SASTRA (Deemed to be University): News & Events
SASTRA Recognises And Rewards Women on National Science Day
March 1, 2021: On the occasion of National Science Day celebrations at SASTRA Deemed University, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India Dr Renu Swarup said, “Universities play a vital role in developing solid science and discovery capacities by fostering and inspiring young minds to move ahead on the road of scientific excellence.” She pointed out that the nation's scientific development represents the environment which is apparent from the rise in the innovation index and the number of start-ups. She summarised the nation's momentum for science, creativity, translation and implementation that has put us in a position to change exponential development. While touching on international partnerships, she highlighted the transition of the role of the nation from customers to technology co-developers. Dr Renu Swarup acknowledged the contribution of the Indian Scientific Community to the development of the Covid-19 vaccine.
SASTRA, along with the Chandrasekhar Foundation, created the SASTRA-Professor Saroj Chandrasekhar Memorial Award to honour and reward female candidates in their third or fourth year of the doctoral programme.
For the year 2021, three candidates namely, Madhuchaturvedi from IIT Kanpur; Sayantani Sinha, CSIR, Jhadavpur university; and, Nishant Manzar from IIT Kanpur were presented with SASTRA-Professor Saroj Chandrasekhar Memorial award and a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh each. In addition to this, two candidates namely Ramya from SASTRA Deemed University and Akansha Onkar from IIT Kanpur were presented with Honourable Mention and a cash prize of Rs 50,000 each and Roohi Mohi – UD DIN, University of Kashmir was presented with a special mention and a cash prize of Rs 25,000 each.
Sastra Student Designs World’s Lightest Femto Satellite for Nasa Launch
December 28, 2020: S Riyasdeen, a second-year undergraduate student of Mechatronics Engineering branch at SASTRA Deemed University has been awarded the Cubes in Space global design competition for space launch in NASA rocket & scientific balloon. His 37mm sized FEMTO satellites VISION SAT v1 & v2 with a payload of 30mm weighing 33gms make it the world’s lightest FEMTO-Satellite. Using polyetherimide thermoplastic resins and 3D printing technology, Riyasdeen won this global competition conducted by NASA in which around 1,000 students from 73 countries participated. Mentored by INRO Labs, Chennai, his satellites are designed to record around 17 parameters with 11 sensors and VISION Sat v1 shall be part of the SR-7 NASA Rocket Mission expected to be launched from the Wallops Flight Facility, Viriginia, USA in June 2021 and Sat v2 shall be part of the NASA Balloon Mission RB-6 scheduled for launch in August 2021.
“The SASTRA-TBI in 3D Printing & IoT will offer an incubation grant of Rs 5 lakh to Riyasdeen to further pursue his ambition of establishing a successful start-up” said SASTRA Vice-Chancellor Dr S Vaidhyasubramaniam.
SASTRA partners with TCS to Conduct Proctored Hybrid End-Semester Exams
December 14, 2020: For the academic year 2020-2021, SASTRA academic council has partnered with TCS to conduct the remote proctored hybrid end-term exam for the students' assessment. The Academic Council found that the hybrid model would not undermine the credibility of the tests after thorough discussions on the pros & cons of online exams, and students will also not have to travel to institute amid the difficult times of global pandemic.
To conduct 50,000 exams for 10,000 students, over 130 TCS-iON centres have been chosen throughout the country. Students are given the opportunity to select their nearest test centre and to register for the exams on the basis of their suitable timing. Question papers shall be distributed safely online and answers shall be written in the response scripts available at the examination centres and subsequently sent for assessment to SASTRA.
Vice-Chancellor Dr S Vaidhyasubramaniam has also assured that students who will not be able to take this exam in the centres, can take it whenever its offered on campus during the end of the semester and this will not affect their academic class or distinction.
Students Batch 2021: SASTRA Placements Update
December 11, 2020: With nearly the same YoY results, 2,300 job offers have been made to SASTRA 2021 student batch by over 70 campus recruiters who have been virtually visiting the campus and recruiting for the last two months. The highest salary package reported so far is Rs 27 lakh per annum and more than 1,500 students walked away with unique placements. The top recruiters include Amazon, PayPal, CISCO, Oracle, Morgan Stanley, Deloitte, IBM, TCS, Infosys, CTS, WIPRO, HP, Mindtree, CapGemini, Accenture, GE and Ford. The University also organised 14-day pre-placement preparation sessions for the students to walk away with dream job offers even during the current volatile times due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
First of its kind, the 65 per cent conversion rate leading to an offer is consistent with the feedback from recruiters on the improved quality of SASTRA candidates, reflecting its merit-based admission and high-quality education. "During this COVIDian campus recruitment, SASTRA's Merit seems to be the job vaccine that has provided students with the much-needed immunity against unemployment and a comforting relief during the heavy cyclonic job rains at SASTRA," said Dr. V. Badrinath, Dean of Corporate Relations at SASTRA.
SASTRA Launches PhD Programme on ‘The Evolution of Indian Media Before and After Indian Independence’
November 29, 2020: SASTRA (Deemed to be University) recently announced the launch of PhD programme on ‘The Evolution of Indian Media before and after Indian Independence’ in memory of multifaceted journalist Cho S Ramawamy whose caliber is similar to intellectual Chanakya, an excellent satire speaker and a veteran journalist.
Applications from graduate candidates of recognised institutions are invited. During the screening, candidates with previous degrees relevant to journalism, history, public policy will be granted priority. Selected scholars will earn lucrative grants and quality mentorship. Candidates aspiring admissions may snd their applications at admissions@sastra.ac.in latest by December 12.
SASTRA To Begin with Classroom Sessions for PhD and Final-Year Postgraduate Students from December 7
November 21, 2020: Under the directives of the UGC and the Tamil Nadu government SOP on the reopening of HEI campuses, PhD students and final year students of all SASTRA (Deemed to be University) postgraduate (main & SRC campus) programmes will resume classroom learnings from December 7, 2020. While some PhD students remained on campus and some began to return after partial lock-downs, the restart for everybody is from December 7, 2020. Following guidelines are to be followed:
- Students returning from hometowns/ living outside hostels must come back and quarantine at least for a week before the classes begin
- December 7 to 23, 2020 (Saturday working): Lab sessions I project Phase l review /optional doubt clarifications. A detailed schedule will be available on December 4. 2020. For programmes that do not have a Jab course, faculty shall be following the online class schedule for an optional refresher I doubt clarification sessions
- December 21 to 31, 2020: Regular & arrear exams for even semester courses. Time table shall be available on December 10, 2020
- Regular AU tests shall be performed for three hours and arrear tests shall last 90 minutes. Regular examinations weigh 75 per cent while the arrear examinations weigh 50 per cent for the calculations of the final grades
- Students are recommended to undergo laboratory sessions & tests without fail. No compensatory lab sessions or exams shall be held and students who do not attend the exams can appear for the same only if they are given next time in the regular calendar. No online examinations shall be performed
- Postgraduate students looking for accommodation on-campus must write an email to deansa@sastra.edu before November 27, 2020
- Students are allowed to enter only after all the Covid protection precautions have been complied with – glove, hand sanitiser and no Covid symptoms. Students must send a letter of undertaking to the Registrar (jointly signed by the parent) that they meet all the Covid safety instructions and remain indoors (hostellers) and fail to do so will result in them leaving the campus before further orders have been given.
October 31, 2020: SASTRA (Deemed to be University) conducted the 34th Convocation ceremony this year virtually in view of the safety issues during the global pandemic situation. This year the University invited Co-Founder of Infosys and Chairman Axilor Ventures Kris Gopalakrishnan as the Chief Guest of the event. Virtually addressing the graduands, he urged them to navigate the right digital wave, work as a team member, invest in lifelong learning, set aspirational expectations, obey one's heart and be bold. The fourth industrial revolution, he said, is a game-changing potential driven by numerous innovations such as AI/ ML, IoT, AR/ VR, Cloud Computing, Smartphones, 3D printing, Genomics, biotechnology, nanotechnology, etc.
Over 4,800 graduands, including PhD, undergraduate and postgraduates students, were presented with their degrees virtually at this convocation ceremony.
- Former BTech student Shrute Kannappan was presented with the ‘Best Outgoing BTech Student Award’. She is currently pursuing PhD in Biomedical Sciences at Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea
- The Founder Chancellor’s best PhD thesis award for Engineering was presented to Dr Kishan Kumar and for Sciences to Dr M Veena
SASTRA Launches Online Degree Programmes
October 26, 2020: Under the latest UGC Online Regulations, SASTRA (Deemed to be University) launched 12 undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes in online mode. The services provide a comprehensive variety of options for learners with a diverse desire for learning. To facilitate these programmes, SASTRA has entered into an agreement with various institutions such as:
- KS Academy to offer dual-mode engagement to students pursuing BCom so they also undergo foundation-inter-final coaching by KS Academy
- Logistics Skill Council of the Union Ministry of Skill & Entrepreneurship to offer BBA in Logistics Management for a focussed approach to build capacity in the logistics sector
- Courses in MFA focus on a variety of Indic arts and culture with courses in Music, Yoga, Temple Architecture, Harikata, Vaishnavism, Saivism, etc
And other programmes offered are BCA, BA, MSc, MBA, MCom and MA Sanskrit & Divyaprabhandam. The online programmes will be delivered by SASTRA faculty and also by affiliated faculty and practitioners with a vast amount of experience in a variety of disciplines using a MOOC framework consistent with different UGC norms and standards.
The registration to online programmes is open and the last date to register is December 31. The classes are expected to begin from the third week of January 2021.
Princeton University's Dr Shai Evra To Receive 2020 Sastra Ramanujan Award
October 14, 2020: Dr Shai Evra of Princeton University, USA, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, will be felicitated by the 2020 SASTRA Ramanujan Award. This annual award is for an outstanding contribution made in areas of Mathematics influenced by Ramanujan in a wide sense by individuals not exceeding the age of 32. The prize is awarded annually at the International Number Theory Conference at SASTRA (Deemed to be University) in Kumbakonam (Ramanujan's hometown) in South India on December 21-22. This year due to the current pandemic situation the award will be given to Dr Evra in 2021.
Shai Evra is an incredibly talented mathematician whose work deals with locally symmetric arithmetic group spaces and their combinatorial, geometric, and topological form. To develop expander-like properties, he uses profound findings from representation theory and number theory pertaining to the conjectures of Ramanujan and Langlands.
SASTRA University Hosts 16th Nani Palkhivala Tax Moot Court competition
October 5, 2020: SASTRA (Deemed to be University) recently hosted the XVI Nani Palkhivala Tax Moot Court competition inviting students applications across the country. All 16 participating teams presented their arguments before the jury on an intricate topic of foreign business under Indian tax law as relevant to corporate organisations exchanging capital between more than one country.
To evaluate the students’ knowledge and their skills and also to guide them on areas of improvement, SASTRA invited a virtual five-bench jury headed by Justice MM Sundresh comprised Retd. Justice RV Easwar, Senior Advocates & ASGI N Venkataraman, Vikramjit Banerjee and Senior Advocate & AAG of Tamilnadu Arvindh Pandian. Students’ commitment and research skills were highly appreciated by all jury embers
Out of all participating teams, students from Tamil Nadu National University were announced as the winners of the competition while the students of RGNUL, Punjab were declared as the runners. Winners and runners were presented with their trophies, certificates and a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh & Rs 50,000 respectively while all the teams have presented a copy of the book Nani Palkhivala - Courtroom Genius by SASTRA
SASTRA University Distributes Free Tablets with Working Internet Connection to School Students
September 17, 2020: Being a higher education institution that aims to impart quality education to students, Thanjavur based SASTRA (Deemed to be University) today distributed over 250 ACER Tablets with a six-month working internet plan to its non-teaching staff members. Amid the global pandemic Schools, Colleges, Universities and all educational institutions have started delivering the classes online. To help children of non-teaching staff members of SASTRA, this initiative was taken so they can continue their education and enjoy seamless learning online. This project was worth Rs 35 lakh.
Vice-Chancellor Dr S Vaidhyasubramaniam urged students to make the best use of technology to attend regular classes conducted by their schools online and wished them good luck for their future ahead.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Inaugurates Nani Palkhivala Centenary Celebrations at SASTRA University
August 7, 2020: SASTRA (Deemed to be University) recently invited Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs to inaugurate the celebrations of Nani Palkhivala Centenary and the TATA Palkhivala Chair on Artificial Intelligence & Alternate Dispute Resolution at a virtual event organised by SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur.
Remembering the life and legacy of Late Nani Palkhivala, she named him the versatile genius. Having said that the central government is committed to easing the taxpayer burden and to simplifying the country's tax structure. She said that the assessment and scrutiny process should be thoroughly reformed as its the primary agenda of the Finance Minister to bring transparency in tax disputes.
Acknowledging the challenges raised by Covid as unparalleled and unimaginable, she said that the governance paradigms were evolving rapidly. She also mentioned that a direct cash transfer via Jan Dhan accounts was a turning point and that India had moved to the digital payment era from the cash card.
Vice-Chancellor of the University Dr S Vaidhyasubramaniam mentioned that SASTRA was planning the celebrations for this day since last year. He said that initiatives relating to moot courts, a Chair Professorship for taxation, research in the areas of common law, online courses in legal subjects and legal aid camps were being planned along with a valedictory function being planned in 2021.
SASTRA Releases 2020 Admissions Rank List
July 31, 2020: SASTRA (Deemed University) announces the beginning of the admissions for the academic year 2020-2021 for various Engineering and Law programmes. The admission to various engineering programmes is divided into two streams - Stream 1 admission will be based on the combined performance in JEE Main and Class 12 board exams and in Stream 2 the admissions will be based on Class 12 results. Stream 2 comprises 30 per cent seats that are reserved exclusively for the students of Trichy & Thanjavur districts. The admission to the Law programmes will be based on the rank list released on the basis of Class 12 marks of the students
Below is the list of toppers:
Stream 1: Narasimhan Srikanth, student of Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Chennai has secured Rank 1 in the All India Category with a combined score of 99.2462
Stream 2: Dyuthi Thampan, student of GMMGHS holds Rank 1with a total of 1191 out of 1200
Mainam Harshini from NTR Junior College, Telangana secured 1st rank in the School of Law rank list with a score of 98.1 per cent
SASTRA Increases Trichy & Thanjavur Seats By 30% For 2020-21
July 20, 2020: As a new initiative to accommodate more local students and impart quality education to them amid spread of Coronavirus, SASTRA (Deemed University) has announced an increase in the number of reserved seats for Trichy and Thanjavur campuses. Until now, there were 20 per cent seat reservation for various engineering courses. However, for the academic year 2020-21, an additional 10 per cent of the seats have been reserved for applicants who have completed Class 10 and Class 12 from a school located in Trichy and Thanjavur districts. The admissions will be offered on the basis of merit performance.
The rank list for the BTech and Law admissions shall be released online on July 31 at 9 pm within four hours from the last date and time of admission. Aspiring students can continue to apply for admissions till July 31. Keeping in mind the safety of the students, the complete admission process has been organised online.
The results for the end-semester students shall be declared by July 20 and the online classes of the ongoing batches shall commence from August 10. The first-year classes for freshers shall commence in the face-to-face mode once the lockdown is lifted.SASTRA University Announces the Commencement of Classes of Odd Semesters from August 10
July 8, 2020: After a long unpredicted halt in the education system due to the global pandemic, SASTRA (Deemed University) is all set to commence its classes for the academic year 2020-2021 from August 10. Each course will be tagged to a Google Classroom and the classes will be a mix of online live sessions and pre-recorded lectures. The lectures will be recorded and will be available to students 24/7 so they can access it anytime and from anywhere. As there always will be a challenge in delivering lab sessions online, the University has decided to conduct lab sessions on the campus once the situation starts getting back to normal.
Considering the infrastructure-related challenges, SASTRA has decided to conduct a maximum of four lectures a day so students can optimally utilise their internet resources. For the students of ACRS/Hons courses, University has facilitated a 12-week SWAYAM/NPTEL courses that are open for registrations. For details, students may check the official website of the University.
SASTRA University to Evaluate Students Basis Online Exams and Oral Assessments
June 4, 2020: In the 38th Academic Council meeting of SASTRA (Deemed University) held virtually on June 3, issues related to students attendance, end-term examinations and assessments were discussed at length. Besides Deans, Associate Deans and Professors of the University, senior faculty from IISc, IITM, IITD and IITB were also present. It has been decided that:
- The end-semester exam shall be conducted online followed by an oral assessment for final year Engineering, Law and MBA students belonging to the 2020 graduation batch. For the students belonging to the junior batches, the grades shall be based on the internal exams conducted so far with an option for the students to appear for improvement exam whenever it is offered next
- The council also offered that faculty shall be given the discretion to administer project-based end-semester exams for eligible students belonging to junior batches
- The Academic Council suggested blending online component in at least 20 per cent of courseware moving forward and also advised to work with policy makers like UGC, AICTE to optimise and re-work the teaching day requirement of 90/75 days under the emerging paradigms of online education
- Students with a minimum 50 per cent class attendance (regular and deemed 100 per cent online shall alone be permitted for assessment
SASTRA University to Donate Robots to Hospitals of Tamil Nadu to Serve Covid Isolation Wards
April 26, 2020: SASTRA (Deemed University) has designed medical supply robots in association with Propeller Technologies, one of its TBI Incubatees. The robots have been designed to help healthcare professionals to communicate and deliver food and essentials to Covid patients in their isolations wards remotely. The robot’s physical design has three stacks to carry and serve food, medicine and water to the patients. These robots can be operated from a distance of 100 meters and have a LED screen to let doctors communicate with patients from distance. The robots can easily turn 360 degree and are easy to be sanitised after every use.
The Robots have been designed and developed to eliminate patients' physical interaction with medical staff in hospitals. The ‘Robot Mops’ for floor moping and ‘UV-disinfectant Robots’ are also prototyped and will be donated to hospitals after they test successfully.
3D printed ventilator splits printed by SASTRA University tested at Chennai’s Rajiv Gandhi General Hospital
March 30, 2020: The 3D printed ventilator splits printed by SASTRA (Deemed University) were tested at the Taminadu Government Rajiv Gandhi General Hospital at Chennai and worked satisfactory on the ventilators. The Dean of the Hospital Dr R Jayanthi connected six Y-splits printed by SASTRA which was based on a design adopted form an open-source community and found it to work well on four patients if connected to a single ventilator. The hospital has ordered for 100 splits and SASTRA is taking efforts to supply the 100. Such 3D printed splits have been worked out during the Las Vegas shoot out in 2017 and also during COVID-19 crisis in Italy. “We have created a community of over 200 3D printing service providers who shall be involved in crowd sourced printing to scale this at a national level should such a situation arise” said Dr S Vaidhyasubramaniam, Vice-Chancellor of SASTRA. He also added the 3D printed splits were given to AIIMS Delhi for testing also. The AICTE has also sent instructions to all engineering colleges having 3D printer facilities to be part of this initiative. In another research work,
SASTRA is also approaching competent authorities to validate its preliminary simulation findings in the University’s lab on the efficacy of three medicinal plant molecules as anti-COVID agents. These molecules were tested in SASTRA labs and simulation studies and docking experiments indicate that the plant molecules can block primary entry of nCoV-19 into the human body. SASTRA has also designed & fabricated agri-drone which is now being used by the Thanjavur District administration for spraying disinfectants. Besides technology & science, University is also providing food from its hostels to over 500 relief workers during this entire lockdown period and also supplied sanitisers & soaps to 1500 households in nearby villages.
SASTRA to Open STEM Labs in Rural and Urban Schools Across Tamil Nadu
March 13, 2020: To honour Bharat Ratna Professor CNR Rao, SASTRA (Deemed University) has decided to set up STEM Labs in rural and urban schools across Tamil Nadu. The University received proposals from over 100 schools among which 25 were short listed for further interaction. Out of 25, ten schools have been chosen based on their presentation of their DIY Kits that includes Robotics, IoT, 3D Printing, AI and Drones like technologies that strengthens science and technology-based learning at school level. The overall cost to set up one such lab will be Rs 5 lakh. Schools have been chosen for this new laboratory for students from Class 6-12, depending on the criteria and the level of participation of teachers and management.
Dr Mitra Awards Scientists at SASTRA Deemed University
February 28, 2020: SASTRA (Deemed University) organsied Science Day Award ceremony in the campus. The University invited Scientific Secretary Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor Government of India Dr Arabinda Mitra as the guest of honour. Dr Mitra highlighted India as third largest producer of startups in the world and also discussed new initiatives of the GoI in areas such as Technical Textiles, Quantum Computing, Genomics, Deep Ocean Technology and Biodiversity, which are socially relevant.
For 2019, Dr Mitra was awarded SASTRA G N Ramachandran Award to Prof T P Singh, AIIMS, New Delhi; the SASTRA ObaidSiddiqi Award to Prof Upinder Singh Bhalla, NCBS-TIFR, Bangalore for the year 2020; and to Prof Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, USA. He also presented SASTRA C N R Rao award for the year 2020 to Prof J N Moorthy, IISER, Trivandrum and Prof S Sampath, IISc.
IET Awards SASTRA for Maximum Accreditations
February 22, 2020: SASTRA (Deemed University) has become the first institution in India to have received the highest number of Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) accredited UG programmes in two campuses that demonstrates that these programmes are inline with international standards. The university has been awarded for maximum outcome in India in context to nine of its engineering programmes that have IET accreditation. IET(UK) accreditation is an internationally recognised benchmark, which is granted for programmes of high quality that are ideal for professional engineers. The university applied for accreditation in 2015. This accreditation was awarded for a full five-year term and is expected to have a positive effect over nine batches between 2020 and 2028. It also provides direct benefits for students of SASTRA Deemed University in addition to validating the standard of the school programmes. This allows better international competitiveness, job prospects and graduates to be admitted at foreign universities as well as interdisciplinary research opportunities and exchanges.
With this achievement, SASTRA now joins the list of over 85 global academic partners that IET has. IET is one of world’s leading engineering and technological professional society.
University Inks MoU with NAVIS
February 21, 2020: SASTRA (Deemed University) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with M/s Navis, Chennai. The company specialises in developing software for maritime industry. The purpose of this MoU was to fill the institutional divide within industry through various academic activities, such as implanting training, project work, industrial practical training, faculty development programmes and lectures by industry professionals. In his special address, Navis Vice President and GM Lakschmanan mentioned the need for budding engineers to succeed for their future careers; to develop passion, build a strong culture, ethics and values, and to give customer-centric is also required in future.
Sastra Law School Hosts a Book Launch in Association with Palkhivala Foundation
February 9, 2020: The launch of a book “Essays & Reminescences” written by Sr Advisory Arvind Datar was hosted by Sastra Law School in association with Palkhivala Foundation. Madras High Court Judge Justice TS Sivagnanam released the book. Chancellor Professor R Sethuraman of the SASTRA, Sr Advisory N Venkatraman & N L Rajah and NSAB member Professor R Vaidyanathan received the first copies. A budget analysis discussion was moderated after the book release.
SASTRA Organises Alumni Excellence Award 2019
January 27, 2020: SASTRA (Deemed to be University) presented its Distinguished Alumni Excellence Award 2019 to its Mechanical Engineering graduate student of 1992 batch S. Pazhanikumar. At present, he is working as a scientist at DRDO-CVRDE. The award has been presented to him for his outstanding public service and contribution to India defense.
The 2019 SASTRA Distinguished Alumni Excellence award for Corporate Service was presented Electrical Engineering graduate student of batch 1994, S V Ramanan. He is currently the CEO India and Asia at Intellect Design Arena.
This award was also presented to Electrical Engineering graduate student of 1996 batch, Girish Mathroobootham. He is the Founder & CEO of Freshworks. The award has been presented to him for his exceptional entrepreneurial excellence.
These awards were presented to alumni at SASTRA Global Alumni meet held on January 26, 2020 at campus in Chennai.
Royal Society Recognition For SASTRA-Ramanujan Award
December 21, 2019: The SASTRA-Ramanujan Award has received recognition from the Royal Society of England that in December released a paper entitled “Ramanujan's Legacy: The Work of the SASTRA (Deemed to be University) Award winners”. The release of the paper marked the Centenary of Ramanujan's election. The award has gained global reputation with four of its previous winners winning the Fields Medal. For excellent contributions to probabilistic number theory, the 2019 award was presented to Adam Harper of Warwick University. Vice President American Mathematical Society Ken Ono awarded Harper with $10,000 and a citation. He also recalled that Harper was the Ph.D student of Ben Green at the Cambridge University and Green was 2007 award winner. Likewise, in 2017, Kannan Soundarrajan, the recipient of the 2005 competition, won the award.
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