Vishwakarma Awards 2023 Winners Announced•
Vishwakarma Awards 2023 Winners Announced•
Vishwakarma Awards 2023 Winners Announced•
Vishwakarma Awards 2023 Winners Announced•
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ABOUT THE AWARD
Founded by the © Maker Bhavan Foundation, the award incentivises talented student innovators and tinkerers interested in developing scalable technological solutions that tackle real-world problems and boost India’s economy.
Vishwakarma Prize 2023
Vishwakarma Prize 2023 is co-organized by WIN Foundation and partnered with IIT Delhi. The theme for 2023 is Water & Sanitation, Clean Technology & Smart Mobility
Our goal is to incentivise student teams to build innovative solutions to real world problems in the domain of Water and Sanitation, Clean Technology and Smart Mobility. Shortlisted teams gain financial support to build their prototype, mentorship and guidance from domain experts, and a platform to showcase their solutions. There is further support available for selected finalist teams who the Judges select under “best product design” and “most innovative solution” in each of the tracks.This includes an opportunity for a MBF Fellowship to further develop their Prototype into a marketable product.
Vishwakarma Award 2023 Winners
Clean Technology
Best Product Design
Criteria: Visual appeal, Attention to Detail, Consideration of environmental impact and functionality.
Golden Plastics
Rajdeep Singh Devra and Urvish Shah, IIT Gandhinagar, Government Engineering College Gandhinagar
“Revolutionizing 3D printing: Our innovative 3D printers use plastic granules or failed prints as feed, eliminating the need for expensive filaments. With our in-house designed print head technology, we design 3D printers for a greener and cleaner world”
Most Innovative Solution
Criteria: Scientific and Technical robustness, Importance of the problem, Feasibility and practicality, and user-fit.
Bioguard
Saunam Halder, Pranadipan Sahoo, Vedant Sanghavi, Aditya Gupta, IIT Hyderabad
“We aim to revolutionize the way air pollution is reduced by degrading air pollutants into cleaner and greener products instead of storing them like conventional air purifiers”
Smart Mobility
Best Product Design
ROV-Remote-Operated Underwater Vehicle
Saket Joshi, Sanskruti Gondaliya, Nirma University ITNU
“It is a tethered robot that can explore aquatic environments and transmit data and video back to us. We can use it to inspect, repair, or sample underwater structures or ecosystems, or just have fun exploring the depths of a lake or ocean.”
Most Innovative Solution
SQUADRON: Heterogeneous Swarm Technology
Aryank, Anjali, IIT Bombay
“Implemented autonomous navigation and SLAM localization in swarm multi-rotors with coordinated motion, enhanced by computer vision, mapping algorithms, and efficient task-distributed decision-making.”
Water and Sanitation
Best Product Design
IoT enabled real-time Water Monitoring System with Remote Data Accessibility
Satyam, Tarun Gangar, IIT Guwahati
“Developed an IoT-enabled water monitoring system with GPS and multiple sensors (turbidity, TDS, oxygen, temperature, pressure), featuring an ESP32 microprocessor, hybrid power, AI readiness, and advanced data retrieval, suitable for diverse applications..”
Most Innovative Solution
Pushpak
Mohit Kumar Gupta , Jatin Jain Anurag Meena, and Harshit Sharma, College of Technology and Engineering, Udaipur
“We are using waste flowers from temples which are mostly dumped into water bodies and converting them into useful biodegradable Disposable cutlery items which have the potential to replace the already present non-biodegradable cutlery present in the market.”
Themes & Sub Themes
Water and Sanitation
Clean Technology
Smart Mobility
Purification of Water
Carbon capture
Satellite technology
Desalination
Reducing the carbon footprint
Unmanned vehicles -Airborne or Underwater with targeting capabilities
Water Conservation
Renewable power generation
Sensors for Defense Technology
Low carbon footprint solutions
Measuring and Instrumentation
Surface Mobility
Measuring Instrumentation
Grand Jury,Selection Committee and Mentors
Our Grand Jury and mentors are industry veterans, entrepreneurial leaders, angel investors, faculty members who are subject experts as well as NGOs who represent the end users.
To know more about our eminent Grand Jury and Mentors Panel for 2023
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Prizes
- Best Product Design: INR INR 100,000/- ( maximum of 3 awardees)
- Most Innovative Solution : INR 100,000/- (maximum of 3 awardees)
- MBF Innovation Fellowship: Selected awardees who wish to take their solution to the next stage may get selected for the MBF Innovation Fellowship with maximum support up to an additional 2 lakh released based on milestones defined mutually.
- Summer Internship 2024: Innovation Fellows will be placed with an academic or industry research group for summer internship in 2024 summer.
- Certification: All finalist teams will get Certificates and an additional 10,000/- from the Foundation. They may also request for Letters of Recommendation ( LOR) from mentors and selection committee members.
Other Inclusions
- INR 5000 towards producing consumables for the initial prototype for all shortlisted teams.
- Additional INR 15,000 for further development of the prototype for 20 finalist teams.
- Travel support for up to 2 team members to location up to Rs 12,000 per team as well as stay and local hospitality.
You Should Apply Because
- You are interested in expanding your job prospects in key emerging sectors.
- You want to experience working in an interdisciplinary team that is valuable engineering experience critical for your professional career.
- You are interested in entrepreneurship and developing a marketable product.
- You are interested in developing an innovative solution that is relevant and has the potential to impact millions.
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