Jed-i Project Challenge 2012 Aims at Showcasing Engineering Excellence

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Jed-i Project Challenge 2012 Aims at

Showcasing Engineering Excellence

PR Newswire

BANGALORE, June 13, 2012

BANGALORE

,

June 13, 2012

/PRNewswire/ --

The Jed-i Project Challenge is the Largest National Event Aimed at

Celebrating and Recognizing the Best Final Year Projects Across the

Country

The second edition of the Jed-i Project Challenge is all set to happen on

June

15th

at the J N Tata Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Campus,

Bangalore

. From an initial set of 220 teams from 23 states across the country,

69 teams from 48 colleges have been invited for the finals on

June 15th

. A

panel of distinguished jury, drawn from faculty of IISc and industry experts, will

evaluate the projects. The best projects across three divisions will be awarded

cash prizes ranging from Rs. 20,000 to 75,000. The overall best project team

will walk away with a total prize of of

Rs 1.5

lakhs. In addition, there will be two

named trophies, the Jed-i Tally Innovation Award and the Jed-i Reva-Mahindra

Greenest project award.

The award ceremony is on the evening of

June 15th

. Prof. Matthukumalli

Vidyasagar, FRS, former Director of the Centre for AI and Robotics and

currently Chaired Professor at the University of Texas, Dallas, is the chief guest.

TED Fellow, Aparna Rao and two technology entrepreneurs, Dhanajaya

Dendukuri of Achira labs and Sumeet Yamdagni of Instrumentation Scientific

Technologies will enlighten the audience with their work and passion. The

awards will be presented by the eminent aerospace scientist, Prof. Roddam

Narasimha, FRS.

The event is sponsored by Jed-i Partner Tally Solutions, Platinum sponsors,

Mettler Toledo, Mahindra-Reva and NVIDIA, and Gold sponsors Sasken and

Strand Lifesciences. Mint is the strategic partner for the event and IISc is the

academic partner.

The project demos starting at

10.00am

, and the Awards ceremony at

5.30pm

are open to the public. Please visit http://jed-i.in/challenge/event for more

details.

About Jed-i:

The Joy of Engineering, Design, and Innovation is the mission to create gifted

engineers in

India

. LimberLink technologies, the company behind this mission is

founded by

India's

first academics turned entrepreneurs, Dr. Swami Manohar

and Dr. V. Vinay. LimberLink was recently funded by Accel Partners. Website:

http://www.jed-i.in/

Primary Media Contact : Dr. Swami Manohar, [e-mail], 91-

9845202802

Secondary Media Contact : Anitha L Vakacherla, [e-mail], 91-

9980554065