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We are pleased to announce our Publication Scholarship Awards for the year 2011. The Award for the year 2011 is given under four categories: undergraduate (B. Tech), postgraduate (M. Tech), research scholar (PhD) and faculty. The award is being given to applicants who published their scientific/research papers in reputed national/international journals or at conferences.
The Publication scholarships are being awarded by the IT-BHU Global Alumni Association. The objective is to encourage students and faculty to publish more research papers in leading scientific journals. The Award was started last year.
We are sorry that the announcement for award was delayed this year, due to difficulty in selecting winners and other issues. We hope to announce award in time in future.
Category | Applications Received | Not considered | Qualified | 1st prize | 2nd prize | No prize |
Undergraduate (B. Tech) | 11 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Post graduate/M. Tech | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Research Scholars/PhD | 9 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
Faculty | 11 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
Total = | 32 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 11 | 3 |
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Award selection process:
We received a total of 32 applications in prescribed forms after the scholarship was announced. All applications were scrutinized for completeness. Those who failed to provide required info about their published papers after reminders were disqualified. The short-listed (qualified) papers were then evaluated for awards.
The selection was based on quantity as well as quality of publications. The criteria were: number of papers published, number of papers in international journals (Elsevier, Nature, Springer, etc.) and at conferences, number of co-authors in each publications, diversity of publications (publishing in a variety of journals). Other quality marks were whether the paper was theoretical or research based, presented at conference by the author, etc.
It was a difficult task (particularly for papers by faculty), as the competition was high. In some cases, there was hardly any difference between the 1st prize and 2nd prize winner. Hence the total number of prizes in each category was increased from 5 (announced earlier) to 10, to cater to large number of qualified applicants.
We received only one application from postgraduate (M. Tech) category. We hope to receive more participation from them in future. Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering was well represented; with 8 out of 32 applications were from the same dept.
Prizes:
Each category has up to five 1st prizes and five 2nd prizes, provided the applicant meets some minimum criteria. The first prize is of Rs. 5,000 and second prize is of Rs. 3,000 each. Each award winner will receive cash prize, a memento/plaque and a certificate. The prizes will be distributed by April 2011. The announcement will be made in chronicle about it.
List of winners:
(Alphabetical list-department wise. Year refers to the academic year during applying for scholarship last year; N/A = info not provided)
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A. Undergraduate (B. Tech.) category
Sr. # | Name | B. Tech (year) | Department/School |
1st prize (Rs. 5,000 each) | |||
1 | Ankit Kumar Singh | 3rd yr | Ceramic Engineering |
2 | Devender Maun | 3rd yr | Ceramic Engineering |
3 | Deep Jariwala | 4th yr | Metallurgical Engineering |
4 | Avi Dutt | 3rd yr | Mining Engineering |
2nd prize (Rs. 3,000 each) | |||
6 | Amay Jairaj Bandodkar | 4th yr | Industrial Chemistry |
7 | Sachin Modi | 3rd yr | Electronics Engineering |
8 | Ms. Stuti Bazaj | 3rd yr | Electronics Engineering |
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B. Postgraduate (M. Tech) category:
Sr. # | Name | M. Tech (year) | Department/School |
1st prize (Rs. 5,000 each) | |||
1 | Amit Kumar Verma | IMD-part V | Engineering Physics |
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C. Research Scholar (PhD) category:
Sr. # | Name | PhD (year) | Department/School |
1st prize (Rs. 5,000 each) | |||
1 | Ashish Kumar Singh | 2nd yr | Industrial Chemistry |
2 | Ishtiaque Ahamad | 2nd yr | Industrial Chemistry |
3 | Praveen Kumar Gupta | 3rd yr | Mathematics & Computing |
4 | Ms. Dali Shukla | 3rd yr | Pharmaceutical Engineering |
5 | Shubhashis Chakraborty | 3rd yr | Pharmaceutical Engineering |
2nd prize (Rs. 3,000 each) | |||
6 | Sarosh Quraishi | 2nd yr | Mechanical Engineering |
7 | Manoj Rawat | N/A | Pharmaceutical Engineering |
8 | Sanjay Tiwari | N/A | Pharmaceutical Engineering |
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D. Faculty category (Designation is as stated at the time of application)
Sr. # | Name | Designation | Department/School |
1st prize (Rs. 5,000 each) | |||
1 | Dr. Subir Das | Associate Professor | Mathematics & Computing |
2 | Dr. Shailendra Kumar Shukla | Associate Professor | Mechanical Engineering |
3 | Dr. Gauri Shankar Prasad Singh | Assistant Professor | Mining Engineering |
4 | Prof. Brahmeshwar Mishra | Professor | Pharmaceutical Engineering |
5 | Prof. Sanjay Singh | Professor | Pharmaceutical Engineering |
2nd prize (Rs. 3,000 each) | |||
6 | Prof. M. A, Quraishi | Professor | Industrial Chemistry |
7 | Prof. Ram Prasad | Professor | Chemical Engineering |
8 | Dr. R. S. Singh | Reader | Chemical Engineering |
9 | Dr. Rajeev Srivastava | Associate Professor | Computer Engineering |
10 | Dr. Santosh Kumar Singh | Assistant Professor | Electrical Engineering |
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Department name changes:
Names of some of the departments have been changed in past year, but not widely publicized.
Department name (OLD) Department name (New)
Applied Chemistry Industrial Chemistry
Applied Mathematics Mathematics & Computing
Applied Physics Engineering Physics
CSE (Computer Science & Engineering) Computer Engineering
Pharmaceutics Pharmaceutical Engineering
Future announcements:
In January 2011 issue, we shall provide list of research papers published by the award winners.
In February 2011 issue, we shall announce 2011 Publication Award.
Contact info:
For any questions/comments or corrections/suggestions, please write to:
*Yogesh Upadhyaya (Chemical 1977). Email: yogesh@optonline.net
*Revanth Babu Mutyala (Chemical 2001). Email: revanth_babu@yahoo.com
*Anshuman Singh (Electrical 1998). Email: singh.anshuman@gmail.com.
*SIG (Special Interest Group) Publications. Email: sig.scholarships@itbhuglobal.org
Thanking you,
Yogesh Upadhyaya
Revanth Mutyala
Anshuman Singh
For IT-BHU Global Alumni Association
SIG-Scholarships
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