IIT Kharagpur intros 'Nina Saxena Excellence in Technology Award'

NEW DELHI: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, today announced the Nina Saxena Excellence in Technology Award to commemorate the spirit and memory of its 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 will be 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 charter of the Fund is to provide facilities, mechanisms and opportunities to enable individuals to rise above expectations and better serve society.

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 innovation, novel application, societal improvement, benefit to India and application of technology to underdeveloped areas and causes.

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