Neilom Prize 2020-21: IIT Delhi students clinch award for empowering people with disabilities
Neilom Prize is an award given every year to the best ongoing students of IIT Delhi, and this time went to Richa Gupta and Girish Yadav for empowering people with disabilities.
The Neilom Prize for 2020-21 has been jointly given to recent IIT Delhi graduates Dr. Richa Gupta and Girish Yadav for their contributions to the domain of assistive technology to empower individuals with impairments. The winners were congratulated by Prof V Ramgopal Rao, Director of IIT Delhi.
Every year, the award, which comes with a monetary incentive of Rs 1 lakh, is given to the best IIT Delhi outgoing student(s) for their contribution to the field of assistive technology.
About the awardees
Dr. Richa Gupta, an Assistant Professor of Human-Centered Design at IIIT-Delhi, earned her Ph.D. from IIT Delhi's Khosla School of Information Technology after receiving her BTech in Mechanical Engineering from IIITDM, Jabalpur, and her Master of Design (MDes) from IIT Bombay.
She also spent a year as a project scientist at IIT Delhi's Assistech Laboratory, where she helped with the industrial design of numerous assistive gadgets in the areas of accessible education and mobility.
On this Dr. Gupta, a doctoral researcher at IIT Delhi, throws light on the concept of revolutionary design strategies that can help people remember tactually acquired graphical information.
Her work included significant experimentation with organisations in India (National Association for the Blind) and the United States that excel in accessibility programmes and inclusion of the blind and visually impaired (Indiana School for the Blind & Visually Impaired)
Girish Yadav received his BTech in Production and Industrial Engineering from IIT Delhi, and he just earned his MDes degree from the same institution. Girish is a co-founder of Flexmo, a firm that designs and manufactures assistive technology products for the elderly and persons with locomotor disabilities.
A BIG CONGRATS TO BOTH AWARDEES
Prof M Balakrishnan, Founder, Assistech Laboratory, IIT Delhi congratulated the two awardees for their contribution to empowering disabled people.
“Successive generations of students and research staff who have worked in this space with passion and commitment are responsible for whatever success ASSISTECH has got in the last 15 years of its existence," he said.
"We are thankful to Prof. Anand for establishing the Neilom prize, which recognises the work done by these young graduates," he added.
An inspiration for other aspirants
The purpose of this prize, established by the Neilom Foundation in Maryland, USA, is to inspire and encourage Neilom Fellows to become tomorrow's leaders and generate meaningful solutions for humanity
Source: https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/neilom-prize-2020-21-iit-delhi-students-clinch-award-for-empowering-people-with-disabilities-1879596-2021-11-22
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