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On 15^th December 2019, the 7^th Al Royal Youth Initiatives Award exclusively sponsored by Occidental Oman hosted the award ceremony for shortlisted teams. Several teams presented their exceptional and innovative ideas in various categories such as electronics and robotics, solar energy and recycling.  Students of Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, from College of Engineering, National University of Science and Technology presented their project under the title: “Neural Networks Empowered Robot for Logistics”.

The team has won the Special Jury Award along with a cash prize of 250 OMR in the category of Electronics and Robotics. Five Mechatronics students of Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering consisted of namely, Mr Ahmed Khamis Al Ghadani, Ms Maisa Abdulkhaliq Taj Al Balushi, Mr Rocky Das, Mr Meshal Al Ojaili and Ms Waleeja Mateen under the supervision of Mr D. Ragavesh a staff from Department of Electrical and Communication Engineering.  The Chief Guest Ms Sheikha Ayesha Al Siyabiyah, Chairperson of Public Authority for Craft Industries and Mr Steve Kelly, President and General Manager of Occidental Oman presented award plaque received by Mr Ahmed Al Ghadani and Ms Maisa Al Balushi. The project idea and presentation was greatly appreciated by the organizing committee and panel of judges.