For the 2021-2022 academic year, the Narendra Puri Scholarship has been awarded to two ECE students,  Kimberly Chang and Kebin Li.

The Narendra Puri Scholarship was established in memory of Prof. Narendra Puri, a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering for 38 years.  Dr. Puri passed away on December 4th, 2015.  Dr. Puri's wife,  Dr. Kamal Puri, has generously donated this scholarship in honor of Prof. Puri and his work.

Kimberly Chang is a second year M.S. degree student. In May 2020, she graduated from Rutgers with a B.S. in Computer Engineering, a B.S. in Computer Science with a minor in Japanese, and a Recording Arts Certificate. Her interests include machine learning, data science, and parallel programming. 

Kebin Li is a master student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rutgers University, pursuing his ECE Combined BS/Master’s Degrees. He currently working on the real-time communication topic with Prof. Yingying Chen as advisor. His interests lie in web and mobile software development, especially on deep learning application.

For a list of all the previous Puri Scholarship awardees,  please see  http://www.ece.rutgers.edu/puri-scholarship