KPIT announces winners of national innovation contest KPIT Sparkle 2017
The theme of the competition in this edition was on Smart Cities and centred on creating solutions for Smart Transportation and Smart Infrastructure using technology.
Into its third year, Sparkle 2017 received 1,500 ideas from over 10,500 students across 300 colleges in India. The 35 shortlisted teams exhibited their solutions through working prototypes at the grand finale, held on 18th and 19th February 2017, at the Deccan College Ground in Pune.
The winners of the contest were evaluated by a panel of eminent jurors and announced at an award ceremony on 19th February, 2017, where cash prizes of over INR 20 Lakhs were awarded to them.
The award ceremony was presided by Union Minister for Human Resources Development (HRD) Prakash Javadekar as the Guest of Honor.
Padmashree Dr. Kiran Karnik, Former President, NASSCOM was the chief guest.
On display, at the finals, were some interesting and novel projects in areas such as urban mobility, autonomous vehicles, smart electric vehicles and self-learning bots, clean and efficient fuels technology, solutions to recover and clean oil spills, coherent use of energy from plants, wind, solar and waste water and separation of plastics from waste.
Ravi Pandit, Co-founder, Chairman & Group CEO, KPIT said, “We are extremely pleased to see the ideas being presented at the competition evolve every year. The development of smart cities will be pivotal in achieving economic and social advancement of the country, and also give opportunities for bright young minds to design innovative solutions to make our growing urban ecosystem sustainable. Our heartiest congratulations to the winners and all the participating students for their passion and enthusiasm in coming up with ideas that have the potential to radically change the way our cities function.”
Dr. Mashelkar, Chairman of the Innovation Committee, KPIT said, “Sparkle has grown into a significant platform to foster engineering and science talent from students across the country. The ideas that I saw this year are not only impressive but relevant in solving the real problems that are pertinent in today’s context. I congratulate the winners and wish to tell all the participants to continue to work towards developing more such disrupting solutions.”
The selected finalists will be also invited for job and internship opportunities at KPIT.
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