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North South Foundation is an American non-profit organization founded by Ratnam Chitturi in 1989, to raise money for scholarships to poor children in India. It stages spelling bees in the United States exclusive to Indian-American children. As of 2016, at least a dozen of the previous winners of Scripps National Spelling Bee had first participated in the spelling bees organized by the foundation. The foundation also runs competitions for math, science, vocabulary, geography, public speaking and essay writing. As of 2016, five previous winners of the National Geographic Bee had first participated in competitions organized by the foundation.[1]

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  1. ^ "'Minor league' spelling bees help Indian-Americans gain edge". The Seattle Times. 2016-10-04. Retrieved 2023-11-08.


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