Prabakaran Memorial Best Project Award

The annual general body of Darsana held in 2010, in line with its ideological commitment to promote "Technology for the betterment of society", decided to establish an award for the most socially relevant project from the final year projects of NSSCE students.

The award was established in honour of Sri Prabhakaran, one of our deceased members.

The Prabhakaran Award comprises a cash prize and a Certificate. The annual award money is accrued as interest on a fixed deposit for this use.

Darsana will also extend support to the winners in any of the following:

1. Publishing their idea as a research paper

2. Patenting the idea

3. Setting a startup to develop the idea into a commercial venture

4. All the entries to the Prabhakaran Award will also get direct entry to the prestigious “IGNITE’ innovation contest.

There were 41 projects which were registered for the Prabhakaran Award 2024.

Interim reviews of these projects were done on the evenings of February 12, 13, 14, and 19. 26 groups presented their projects.

The presentation included about 5 PowerPoint slides, a high-level summary of the project and the current progress.

These were reviewed by 9 judges. All from UAE members. The judges provided their feedback and sometimes discussed the prospects and scopes for improvements with the students. Coordinator Dr. Sajeesh provided all required coordination with the student teams.

A Jotform was shared with the judges. Upon completion of the presentations, judges marked their marks instantly in the online form. This process took about a minute only. The committee plans to implement the same during the final evaluation. This will help to announce the winner faster.

The final review is expected in May-June, depending on the Final Year exam. The committee is coordinating with Dr. Sajeesh for the same.