Eight colleges bag top prize at AICTE’s Lilavati Awards

Named after the great mathematician Lilavati, this year’s edition saw a total of 27 teams getting felicitated.

Eight colleges teams across the country won the top prize at the 2nd Lilavati Awards by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). Overall, 500 teams participated in the awards.

This year’s winners were JNTUH College of Engineering (Hyderabad), Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (Bhubaneshwar), Thiagarajar Polytechnic College (Salem), KCG College of Technology (Chennai), K.S. Rangasamy College of Technology (Tiruchengode), Kongunadu College of Engineering & Technology (Tiruchirappalli), Sri Krishna College of Engineering & Technology (Coimbatore), and Sona College of Technology (Salem).

The eight fields of work in which the awards were given away were Women and Adolescent Health, Self Defence, Environment, Sanitation & Hygiene, Literacy and Life Skills, Women Entrepreneurship, Legal Awareness, Technology for Women, and Women Innovators (Rural/Urban).

Named after the great mathematician Lilavati, this year’s edition saw a total of 27 teams comprising faculty and non-faculty members and students from different colleges getting felicitated with the award that is aimed at celebrating women’s empowerment.

Congratulating the winners, Prof. Anil Sahasrabudhe, Chairman AICTE said: “Each of the eight categories is very important for us. For example, adolescent health care. When students get into colleges they face many issues. In fact, many colleges didn’t have proper women's bathrooms and many girl students drop out due to these problems. And therefore adolescent health of women is important. There are many other instances when girl students face problems like self-defence, environment, sanitation, and others. My appeal to all the 27 winning teams is that they should become brand ambassadors and propagate the learnings acquired during the process of getting this award.”

The awards would be given away in the following areas of work:

• Women and Adolescent Health- Issues related to nutrition, pre & post-natal complications, maternal mortality, breast/ovarian & cervical cancer, pregnancy issues, depression and anxiety, child care, etc.
• Self Defence- Training/awareness programs for safety measures, Girl child safety, domestic violence, workplace harassment, confidence-building programs, etc.
• Environment, Sanitation & Hygiene- Menstrual hygiene, home & environment hygiene, etc.
• Literacy and Life Skills- Basic education, digital literacy, awareness against taboos, etc.
• Women Entrepreneurship- Financial safety, business opportunities, govt. schemes, credit, etc.
• Legal Awareness- Women rights & duties, gender equality in society & workplace.
• Technology for Women- Technology integration, device, data availability & access, prevention of cybercrimes etc.
• Women Innovators (Rural/Urban)- Any Innovation felicitating access, equity, equality, and affordability for women.

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