IIT Madras team wins second season at Samsung E.D.G.E. 2017

Chennai, Dec 5 () IIT-Madras emerged winners at the Samsung E.D.G.E. 2017 competition at Gurgaon recently,in which nearly 2,370 students from 19 top institutions participated. The competition gives an opportunity to students tointeract with the leadership team at Samsung on real-worldbusiness problems, a press release said.The students of IIT Madras -- Sudarsan M S, Saurabh Sinha and Makesh S were the winners, followed by National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow came third. Ten teams which won the zonal rounds qualified for thenational finals of the Samsung E.D.G.E. (Empowering DreamsGaining Excellence) programme, held at Gurgaon on December 4.The release said Samsung E.D.G.E. brings bright mindsfrom campuses together to ideate and showcase their talents ona national platform.It also gives an opportunity for thestudents to interact with the leadership team of Samsung.The top 10 teams this year worked on Samsung'sIntelligent Interface Bixby, growth opportunities in smartcities and designing devices for young single-personhouseholds, it said."We are overjoyed by the level of enthusiasm toparticipate and ideation by the students at Samsung EDGE 2017.This year we engaged with students from diverse domains",Samsung Southwest Asia,Human Resources,Director B K Lee said.The winning team received cash prize of Rs three lakh. Each member also bagged a Galaxy Note8 smartphone. The second placed team received Rs 1.50 lakh. The third placed team received prize money of Rs 75,000,the release added. VIJ APRAPR