IIT Delhi launches research communications award for PhD scholars; winners receive Rs 25,000

NEW DELHI: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has launched the Research Communications Award (RCA) to improve communication skills among its Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) scholars. As per the official press release, the first batch of winners received certificates and cash awards of Rs 25,000 each for competitions like research story writing and the 3-minute thesis competition.

In the research story writing competition, PhD scholars were required to write short stories based on their research, aimed at a general audience. In the 3-minute thesis competition, scholars had to describe their research within three minutes.

“The 3MT competition celebrates the discoveries made by the students and encourages their skills in communicating the importance of research to the broader community,” the institute said.

A total of eight students from different departments won the research story writing competition. Eleven PhD students were awarded the Research Communications Award for their success in the 3-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition.

As per the official press release, the PhD students who received awards for their research stories described the ‘Research Communications Award’ as a wonderful initiative by the Institute.

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IIT Delhi Research Communications Award: Winners

The winners' names for research story writing and the 3-minute thesis competition are given in the table below.

Talking about the Research Communications Award, Dhanya CT, Associate Dean, PG Research, IIT Delhi, said, “Our goal is not only to strengthen the research environment at IIT Delhi but also to enrich the scholars and help them become independent researchers. While our curriculum already provides enabling platforms to encourage scholars to step out of their labs and participate in debates, seminars, and competitions, we also initiated the ‘Research Communications Award' as a co-curricular activity with an aim to create and provide our society with more independent and efficient researchers and engineers.”