Nikhil Jha, 14-yr-old student of class X of Mount Abu Public School, Rohini, Sector 5, Delhi, India has discovered an asteroid in the “All India Asteroid Search Campaign”, held in July-August, 2019. It was a global level search campaign by the International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC), and in India, by SPACE, which conducts this campaign across India, in association with International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC), conducted by Dr. Patrick Miller of Hardin-Simmons University, the USA, as an educational outreach program. All India Asteroid Search Campaign is a unique and exclusive International platform created by SPACE for Indian students and amateur astronomers across India since 2010.

This provisional discovery of asteroid marks one of the best achievements for Mount Abu Public School as asteroids are hard to search for and needs dedication and continuous efforts. The discovery of asteroid by the young student is a clear reflection of the ideology that youth of today is indeed the change maker.

Ms. Jyoti Arora, Principal of the school, appreciates the achievement of the young MAPIAN as she believes that it is the innovative bent of mind that makes a student a little different and unique among others.

CMAAO, HCFI and Medtalks congratulate Nikhil Jha for his achievement