The 2004 call for nominations has been extended until July 15, 2004.

The 2004 Global Indus Technovators Awards have been instituted by the Indian Business Club at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA, to recognize and encourage the South Asian innovative and entrepreneurial spirit.

Nominations are invited for people of Indian/Pakistani/Sri Lankan/Nepali/Bangladeshi origin who have made significant contribution, either research or entrepreneurial, to the advancement of technology in areas including, but not limited to, information technology, biotechnology, materials and devices, healthcare and medicine, developmental work, and energy. Nominees must be born no earlier than 1st January 1964.

Some eminent personalities on the 2003 awards judging panel included Gururaj Deshpande (Sycamore Networks), N.R. Narayana Murthy (Infosys Technologies), (Prof./Dr.) Sandy Pentland (Media Lab Asia), and (Prof./Dr.) Phillip Sharp (1993 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine).

For more details about the 2004 awards, please visit the awards website at http://web.mit.edu/sangam/www/ibc/2004technovators/index.shtml

If you would like to sponsor the event, please contact IBC at ibcnominations@mit.edu.

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