*An initiative of Premier Genie — advanced learning center for STEM in Dubai — this national Olympiad takes place every year across hundreds of schools in the UAE with winners walking away with scholarships worth AED100,000 ($27,248)
*The Olympiad authorities offered me this role to lead the Core Team to mentor 13- to 15-year-old students (Grade 8 and 9) on STEM topics; set up online tests, frame questions and solutions on math, physics, data structures, computer algorithms, astronomy, rocket science and robotics for both Round 1 and Round 2 (Senior, Intermediate, Junior challenges); guide finalists to solve real-world problems through STEM concepts to demonstrate a working model of their ideas to judges