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PATNA: An 18-year-old boy from Sarath village in Madhubani district has been elected by Britain’s Royal Astronomical Society for fellowship.The boy, Amal Pushp, is a Class XII student of Delhi Public School-Patna. The society, which has 4,000 members from across the world, was founded in 1820 to promote astronomical research. Amal’s father Sanjay Kumar works as a superintendent in Central Board of Indirect Taxes and his mother Pushpa Kumari is a homemaker.The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) of Britain is a society that encourages the study of astronomy and solar sciences. We wish him good luck,” he said.Amal said Lord Martin Rees, an emeritus in University of Cambridge , who also holds the title of Astronomer Royal of Britain nominated him for the RAS fellowship. The fellowship can be given to anybody above 18 years of age for research in astronomical science, it said.DPS-Patna (Khagaul) principal B Vinod has praised Amal for his achievement..