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Updated: Nov 10, 2023 18:33 IST

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Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], November 10: The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), a world engineering physique declares Pragati Bhattad, 4th yr pupil of Vellore Institute of Technology as this yr’s nationwide winner of the esteemed IET Scholarship Award 2023. She obtained the award for her revolutionary answer that centered on bettering healthcare with Remote Medical Procedures (RMP) by enhancing community and storage safety. She efficiently caught the jury’s consideration for implementing blockchains, multi-factor authentication, multi-party computation, and AI pushed risk intelligence to facilitate distant healthcare.
The finalists for the seventh version of the awards have been Prerna Jha from Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women, Delhi; Vignesh B.S. from Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai; Tanushree Kadus from Cummins College of Engineering for Women, Mumbai and Tanushri Pahari from National Institute of Technology, Raipur. The winners obtained a mixed prize cash of Rs 10 lakh, certificates and IET membership. The winners have been felicitated on the IET India Awards Night, which was adopted by the IET President’s deal with, delivered by the primary Indian president of IET Global, Dr. Gopichand Katragadda.
Shekhar Sanyal, Country Head and Director, IET India, stated, “India is currently at the precipice of an exciting digital revolution, with the youth playing a pivotal role as its architects. The IET India Scholarship Award is an embodiment of The IET’s steadfast commitment to nurturing students on their path to excellence in engineering and technology. I applaud this year’s national scholarship award winner and finalists for their outstanding performance, and extend heartfelt congratulations on behalf of the IET. It is our sincere hope that this victory acts as a catalyst for them to achieve even greater heights and inspire the next generation of engineering aspirants.”
The seventh Edition of the IET Scholarship Awards noticed distinctive participation from throughout the nation, with college students competing in a difficult 4- part on-line evaluation to judge their STEM fundamentals. Those who excelled on this part have been then given the chance to current revolutionary engineering options that revolved round social developments of India. These included subjects equivalent to “Emergency Medicare for solitary senior citizens”, “Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable farming in India”, “Digitization of Education in Rural Areas” and “Use of AI for teaching technology to elderly”.
“Today, India is at the precipice of a technology-driven revolution at a global scale, and today’s discussions and deliberations have definitely proven the same. I am immensely pleased to see the next generation of engineers actively engaging with industry experts and veterans in charting out a roadmap for future technology innovation. The finalists of this year’s IET Scholarship Award have truly impressed me with their commitment to excellence. Through their innovative thinking and dedication to solving real-world issues, these young minds have illustrated the promise and possibility of engineering. I am confident that the future of India’s engineering ecosystem is in safe hands. It is especially encouraging to note that this year’s finalists were mostly women, marking a significant milestone for Women in Tech. We extend our heartfelt congratulations to the winner and all the finalists for their well-deserved victory,” stated Prof. Abhijit Chakraborty, Chair – Scholarship Advisory Committee, IET India.

The IET India Scholarship Awards is the most important scholarship program in India for undergraduate engineering college students. The initiative goals to acknowledge younger engineering expertise for his or her innovation, creativity, management and excellence. This yr, the IET obtained greater than 20,000 purposes for the scholarship award.
The IET India Scholarship Award Advisory Committee included Professor Abhijit Chakrabarti (Professor, Electrical Engineering, IIEST, Kolkata Chairman – IET India Scholarship Award 2021), Manish Bahl (Associate Vice President, Center for the Future of Work – Asia Pacific and the Middle East, Cognizant), Dr Nandini Gupta, (Professor Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur), Professor Santosh Kumar Vora (Professor and Head of Department-Electrical Engineering, Institute of Technology, Nirma University), Professor Samarjit Sengupta (Department of Applied Physics, University of Calcutta) and Dr Shobha G (Department Of Computer Science & Engineering, R V College of Engineering).
The IET is among the world’s largest engineering establishments with over 168,000 members in 150 nations. It can be essentially the most multidisciplinary – to mirror the more and more various nature of engineering within the twenty first century. The IET is working to engineer a greater world by inspiring, informing and influencing our members, engineers and technicians and all those that are touched by or contact the work of engineers.
Institution of Engineering and Technology – India
The IET workplace began operations in India in 2006, in Bangalore. Today, it has over 13,000 members and has the most important membership base for the IET exterior of the UK. Given the growing world significance of India as an engineering hub their purpose is to make an influence that has relevance each regionally and internationally. The technique is to make a significant influence on the general competency and ability ranges throughout the Indian engineering neighborhood and play an influencing position with business in relation to expertise innovation and fixing issues of public significance. IET does this by working in partnership with business, academia and authorities, specializing in the applying of sensible abilities inside each studying & profession lifecycles, driving innovation and thought management by means of excessive influence sectors.
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