Monday, April 26, 2010
Chubby cheeks on all of Kenya's children -- that's what Khanjan Mehta, senior research associate in the Department of Electronics and Computer Services in Penn State's College of Engineering, hopes for the future. By helping to create a program called Mashavu, meaning "chubby-cheeked" in Swahili and regarded by Kenyans as a sign of good health, he is doing his part to help. (more)
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Khanjan Mehta, senior research associate in electronics and computer services, has been recognized for his achievements with the 2008 Innovation in Teaching Entrepreneurship Award. He is one of just two professionals in the United States to win the Advanta-sponsored award. (more)
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
For the second time this year, a startup business idea generated at Penn State has won a national competition for the nation's best small business idea. Smeal College of Business senior Matt Allison won the April contest on Ideablob.com for his startup idea to produce a portable, electronic athletic training device. Representatives from Ideablob.com presented Allison with a $10,000 check on Thursday, May 8, in the Atrium of Smeal's Business Building. (more)
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
A team of Penn State students have won $10,000 in an online contest that will help fund their project to aid Tanzanian children. The students, from the Colleges of Engineering, Health and Human Development, Business and Medicine, entered their project on ideablob.com to compete for the best social entrepreneurial idea. The team was pitted against seven other finalists during an online vote in February. According to Khanjan Mehta, one of the team's faculty advisers, the student project - called "Mashavu: Networked Health Solutions for the Developing World" - allows medical professionals to e-adopt children from the developing world through the use of modern communications technology. (more)
