Pradnya Ponders » Science and Engineering http://www.pradnya.me Random thoughts Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:33:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Grace Hopper Conference, 2010 in Bangalore http://www.pradnya.me/2010/11/grace-hopper-conference-2010-in-bangalore/ http://www.pradnya.me/2010/11/grace-hopper-conference-2010-in-bangalore/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 15:32:23 +0000 pradnya http://pradnya.me/?p=153 The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, 2010 is being held in December in Bangalore at the Taj Residency. The program promises to be quite good. The registration deadline is 25th Nov for those interested.

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]]> http://www.pradnya.me/2010/10/google-india-women-in-engineering-award-2011/feed/ 3 Google India Women in Engineering Award http://www.pradnya.me/2009/10/google-india-women-in-engineering-award/ http://www.pradnya.me/2009/10/google-india-women-in-engineering-award/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:15:34 +0000 pradnya http://pradnya.me/?p=122 The Google India Women in Engineering Award is entering it’s third edition. The goal of the award is to encourage, recognize and reward deserving female students in Computer Science, and to inspire them to contribute to technological advances. Cash prizes of Rs. 100000 will be awarded.

Female students pursuing Bachelors, Masters and PhD degrees in Computer Science in an Indian institution are encouraged to apply. The applications are to be submitted by 31st Oct, 2009. More details can be found at the awards’ site.

This is an excellent opportunity for female students in CS. Please get the word out and encourage eligible candidates to apply.

]]> http://www.pradnya.me/2009/10/google-india-women-in-engineering-award/feed/ 0 Happy 200th Birthday, Charles Darwin http://www.pradnya.me/2009/02/happy-200th-birthday-charles-darwin/ http://www.pradnya.me/2009/02/happy-200th-birthday-charles-darwin/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:59:00 +0000 pradnya http://pradnya.me/blog/?p=48 This day today, 200 years ago, marked the arrival of Charles Darwin into this world. On this occasion, I’d like to recommend the following award winning documentary to readers: “The Genius of Charles Darwin” by Richard Dawkins. A very fascinating and very well done documentary..

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