Google India Women in Engineering Award

"The thing that thrills me most about the field of engineering is its potential to improve, impact and revolutionize the life of scores of people within our short lifespan - be it in the form of algorithms like the ones that enable us to extract out any information we need from over billions of page or in the form of technology like those that enables us to stay connected even while being mobile."

"Acquaintance to leadership qualities, work commitment and time management" - are three important keys to get success.

"Despite all difficulties, working women need to accept double roles at home and work. Social awareness, equality and respect may be only the driving force to enhance women participation in work field. Above all, self-attitude towards professional duties may make substantial difference in career profile. In this context, it is also important for the women to appreciate the fact that they are women whom nature has imparted some special abilities. Women are not in competition with men, but both should strive for cooperation. Freedom for women should not mean doing what a man does, but doing what she chooses to do."

"Engineering is an exciting field to desire, experiment, innovate and achieve. To accomplish great things, we should dream as well act."

"What I like most about the field of engineering is the fact that there is no end to the innovation one can do in this field. As long as one has the vision and the right tools and approach, no idea is too crazy."

"I like doing math and physics; but the miracle to me is when this other worldly stuff, beautiful but exotic, helps us build skyscrapers a hundred storey's high, and bridges a mile long! When you actually see those splendid notions work, I think that's the magic of being an engineer."

"One needs to teach our society to embrace diversity, to allow girls to be 'technically' ambitious without labeling them 'tomboys' and to allow boys to be sensitive without branding them 'sissies'. Generalizations based on myths shouldn’t be assumed of any man, or used to discriminate against any woman."

"The best thing I like about Computer Science is that it finds vast application in almost any area of mankind, be it science, administration, etc. The algorithmic problem solving approach challenges one's mind to come up with best possible solutions and the implementation using programming languages brings life to the solutions."

"Women need to know for themselves what they are capable of; that they can move mountains! Making sure that every woman in the country knows what she could do and what she could only do as an engineer is in itself a great leap towards a new era where women are no longer bound by any petty issue."

"My journey towards becoming a computer engineer has been one of immense learning and full of challenges. A challenging curriculum during undergraduate years, coupled with some research experience, has fueled in me a strong interest in computer science and its various applications. Moreover, being a woman engineer, a minority even in this modern world, I’ve learnt how to balance the many crests and troughs of life. And it has given me the strength and confidence to aspire for a doctoral degree in the field of my choice"

"The most beautiful thing about engineering is that engineers strive to make the world a better place. They improve upon the best that already exist; and if it doesn't exist, they create it."

"Never before has the field of engineering been so exciting and challenging. Exciting because of the tremendous number of problems that need to be solved and challenging because these solutions need to be green and sustainable."

"Practice problem solving on online judges….they would help you get that extra edge over the others."

"Think (design) globally; act (code) locally."

"Women who have left an indelible mark in the field of engineering, are those who pioneered their way through the road less traveled, in the days gone by. I salute these women not only for their courage and foresight, but also for their indomitable spirit in pursuing a cause, which perhaps in those days, did not even merit encouragement from society."

"I find it a very rewarding experience that my ideas are applied to real life problems and they can potentially make a difference to web users all around the world."