Thread: Google India Award: Women in Engineering

Google is continuing its attempt to encourage women students in computing and technology in India. It will be awarding the 2010: Google India Women in Engineering Award.

Aspirants to the award will be assessed on their academic excellence, passion for Computer Science and demonstrated leadership.

Winners will be announced in 2010 and will take home a sum of INR 1,00,000 each. The winners will also be invited to join a conclave at the Google India engineering office, comprising a technical discussion with Google engineers, workshops, break out sessions, panel discussions and the award ceremony.

In 2008 there were 16 award recipients, and in 2009 there were 9 recipients.

To be eligible, you must be enrolled in an undergraduate, postgraduate or doctoral program in computer science/engineering (and of course you need to be a woman ).

To apply, an applicant needs to submit a resume, plus two essays.

I think this is a great way to promote both women students and computing & technology in India.

Thanks for the heads up. Evidence that Google sees India as a big part of the future for science and technology.