separately, NSF also offers a great leadership and volunteering opportuni- ty for NRI high school kids to work in India during summer. It is the Am- bassador Program for NSF Alumni, where the high school kids will help organize and coach kids in India with English, math, science or geogra- phy, particularly in government schools in rural areas or urban municipal schools. For a preview, please see the website for stories of past partici- pants: http://www.northsouth.org/public/APNA/apna.aspx

First National Leadership Conference: First ever NSF National Leadership Conference was held at Chicago in No- vember 2018. All Chapter Directors, National Team, Coreteam and Board members attended the two-day event with activities scheduled from morning to late evening. The purpose was to meet in person and reener- gize the leadership as part of the sustain and grow strategy for the foun- dation.

10 I NSF - Annual Review 2019 2018 Perfect Scores in Regionals CONTEST NAME GRADE CHAPTER

Junior Spelling Sriniket Nuthalapati 3 Naperville, IL Junior Spelling Achuth Vinay 3 Fresno, CA Junior Spelling Shrisha Prakir 3 Palo Alto, CA Junior Spelling Saisurya Lakkimsetti 3 Tulsa, OK Senior Spelling Nidhi Vadlamudi 6 Fremont, CA Junior Spelling Krivi Partani 3 Cambridge, MA Senior Spelling Navneeth Murali 6 Edison, NJ Senior Spelling Nidhi Achanta 6 Seattle, WA Senior Spelling Snehal Choudhury 8 Cleveland, OH

Senior Spelling Tara Singh 8 Louisville, KY Senior Spelling Srikar Chittemsetty 5 Bentonville, AR Senior Spelling Abhiram Kapaganty 6 Atlanta, GA Senior Spelling Atman Balakrishnan 6 Naperville, IL Senior Spelling Vasundara Govindarajan 8 Ft Lauderdale, FL

Senior Spelling Dhyana Mishra 7 Orlando, FL Senior Spelling Jashun Paluru 8 Indianapolis, IN Senior Spelling Abhijay Kodali 5 Dallas, TX Senior Spelling Namitha Vadlamudi 8 Minneapolis, MN Senior Spelling Pavani Chittemsetty 6 Bentonville, AR

Senior Spelling Hephzibah Sujoe 6 Dallas, TX Senior Spelling Rohan Raja 6 Dallas, TX Senior Spelling Naysa Modi 7 Dallas, TX Senior Spelling Maitri Kovuru 7 Dallas, TX Senior Spelling Karthik Nemmani 8 Dallas, TX Junior Vocabulary Sriniket Nuthalapati 3 Naperville, IL Junior Geography Anish Raja 3 Atlanta, GA Junior Geography Nithin Vemula NSF - Annual 3 Review San 2019 Antonio, I 11 TX CONTEST NAME GRADE CHAPTER

Junior Geography Anshul Mantri 3 Portland, OR Junior Geography Aishvarya Prahalad 3 Atlanta, GA Senior Geography Anish Susarla 7 Ashburn, VA Senior Geography Prithvi Narayanan 6 Harrisburg, PA Senior Geography Shreyan Mitra 7 Palo Alto, CA

Junior Science Ishidevesh Behera 3 Edison, NJ Junior Science Vinay Yallapragada 3 Ashburn, VA Junior Science Tarun Venkatesh 3 Manchester, NH Junior Science Manasvi Devi Reddy 3 Des Moines, IA Junior Science Shourya Vyas 3 Dallas, TX Intermediate Junior Science Siddharth Kakumanu 3 Dallas, TX

Intermediate Brain Bee Ramyaka Annambhotla 7 Hartford, CT Brain Bee Amit Karthikeyan 6 Los Angeles, CA Intermediate

Brain Bee Arushi Bagchi 7 Los Angeles, CA

12 I NSF - Annual Review 2019 Online Coaching and Workshops

NSF offers online coaching in Math, Science, Geography, SAT/ACT, Com- puter Programming, Life Skills, Universal Values and Vedic Math. With - ing has been instrumental in not only furthering the education and skills more than 250 volunteer coaches and 4000+ students, NSF Online coach high school students are provided the opportunity to coach and earn cred- itof towardsUS students volunteer but raising service significant hours and money also towardsPresidential scholarships. Service Awards. Skilled Online coaching is made possible through the dedication of more than 260 volunteer coaches with a passion to make a difference. NSF conducts on- line workshops in spelling, math, science, geography and college admis- sions planning. These workshops provide a focused learning opportunity and a method to enhance their skills.

ONLINE COACHING CLASSES The NSF Online coaching program helps students discover their abilities, explore new academic concepts, prepare for competitive tests and cele- brate their accomplishments. 2018 is the ninth consecutive year of NSF - successfully embracing the online coaching trend. This year 250+ coach- dentses are arehandling getting 300 immersed classes induring not only the preparingweekday evenings for Mathcounts, and whole Nation day- during weekends at times that are convenient to students. About 3900 stu

Lifeal Geographic skills. These GeoBee, coaching SAT/ACT classes but not also only to teach learn the to explorestudents their fundamental Scientific conceptscuriosity, butlearn also to practiceprepare Universalthem in advance Values andfor NSFlearn regional Confidence and NationalBuilding contests. The NSF coaching program is only possible because of the dedi- cated and passionate volunteers who are part of this successful effort. Ev- ery year we also have several talented high schoolers who volunteer to only towards their high school graduation requirements but also for US Presidentialcoach. NSF certifies volunteer the awards. volunteer The hours popularity of these ofhigh the school coaching students program not among the NSF Parents is indicated by the growth in student registration through the NSF coaching program is used to fund scholarships in India, two-thirdscount from of634 the in fee 2010 that to parentsover 4390 pay in for 2018. the coachingWhile all programthe funds is raised con- sidered as a tax-deductible contribution. Parents can also request their employer to match the tax-deductible contribution component – further increasing the funds that NSF can use towards scholarships.

NSF - Annual Review 2019 I 13 MATHBEE COACHING Offered for the past eight years, Online MathBee coaching has been NSF solving. The coaching program introduces advanced Math concepts to childrenParents’ firstin elementary stop to build to middleaptitude school and love students towards ahead Math of and their problem school curriculum. Students learn the concepts and practice through solving problems. Realizing how thirsty the parents were to enhance their kids learning at a young age, in 2016, we started a MB1 program for the 1st and 2nd grade students based on Singapore Math syllabus. The PreMath- Counts MB2 program enhances kids learning by teaching many concepts associated with problems that they encounter during competitions. The

National MathCounts competitions by teaching them advanced concepts, strategiesMB3 program and techniques provides coaching to solve MathCounts for children problem. aspiring NSF to appear children in also the have our own Regional and National contests.

Enrollment: MB1 (Grades 1 & 2) – 193; MB2 (Grades 3, 4 & 5) - 698; MB3 GEOGRAPHY(Grades 6,7 & 8) BEE – 497 COACHING with people eager to activate their GPS senses. Online Geography Bee providesStarted just structured 5 years ago, learning the GeoBee for students program curious has the about densest the world.classrooms The coaching program prepares children aspiring to appear in the National Geographic Society’s National Geographic Bee competitions. Unlike the National GeoBee contests that is limited to students in grades 4 through 8 and is offered through Children’s own school, NSF conducts its own Re- gional and National contests for two separate age groups: Junior group through 8. for kids in Grades 1, 2 and 3 and the Senior group is for kids in grades 4

SCIENCEEnrollment: BEE JGB –(Grades 1, 2 & 3) - 200; SGB – (Grades 4 through 8) - 265 This is a novel program where we want to celebrate and encourage the inscientific young minds.minds of Online the NSF Science children. coaching The goalis a unique of the coachingNSF program program that is notto imbibe offered and by anyinculcate other curiosityentity here and in scientificthe US. Students enquiry arethought taught process to hy- pothesize, conduct experiments at home, observe and record the data and the develop conclusions! Science experts run these courses which outpace science of the US School curriculum. We have our own Regional and Na- tional Science Bee contests. The Science coaching program is offered for 14 I NSF - Annual Review 2019 three different age groups.

Enrollment: JSC -(Grades 1, 2 & 3) - 211; ISC- (Grades 4 & 5) – 324; SSC SAT-6,7,8 / (Grades ACT 6, 7 & 8) – 252 This program offers a cost-effective way to prepare for the college admis- sion tests such as SAT and ACT. This is offered as a package of Math and every week. This is one program where the students themselves enquire aboutEnglish and classes. enroll. Classes The program are 1.5 has hours the highestfor each enrollment subject (total amongst of 3 allhours) NSF online coaching programs. The Junior level program for SAT and ACT is intended for students who prepare for tests used to enroll in talented pro- grams such as Johns Hopkins CTY program, Duke’s TIP program and PSAT.

Enrollment: SAT Junior (Grades 6, 7 & 8) – 275; SAT Senior (Grades 9 thru UNIVERSAL12) – 363 VALUES To cater to the desire of the NSF parents who want to develop and nurture their children’s character, this program has been running for the past 4 years. Online Universal Values program is one of a kind that teaches spiri- values. Mind’s enrichment and the pursuit of happiness are tied together whentuality the in a child scientific travels way. through It is not the tied journey to a religion of universal but still values teaches Although human - ence is different for Junior, Intermediate and Senior. the curriculum is the same for all 3 levels, the group dynamics and experi

Enrollment: Junior – -(Grades 1, 2 & 3) – 34; Intermediate- (Grades 4 LIFEthrough SKILLS 8) – 78; PROGRAM Senior – (Grades 9 & above) – 11 With an eye on teaching kids to become street smart, we started this new program last year. This 10-week program, for our popular demographic of

This program, conducted by successful teens, provides opportunity for the young5th grade minds to 9th to learngrade from students, peers focuses of their on own confidence age group. building Many exercises. students who enrolled last year, are participating again this year as they realized the benefit of being confident in their day to day life activities. Unique to NSF- edcoaching by the programs,fact that the we classes offered become the Confidence full within Building a few hoursclasses of twice opening last foryear registration. (fall and spring semester). The popularity of this program is indicat

NSF - Annual Review 2019 I 15 COMPUTEREnrollment: 323 CODING students Introduced as a pilot last year, the program intends to introduce the con- cepts of programming to young students. In 2018, Python programming was taught to students. NSF anticipates the program to evolve based on the feedback received from participating students.

VEDICEnrollment: MATHEMATICS 83 students Introduced Vedic Mathematics to adult volunteers in 2018 to assess in- terest in the program and to create a pool of knowledgeable and trained coaches who can continue to teach students going forward. We hope to introduce the Vedic techniques to solving problems to kids in 2019. ONLINEEnrollment: WORKSHOPS 197 adults NSF offers online workshops throughout the year on various topics to help the NSF parents and students. In preparation for the NSF regional and na- tional contests, the online workshop program conducts two to three hour workshops at each level for Math, Science, Spelling Bee and Geography. Offered by former Scripps Spelling Bee winners, workshop for Spelling Bee is very popular among NSF parents. Over the last few years, NSF also conducted special workshops for NSF children who qualify for the Nation- al Scripps Spelling Bee.

In partnership with AcceptU, NSF offers workshops on College Admission Planning, Admissions to Ivy Leagues, integrated Pre-Med, and STEM edu- some of the top colleges in the country. cation. These workshops are conducted by former admissions officers at

16 I NSF - Annual Review 2019 North South Foundation Online Coaching and Workshop Leads Online Coaching Program Srinivas Bandi Program Director Science Praveen Goli Chenchal Subraveti Retika Narayan Geography Bhuvaneswari Seeramreddi Kumar Nandur Divya Nagri Gayathri Chandrasekaran Venkataramesh Dasari Anjali Gupta Padmini Koti Universal Values Amudha Madan SAT/ACT Math Anbu Ponniah Girish Chawla Venkatesh Anandasayanam Ramakant Rambhatla Vedic Math SAT/ACT English M Rajagopala Rao Anupama Venkatesh Praveen Goli Praveen Goli Anu Valluri Priya Rajan Prema Gopal ElementaryMike Affinito Math Raj Chintapalli Archna Jagtiani Padmaja Dhulipalla Praveen Goli Sathees Kuttan Ravi Subramanian Jahnavi Yalamanchili Sankaranarayanan Ramachandran Vinitha Krishnamurthy Online Tools Team Praveen Goli Pre Mathcounts Sunil Narahari Vasanth Venkatachalam Vaishali Sudhakar Online Workshop Amartya Chatterjee Praveen Goli Sarraju Nadimpalli Mathcounts Anbu Ponnaiah Kuldeep Jain

Year 2010 2011 2012 2014 2016 2018 Volunteer Coaches 66 224 248 266 2013 2015 2017 Students 2182 33 167 237 235 274 634 1269 NSF2576 - Annual2851 Review3026 3561 20193726 I 173738 Parenting Workshop:

North South Foundation presented a free seminar on Parenting for the I Generation at the Sama Rahi Auditorium, Hindu Temple of Greater Chica-

Dr. Viji revealed the secrets of raising resilient, peaceful and successful children.go, Il. 60439 We onlearnt Sunday how July to identify 15, 2018 and from avoid 2:00 the P.M. pitfalls to 4:00 when P.M. parenting through these critical years. Explored topics like positive discipline, deal- ing with temper tantrums, adolescent anxiety, depression, suicide, and educated use of technology, alcohol and drug abuse and raising resilient citizens. It was attended mostly by young parents in Chicago and was graced by the President of the Temple, Dr. Rao. Attendance was around 100 individuals and the program received 90% approval from the audience. McDonalds Chicago Expo 2018

This event was held at Northern Illinois Conference Center at 1120 Diehl Road in Naperville Illinois. An outreach program to local school districts, principals, Indian communi- ty organizations and Asian Press such as Indian, Korean and Chinese with advertisements was undertaken before the event. The event was covered by Korean TV.

Flagship Universities, and to evaluate Medicine and STEM programs of- feredThe purpose by the Institutions. was to meet SevenAdmission Schools Officials and Institutions from Elite Universities, participated, State and they were, Purdue University, Loyola University, University of Iowa, Uni- versity of California, Illinois Benedictine, Dupage College and Illinois Insti- tute of Technology. In the afternoon sessions we heard from Students enrolled at Yale, Har- vard, University of Illinois and a Presidential State Scholar. We also heard

Self- Employed Business Professionals as to how Education played an im- portantfrom a Fulbright role in their Scholar, Success and Professionalsin Life. We also in hadFortune a Speaker 500 companies from McDon and- ald’s Corporation and North South Foundation. We received 800 reservations and 400 attended this memorable event.

18 I NSF - Annual Review 2019 The Scholarship Process

North South Foundation (NSF) provides scholarships to undergraduate- students entering into engineering, medicine, Dental, 3-year polytechnic (diploma in engineering), Diploma in Agriculture, BSc (Nursing and Agri Theculture, scholarship Veterinary) process courses begins based at onthe merit chapter and levelfinancial in India need. with an an- responsible for all activities of the chapter – from forming the selection committee,nouncement. reviewing Each India applications, chapter has interviewing a Chapter Coordinator applicants and (ICC) giving who the is scholarship checks at an awards ceremony. Volunteers who live in USA and are closely associated with a chapter in India act as liaisons. Liaisons in US interact with the ICCs and are involved with the chapter in many ways – from actually starting the chapter by identifying a volunteer in In- visiting India and more. The liaison also facilitates meetings between a scholardia, to figuring and an interestedout ways to donor. spread the word, to meeting candidates while

10 Steps to Make Sure “Your $ Helps Educate Best and Brightest”

1. India Chapter announces scholarships through local media and in schools. The chapter coordinators also visits local colleges as part of the scholarship announcement (April-June) - 2. Interested students submit an application online (June-Sept) 3. Students send a copy of the application along with the supporting docu- ments to the chapter coordinators (June-Sept) 4. India Chapter Coordinator (ICC) forms a selection panel, reviews appli tocations accompany and shortlists the student. candidates Bus or to train interview fare is (Sept) reimbursed to the student 5. ICC and selection panel interview candidates. One parent is expected

(Sept-Oct) - 6. ICC sends recommendations to NSF India Coordinator in Hyderabad (Oct-Nov) 8.7. NSFThe IndiaChapter Coordinator also processes and NSF any US renewals coordinator at this do timefinal reviews.since NSF Some sup- times further clarifications are requested before approval (Oct-Nov) ports the student through the entire course of study (Aug-Oct) 9. India Chapter holds an award ceremonyNSF - Annualand honors Review NSF 2019 scholarship I 19 - tifyrecipients more number (Dec-Jan) of scholars 10. Starting 2019, NSF is establishing chapters within universities to iden NSF uses uniform eligibility criteria to identify poor but meritorious stu- dents across chapters. Eligibility criteria for NSF college scholarships are listed below: Marks in the top 10 percentile of 10th or 12th or CET/JET in the state Annual family income must be less than Rs 100,000 per year Student must have secured admission in an eligible course of study NSF gives scholarships after evaluating the need

on the need and course of study Scholarship varies from Rs 20,000 – Rs 8,000 (per year) depending - cational bee, workshop, or even an online course, another child in India Every time a child participates in a North South Foundation (NSF) edu thirtybenefits. years, What NSF started has provided off as one more scholarship than 20,000 in 1989scholarships has reached and helped 2,000 studentsscholarships receive in 2017 the higher ¬– and education that number that they is still deserve. growing. Over the past

North South Foundation Educating Poor Bright Students in India

IndiaNorth pursued South Foundation higher education (NSF) Indiain the team last 10 is yearsworking with hard NSF to India help schol poor- arships.and bright On students an average, to pursue NSF India higher helps education. 2000 students About each 17,000 year students by award in- are given to the poorest of the poor students and the social impact is enor- mous.ing a total Every of 400kNSF family USD (equivalent member should to 2.8 beCrore proud Rupees of this ). Theachievement. scholarships

20 I NSF - Annual Review 2019 NSF India Scholarships from Year 2008 - 2017 - - bilityThe identification criteria for NSF of theIndia most scholarships deserving are: candidates, with top-notch aca demic record and true financial need, is not an easy task. The current eligi Secured admission to pursue Engineering, Medicine, Dental, DiplomaStudent must courses be in top 10% both in 10th &12th class Family income should not exceed Rs. 1,00,000 per year

correspondingThere are a large Liaisons number in of US (30+) do an chapters excellent distributed job of identifying all over India students with Headquarters in Hyderabad. The India Chapter Coordinators (ICCs) and

Thewho announcement are academically for brilliant the scholarships but in need goes of financial out in the support. month of July and applications are accepted till end of October. Detailed guidelines/norms for award of scholarships are kept in NSF’s website and also announced in major newspapers, online, personal references, as well as by word of mouth. All students complying with the eligibility criteria should regis- ter their application ONLINE and submit hard copies of their Application along with all relevant documents to their nearest Chapter Coordinator -

(ICCs). The ICCs receive applications and after preliminary scrutiny for- ward all the eligible applications to NSF’s Main office in Hyderabad, along- tionswith theirto the recommendations. US for approval. A NSF,schematic Hyderabad diagram office, of the will, process after final is shown scru intiny, the send Figure the below. final lists along with National Coordinator’s recommenda

NSF - Annual Review 2019 I 21 Finals 2018: Top 3 Ranks Junior Spelling Bee

1st Rank 2nd Rank rd Rank Achuth Vinay Grisham Paimagam Akash Vukoti Fresno, CA Atlanta, GA 3

Senior Spelling Bee San Antonio, TX

1st Rank 2nd Rank rd Rank Abhijay Kodali Navneeth Murali Dhyana Mishra Edison, NJ Orlando,3 FL Junior Vocabulary Bee Dallas, TX

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1st Rank 2nd Rank rd Rank Navneeth Murali Neha Chelamkuri Vayun Krishna Edison, NJ Palo3 Alto, CA

22 I NSF - Annual Review 2019Dallas, TX Math Level 1

1st Rank 2nd Rank rd Rank Rajarshi Mandal Anika Malyavanatham Surya Raghavan Manchester, NH Portland, OR Parsippany,3 NJ

Math Level 2

1st Rank 2nd Rank rd Rank Om Patel Rohith Raghavan Shreyan Paliwal Indianapolis, IN Cambridge, MA Portland,3 OR Math Level 3

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1st Rank 2nd Rank rd Rank Anish Raja Yash Jaju Nirmal Melam Atlanta, GA Los Angeles, CA Des3 Moines, IA NSF - Annual Review 2019 I 23 Senior Geography Bee

1st Rank 2nd Rank rd Rank rd Rank Shreyan Mitra Kaylan Patel Adrija Kundu Satvik Pochiraju Santa Clara, CA Orlando, FL Edison,3 NJ Columbus,3 OH

Essay Writing 3

1st Rank 2nd Rank rd Rank Anirudh Iyer Palak Mehta Aditi Sridhar Worcester, MA Princeton, NJ Wilmington,3 DE Public Speaking 3

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1st Rank 2nd Rank rd Rank Shouri Bochetty Lipika Narisetti Sraavya Anne Peoria, IL Columbus, OH Cleveland,3 OH

24 I NSF - Annual Review 2019 Junior Science Bee

1st Rank 2nd Rank rd Rank Bhavya Dash Ishidevesh Behera Tarun Venkatesh San Jose, CA Edison, NJ Cambridge,3 MA Intermediate Science Bee

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1st Rank 2nd Rank rd Rank Om Duggineni Saipranav Kosuri Shreya Mogulothu Fairfax, VA Raleigh, NC Princeton,3 NJ Intermediate Brain Bee

1st Rank 2nd Rank rd Rank Sharvani Vadlamani Anmol Bhatia Deboshri Kanjilal Cherry Hill, NJ Parsippany, NJ St.3 Louis, MO

NSF - Annual Review 2019 I 25 NSF India Scholarship Recipients Photos of a selected few out of 1600 recipients are shown below

Adusumilli Madhu Babu Anitha Chowdary Vattikudi Anvesh Kalluru

Balakrishna Makkena Bhagyasri Gude Bhushana Rao Kona

China Tirupalu Dasaratha Rami Reddy Dhruvit Bipinbhai Uppalapati Kopparthi Kalathiya

Divya Polamarasetti Ganesh Boodi Gopichandh Veeranki

Ilias Miah Jhansi Rani Utla Jitendar Singh 26 I NSF - Annual Review 2019 Kalyani Chitturi Kalyani Gorle Kangati Revanth Kumar Reddy

Kuldeep Patel Lalu Prasad Talari Lavanya Matta

Mahesh Talagana Manish Suman Md Asmath Shaikh

Mohammadaadil Mohan Babu. N Naga Haritha Raghavi Munvvarbhai Shaikh Mattupalli

Naga Nayva Koti Naga Sukesh Thatavarthi Nandini Tata

NSF - Annual Review 2019 I 27 Narenda Babu Mandati Naresh Kumar Naresh Pal Poonia Sampadha Rao

Naveenbabu Navya N Padmanabham Simma Devaguptapu

Pushpa Nara Raja Marre Rambabu Chellarapu

Ramu Palina Sai Kumar Nirujogi Sai Teja Vakkalagadda

Sai Vamsi Dosapati Salma Sabbirkhan Santosh Pitchika

28 I NSF - Annual Review 2019 Santosha Karandi Sarojini Viyyapu Shabana Begum

Shivaraja Ayyal Sirisha Chellarapu Siva Karanam

SK Monsur Habibulla Snehalata Yadav Sravan Jogimahanti

Sree Charitha Mutyala Sri Gayatri Sarika Srinu Chekka

Subham Ray Sudhakar Reddy Potamsetti Suresh Sanapathi

NSF - Annual Review 2019 I 29 Tejas N Thanuja Borra Venkata Lakshman Rachaparty

Venkata Sai Krishna Vishal Rathore Yamuna Beeravalli Gade

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Chapter Name Name Email Phone Auburn, AL Jayashree Sridhar Birmingham, AL Lavanya Bheemanathini [email protected] 334-559-0605 Bentonville, AR Dhana Varikunta [email protected] 256-239-7345 Phoenix, AZ Suresh Rangaswamy [email protected] 479-321-9857 Tucson, AZ Prasad Bhamidipati [email protected] 602-751-1049 Nagendra Bellam [email protected] 520-247-4358 Fremont, CA Dharminder Dewan Bakersfield, CA [email protected] 703-975-9110 Fresno, CA Anupama Poliyedath [email protected] 408-621-6704 Los Angeles, CA Ganesh Thangarajan [email protected] 312-363-8795 Orange County, CA Atima Sharma [email protected] 805-574-9908 Palo Alto, CA Sumana Sur [email protected] 661-312-1700 Sacramento, CA Suri Jetty [email protected] 408-746-0702 San Diego, CA Vijay Varadarajan [email protected] 916-805-0223 San Jose, CA Vandana Kadam [email protected] 858-761-5761 San Mateo, CA Deepa Lakshminarayanan [email protected] 408-219-7353 San Ramon, CA Anand Gundu [email protected] 650-863-7061 Torrance, CA Jayanthi Rajasubramanian [email protected] 209-832-9539 Denver, CO Jyotshna Gunturu [email protected] 805-300-5003 Ft Collins, CO Anita Amin [email protected] 720-220-3411 Hartford, CT Prasad Annambhotla [email protected] 970-217-0082 Stamford, CT Venkat Pasnoori [email protected] 203-470-7759 Ft Lauderdale, FL Anbuselvan Kuppusamy [email protected] 203-345-5995 Jacksonville, FL Rajiv Gupta [email protected] 954-557-1131 Orlando, FL Ramya Nagraj [email protected] 904-349-3179 Tampa, FL Ramesh Vasudevan [email protected] 207-409-2650 Atlanta, GA Ram Yeleti [email protected] 813-417-5799 Augusta, GA Srinivas Akella [email protected] 708-762-8487 Columbus-GA, GA Srinivasa Pathakamuri [email protected] 803-873-8535 Des Moines, IA Jith Shamarao [email protected] 706-566-9559 Barrington, IL Parthiban Andi [email protected] 515-259-0707 Hinsdale, IL Velu Subramani [email protected] 847-652-7608 Libertyville, IL Prasad Nuthalapati [email protected] 630-234-7367 Peoria, IL Ravi Errabolu [email protected] 224-595-5233 Quad Cities, IA Nitin Vishwakarma [email protected] 309-472-0179 Columbus_Indiana, IN Suddhatattva Kar [email protected] 309-716-4887 Evansville, IN Kapil Sheth [email protected] 252-904-6051 Indianapolis, IN Sivakumar Vavilala [email protected] 812-985-5605 Kansas City, KS Pratibha Trivedi [email protected] 510-809-6874 Louisville, KY Ravishankar Jayaram [email protected] 913-226-1434 Cambridge, MA Subramanian Santhanam [email protected] 502-240-0731 [email protected] - Annual Review 2019857-253-8970 I 35 Chapter Name Name Email Phone Worcester, MA Santosh Sapkal Baltimore, MD Srinivas Gunukula [email protected] 617-803-0840 Finals, US Murty Neti [email protected] 443-676-9932 Rockville, MD Murty Neti [email protected] 301-742-8121 Ann Arbor, MI Aruna Karunakaram [email protected] 301-742-8121 Detroit, MI Ashok Mollin [email protected] 734-944-1075 Grand Rapids, MI Sripriya Krishnan [email protected] 248-470-0780 Kalamazoo, MI Tarun Gupta, Ph.D. [email protected] 304-617-8704 Lansing, MI Asha Manday [email protected] 269-352-3021 Minneapolis, MN Ratnakar Pasumarty [email protected] 517-402-3372 Rochester, MN Usha Asirvatham [email protected] 763-843-4993 St. Louis, MO Raja Rajasekaran [email protected] 507-358-9552 Charlotte, NC Murali Edula [email protected] 314-322-0576 Raleigh, NC Chockalingam Ramiah [email protected] 203-809-6725 Triad, NC Suji Vasu [email protected] 919-412-4007 Omaha, NE Tirumala Chengalasetty [email protected] 336-409-3969 Manchester, NH Prasad Dabbi [email protected] 402-408-9741 Camden, NJ Jatin V. 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BOARD OF DIRECTORS NATIONAL FINALS ADVISO- SCIENCE CORE TEAM Mr Rao Chalasani, Chairman RY TEAM Lakshmanan Iyer Dr Ratnam Chitturi, Presi- Sai Rachakonda Chandra Mohan dent Sampath Narayanan Velu Subramani Mr. Srivital Choppara, Srinivas Gudeti Chenchal Subraveti Director Srivital Choppara Mr Venkat Gade, Director GEOGRAPHY CORE TEAM Ms Anita Gavini, Director NATIONAL TECHNICAL Murty Neti Dr. Balu Natarajan, Director TEAM Savitha Rajiv Mr Presannan Pillai, Director Raj Jayachandran Kumar Nandur, Advisor Mr Ramdev Jagarlamudi, G. Rao Kodali Treasurer Murty Neti ESSAY WRITING/ Prasad Pedireddi PUBLIC SPEAKING CORE ADVISORY BOARD Thiru Subramanian TEAM Dr. Prasad Kaipa Ravi Subramanian Vasavi Levendel Dr. Rao Unnava ONLINE COACHING BRAIN BEE CORE TEAM INDIA SCHOLARSHIPS Praveen Goli, Director Dr. Venkat Venkataraman TEAM Ganesh Dasari, USA Coor- ZOOM TEAM IT TEAM dinator Praveen Goli Jagadeesh Gullapalli Madavi Oliver, Advisor Sunil Narahari Swamy Achanta Amitabh Bali Steve Hollingsworth Surajeet Deka ONLINE WORKSHOPS Dinold Jeeva Mohan Etikela Praveen Goli Bindhu Raja Lakshmi Ramesh Gupta Anbu Ponnaiah Michael Simon Neelabh Maheshwari Suriya Kani Jatin Mehta SPELLING/VOCABULARY Govind Venkat Srilata Meka CORE TEAM Stalin Jenish Krishna K Mishra Mirle Shivashankar Murty MunagavalasaGaug- Kavya Shivashankar WEB TEAM arin Oliver Kesav Tadipatri Jagadeesh Gullapalli Prashni Paliwal G. Rao Kodali Gokul Tamarapu Yasodha Porchezhian Rajani Peruvemba Sridhar Raman Amit Bhatia FUNDRAISING TEAM Jay Roplekar Vanya Shivashankar Venkat Gade Vengatesan Sidheswaran Madavi Oliver Pratibha Singh MATH CORE TEAM Sampath Narayanan Saroj Singh Krishniah Revuluri Sai Rachakonda Rajani Sinha Giri Cherukuri Shivinder Sofat Archna Jagtiani E-NEWSLETTER Neeraj Verma Anil Sethi Madhav Dhurba Parthiban Thilagar Ramya Auroprem CUSTOMER SUPPORT Swamy Achanta Malavika Kannan Savitha Rajiv Varsha Ramakrishnan Anbu Ponniah Shrinidhi Thirumalai

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