14 city students enter finals of Destination NASA contest

Hyderabad, Feb 15 (UNI) At least 14 students from the city have entered the finals of the 'Destination NASA Contest', organised by 24X7guru.com, to be held online on February 17.

The top ten winners from among the 130 finalists selected nationally, along with a parent and a teacher each, would fly to NASA. The NASA trip was tentatively scheduled for May, 2008. The winners would also have a special meeting with Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan, a release here said.

''We are thrilled with the overwhelming response we've had to this contest,'' Mr Sanjeev Gupta, Director of Learnsmart India, which owns 24X7guru.com, said.

''With such a great and nationwide reaction to our first 'Destination NASA' contest, we plan to make such challenging and exciting contests an ongoing feature in future at 24X7guru.com.'' UNI VA GD VD PM1437