IIT Delhi launches research communications award for PhD scholars; winners receive Rs 25,000
Vikas Kumar Pandit | September 27, 2024 | 01:46 PM IST | 2 mins read
IIT Delhi: Eight students won the research story writing competition, and eleven students received awards for the three-minute thesis competition.
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Download NowNEW 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.
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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.
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Winners of research story writing competition |
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Name of the Student |
Department |
Story title |
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Shazia Shareef |
Rural Development and Technology |
Advances in Aflatoxin B1 Detection in Food Commodities: An Adventurous Story of Devil Aflatoxin B1 and Detective Aptamer |
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Sushovan Ghosh |
Atmospheric Sciences |
India’s Solar Success with Cleaner Air: A Candid Conversation |
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Anju |
Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology |
Guardian of the Fields: How Tiny Techies Are Revolutionising Agriculture |
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Priya Jain |
Chemistry |
Metal Air Batteries: The Catalyst of Change and Curiosity |
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Krishan Kumar |
Chemistry |
The Power of Captain of Death: RNA Regulation, a Promising Target |
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Juwayria |
Biochemical Engineering |
Discussing Cancer Research Over Ice Cream with My Curious Sister |
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Sarranya Banerjee |
Civil Engineering |
Optimum Design of Hybrid Vibration Control Systems for Lifeline Structures Subjected to Earthquakes and Winds |
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Swarnima Agarwal |
UQIDAR |
From Nature to Innovation: A Voyage through the Polymer Patterns in Thin Films |
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3-Minute Thesis competition |
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Student Name |
Department |
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Nidhi Nitin Patil |
Biochemical Engineering |
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Vivek Kumar Nair |
Interdisciplinary Research |
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Abhishek Nair |
Chemistry |
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Ankita Raj |
Computer Science |
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Ritanksha Joshi |
Biochemical Engineering |
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Kusum Saini |
Civil Engineering |
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Sushovan Ghosh |
Atmospheric Sciences |
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Simran Kaur Rainu |
Biomedical Engineering |
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Ispshita Majumdar |
Chemistry |
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Shivansh Mehrotra |
Materials Science and Engineering |
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Anusha Jain |
Chemical Engineering |
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.”
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