IET Launches 8th Edition Scholarship Award

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has opened applications for the eighth edition of its IET India Scholarship Award, with a combined prize amount of Rs 10 Lakhs. Open to students of all AICTE\UGC-approved institutes, the IET India Scholarship Award programme aims to reward and celebrate individual excellence and innovation among undergraduate engineering students in India.

The Award evaluates participants across parameters that include academic performance, extracurricular activities, range of outreach activities and their ability to come up with creative engineering solutions to solve societal challenges.

In the first round, students are shortlisted based on their academic performance as well as extracurricular activities, they then progress to an online test on STEM subjects and technical expertise; students who clear the cut-off score are then invited to present their technological solution to a pertinent societal challenge in the regional rounds. Regional winners finally battle it out in the national finals to win the title.

Shekhar Sanyal, Director and Country Head, IET India, said, “The IET India Scholarship Award is our way of celebrating and supporting engineering talent. Last year's applications boasted exceptional talent and I am confident this year will be no different. I wish all the participants the best of luck and eagerly anticipate seeing their innovative ideas come to life.”

The IET India Scholarship Award 2024 is guided by the Advisory Board consisting of prominent academicians and nationally recognised corporate leaders; Abhijit Chakrabarti, Former Vice Chancellor, Jadavpur University, Kolkata chairs the committee. 

The programme aims to reward innovative thinking from the next crop of engineers entering the workforce and is part of a wide number of the IET’s initiatives focused on improving the quality of engineering in India. Applications are open for the 2024 edition.