G D Goenka World School Student wins at All India Asteroid Search Campaign

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Mikul Minocha of Grade 10, participated in the All India Asteroid Search Campaign 2016 and 2018 and discovered 2 asteroids (1 in each year). He went to the NASA International Youth Achievers Conference this year, where  students from high school who have exceptional skills in Cosmology and Astronomy were invited . He was among the 30 students invited to the event  The invitees  had the privilege of attending  lectures from Dr. Patrick Miller, Former Astronaut, Chris Hadfield and many more astronomers and astronauts. We are proud to share that Mikul  secured 2nd place in the International Astro Podcast Competition where more than 12000 students participated,presenting  podcasts about their favourite space topic.