The 5th edition of the Asia Pacific Conference for Young Scientists (APCYS 2016) organized from July 14-16, 2016 for students from Class VI to XII was hosted in India for the first time at Amity University Manesar campus. The project, “Magnetic Novel & Cost Effective method to treat waste water of textile industries, Magnetic Nano- composite in Action” taken up by Sarthak Sharma & Kavya Aggarwal (Class 11) won the special Dipika Memorial Award of USD 100 $), for Most Socially Viable project. Kavya Aggarwal (XI) and Sarthak Sharma(XI) won Dipika Memorial Award of USD 100 $), for Most Socially Viable project.