Narendra Tejasvi receives a laptop at the International Olympiad of Science in New Delhi. Telegraph picture

At 14, Narendra Tejasvi dreams of designing car engines.

After he was ranked first in the International Olympiad of Science in New Delhi this August, Tejasvi has credentials to back his mission and nurture his dream.

Society of Science Education, a registered organisation under Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860, founded the International Olympiad of Science. Experts in science, education and media run it with the objective of promoting science talents in India and abroad. Silver Zone promotes science education through workshops, seminars, refresher courses, Olympiads.

Around 3 lakh students from schools across the world participated in the Olympiad. The examination is conducted for classes I to XII. For classes III to XII, 40 questions have to be answered in 60 minutes.

For clearing the Olympiad, Tejasvi, a Class IX student of St Karen’s, said: “Concepts should be clear.”

His Olympiad win has not only brought accolades for him but has also ensured an educational trip to either Hong Kong or Japan in October.

Tejasvi, who wants to reserve a berth at the premier Indian Institute of Technology once he leaves school, said: “Clear concept and added knowledge about almost everything can take you very far. It is always 1 per cent luck and 99 per cent hard work.”

So what drives him to cars?

“I wish to design car engines because of excessive pollution in our country. We should take stern steps to reduce it,” he said. Tejasvi, who intends to make eco-friendly cars, had to go through three rounds to grab the numero uno position at the Olympiad.

The first round was conducted in Patna where Tejasvi had to answer questions like: “Identify the diagram of the lifecycle of a mosquito”. The second round was organised at BD Public School in the state capital in March.

The final round was conducted at Lok Kala Manch at Lodhi Road in Delhi. Whether the level of water increases or decreases when ice melts in it or not was one of the many tricky questions the boy had to answer in the last round.

“I am now looking forward to my educational trip in October so that I could learn more. The prospect of visiting a new country is always very exciting,” he said.