2 LLP’s of Sahyadri among the 100 Start-ups declared as Winners by GOK at ELEVATE 2019 held in Bengaluru
31-Jul-2019
The finals of Elevate 2019, India’s first comprehensive entrepreneurship platform of the Department of IT, BT and S&T, Govt. of Karnataka was held on 30th July’19. A total of 270 start-ups, which made it to the finals after multicity pitching in Mysore, Mangalore, Kalburgi, Belagavi and Bengaluru had an eight-minute round of pitching in the finals, vying for funding, mentorship and a chance to scale up their business ideas. Start-up finalists pitched to respective panels of jury members in IT/ITES, Medtech, Agri/Biotech, Cleantech, AVGC, ESDM, Kannada, Culture and tourism, AVGC Aerospace and Aviation. 100 winners out of 270 start-ups have been selected based on the recommendations of the grand jury and approved by the Elevate Steering Committee.
Winners:
• Samarpan Sahyadri Tech LLP - Project named – “AGV/AMR LIDAR Navigation Kit”
• Utkarsh Sahyadri Tech LLP - Project named “ISENSE human activity measurement system integrated with sensor technology”
These projects were incubated at K-Tech NAIN Centre (New Age Incubation Network), Dept of IT & BT, Government of Karnataka.
In addition to these 2 Winning Projects, 3 other projects of Sahyadri emerged as Runners-Up:
• Samanvaya Sahyadri Tech LLP - Project: Soilless Agriculture- Hydroculture,
• Abhimaan Sahyadri Tech LLP - Project: Automatic Meter Reading (AMR)
• Project: “Smart Gate Aid” by Mr. Prajwal, from fifth semester Mechanical Engineering & Mr. Sagar, an alumnus of Sahyadri (2019 passed out), mentored by Mr. Johnson Tellis, Director-Sahyadri Edu Dreamers
Mr. T.M. Vijay Bhaskar, Chief Secretary Govt. of Karnataka; Mr. Gaurav Gupta, Principal Secretary, Department of IT, BT and S&T, Govt. of Karnataka; Mr. Prashant Kumar Mishra, MD, KITS, Govt. of Karnataka were present during the Valedictory Ceremony of Elevate 2019.
