Cadence India Design Contest announces winners

BANGALORE, INDIA: Cadence Design Systems Pvt. Ltd., today announced the winners of its annual Design Contest.

The winners are VESIT from Mumbai in the Bachelor’s category and Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in the Master’s category.

The runners-up are Jadavpur University in the Bachelor’s category and Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in the Master’s category, said a press release.

In its fifth year, this contest is aimed at fostering innovation and creativity among electronics engineering students in India, and encouraging them to address industry imperatives of System, SOC and Silicon Realization. The contest is open to all Bachelor’s and Master’s level students from institutes that participate in the Cadence University Program.

“Cadence recognizes the value of close collaborations with engineering institutes across the country to foster talent and innovation in the student community,” said Jaswinder Ahuja, corporate vice president and managing director, Cadence Design Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd.

He added that the Design Contest provides an opportunity for young engineers to showcase their creativity and technical skills. They believe that the Cadence Design Contest is highly successful because of the quality and quantity of submissions that we attract.

Prof Hardik Shah, guide of the winning entry from Vivekanand Educational Society's Institute of Technology (VESIT), said, “Cadence’s Design Contest allows us the opportunity to not only creatively apply our skills, but to also have our ideas reviewed by an eminent panel of industry leaders. This kind of real-world relevance is an excellent stepping-stone for students in a technical stream.”