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11th September 2013

Sterlite honours district toppers

Tuticorin : Sterlite Copper presented its 15th Scholastic Excellence Awards at a function held at Sterlite Township here on Wednesday. Mr.APCV Chockalingam, Honorary Secretary, VOC Education Society presented the awards to the district toppers of 10th and 12th public examinations. The first, second and third rank holders of 12th standard examination were conferred with a certificate and a cash prize of Rs 50,000, Rs 30,000 and Rs 20,000 respectively. The first, second and third rank holders of 10th standard examination were presented a certificate and cash prize of Rs 25,000, Rs 20,000 and Rs 15,000 respectively. Mr.P.Ramnath, Chief Executive Officer, Sterlite Copper presented awards to the schools as well as teachers who produced rank holders. Speaking on the occasion, Mr.APCV Chockalingam said, I appreciate the efforts taken by Sterlite to motivate underprivileged children to go for higher education. Mr.P.Ramnath congratulated all the award winners and said that Sterlite was privileged to be part of their success and will continue to support the cause of education. He also added that Sterlite is giving educational scholarships to poor children every year. In the class 12 exam category, V.Sai Lakshmi (1181 marks) of Kamalavati Higher Secondary School, K.Karthika (1180 marks) and R.Bagavathy (1175 Marks) of Spic Nagar Higher Secondary School received the awards from Mr.APCV Chockalingam. For the SSLC exams, M.Prabhakaran (497 marks), N.Sanjay Kumar (497 marks) of Ravila K.R. Appaswamy Naidu Vidhyashram Matriculation Higher Secondary School, P.Anuja (496 marks) of Kanchi Sri Sankara Matriculation Higher Secondary School, V.Divya (496 marks), G.Karthick (496 marks), S.Refina Annie (496 marks) of Spic Nagar Higher Secondary School, R.Kishore (496 marks) of Ravila K.R. Appaswamy Naidu Vidhyashram Matriculation Higher Secondary School, J. Anatha Santhosh Graceson (495 marks) of BMC Matriculation Higher Secondary School, K.Balamurugan (495 marks) of X AN Matriculation Higher School, N.Kaviya (495 marks) of Kamaraj Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Mareeswari @ Harini.K (495 marks) of Ravila K.R. Appaswamy Naidu Vidhyashram Matriculation Higher Secondary School, V.Padma of Kanchi Sri Sankara Matriculation Higher Secondary School, J.Pauline Sarah, Solomon Matriculation School and R.Prabha (495 marks) of The Lakshmi Mills Higher Secondary School, Kovipatti.

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Mr.D.Dhanavel, Head -Projects, Mrs.A.Sumathi, General Manager Asset Optimisation, Mr.R.Rajasekarapandy, Manager, Community Relations, Sterlite Copper, NGOs, teachers and parents of the students were also present during the event. Photo Cut - Line: Mr.APCV Chockalingam, Honorary Secretary, VOC Education Society presenting scholastic excellence award to a district topper during a function organised by Sterlite Copper in Tuticorin. Mr.P.Ramnath, Chief Executive Officer, Sterlite is also seen in the picture. For further information, please contact: R.Ramesh Head Community Relations Sterlite Copper rajesh.kr@vedanta.co.in Tel: +91 461 424 2940

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