The document summarizes various scholarships and awards offered by SAE India Foundation for the year 2012, including: 1) Three Kalpana Chawla Scholarships for outstanding women engineering students, with prizes of Rs. 15,000, Rs. 5,000, and Rs. 2,000. 2) Section scholarships totaling Rs. 1,20,000 for SAE student members based on promotion of membership, SAE activities, and academic performance. 3) Three student paper awards for the best papers presented at an upcoming conference, covering engine efficiency, automotive engineering, and technical writing.

1. Scholarships /Awards for 2012 instituted by the SAE India Foundation.
To be notified on SAE India Website
Applications are invited for the following SAE INDIA Foundation Scholarships/Awards as per
the decisions taken in the SAE India Foundation Meeting held on 11th September 2012.
1 KALPANA CHAWLA Scholarships (by Trim India Pvt. ltd).
1.1 Scholarships to be awarded
Three prizes shall be awarded during this year i.e.2012.
First Prize: Rs.15000/-
Second Prize: Rs. 5000/-
Third Prize: Rs. 2000/-
1.2 Eligibility: Outstanding Women undergraduate Engineering SAE Student member.
Only Woman Undergraduate/ Post graduate Engineering Students from 2nd Year onwards, who
are SAE Student Members will be eligible for this award.
The award will be based on the following performance criteria of the student.
i) Academic performance.
ii) Participation in SAE Activities.
iii) Special achievements / awards / recognitions.
1.3. Procedure for Applications for Kalpana Chawla Scholarships:
Applications for Kalpana Chawla scholarships should be sent to respective section with full details
and testimonials for award criteria listed above . Each section shall scrutinize the applications
received (from SAE student member women engineers) and shall forward the applications of the
best three best candidates from the section to the Secretary SAE India Foundation at the address
given below.
1.4 Schedule:
i. Receipt of Applications by sections: 15th November 2012.
ii. Scrutiny and short-listing of 3 best applications by the Sections and forwarding the same to
Secretary SAE India Foundation by 30th November 2012
iii .Declaration of Awards by SAE India Foundation: 15th December,2012.
2 Section Scholarships (Divisions to be taken care of by respective sections).
The Section Scholarships allocated for the 5 sections for the year 2012 based on the number of
SAE Student Members as on 1st September 2012 are as under.
SAE India Southern Section 13 scholarships of Rs. 4000/- each = Total Rs.52000/-
SAE India Northern Section 5 scholarships of Rs.4000/- each = Total Rs.20000/-
SAE India Western Section 8 scholarships of Rs. 4000/-each = Total Rs.32000/-
SAE India Eastern Section 2 Scholarship of Rs.4000/- each = Total Rs. 8000/-
SAE India Bangalore Section 2 Scholarship of Rs.4000/- each = Total Rs. 8000/-
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Total Scholarship amount allocated =: Rs 1, 20,000/-
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a) Eligibility
i) Should have two years of continuous SAE Student membership.

2. ii) SAE Student Membership should be valid at the time of application.
b) Criteria for Awards
The Section committee shall decide the awards based on the following criteria.
i) Promoting membership in the club.
ii) SAE activities.
iii) Academic performance.
iv) Awards/prizes.
c) Procedure for Applications:
Respective sections as above shall invite applications for the section scholarships. The Section
committee shall decide the awards and forward the names of awardees to Secretary, SAE India
Foundation.
The list of awardees should reach Secretary SAE India Foundation by 30 th Nov. 2012.
The secretary shall send the cheques and certificates to the respective sections.
3. Student Paper Awards
The eligibility criteria and award details are listed under the respective awards below.
i) All student paper to be clearly marked with the name of the awards e.g. “student paper for Prof.
B.S. Murthy Award”.
ii) All papers to be sent at our email id ‘saeindiafoundation.papers@gmail.com’
latest by 15th November, 2012.
ia. The short listed papers will be required to be presented by the authors at the SIAT Conference
2013 to be held at ARAI Pune from 9th to 11th January, 2013. The award shall be decided by a
committee headed President SAE India Foundation or his nominee and shall be presented at the
conference.
v).SAE India Foundation will reimburse 2nd class sleeper return fair for one author for presenting
the paper at Pune.
3.1 Prof. B.S Murthy Award
Area: Engine Fuel Efficiency
i. Eligibility: Students who are in third or fourth year of the undergraduate engineering
program in India who can present a paper in the area of Engine Fuel Efficiency and
Emission Control ( Prof.B.S.Murthy was more interested in this area) in one of the
SAE India/SIAT Conferences. Faculty advisor and Head of the Department of the
institution has to forward the papers.
ii. Awards:
First prize: Rs. 4000 (with a plaque)
Second prize: Rs.2000 (with a plaque).
3.2 .Myers-Uyehara Outstanding Student Paper Award(s)
Area: All areas of Automotive engineering except Engine Fuel Efficiency and
Emissions
i. Purpose of the award: To honor the memory of Professors Phil Myers and Otto
Uyehara for their contribution to the growth of education, mobility technology, and the

3. development of future technologists, as well as the establishment and growth of SAE in
India
ii. Eligibility: All undergraduate who are in their final year and post graduate students
working in an automotive engineering related area and can write a paper based on their
project/ thesis and present it personally at the SIAT Conference 2013. Two forwarding
letters one from the thesis supervisor and the other from the Faculty advisor shall
accompany it certifying that the paper has been prepared from the student’s own
project/thesis work. Endorsement from the concerned section is mandatory. This
competition shall be on an All India Basis.
iii. Award consists of three prizes.
a. First prize: Rs. 15000/-, memento and certificate
b. Second Prize: Rs. 10000/-, memento and certificate
c. Third Prize: Rs. 5000/-, memento and certificate
3.3 Revathi Iyer Memorial Award for Excellence in Technical Writing
Good Technical Paper writing
i. Purpose: To honor the memory of Ms.Revathi Iyer who was an excellent writer.
ii. Eligibility: SAEINDIA Student member who is in the 3 rd/4th year of his Engineering
Study and who writes the best technical paper on a topic of current interest chosen by
the Engineering Education Board in line with the theme of the Conference or Congress.
iii Awards for the Excellence in Technical Writing.
First Prize Rs. 3000/-
Second Prize Rs. 2000/-
Third Prize Rs. 1000/-
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Secretary
SAE India Foundation
O – II – 87 (Office no. 87, 2nd Floor),
Palam Vyapar Kendra,
Palam Vihar, Gurgaon – 122017 (HR)
Tel: 0124-4370163.