BWI: Attanolearn.com Awards an iPad to the Winner of its Summer Contest, Arjun Verma from the Doon School

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Attano Media And Education
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 09:43 AM IST (04:13 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, People; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Education & training, Information technology; Technology
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Attanolearn.com Awards an iPad to the Winner of its Summer Contest, Arjun Verma from the Doon School


Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Wednesday, September 29, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Attanolearn.com, an educational community for students, parents and teachers, offering over 6500 free online videos for CBSE, ICSE and State Boards, announces the winner of its summer contest.

Arjun Verma, a class XIIth student from The Doon School, Dehradun has been declared as the winner of 'Tell Us What You Did This Summer' contest held by Attanolearn.com. His entry "Building a Talking Robot" has been chosen as the best entry of the contest winning him an iPad and other prizes.

An elated Arjun says, "The contest has given an opportunity to me to showcase my love for robotics, and I enjoyed taking part in it." Arjun also said that Attanolearn.com has been a great help in his studies since it was launched." Being an extremely inquisitive student, I enjoy taking help from videos on attanolearn.com to study concept based subjects such as science and mathematics"

Attano Marketing lead Amit Duggal says: "We would like to congratulate Arjun Verma on winning the contest, 'Tell us what you did this summer'. The idea behind the contest was to encourage students to showcase their talent in an interactive and fun manner. We had over 1500 registrations for the contest where students from all over India shared their summer activities and learning's from them. True to the spirit of today's digitally connected students, the contest site allowed participants to share their entries with their friends and seek votes from them. The contest was promoted through viral video and promotions across orkut, facebook and zapak.com and the viral video alone was shared among 10,000 students."

As part of the contest, registered contestants were also given a free membership to attanolearn.com where they can view over 6500 free educational videos covering grades 5 to 12 of CBSE, ICSE, Maharashtra and other state curriculums. By making these videos freely available in a helpful educational context, attanolearn.com brings India closer to the dream of democratization of education where the best educational videos in the world are available free to every student, parent and teacher.

About Attano Media And Education

Attano Media And Education is an education company that creates digital content products and technology platforms for primary and supplemental education. Its mission is to enable students, through engaging effective education. Attano is incubated by Hurix Systems, a leading a digital learning and e-publishing services company. For more information visit attano.com




CONTACT DETAILS
Amit Duggal AVP Marketing & Alliances, Attano Media And Education, +91 (22) 66774888, amit.duggal@attano.com

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