IIT Madras, Kalasalingam Varsity win TI contest

BANGALORE, INDIA: IIT Madras and Kalasalingam University, Tamil Nadu jointly won the Texas Instruments Analog Design Contest for Indian Universities for the year 2010.

The students from IIT Madras and Kalasalingam University won a prize of US$ 5,000 each and lifted the Tom Engibous Shield for their entries Low Cost Integrated Wireless Health Monitoring System With Emergency Response and Electronic Toll Collection with Short Messaging Service respectively, said a press release.

The teams from IIT Madras and Kalasalingam University also won a prize of US$ 5,000 each for their entries.

Undergraduate students from engineering colleges across the country participated in the TI Analog Design Contest. The teams from Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore and Padmasri Dr. B.V.Raju Institute Of Technology, Hyderabad, jointly won the First Runners-up trophy and a prize amount of US$ 3,750 each, the release added.

“I feel very excited to be a part of this celebration of Innovation. The budding engineers showcased remarkable grit and talent, even though it was their first deep dive into real engineering design and prototyping”, said Ashok Hattangady, industrialist in the space of Energy Efficiency and Technology advisor.