Request for Nomination of student projects for Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Awards (GYTI), 2013
Please share the below award declaration with all students and faculties of your network.
We are happy to inform you that SRISTI (Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions) has established three national awards for innovative student projects (UG/PG/Ph.D) in engineering, pharmacy, science and other applied technologies. These will be given away by Dr. R.A.Mashelkar, Chairperson, National Innovation Foundation , NIF at IIM-Ahmedabad in March 2013. The awards will be given to young innovators in the following category:
Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Awards, 2013, http://www.techpedia.in/award/
· MLM ( More from less for Many ) award
· Sristi socially relevant technological innovation award
· Strategic innovation and /or technological-edge award
Techpedia.in (www.techpedia.in) at SRISTI invites entries for these three awards by 31st January, 2013:
Student projects which address an important social, environmental or technological problem faced by masses or disadvantaged people/sectors/spaces or micro and small enterprises, or have the potential to impact a pressing national need are invited. The applications may be made by the past or present students of technical institutions /universities. On behalf of the students who have already passed out and left the Institute/ University, the faculty member, who supervised the project, can also apply.
A: MLM (More from less for Many) award: This award will be given to the innovations which cater to the widespread need through innovation in product/process using less material to create sustainable solutions. Frugality and creating value for many by using lesser material, energy, and resource could be the key focus while benchmarking such innovations.
B: SRISTI YUVA technological Award: The best student’s projects which have a demonstrable proof of concept/ prototype having significant amount of novelty and social applications are eligible for this award. Any projects completed in or after 2010 can be submitted by the students or their faculty supervisors on their behalf.
C: Strategic innovation/technological edge award: A breakthrough or a significant technological advance in any field of engineering, pharmacy, medical, agricultural, or any other field will entitle a student to qualify for this award.
The full project report of the shortlisted projects will be needed for final evaluation. Last date for submission of entries is 31st January 2013.All the shortlisted entries will be displayed by winners at the annual exhibition at IIM-Ahmedabad in March 2013 .The submitted entries will be included in Techpedia.in database with due acknowledgement of the name of the team members, supervisor, college, department and any contact information provided.
The exhibition will be visited by leading policy makers and practitioners of the country. The prototype may be retained to be displayed in a permanent exhibition likely to be developed soon at the national level with due acknowledgement of innovators, supervisors and the concerned institution.The nominations have to be submitted at http://www.techpedia.in/award and only abstract of the content submitted along with innovator’s details would be published at the site or shared otherwise. If the student wish to have incubation support, they should clearly indicate the same in their nomination form. For those interested in IPR support, assistance from a network of pro bono attornies can be mobilized at concessional term.
For any query, please contact Mr. Hiranmay Mahanta (+91- 9909959336, hiranmay@techpedia.in, feedback@techpedia.in) . For looking at the awards given this year, please visit www.techpedia.in, www.sristi.org initiative.
Looking forward to your enthusiastic cooperation to make India innovative,
भारतीय प्रबंध संस्थान
वस्त्रपुर, अहमदाबाद - ३८००१५
दूरध्वनी: 079-66324927
Please share the below award declaration with all students and faculties of your network.
We are happy to inform you that SRISTI (Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions) has established three national awards for innovative student projects (UG/PG/Ph.D) in engineering, pharmacy, science and other applied technologies. These will be given away by Dr. R.A.Mashelkar, Chairperson, National Innovation Foundation , NIF at IIM-Ahmedabad in March 2013. The awards will be given to young innovators in the following category:
Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Awards, 2013, http://www.techpedia.in/award/
· MLM ( More from less for Many ) award
· Sristi socially relevant technological innovation award
· Strategic innovation and /or technological-edge award
Techpedia.in (www.techpedia.in) at SRISTI invites entries for these three awards by 31st January, 2013:
Student projects which address an important social, environmental or technological problem faced by masses or disadvantaged people/sectors/spaces or micro and small enterprises, or have the potential to impact a pressing national need are invited. The applications may be made by the past or present students of technical institutions /universities. On behalf of the students who have already passed out and left the Institute/ University, the faculty member, who supervised the project, can also apply.
A: MLM (More from less for Many) award: This award will be given to the innovations which cater to the widespread need through innovation in product/process using less material to create sustainable solutions. Frugality and creating value for many by using lesser material, energy, and resource could be the key focus while benchmarking such innovations.
B: SRISTI YUVA technological Award: The best student’s projects which have a demonstrable proof of concept/ prototype having significant amount of novelty and social applications are eligible for this award. Any projects completed in or after 2010 can be submitted by the students or their faculty supervisors on their behalf.
C: Strategic innovation/technological edge award: A breakthrough or a significant technological advance in any field of engineering, pharmacy, medical, agricultural, or any other field will entitle a student to qualify for this award.
The full project report of the shortlisted projects will be needed for final evaluation. Last date for submission of entries is 31st January 2013.All the shortlisted entries will be displayed by winners at the annual exhibition at IIM-Ahmedabad in March 2013 .The submitted entries will be included in Techpedia.in database with due acknowledgement of the name of the team members, supervisor, college, department and any contact information provided.
The exhibition will be visited by leading policy makers and practitioners of the country. The prototype may be retained to be displayed in a permanent exhibition likely to be developed soon at the national level with due acknowledgement of innovators, supervisors and the concerned institution.The nominations have to be submitted at http://www.techpedia.in/award and only abstract of the content submitted along with innovator’s details would be published at the site or shared otherwise. If the student wish to have incubation support, they should clearly indicate the same in their nomination form. For those interested in IPR support, assistance from a network of pro bono attornies can be mobilized at concessional term.
For any query, please contact Mr. Hiranmay Mahanta (+91- 9909959336, hiranmay@techpedia.in, feedback@techpedia.in) . For looking at the awards given this year, please visit www.techpedia.in, www.sristi.org initiative.
Looking forward to your enthusiastic cooperation to make India innovative,
भारतीय प्रबंध संस्थान
वस्त्रपुर, अहमदाबाद - ३८००१५
दूरध्वनी: 079-66324927
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