Google India Women in Engineering Award

Google India has launched the “Women in Engineering Award” to recognize women in the field of computer science and engineering in India. Google India wants to recognize and celebrate women in computer science and related fields through an award of Rs.75000.

The Women in Engineering Award is open to recognized engineering schools across India and is open to any woman student in computer science engineering who meets the application criteria.

• Full-time students from recognized institutions
• Area of specialization – Computer Engineering or related majors
• 2nd to final year students from a bachelor’s program; all students from a master’s or PhD program
• Cumulative CGPA of at least 4.0 on a 5.0 scale, 8.0 on a 10.0 scale or equivalent.

Register by filling in the form. Last date for applying is January 31, 2008. There are some tricky questions to fill there which eventually will decide the winner…

• What advice would you give to motivate other women to choose computer science and engineering?
• Discuss special issues or concerns that women engineers face in their lives and careers.
• What kind of an outreach effort according to you will help increase the percentage of women in engineering?
• Suppose you are given $1,000 to plan an event or project to benefit women in technical fields. Describe your motivation for choosing the event or project, what you would do, and what impact it would have…