South Asian Innovators Award from MIT

["Irfan Khan" <khania2@super.net.pk>]

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Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 15:42:46 -0000
   From: "Prof. Jamilur Reza Choudhury" <vc@bracuniversity.net>
Subject: South Asian Innovators Award from MIT

Subject: Global Indus Technovators Awards 2003

The Indian Business Club at Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
(MIT) is instituting the Global Indus Technovators Awards, 2003, to 
honor 20 people of South Asian origin from around the world who have 
made substantial contributions to the development of technologies 
that possess the potential for widespread impact.  

Manish Bajaj, President of the Indian Business Club, says, "Our 
effort is to spread a greater awareness about the contributions of 
the South Asian community. Being at MIT, we are in a unique position 
to leverage the technical expertise of the people around us to 
recognize promising young technology innovators".  

Nominations could be from either a research or an entrepreneurial 
perspective. Some broad areas of technology that could serve as 
guidelines include biotechnology, medicine and healthcare, 
information technology, materials and devices, energy, and 
developmental work.  

Nominees must be of South Asian origin, and under the age of 40. The 
call for nominations will be open until May 31, 2003. The nominations 
will be screened and finally evaluated by an eminent panel of judges. 
The screening committee will consist of doctoral and post-doctoral 
students from MIT and professionals from the Greater Boston area.  

A final awards ceremony will be held at MIT in October 2003.  

The judging panel consists of eminent personalities from both 
industry and academia.  

Some of our judges are: Prof. Phillip Sharp (1993 Nobel Laureate in 
Physiology or Medicine), Prof. Sandy Pentland (Director, Media Lab 
Asia), N. R. Narayanamurthy (Chairman, Infosys Technologies), Prof. 
Rohan Abeyaratne (Department Head, Mechanical Engineering, MIT), 
Prof. Charles Cooney (Director, Deshpande Center for Technological 
Innovation, MIT). Gururaj Deshpande (CEO, Sycamore Networks) Iqbal 
Quadir (Founder, GrameenPhone) R. A. Mashelkar (Director General, 
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) Gururaj Deshpande, co-
founder and chairman of Sycamore Networks Inc., says "Technical 
innovation will be key to solving the daunting problems of the 21st 
century. I am proud to be a part of the effort to recognize, 
highlight and celebrate the accomplishments of the young South Asian 
innovators. I would  encourage the South Asian community, across the 
globe, to take advantage of this global recognition."  

Nomination forms and more information about the awards are available 
at: http://technovators.mit.edu  

Any questions or comments may be directed to Jatin Misra 
(jatin@mit.edu)