Asia Pacific region and is one of the six global winners

Indian student Mr.SachinKukke has won YouTube Space Lab 2012 contest for the Asia Pacific region and is one of the six global winners of the competition. In a meeting with Indian Ambassador to the US Mr.Nirupama Rao, Mr.SachinKukke shared his experience of conceptualizing and carrying out innovative scientific experiments. At the meeting, Mr.SachinKukke, a student of mechanical engineering at the BMS College for Engineering in Bangalore, was accompanied by Lee Hunter, head of brand marketing for YouTube, and Claudio Lilienfeld, senior policy manager for Asia Pacific at Google. Congratulating Mr.SachinKukke on his highly commendable achievement, Mr.Nirupama Rao said that in India - a country engaged in rapid economic development - "students like Mr.SachinKukke symbolize the hopes and the potential of a dynamic, resurgent India and it's young population". She encouraged Mr.SachinKukke to pursue his goals and interests in the specialized area of aerospace engineering and wished him the very best for the years ahead. Mr.SachinKukke experiment explores transfer of heat in ferro fluid - a special liquid that gets magnetized when subjected to a magnetic field. The study can benefit development of advanced cooling and heat transfer systems. Mr.Nirupama Rao was informed that nearly 40 per cent of the total number of entries from all over the world came from India alone - an indicator of the skills and level of interest in the field of exploration of outer space among the youth in India. YouTube and Lenovo, in cooperation with Space Adventures, NASA, ESA (European Space Agency), and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) had announced a worldwide challenge 'YouTube Space Lab' in October last year, asking students of 14-18 year age group to design a new scientific experiment that can be performed in outer space.

Source: The Financial Express