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GKM College of Engineering and Technology Win 'Design ACE - 2009'
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Monday, 09 March 2009, 20:06 IST |
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Chennai: V. Vignesh & N Keerthivasan from GKM College of Engineering and Technology emerged as the winners at the first edition of 'Design ACE- 2009', State Level Engineering Design Contest conducted by Barry-Wehmiller International Resources (BWIR), concluded on March 7, 2009, in Chennai. The contest received an overwhelming response of more than 100 entries, out of which 15 teams got through to the finals. The valedictory function was presided by Dr. R. Radhakrishnan, Vice Chancellor, Anna University Coimbatore.
The 3 month long contest is an endeavor by BWIR to promote and encourage design capabilities among the engineering students. The contestants of 'Design ACE-2009' submitted one innovative design and a business problem design along with a short write-up. The finalists got an opportunity to present their models in front of jury for 15 minutes.
The winners were awarded a cash prize of 
30,000. B. Manoj & K. Ramkumar, PSG College of Technology won the Second Prize of 25000 while K.Y Balaji & S.Suganesh of Sona College of Technology stood third winning 20, 000. The top three teams, in addition to the cash prizes were offered a paid internship at BWIR to work on real-time projects and licenses of SolidWorks.
In addition to this, BWIR announced its plans of BWIR Academia Initiative Program 'Seeding new Talent Pool, for an innovative tomorrow'. Announcing this innovative industry-academia collaboration, Senthil Kumar, Vice President & Senior Partner - Operations, BWIR said "This is our first step to bridge the divide between the industry practicalities and academic curriculums which would address the great demand for indigenous specialized engineering talent".
30,000. B. Manoj & K. Ramkumar, PSG College of Technology won the Second Prize of 25000 while K.Y Balaji & S.Suganesh of Sona College of Technology stood third winning 20, 000. The top three teams, in addition to the cash prizes were offered a paid internship at BWIR to work on real-time projects and licenses of SolidWorks.
In addition to this, BWIR announced its plans of BWIR Academia Initiative Program 'Seeding new Talent Pool, for an innovative tomorrow'. Announcing this innovative industry-academia collaboration, Senthil Kumar, Vice President & Senior Partner - Operations, BWIR said "This is our first step to bridge the divide between the industry practicalities and academic curriculums which would address the great demand for indigenous specialized engineering talent".
