130 Students across the country will log into 24x7guru.com Destination Contest Finals in an online contest on Sunday, February 17, 2008. Top 10 winners from among the 130 odd finalists selected nationally, along with one parent and a teacher each will fly to NASA. The NASA trip is tentatively scheduled for May '08.  The winners will also have a special meeting with Aamir Khan.

'Destination NASA', ran across 13 cities from November 28, 2007. The qualifying rounds have been conducted in 2 phases in which over 49000 students from different schools registered. The contest was organised by 24X7guru.com and Radio Mirchi and was launched by Aamir Khan, prior to the resounding success of his block-buster, Taare Zameen Par. The finalists spread across 12 cities - Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, New Delhi, Pune, Kolkatta, Indore, Patna, Mumbai, Ahmdeabad, Lucknow and Jaipur

The basic idea behind "Destination NASA Contest" is to reward well performing kids and also drive the values of a concept and fundamentals based education system in the country. We need THINKING children.  We do not need parrots. The whole program has been designed with the objective of encouraging students, help them take more interest in their studies and polish their online skills. The contest is essentially to create this competitive environment and make them better equipped as well as reward the teachers who play an invaluable and pivotal role in molding the kids. The other 120 runners up will be awarded with gifts ranging from computers to ipods. The names of the finalists and their respective school are listed in http://www.24x7guru.com

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