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

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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PhD scholars wrote stories based on their research for the competition. (Image: IIT Delhi)

Vikas Kumar Pandit | September 27, 2024 | 01:46 PM IST

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.

Winners of research story writing competition

Name of the Student

Department

Story title

Shazia Shareef

Rural Development and Technology

Advances in Aflatoxin B1 Detection in Food Commodities: An Adventurous Story of Devil Aflatoxin B1 and Detective Aptamer

Sushovan Ghosh

Atmospheric Sciences

India’s Solar Success with Cleaner Air: A Candid Conversation

Anju

Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology

Guardian of the Fields: How Tiny Techies Are Revolutionising Agriculture

Priya Jain

Chemistry

Metal Air Batteries: The Catalyst of Change and Curiosity

Krishan Kumar

Chemistry

The Power of Captain of Death: RNA Regulation, a Promising Target

Juwayria

Biochemical Engineering

Discussing Cancer Research Over Ice Cream with My Curious Sister

Sarranya Banerjee

Civil Engineering

Optimum Design of Hybrid Vibration Control Systems for Lifeline Structures Subjected to Earthquakes and Winds

Swarnima Agarwal

UQIDAR

From Nature to Innovation: A Voyage through the Polymer Patterns in Thin Films


3-Minute Thesis competition

Student Name

Department

Nidhi Nitin Patil

Biochemical Engineering

Vivek Kumar Nair

Interdisciplinary Research

Abhishek Nair

Chemistry

Ankita Raj

Computer Science

Ritanksha Joshi

Biochemical Engineering

Kusum Saini

Civil Engineering

Sushovan Ghosh

Atmospheric Sciences

Simran Kaur Rainu

Biomedical Engineering

Ispshita Majumdar

Chemistry

Shivansh Mehrotra

Materials Science and Engineering

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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