That's right. According to news reports from Silicon India and DNA, the Infosys Science Foundation Prize in the 'Engineering and Computer Science' category for the year 2009 (the very first year of inception of this august institution) will not be awarded, since the jury for this category has determined that out of a list of 34 nominees not a single one fits the bill.
If that is indeed the case, then why do we see so much chest thumping by the Indian IT industry players about Indian software engineers being the most gifted at innovation? (A claim that has been endorsed by reputed consultants as well - something I've criticized in an earlier post.)
And if that is not the case, then isn't it a bit surprising that Infosys can't get a jury together who can separate the wheat from the chaff in this category, considering that their juries in all other categories and sub-categories have been able to pick winners?
