Two of our students, Phani Kumar V. V. and Sagar Geete (both Mining 2010) have won the regional competition for Agilent Engineering and Technology Awards (AETA) 2008. Their project was Speech Interaction System. A PDF file of their project is also attached here
To view Speech Interaction System Project document click here
Here is the more detail about AETA competition, as provided by Phani Kumar:
Details about the event:
Agilent is the world's premier test and measurement company. To encourage the spirit of innovation, and spread it across the community, Agilent Technologies had instituted the All India Best B. Tech Project Award for Indian Engineers. Inspired by the phenomenal success of Best B Tech Awards, they are now organizing the Agilent Engineering and Technology Awards 2008. Inspired by the exceptional talent pool in the country they included both B. Tech and M. Tech students in this competition for this year also. They are also inviting two project entries per
The award aims to encourage and recognize hands-on engineering talent in
The winning team will be given an opportunity to visit and interact with world class scientists at Agilent's Best in Class R&D facility in
There are two segments for participating:
1.) 1 project from the field of Electronics which includes:
· Electrical and Electronics
· Computer Science
· Telecommunications
2.) 1 project from the field of Life Sciences/ Bio Analytical instrumentation which includes:
· Biotechnology and Biomedical Engineering
· Chemical Engineering
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Contact Phani Kumar at: dreamhunter.itbhu@gmail.com
and Geete Sagar at: geetesag@gmail.com
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AETA in news
http://www.efytimes.com/efytimes/26927/news.htm
Agilent Announces Regional Winners of AETA 2008
Friday, June 06, 2008: Agilent Technologies has announced the regional winners for Agilent Engineering and Technology Awards (AETA) 2008. Harpreet Singh and Hari Singhal from IIT Guwahati, Ashwani Gaur from IIT Kanpur, Prathamesh Dhole and Sumeet Nayak from National Institute of Technology (NIT) Durgapur, Debashis Senapati and Vikas Gujral from NIT Rourkela, Phani Kumar from IT Banaras Hindu University, Pradeep Kumar Subudhi and Manabesh Ray from NIT Hamirpur, Pawan Kumar and Nirmalya Sanyal from BIT Mesra and Pavan Pattanada from SJCE Mysore are the regional winners who would compete with each other during the finals to be held on 10 July 2008 at IIT Delhi.
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
The national winners of AETA 2008 will get an opportunity to visit and interact with scientists at Agilent’s R&D facility in
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.
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http://www.aetaindia.com/regionalwinners.asp
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