Sahyadrians Recognised With Young Indians Award for Best Young Innovators
08-Dec-2015
Riding high on the success of making it to the top ten in the India Innovation Initiative-2015 Competition Navjith P Karkera, Semester V, Mechanical Engineering and Jagath Biddappa, Semester V, Electronics & Communication Engineering, interns at Sahyadri Edu Dreamers R&D Pvt. Ltd were awarded with the Young Indians Award for Best Young Innovators for their Smart Electronic Helmet for Motorcycle invention by Dr. Harshavardhan, Incumbent Minister, Ministry of Science and Technology (India) and Ministry of Earth Sciences, in Delhi. The Innovation Initiative-2015 Competition; a joint initiative of AICTE, Government of India (DST) & Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) was held at IIT Delhi.
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A total of 2700 innovations were received from across the country from students, industry professionals, individual and grassroots innovators in various fields such as Life Sciences, Electronics & Communications, IT, Energy and Engineering Technologies. After a first level of screening by an expert panel comprising of eminent scientists and industrialists, the top 76 innovations had been showcased at the i3 National Fair at IIT Delhi. From these, a high level national jury will select the top 9 innovations (one special innovation) based on the technical feasibility, market potential of the innovation and its impact on the industry, society and environment.
