13 Indian-origin teens in Intel talent search finals

About one-third of the 40 high school seniors named finalists of one of America's oldest and most prestigious pre-college science and math competition are of Indian-origin.
The 40 finalists have received an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington from March 5 to 11, where they will compete for over USD 1 million in awards provided by the Intel Foundation.
Starting this year, the Intel Science Talent Search will feature a new awards structure that includes triple the top award money and new award categories, Intel said in a statement.
In place of the competition's previous USD 100,000 top prize, three Medal of Distinction awards of USD 150,000 each will be presented to students who show exceptional scientific potential in three areas: Basic Research, Global Good, and Innovation. There are also three second-place awards of USD 75,000, and three third-place awards of USD 35,000.

The 13 Indian American finalists are Eswar Anandapadmanaban, Augustine Chemparathy, Anvita Gupta, Somya Khare, Shashwat Kishore, Rohith Kuditipudi, Kriti Lall, Dhaivat Nitin Pandya, Reesab Pathak, Prembabu Saranesh, Anika Raghuvanshi and Tanay Tandon and Ryan D'Mello.