Tips to boost brainpower

Small changes can help you stay sharp later in life and could keep your brain in tip-top shape.

Exercise : Go for a walk or run, swim - anything to get yourself moving.

Seek new challenges : Look for some simple ways to push you out of your intellectual routine every day, like – brushing teeth with non-dominant hand, taking a new route to work.

Get your head in the game : Spend 10 to 20 minutes every day giving your everyday intellectual skills a good workout by playing games that require you to play against the clock. Play board games like Boggle or Set.

Socialize : Connect with others in a meaningful way each and every day.

HBCSE - SERIES OF OLYMPIAD ( VOL.1)

International Mathematics Olympiad

Conducted by National Board for Higher Mathematics ( NBHM )

STAGE 1 : Regional Mathematical Olympiad (RMO)


ELIGIBILITY : All school students of Class XI and Class XII are eligible to appear for RMO. The Regional Coordinators may on their discretion admit exceptionally brilliant students of lower classes also.

Test Duration : 3 Hour
No. of questions : 6 to 7 problems


STAGE 2 : Indian National Mathematical Olympiad (INMO)

ELIGIBILITY : Students selected in RMO.

Test Duration : 4 Hour
No. of questions : 6 to 7 problems , The question paper is set centrally and is common throughout the country.

On the basis of INMO, the top 30-35 students from all over the country become INMO awardees and receive a Certificate of Merit. (A maximum6 students of Class XII may be INMO awardees.)

Stage 3 : International Mathematical Olympiad Training Camp (IMOTC)

• The INMO awardees are invited to a month long Training Camp held in April-May each year at the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE), Mumbai.
• INMO awardees of the previous year who have satisfactorily gone through postal tuition throughout the year are invited again to a second round of training (Senior Batch).
  
• The senior batch participants who successfully complete the Camp receive a prize of Rs.5,000/- in the form of books and cash.
  
• On the basis of a number of selection tests through the Camp, a team of the best six students is selected from the combined pool of junior and senior batch participants.

Stage 4: Pre-departure Training Camp for IMO

The selected team of six students goes through another round of training and orientation for about 10 days prior to the departure for IMO.

Stage 5: International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)

• The six-member team selected at the end of the Camp accompanied by a leader and a deputy leader represent the country at the IMO, held in July each year in a different member country of IMO.
• IMO consists of 2 written tests . One of 4 hr and other of 1/2-hour held on two days.
• Travel to IMO venue and return takes about 2 weeks.
  
• Students of the Indian team who receive gold, silver and bronze medals at the IMO receive a cash prize of Rs.5000/-, Rs.4000/- and Rs.3000/- respectively during the following year at a formal ceremony at the end of the Training Camp.
• Ministry of Human Resource Developement (MHRD) finances international travel of the 8-member Indian delegation, while NBHM (DAE) finances the entire in-country programme and other expenditure connected with international participation.

RESONANCE - We are here for STUDENTS

Revised result of NTSE Stage I for Rajasthan was declared on 20-03-2010, and as always students of Resonance-PCCP division have proven themselves by capturing top ranks and the overall 99 selections out of the total 259 students who were declared NTSE stage I qualified from Rajasthan. More important then the result is the story behind the result, which we don't think generally occurs.

Previously on 4th March 2010 the result of NTSE stage I for Rajasthan was declared and that was a shock not only for us but for all those students who have worked hard to clear the stage I of this highly graded exam. None of the toppers (Classroom, Test series & Crash Course ) not only form Kota but also from Jaipur, Udaipur and rest of Rajasthan were able to secure their positions in the result declared by SIERT, Rajasthan. That was something unbelievable. Many of the students contacted us and they were not only surprised but also were depressed because the whole year they have worked hard for this exam and finally they came to knew that they were not able to make it to the II stage of this examination.


At this time the initiative was taken by Mr. Nilesh Gupta (Head of the Programmes- PCCP Division). He not only made us and the students believe that the rectified result will soon be announced, but also has shown the path how to get it rectified. Immediately under his guidance, meetings were held with the parents in Udaipur and they were asked to file complaints against the wrong result being declared.

The very next day,12 parents went to SIERT and asked for the Question paper as well as the answer key of the stage I paper under the Right to Information Act (RTI). After this he, himself conducted meeting with parents at Jaipur and Kota and advised parents to file their complain against SIERT, Rajasthan and ask for their wards performance under the Right to Information Act. More than 100 RTI's were filed against SIERT, and application were also sent to Honorable High Court, Rajasthan and Supreme Court- India.

Parents of not only the students from Resonance but others also who were not selected were guided by Nilesh sir in filing the complaints against SIERT. All this efforts forced NCERT (the national level organisation which conducts NTSE) to recheck the results declared by SIERT, Rajasthan. The initial reports which came from SIERT was not in our favour but we were not discouraged and asked our students to have confidence in us and most importantly themselves and to attend the stage II preparation classes (VIBRANT- Course), which started from 18 March. Five students turned up and joined the classes.

And on 20 March, 2010 the revised result has been declared and has proven us correct. The high drama which was staged by SIERT, by declaring a wrong result came to an happy end. But our efforts have definitely developed an enourmous confidence among the students and parents that in Resonance, the students are not only taught to study well and secure high ranks but also to fight against the odds, which many a time make them discouraged and brings them under depression.

ONCE UPON A TIME .... ....... .....

Once upon a time leadership mattered, now dealership rules the world.

Once upon a time quality was craftsman's pride, now it is a departmental mess.

Once upon a time mouse was an untouchable mammal, now it is hand held pest.

Once upon a time wisdom was cultivated by wise people, now it's flashed on T-shirts.

Once upon a time teacher taught and students learnt, now teacher trade and students consume.

Once upon a time population was a problem, now it is a flourishing mass market.

Once upon a time competition brought out the best, now it brings out the worst in people.

Once upon a time there was a golden rule, now if you have gold, you rule.

Once upon a time truth telling was good for your soul, now it is bad for promotion.

Once upon a time success meant living by ideals, now it is about using above all principles.

Resonites Success in State Science Talent Search Examination (SSTSE)

16 out of 21 students selected from Rajasthan are from Resonance PCCP Division.

The result of State Science Talent Search Examination (SSTSE) , which was conducted by Science & Technology department on 22 Nov. 20009 was declared on 13 March'10.
Bhanu Pratap Tanwar, who stood first in the state, is a regular student of Resonance, PCCP- Talwandi Centre, Kota. The other selected meritorious students are- Kaviti Sai Saurabh (Kota), Swapnil Agrawal, Pranav Vyas & Udit Agrawal (Udaipur Centre) and Royal Jain, Shrishti Gupta, Abhinav Mittal, Arpit Gupta, Shreya Goyal, Krishna Gupta, Pratish Goyal, Nikita Talwani, tushar Marda, Anand Gupta and Shreya Agarwal from Jaipur centre.

Eligibility:

Students of class X (Central and State Boards), who have scored above 50% marks in class IX are eligible to appear in this examination.

Level & Stages: SSTSE is conducted in a single stage.

Awards & Recognition:

Toppers in the State as well as District level are awarded with a cash prize and a Certificate of Merit. The other deserving students are honoured with a Certificate of Merit.Read More..

NTSE 2009-10 Stage I Results (Rajasthan)

Can u believe that ? Most of us, almost all of us are not able to digest that.
Most of the class toppers, batch toppers and students who have cracked various national exams were not talented enough to be a part of the list of talents who has been clarified by SCERT to appear for the Second level of NTSE 2009-10 to be held on 10 may.

Since morning the time the results were out, I have been talking to parents, students and various other people related to this field and all of them (leaving a few rare exceptions who's wards have got selected) are in a dilemma. Many of the students have got in depression and are not able to concentrate on any thing, leave the tension of school exams which are running in most of the schools or are going to start very soon. I don't think that people who were given the responsiblity of conducting NTSE Stage I , which deals with a highly sensitive section i.e. the students and that also just of class VIII (hardly 13-14 years) would have ever thought of the dilemma the students are going through.

It can be that these people would ask that whenever the results are out many students are going to fail and only a few are going to clear. But I am not able to understand why only talented students were not able to clear this exam.

Almost all of them have failed in NTSE Stage-1 from Rajasthan.

We hope & pray that there will be some changes in this result. !!