The 2008 State Farm South Asian Spelling Bee Winners

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The 2008 State Farm South Asian Spelling Bee Chicago and New York Winners

July 22, 2008 – The 2008 State Farm South Asian Spelling Bee (www.southasianspellingbee.com) continued its 8 city tour this past weekend with two events in the Chicago and New York areas, with a total of 6 winners announced.

Ruby Chadha, Sr. Mgr – Business Development, Makemytrip.com (extreme right) and Rahul Walia, CEO Touchdown Media Inc., with the Houston regional center winners, Ishwam Sethi (1st Runner Up), Regional Champ, Prerna Kohli and Tisya Mavuram (2nd runner up).

In Chicago, Aishwarya Pastapur of Speingfield, IL was the Regional champ and the first and second runners up were Priyanka Damarla of Huntley, IL and Asad Ladhani of Suwanee, GA.

In New York, Prerna Kohli of Westbury, NY was the regional champ and the first and second runners up were Ishwam Sethi of Roseland, NJ and Tisya Mavuram of North Brunswick, NJ.

The winners received cash prizes of $500, $300 and $200 respectively from Makemytrip.com.

Children upto 14 years of age are eligible to participate and the contest saw spellers of even 6 years of age compete and make it past a few rounds. There are 2 more cities (LA and Bay Area) on the anvil and for more information and to register your child, please visit www.southasianspellingbee.com

The top two winners plus one parent each from every city will be given an all expenses paid trip to NJ on August 16 for the FINALS.

The contest is being co-sponsored by Western Union and Makemytrip.com and will be telecast globally on Sony Entertainment Television-ASIA.

About Touchdown Media Inc.:
Touchdown Media Inc., is a specialized South Asian advertising and promotions firm based in New Jersey. Now Its 5th successful year, Touchdown has helped clients- both mainstream and otherwise, reach out to the lucrative South Asian market, Touchdown Media represents more than 25 years of collective experience in this niche market. As a full service ad firm, Touchdown has helped many clients achieve their media and marketing goals within the South Asian Diaspora in the US.

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