Mysuru: L.B. Akshay, a class 8 student of Sri Sharada Public School, Mysuru, has secured International Rank 3 in the International General Knowledge Olympiad exam conducted by Science Olympiad Foundation (SOF). He also bagged a bronze medal, merit certificate and Rs. 10,000 cash prize.
Students from over 45,000 schools of 1,400 cities across 30 countries participated in six categories of SOF Olympiad exams during 2017-18. In all, around 45 lakh students appeared in the 2017-18 Olympiad exams of which there were 19,823 students from Mysuru.
