NIT Trichy student becomes finalist of The IET India Scholarship Awards

trichy: the institution of engineering and technology (iet) announced the regional round winners of the prestigious iet india national scholarship awards, 2021. dhivakar kumararaja malarvizhi, from the national institute of technology, trichy, is the winner of the south regional round. the other three regional winners are:● north: deepika kumari, from indira gandhi delhi technical university for women● east: amrita kesh, from indian institute of engineering science & technology, shibpur● west: akshata patil, from fr. c. rodrigues institute of technologythe runners-up for the regional rounds are ritish kumar, sejal budholiya, sumit kumar and anamika saini and will be awarded rs. 25,000 each. the fifth edition of its prestigious india scholarship awards, which began in june 2021, saw 120 shortlisted candidates (from over 16,000 applicants) compete for combined prize money of inr 3,00,000 in the regional rounds alone.the four regional winners will now compete in the national finals at the end of october, 2021, followed by the final selection and announcement of national level winners in november 2021. the national winner will be awarded rs. 120,000 while the first and second runner-up will receive rs. 80,000, and rs. 60,000 respectively. the 120 regional participants were chosen from a pool of 1400+ students through a rigorous online assessment which tested their stem fundamentals. this year, this included topics like the use of futuristic technologies to tackle waste produced via the covid-19 pandemic, building a safe and reliable public transport for a post pandemic world, using technology to solve the fake news infodemic, and so on.the iet india scholarship awards was re-launched this year in a digital format to commemorate the iet’s 150th anniversary.