The regional finalists would be presenting live demonstration of their projects to the national jury comprising of scientists, engineers and technocrats of national and international repute. They will be evaluated on their potential for research productivity and originality, as judged by their presentation, their research plans and results from their independent research programme.
Speaking at the occasion, Venkatesh Valluri, president and country general manager, Agilent Technologies, said, "Practical engineering talent is critical to the growth of India as a base for cutting-edge R&D and innovation across industries. Agilent is the world's premier test and measurement company, working in the areas of electronics, nano technologies, life sciences and chemical analysis. Being a technology leader, we aim to promote science education and innovations in such future technologies in India. AETA is a highly competitive programme which helps us to discover new talent and increase research capacity in the colleges."
The national winners of AETA 2008 will get an opportunity to visit and interact with scientists at Agilent’s R&D facility in San Francisco.
B.Tech and M.Tech engineering students from over 50 engineering colleges in the country participated in AETA with their project based in the field of electronics and communications engineering and life sciences/chemical engineering. Agilent Engineering and Technology Awards recognise and encourage hands-on-engineering talent in the country and reward talent in the field of engineering. |
