Close X
Friday, January 10, 2025
ADVT 
International

Indian-American High Schooler Avi Goel Wins International Geography Bee World Championship

Darpan News Desk IANS, 09 Aug, 2018 12:37 PM
    Indian-American high school student Avi Goel has won the world championship at the International Geography Bee's junior varsity division held in Berlin, Germany, last month.
     
     
    Avi, 14, a tenth grader at Silver Creek High School in Evergreen, San Jose, CA, won a gold medal in seven out of the 10 medal events, and a silver medal in two of the events, topping the overall medals table.
     
     
    He also bagged the top spot in all the three events counting towards the world championship title: the International Geography Exam, the International Geography Showdown, and the International Geography Bee.
     
     
    The competition took place from July 11-18, 2018, and brought together over 100 of the world's top geography students to vie for the world championship title in the subject.
     
     
    "After these awards, I want to move on to progress in other subject areas such as math and computer science as these are my desired areas to study in college. The lion's share of my rationale for winning such things stems back to personal pride and desire although I hope to use them, to some extent, to hopefully embellish my college applications if possible," Avi told.
     
     
    "With this international win, his long time passion has been fulfilled and we are very proud of his hard work and dedication," proud parents Komal & Rajiv Goel said.
     
     
    The International Geography Bee featured exams, quiz rounds, and other competitions formats testing all aspects of geographic knowledge from historical geography, to physical geography and climatology etc.
     
     
    The competition was held by International Academic Competitions, a worldwide organization that runs academic competitions across the world, including the newly formed International Geography Bee.
     
     
    Avi has a long history of competing in geography competitions. In 2017, in Arlington, Virginia, he won the national championships of the United States Geography Olympiad junior varsity division despite being a middle schooler at the time. He has been competing in geography competitions throughout middle school, winning 2nd in the state of California in the 6th grade.
     
     
    George Bernstein, CEO, Nobel Learning Communities Inc congratulated Avi who "is an excellent example for us to share with the next generation of students".

    MORE International ARTICLES

    Indian-Origin Google Techie From California Gropes US Woman, Arrested

    A complaint was lodged against 22-year-old Anmol Singh Kharbanda at Delhi's Chanakyapuri police station following which he was arrested. Kharbanda was in Delhi for office work and was arrested from five-star hotel in the city.

    Indian-Origin Google Techie From California Gropes US Woman, Arrested

    'Humanity Is Dead': Pakistani Anchor Hosts Bulletin With Daughter To Protest 8-Yr-old's Rape, Murder

    'Humanity Is Dead': Pakistani Anchor Hosts Bulletin With Daughter To Protest 8-Yr-old's Rape, Murder
    "Today I am not Kiran Naz. Today I am a mother. That's why I am sitting with my daughter," Ms Naz said in her brief introduction before the channel's 7pm news bulletin on Wednesday.

    'Humanity Is Dead': Pakistani Anchor Hosts Bulletin With Daughter To Protest 8-Yr-old's Rape, Murder

    Execution Date Set For First Indian-Origin Death-Row Prisoner In US

    Execution Date Set For First Indian-Origin Death-Row Prisoner In US
    Raghunandan Yandamuri, 32, in 2014 was given death penalty for kidnapping and killing a 61-year-old elderly Indian woman and her 10-month grand-daughter.

    Execution Date Set For First Indian-Origin Death-Row Prisoner In US

    Immigration Agents Raid 100 Stores Largely Owned By Indians In US

    Immigration Agents Raid 100 Stores Largely Owned By Indians In US
    The US immigration authorities raided nearly 100 7-Eleven stores, largely owned by Indian-Americans, arrested more than 21 people and warned businesses against employing illegal immigrants.

    Immigration Agents Raid 100 Stores Largely Owned By Indians In US

    Bill For Increasing Allotment Of Green Cards Introduced In US House

    Bill For Increasing Allotment Of Green Cards Introduced In US House
    A legislation that seeks to push for a merit-based immigration system and increase the allotment of Green Cards by 45 per cent annually has been introduced in the US House of Representatives and may benefit Indian techies if signed into law.

    Bill For Increasing Allotment Of Green Cards Introduced In US House

    US Will Continue To Be A Country Of Immigrants: Kenneth Juster Addresses H-1B Visa Concerns

    US Will Continue To Be A Country Of Immigrants: Kenneth Juster Addresses H-1B Visa Concerns
    US Ambassador to India Kenneth Juster on Thursday batted for India-US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and for the strong partnership to transform into a durable one.

    US Will Continue To Be A Country Of Immigrants: Kenneth Juster Addresses H-1B Visa Concerns