Cadence announces design contest winners

Cadence Design Systems (India) Pvt Ltd., the Indian subsidiary of Cadence Design Systems, announced Shri Sant Gajanan Maharaj College of Engineering (Shegaon, Maharashtra) as the winner of the first-ever 'Cadence India Design Contest'.

The contest is aimed at fostering innovation and realisation of ideas among engineering student community in India.

"The contest, an extension of the numerous initiatives by Cadence that nurture technical talent in electronic design in India, aims to challenge the student community and foster product innovation," said Jaswinder Ahuja, corporate vice president and managing director, Cadence Design Systems (India) Pvt Ltd.

"We were surprised by the overwhelming response received from engineering institutions. This contest recognises outstanding design achievements and encourages competitiveness among students and we hope to sustain the momentum in the future," he added.

The winning team presented their design at CDNLive! India 2006, part of the Cadence global series of technical conferences, held in Bangalore on Thursday.

The design contest invited participation from undergraduate and graduate students (BTech and MTech) from over 100 institutions that use Cadence technologies, as an extension of the company's University Relations program in India.

Each project team comprised 2-5 students and a faculty member to guide them. Institutions that made it to the top 10 include IIT Chennai, IIT Delhi, NIT Warangal, IISc and Jadavpur University.