Welcome to the November edition of our newsletter!
Imagine a journey of engineering excellence that begins in quiet corners of Tier 1 and Tier 2 science and engineering colleges, where live brilliant minds, yet to be tested. Students who have the talent to transform social engineering are given a challenge to prove themselves. Welcome to Vishwakarma Awards 2023.
In the crowded market of competitions, this isn’t just another accolade, it’s a platform for change. Students compete to make deployable prototypes in this year’s themes: Smart Mobility, Water & Sanitation, and Clean Technology. Student teams are given financial support to innovate hardware solutions that address real-world problems.
Through Vishwakarma Awards, we don’t seek to applaud the best; we want to propel the best towards excellence.
So, I invite you to take a walk with me, through the nooks of this competition.
Dr. Hemant Kanakia
Spotlight
Beyond the Blueprint: Creating Solutions for a Change
Transforming Engineering education and working towards becoming a sustainable nation goes hand in hand. We take a grassroots approach in fostering a generation that not only excels in innovation but cares about the societal impact of what they create. The Vishwakarma Awards allows students to excel in creating solutions through three tracks.
Smart Mobility
Targeted to make mobility seamless and eco-conscious, this track invites innovation in satellite technology, unmanned vehicles, sensors for defence, and surface mobility. Students compete to architect sustainable and intelligent solutions to match the world in a race for smart mobility.
Student Project Highlight: Advanced Remotely Operated Vehicle for Underwater Exploration, Research, and Conservation
Water & Sanitation
Clean and accessible water is a privilege rather than a guarantee. Students are working on practical solutions in the sub-themes of water purification, desalination, conservation and more to engineer a better relationship with water.
Student Project Highlight: Digital Intervention at community level for precision agriculture and land restoration through Indigenous Web based Smart Irrigation cum Nutrients supply System.
Clean Technology
This theme is a call for engineering students to think of solutions that don’t just minimise impact but fundamentally shift our relationship with consumption and energy. To achieve this, students innovate within the bounds of these sub-themes: carbon capture, reducing carbon footprint, renewable power generation, and measuring & instrumentation.
Student Project Highlight: AC duct cleaning robot to minimise costs, reduce risks to personnel, and improve system performance
“Now, think about what your invention or innovation does on a broader scale. How does society benefit from it? Does it have the potential to change usage patterns or even redefine the market entirely?”
Ravi Mariwala
Founder & CEO, Smaart Water
From Workshop “The In-Between Stuff: A Journey from Idea to Market”
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Thrust @ IIT Hyderabad
Team of Events and PRO at Tinkerers’ Lab IIT Hyderabad is proud to announce the conduction of Thrust, the annual flagship event to be conducted between 23 – 25 Feb in IIT Hyderabad premises.
They are looking for sponsors to support their activities in multiple formats, be it organizing problem statements and competitions, conducting events, or providing monetary support for marketing!
Help Thrust, Uplift techno entrepreneurship. Mail: tl@iith.ac.in
From Tinkering to Start-Up
Auro Soni, the founder of MapIT.ai, embarked on this journey during his second year at IIT Bombay right from Tinkerers’ Lab. Auro’s journey began with an internship, where he worked on developing an Indoor Positioning System, akin to a GPS but for indoor environments.
Read all about Auro and his journey to MapIT.ai here: StartUp Times
