Samsung reveals Winners of Its Innovation Awards - 2011

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Samsung reveals Winners of Its Innovation Awards - 2011

Samsung has announced the winners for the "Samsung Innovation Awards", instituted by the Company at the IIT, Delhi this year in association with the Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT). Instituted with the objective of recognizing the spirit of innovation amongst the IIT students, the Samsung Innovation Awards sought student innovations in the areas of product design, user interface and research.

JungSoo Shin, President & CEO, Samsung South West Asia, said, "We are very encouraged by the response we have received for the first-ever Samsung Innovation Awards. Through the Samsung Innovation Awards, we are seeking to foster a culture of innovation and encourage young minds to think differently so that we can get more innovative and relevant solutions for products. We hope through this partnership, we will get innovative ideas that can be further supported and incubated at the Samsung R&D Centre."

Anil Wali, Managing Director, FITT, said, "We strongly welcome and encourage initiatives like the Samsung Innovation Awards that provide a platform to our students to get recognition for their creativity and at the same time lead to meaningful contributions to different aspects of products. We believe such initiatives will serve to further strengthen industry academia partnership and contribute towards making India a stronger innovation-led economy."

The Samsung Innovation Awards recognized projects on the basis of criteria like the degree of innovation, feasibility, usability, relevance, time to market and the overall impact amongst others identified by the jury comprising of senior members from IIT, Delhi and Samsung R&D. The winners for the Samsung Innovation Awards in the area of Product Design were Prabal Goyal and Saurabh Sanyal for their Refreshable Braille Display; Jaunani.S for his idea to enhance the interaction of the mobiles with users to induce more humour into our lives. Ankit Kansal, Parag Jain and Sanjay Dhakar received the Award in the Research Category for their project on "Augmenting 3D Video Stabilization with Intertial Sensors". The trophies were presented to the winners by J. S. Shin and Anil Wali, Managing Director, Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT).


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