Nina Saxena Excellence in Technology Award
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India-wide award to encourage and promote technical innovation Entries Open to all Indian Technologists In a bid to encourage and promote technical innovation, the Institute announces the Nina Saxena Excellence in Technology Award. The award commemorates the spirit and memory of its illustrious alumna Dr. Nina Saxena, B.Tech (Hons.), ECE 1992 who passed away tragically in 2005. Open to all Technologists who are Indian citizens, the award was announced at the IIT Kharagpur Foundation Day on August 18th, 2006. The award will be conferred every year on the same day to an individual who embodies the drive for technical excellence that Dr. Nina Saxena personified. The award is funded through an endowment of the Nina Saxena Memorial fund that has been collected through IIT Foundation (a non-profit organization and a US 501(c) organization). The intent of the fund is to perpetuate excellence despite all odds. The charter of the Fund is to provide facilities, mechanisms and opportunities to enable individuals to rise above expectations and better serve society. A distinguished committee will be formed by IIT Kharagpur to confer upon this award. The award will be conferred on August 18, 2008. The award committee will be chaired by Director of IIT Kharagpur and will be comprised of Deans and selected faculty members of IIT Kharagpur and well known alumnus, based in India and the US. Nominations for best application of technological practices or a technological breakthrough will be decided on the basis of the following dimensions and in the following order of importance: |