Two lucky winners of the “ICNL Readers Quiz – 17q2” will get Amazon Gift Coupon of value Rs. 500/= from IEEE Computer Society Madras Chapter

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The winners of the ICNL Readers Quiz-17q1 are:

Mr. Ramchandra Yadav from Jhansi Mr. N.Senthilnathan from Perundurai

The ICNL congratulates the winners. Both the above winners will receive the cash prize of Rs. 500/- .in the form of Amazon Gift Card /Cheque, depending on their option. The winners are requested to email us their option. If cheque is preferred, pl. provide your postal address to send the cheque. If Amazon Gift Card is opted, they will receive the details of the gift card by email.

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