New Delhi, 21 March 2024: Leading insurer PNB MetLife today announced the awardee of its sponsored AGBA-PNB MetLife AI-Data Science scholarship award. The award reflects PNB MetLife’s efforts to promote female technology talent and support gender diversity across industries.

The scholarship was awarded under the Aegis Graham Bell Award (AGBA) National Talent Hunt programme, which is dedicated to identifying, recognizing, and nurturing young talent across India with the potential to become technology leaders in Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Analytics.

Shri Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Road Transport & Highways, awarded the scholarship to Vijaya Lakshmi Dasari from Shri Vishnu Engineering College for Women, in recognition of her strong academic achievements and potential to make significant contributions to the tech field. The Honorable Minister was joined by distinguished guests including Mr. Vineet Maheshwari, Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Information Technology Officer, PNB MetLife; Prof. Anil Sahasrabudhe, Chairman of National Educational Technology Forum, Chairman of EC National Assessment and Accreditation Council and NBA; Dr. Abhijit Gangopadhyay, Dean of Aegis School of Data Science; and Mr. Bhupesh Daheria, Founder of Aegis Graham Bell Awards.

“At PNB MetLife, fostering a culture of experimentation is at the core of our beliefs. I am personally passionate towards driving innovation and leveraging new technology to solve real business problems. We are very happy and proud to support this excellent initiative of empowering young women and supporting their education pursuits in the field of technology,” said Mr. Maheshwari.

Mr. Daheria added: “We extend our heartfelt gratitude to PNB MetLife for their invaluable contribution to our initiative, facilitating the pursuit of educational aspirations and excellence in their careers for students like Vijaya. Our sincere appreciation also goes to our Honorable Minister, Shri Nitin Gadkariji, and esteemed dignitaries for their gracious presence and support in awarding this scholarship. We wish the best for all the students."

About Aegis School of Data Science, Business, Telecom and Cyber Security:

Aegis School was founded in the year 2002 with support from Bharti Airtel to develop cross-functional technology leaders. In 2015, Aegis and IBM collaborated to launch India's first Post Graduate Program (PGP) in Data Science, Business Analytics and Big Data, and later in 2017, a PGP in Cyber Security. Aegis takes up various industry projects, research and consulting assignments in the field of data science under its initiative ‘Data Science Delivered’ and ‘Data Science for Social Good’, and helping organizations for devolving skills on data science, ML, DL, Big Data, Analytics etc. For further information, please visit: www.aegis.edu.in or www.bellaward.com

About Aegis Graham Bell Award:

The Aegis Graham Bell Award is the largest innovation award for the ICT domain in India. The Aegis School of Business, Data Science, Cyber Security and Telecommunication has established the Aegis Graham Bell Award as a tribute to the father of the telephony, Alexander Graham Bell. This Award is intended to promote innovation, entrepreneurship in the field of Telecom, Social, Mobility, Analytics, Cloud, and Security to provide recognition for outstanding contributions by the innovators. The Award is organized with support of the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), and Telecom Centres of Excellence (TCOE), Convergence India and Deloitte as a knowledge partner. The 8th Award ceremony will take place on 23th February 2018 at New Delhi. For further information, please visit: www.bellaward.com.

About PNB MetLife India Insurance Company Limited:

PNB MetLife India Insurance Company Limited (PNB MetLife) is one of the leading life insurance companies in India that combines the financial strength of MetLife, Inc. with the credibility of PNB, one of the India's oldest nationalized banks. PNB MetLife’s purpose, Milkar Life Aage Badhaein, is demonstrated through its customer-centric innovations and employee empowerment practices.

With a strong presence in 149 branches and access to customers in over 18,600 locations (as of March 31, 2023) through bank partnerships, PNB MetLife offers a comprehensive product portfolio covering Child Education, Family Protection, Long-Term Saving and Retirement. The Company has a wide range of protection and retirement products available through its sales channel of over 19,500 financial advisors and multiple bank partners and caters to over 590+ group relationships in India.

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