The Telangana minister presented awards to top-performing students in a series of national and international Olympiads.
The Unified Council today had its Annual Awards Celebrations 2025 at Ravindra Bharathi, Hyderabad, recognising top-performing students in a series of national and international Olympiads.
These included the National Level Science Talent Search Examination (NSTSE), Unified Cyber Olympiad (UCO), Unified International English Olympiad (UIEO), Unified International Mathematics Olympiad (UIMO) and Unified International General Knowledge Olympiad (UIGKO).
Chief Guest Seethakka, Minister for Rural Development, Panchayat Raj and Women & Child Welfare, presided over the ceremony and felicitated the achievers. She was joined by other Guests of Honour, including Sahaj Sandhu (Startups & MSME Development, T-Works), K V Pradeep (actor & motivational speaker), Dr B V Pattabhiram (eminent psychologist & HRD trainer) and Gampa Nageshwar Rao (psychologist & leadership coach), who also presented awards to the young achievers.
Srinivas Kalluri, CEO of Unified Council, addressed the media, and said, "With a legacy spanning over 26 years, Unified Council has become India's largest Olympiad-conducting body. Our focus is on enhancing conceptual understanding and competitive readiness among school students through well-designed assessments. Our examinations are designed to evaluate students' conceptual clarity, analytical thinking, application abilities and problem-solving aptitude."
For the unversed, in 2025, over one million students from Classes 1 to 10 participated in the Olympiads, representing more than 30 countries, including Malaysia, Singapore, the USA, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Yemen, Russia, Bahrain, Qatar and Tanzania. At the ceremony, 250 top-ranking students from across India were honoured with gold medals, laptops, tablet PCs and cash awards. Awards were also presented to schools and educators whose students demonstrated outstanding achievements.