Hurray!
The results are finally out for the My Engineering Story 2009 contest!
It has been one memorable journey since launch of the contest on October 15th, 2009 ….and trust us, we have been overwhelmed by the feedback we are receiving right from the first day. My Engineering Story is an effort to connect engineers from length and breadth of India by simply sharing their stories. And what better could be when you can also win cool prizes for your story!
We really have some of the coolest stories on the web at Why?Newton that demonstrates the diversity among engineers in India. Innovation, team work, fun, adventure and touching sense of social responsibility certainly represent the huge potential.
As we mentioned earlier – “There is always a story where something is happening” – and it seems that there is a lot that is happening among us. 
There have been challenges which we tried to overcome time to time and we hope to come up with bigger and better ideas for you! An example would be My Engineering Story 2010!
Everyone who has shared their story at Why?Newton is a winner and we encourage you to keep bringing such wonderful stories since this is Your Platform to share Your Engineering Story with the World!
We thank you for joining hands with Why?Newton and look forward to sharing many more excitements!
As you already know – we always love to hear from you!
We would love to work with you to bring more such stories from different corners in India and also connect story-tellers! Please write us at info@whynewton.com if you would are willing to take this responsibility! Need not to mention – sharing stories is always fun
MEET OUR ENGINEERING HEROES!
Stories of Innovation
| The 5% Extra Engineering | Srinath Ramakrushnan | IIT Madras |
| That Last Call | Ankit Mehta | IIT Bombay |
| Tractor – Factor | Shailesh Upadhyay | Vellore Institute of Technology |
| When “Crime” Rewards | Nishant Das Patnaik | NM Institute of Engineering & Technology |
| Xananoids – Our Beginning | Xananoids Robotics Club | Jaipur Engineering College & Research Center |
| Journey for Deaf and Blind | Naveen Kumar Duddala | Vasavi College of Engineering |
Act of Social Responsibility
| The Making of Hubbali Marathon ’09 – Fight Against Terrorism | Karthik Kulkarni | B.V. Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering & Technology |
| An Effort For A Change | Vinay Agarwal | MNIT Jaipur |
| Kartavya – a legacy | Amit Gupta | Indian School of Mines University – Dhanbad |
Dream Team Story
| Life is a Drama | Ashutosh Kumar | IIT Kharagpur |
| Full Throttle | Rajat Agarwal | IIT Bombay |
Story of Fun and Adventure (My Campus Rocks!)
| BIZCOMP “Masala Full” | Varun Jain | IIT Roorkee |
| Point Blank | George Francis | Vellore Institute of Technology |
| The Hyperons – A Never-Ending Story | Kritiga Ganesan | RMD Engineering College, Kavaraipettai |
| Singapore M Coming | Rohit Sahani | IIT Dehi |
| Of Love – On Happiness | Nikhil Kumar | MNIT Jaipur |
Top ten stories based on number of votes (NOT in any particular order)
| When “Crime” Rewards | Nishant Das Patnaik | NM Institute of Engineering & Technology |
| The Making of Hubbali Marathon’09 – Run Against Terrorism | Karthik Kulkarni | B.V. Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering & Technology |
| Dance As If There Is No Tomorrow | Kanika Sharma | Amity University |
| It Happened The Perfect Date | Akash Saini | NIT, TN |
| My Dream Your Dream | Tarun Agarwal | IIIT, Allahabad |
| Good Old Memories | Sameedha Bairagi | UCER, Ujjain |
| I Don’t Abuse | Parul Agarwal | HBIT Kanpur |
| My College Group | Priyam Jain | Maharana Pratap College of Technology |
| Every Thing Happens For A Region | Bibekananda Jujharsingh | BPut University |
| A 15 Day Rollercoaster | Sameedha Bhase | Datta Meghe College of Engineering |
To read these stories, please visit www.whynewton.com
Prizes Sponsored by
- Career Launcher (www.careerlauncher.com)
- Indus World School of Business (www.iwsb.in)
- Lime Domains (www.limedomains.com)
- Lime Exchange (www.limeexchange.com)
- Craft My Gift (www.craftmygift.com)
- Sanskritik Sangam
Knowledge Partners - VoiceTap (www.voicetap.in), EDC IIT Roorkee (www.edciitr.com), EDC IIT Delhi (www.edc-iitd.org), EPatents.in(www.epatents.in)
Technology Partner – ZignDog Media (www.zigndog.com)
Online Media Partner - LetMeKnow (www.letmeknow.in)
B-School Media Partner - Dare2Compete (www.dare2compete.com)
- Category prizes are selected by consulting with sponsors
- Stories addressing a business/social need with defined results and magnitude of impact have been given priority in some cases
- Prizes in some categories are purely based on number of votes – considered above an average overall rating
RC
yyogiraj
