Ceres Connection, a program of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory, is to name a 'Minor Planet' in honour of Ganidu Nanayakkara, the winner of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) Grand Award in Computer Engineering, in San Jose USA, last year. He was also the winner of the 'Junior Inventor of the Year-2010' (JIY-2010) competition, of the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka (IESL) and the Sri Lanka Science and Engineering Fair (SLSEF) 2010 competition.

This was disclosed by IESL's JIY Steering Committee Chairman Jayavilal Meegoda at the opening ceremony of the Sri Lanka Science and Engineering Fair-2011, at the IESL's Wimalasurendra Auditorium recently.

The Ceres Connection , in partnership with the Society for Science and the Public (SSP), promotes science education by its identification to honour the most outstanding students from SSP's competitions.

It helps to name 'Minor Planets' discovered by the Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) program. This is a honour bestowed to any individual only once in a lifetime.

Courtesy: DailyNews

Posted on Friday, March 04, 2011 @ 07:40:00 LKT by SaNDuN

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