India International Excellence Awards honors UG/PG students from 12 states

New Delhi: The India International Excellence Awards 2022 (IIE Awards) has facilitated more than 600 undergraduate and postgraduate students from 12 different States of India.

While nearly 212 students are from the post graduate category, the rest are from the under graduate category.

The awardees were presented with a scholarship as well as a certificate and memento each, to recognize their excellence in studies, in the face of the Covid pandemic, which ruffled the education system in the country.

The main criteria for qualifying students included recognition of academic success, financial need, community and social involvement as well as outstanding efforts to complete their academic years/schedules in spite of disease or illness.

In addition to students, the awards were given to other categories including food, fashion design and entrepreneurship.

Sheila Fernandes, co-ordinator for the UG category says most of the students hail from Western and Northern India, while about 10 percent are from the Eastern states.

The India International Excellence Awards, held twice a year, recognizes and felicitates students, companies, businessmen, entrepreneurs and others for academic excellence, creativity, innovation, quality and outstanding performance in their respective sectors.

Nominations for the second edition of the 2022 awards are now open, Fernandes said, adding that students can apply directly or self-nominate themselves for the same.