As many as 61 successful students of Goal Talent Search Examination organised by Goal Institute were awarded here at Kalidas Rangalaya on Wednesday.

Lucky Srivastava of Patna zone, who secured third position in the state, was awarded scholarship and a laptop while Abhishek Kumar and Saurav Agrawal were given Rs 5,000 as award money.

Kumar Vibhuti, Abhishek Kumar, Nikki, Rajat Ranjan, Mamta, Ritesh, Chandan, Suman Raj, Mohammad Hassan and Kumari Rashmi Sinha were given Rs 1,000 each.

Gyan Bharti Public School, Gaya, was given Award of Excellence while all the successful students were also given scholarships under classroom programme of the institute for preparation of engineering and medical examinations.

Institute s managing director Bipin Kumar gave necessary instructions to the students with regard to IIT and medical examinations.