IIT-KGP Student Researchers Conferred GYTI Awards
The KGP Chronicle (November 8, 2020)
Doctoral and MS students from IIT Kharagpur have bagged four awards under different categories at the Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Awards 2020. In the award ceremony held on November 05, 2020, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Hon’ble Union Minister, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Science and Technology & Earth Sciences presented the awards virtually.
The awardees include student innovators pursuing state-of-the-art scientific inventions, socially relevant discoveries and frugal manufacturing inventions. The awards in different categories ranging from healthcare to sanitation and waste management were given to the innovative students of various disciplines. Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Awards constitute of two categories of awards, SITARE (Students Innovations for Advancement of Research Explorations)–GYTI under Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and SRISTI-GYTI is given by Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technological Innovations (SRISTI). The awards and appreciation are given under these two categories to encourage technology students to move towards setting up Biotech and other start-ups. (Read More)