Society of India Young IT Professional Award

Category Name: Computer/IT

Foundation Year of Award: 1996

Award Features: Trophy and Certificate to first two winning teams/individuals and prizes as under: Category National Awards Regional YITP award (For each region) Winner 25000/- 5000/- 1st runner up 15000/- 3000/- Special mention 10000/- 2000/-

Award Periodicity: Annual

Award Recipient Category: Individual/Group

Objective: To motivate upcoming professionals and enhance the prestige of the profession by enabling them to exercise their skills and competencies in the best possible and innovative manner To directly or indirectly contribute towards the improvement of professional effectiveness in different spheres of life To motivate young men and women to imbibe the entrepreneurial spirit and thereby encourage more and more people to venture into entrepreneurship To encourage contribution in boosting the economy of the country and promote research.

Criteria: Any individual below 35 years of age (as on 31st March 2017) who are either working professionals/practitioners entrepreneurs researchers academicians or Ph D/PG Research Scholars and has made significant innovation in the areas of IT applications and services research and academics to bring improvement in service support research and education/training in the field of Information Technology

International:(Country/ Brain Gain): National