Three Indian-Americans have won medals at the prestigious Intel Science Talent Search for the year 2015. They will get a chance to meet US President Barack Obama at the White House. The trio, Saran Prembabu, Shashwat Kishore and Anvita Gupta won medals at the competition. None of the three could get the top award, which has been dominated in previous years by Indian-Americans. Of the 40 finalists, 11 were Indian-Americans.

Noah Golowich, Andrew Jin and Michael Hofmann Winer, received the first-place award of $150,000 at the Intel science competition, a program of Society for Science & the Public, the organisers said. The top winners and other finalists from across the US took home awards totalling over $1 million.

Saranesh (Saran) Thanika Prembabu, 17, of San Ramon, California, won the Second Place Medal of Distinction for Innovation. Shashwat Kishore, 18, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, won the Third Place Medal of Distinction for Basic Research. Anvita Gupta, 17, of Scottsdale, Arizona, won the Third Place Medal of Distinction for Global Good.

"We are honoured to congratulate Noah, Andrew, Michael and the rest of the top winners of the Intel Science Talent Search 2015," said, Maya Ajmera, President and CEO of Society for Science & the Public and alumna of the Science Talent Search. "These students serve as shining examples of the incredible work being accomplished in STEM fields by young people, and we are proud to recognise and reward these stellar young researchers," she said.

By Premji