‘Young Astronomer Talent Search’ (YATS) competition, that seeks to identify and promote the talent of school students of Odisha in the field of space science, has been organised in various schools in Dhenkanal and Angul.

YATS is organised by Tata Steel in collaboration with Pathani Samanta Planetarium, Bhubaneswar. The competition, comprised of quiz and essay competitions, were organised in schools around Tata Steel Meramandali plant and other parts of Dhenkanal and Angul districts. The schools around the plant located at Narendrapur in Dhenkanal district included Nodal High School Kusupanga, Kharagprasad High School, Brahmani Public School, Parikul Government High School PPkote Panchayat High School Managlpur, Nuahata High School, Sudhakar Samantasinghar High School and Langabauti High School Shibapur.  Besides more 18 schools of both the districts were covered from where more than 6000 students participated in it. School teachers, community representatives and officials from Tata Steel Meramandali were present on this occasion.

This year YATS is being conducted in a hybrid mode where students are participating physically in their schools or virtually through the YATS website. Those who could not attend the test in their school can do so virtually at https://bit.ly/YATS2022  from September 17 to 21, 2022. All the students Odisha studying class 9th and 10th can participate in it. Theme for YATS 2022 is “Time to unravel the universe”. Top two participants from each district of Odisha will be selected and invited to the grand finale scheduled to be held on December 2022 in Bhubaneswar. After further evaluation based on personal interactions, top 20 winners will be awarded on the occasion. 

YATS has completed 15 years of opening young minds to the wonders of space science. It is aimed at educating the students of Odisha about the contributions of the legendary astronomer, Pathani Samanta, in the field of astronomy.  

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Tata Steel group is among the top global steel companies with an annual crude steel capacity of 34 million tonnes per annum. It is one of the world's most geographically diversified steel producers, with operations and commercial presence across the world. The group recorded a consolidated turnover of US $ 32.83 billion in the financial year ending March 31, 2022.

A Great Place to Work-CertifiedTM organisation, Tata Steel Limited, together with its subsidiaries, associates, and joint ventures, is spread across five continents with an employee base of over 65,000. Tata Steel has been a part of the DJSI Emerging Markets Index since 2012 and has been consistently ranked amongst top 10 steel companies in the DJSI Corporate Sustainability Assessment since 2016. Besides being a member of ResponsibleSteelTM, worldsteel’s Climate Action Programme and World Economic Forum’s Global Parity Alliance, Tata Steel has won several awards and recognitions including the World Economic Forum’s Global Lighthouse recognition for its Jamshedpur, Kalinganagar and IJmuiden Plants, and Prime Minister’s Trophy for the best performing integrated steel plant for 2016-17. The Company, ranked as India’s most valuable Metals & Mining brand by Brand Finance, featured amongst CII Top 25 innovative Indian Companies in 2021 and top 10 sustainable organisations of India Hurun Research Institute in the 2021 Capri Global Capital Hurun India Impact 50, received Steel Sustainability Champion recognition from worldsteel for five years in a row, ‘Most Ethical Company’ award 2021 from Ethisphere Institute, RIMS India ERM Award of Distinction 2021, Masters of Risk - Metals & Mining Sector recognition at The India Risk Management Awards for the sixth consecutive year, and Award for Excellence in Financial Reporting FY20 from ICAI, among several others.

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