Honda recognises 14 IITians; offers scholarships worth Rs 2 lakh each

Honda Motor India felicitated 14 winners of its ninth edition of the Young Engineers and Scientists’ (Y-E-S) awards at a function in Delhi on Thursday. Those among the rewarded were meritorious students from Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) across the country, informed a press release.

Incepted in the year 2008, the awards recognise students for all round academic excellence. The Y-E-S Award initiative of Honda Foundation in India has been facilitated by Honda Motor India Pvt. Ltd., to foster young students who have excelled in the area of science and technology and continue to aspire for higher academic achievement in the area of Eco-Technology, according to the release. 

The Y-E-S Award program is designed to provide financial assistance to young Indian engineers and researchers and to also provide them opportunities to pursue higher educational avenues in Japan. This year too a scholarship of cash equivalent of US $3000 (Rs 2 lakh approx) each, was presented to fourteen students selected from eight IITs - Delhi, Bombay, Roorkee, Madras, Kharagpur, Kanpur, Guwahati and BHU. 

The assessment, led by director of The Energy and Resources Institute, Shirish Garud, was carried out on the basis of Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA), technical papers, essays and one-on-one interviews. 

On the occasion, Honda Motor India Pvt Ltd’s director Keita Muramatsu said, “It has been our endeavor to promote and encourage young students to involve in higher research in the field of technology. We want to provide them the opportunity with Y-E-S awards so that they can fullfill their dreams,” and added, “All the editions of Y-E-S awards have received tremendous response and enthusiasm from the IIT students who put in their best efforts to showcase their work. So far we have awarded 112 such students in 9 years”.