RMTS 2008 - Day 27 – Rayagada facts

Sunday, April 27, 2008

(RMTS stands for Rural Mathematics Talent Search. An initiative for Orissa’s secondary school students.)

It is already a 6 year old operation.

Dear Friends:
This is day 27 of campaign for AWARENESS FOR RMTS 2008, to be conducted for the 6th consecutive year.
Date of Test: 2nd November, 2008

Last date of Application: October 1, 2008

Achievements up to RMTS 2007:

RMTS 2005: Blocks covered: 58 No of centers : 81 Participation: 4678 Scholarships: 165

RMTS 2006 Blocks covered: 162 No of centers: 280 Participation: 19928 Scholarships: 201

RMTS 2007 Blocks covered: 200 No of centers: 354 Participation: 18887 Scholarships: 201

Goal for RMTS 2008
Blocks covered: 314
No of centers: 500
Participation: 125 per block(40 thou<) Scholarships: 201

Camp Plans:
6 camps for each batch. 1st batch (RMTS 2003) camps completed. The 1^st batch kids have reached 10^th grade and will be out of secondary schools, in 2008.
Math Olympiad Successes thus far:

Himalaya Niranjan Senapati of RMTS 2003 and Bhadrak district was selected for the Indian Astronomy Olympiad team. He went to Simeiz, Crimea, Ukraine in Europe and earned a silver medal. We are exited and we hope this tradition will continue
Web site: http://seedsnet.org/rmts1/RMTS/
(Web page was started in 2006 & donated(2006-2007) by Shri Prashant Sahu of Houston & Orissa Music. Now donated by Dr. Priyadarshan Patra, Portland)
All the help that some of you have extended, are bearing fruit.

What CAN YOU DO TO help? Call 509-371-1286 or e-mail, if you have questions:
Rayagada (South Zone):

This district we have covered only 4 out of the 11 blocks this year. :

Total Number of Blocks in Rayagada: 11(Eleven)

RMTS 2005: Blocks Covered: 1 Rayagada Centres: 1 No. of Students 26

RMTS 2006: Blocks Covered: 10 BISAMCUTTACK, GUDARI, GUNUPUR, K. S. PUR, KASIPUR, KOLNARA, MUNIGUDA, PADMAPURAM, RAMANGUDA, RAYAGADA Centres : 5 No. of Students : 1012

RMTS 2007: Blocks Covered:4 , BISAMCUTTACK, GUNUPUR,, PADMAPURAM, , RAYAGADA Centres: 5 No. of Students : 224

Blocks to be covered: 7

CHANDRAPUR, GUDARI, K. S. PUR, KASIPUR, KOLNARA, MUNIGUDA, RAMANGUDA.

We have lost 6 blocks(GUDARI, K. S. PUR, KASIPUR, KOLNARA, MUNIGUDA, RAMANGUDA) to make full coverage of Rayagada District in 2008. Any help WELCOME.

e-address of Rayagada district Block Development Officers(BDO) provided. You can write to them and liaison with them.

I would appreciate if you write back to me and extend help by taking responsibility of one of 314 blocks, even if they are covered, or any way you like to contribute, so that we can run a quality RMTS 2007 truly unearthing rural talents, who otherwise will wither away.

Thanking you in advance.

Best wishes,
Sandip

27. Rayagada (11) Red: To be covered this year

Block Development Officer Bissamkataka Block , At/Po. Bissamkataka , Dist.Rayagada. 06863-247516(0ff.) ori-bissamcuttak@gramsat.nic.in	Block Development Officer Chandrapur Block , At/Po. Chandrapur , Dist.Rayagada. 06863-241003(0ff.) ori-chandrapur@gramsat.nic.in	Block Development Officer Gudari Block , At/Po. Gudari , Dist.Rayagada. 06857-260024(0ff.) ori-gudari@gramsat.nic.in
Block Development Officer Gunpur Block , At/Po. Gunpur , Dist.Rayagada. 06857-250433(0ff.) ori-gunpur@gramsat.nic.in	Block Development Officer K.singhpur Block , At/Po. K.singhpur , Dist.Rayagada. 06856-275056(0ff.) ori-kalyansinghpur@gramsat.nic.in	Block Development Officer Kasipur Block , At/Po. Kasipur , Dist.Rayagada. 956865-285004(0ff.) ori-kashipur@gramsat.nic.in
Block Development Officer Kolnara Block , At/Po. Kolnara , Dist.Rayagada. 06856-233529(0ff.) ori-kolnara@gramsat.nic.in	Block Development Officer Muniguda Block , At/Po. Muniguda , Dist.Rayagada. 06863-245119(0ff.) Eid: ori-muniguda@gramsat.nic.in	Block Development Officer Padmapur Block , At/Po. Padmapur , Dist.Rayagada. 06857-266123(0ff.) ori-rpadmapur@gramsat.nic.in
Block Development Officer Ramanaguda Block , At/Po. Ramanaguda , Dist.Rayagada. 06857-262121(0ff.) ori-ramanguda@gramsat.nic.in	Block Development Officer Rayagada Block , At/Po. Rayagada , Dist.Rayagada. 06856-222123(0ff.) ori-brayagada@gramsat.nic.in

E-mail list of BDOs of Blocks not covered:
ori-chandrapur@gramsat.nic.in

ori-gudari@gramsat.nic.in

ori-gunpur@gramsat.nic.in

ori-kashipur@gramsat.nic.in

ori-kolnara@gramsat.nic.in

ori-muniguda@gramsat.nic.in

ori-ramanguda@gramsat.nic.in

This Years winners from Rayagada district: 4 selected for RMTS Scholarships:

Rank	Name	School	Category
S39	Brundabati Panigrahi	U.P. School, Marathiguda, Rayagada	Girl
S46	Ladi Subhashree	Girls’ U.P. school Padmapur, Rayagada	Girl
S53	Saumya Ranjan Parida	Serigumma U.P School
S54	Jeebita Pattanayak	U.G.U.P(M.E) School, Bishama Cutt ack