Deadline: 11-Nov-22
Swachh Toycathon is a competition being undertaken by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs under Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-u 2.0) with the aim of ‘Rethinking Indian toy industry’.
India has a centuries old legacy of artisanal games and toys. However, today the games and toys industry needs to be re-evaluated through a modern and climate-conscious lens.
The national competition for individuals from all ages as well as groups and start-ups, aims to bring forth innovation and circularity in design and packaging of games and toys. The competition seeks entries of designs of toys and play-zones using waste and recycled material, prototypes of eco-friendly toys and packaging, and other innovative ideas rethinking the toy industry.
Themes & Problem Statements
- Fun & Learn
- Challenge
- Seek ideas for design and early proto type of toys from waste at home/workplace and surroundings.
- Context
- To unleash the inner creative potential by critical, spatial thinking, kinesthetic and modeling skills by sharing ideas, constructing models, and using ideas to imagine a new and novel toy. Transforming waste material to toys for children can be a tool for learning and enjoyment simultaneously.
- Challenge
- Use & Enjoy
- Challenge
- Seek ideas for design and models of games and play-zones in park/open spaces utilizing waste/recycled material.
- Context
- To transform waste/unused/recycled material into interactive play-zones. To create spaces for people to unite, engage in physical activity, interact with others and with nature. Parks can be a centre of fun and exciting activities like creative workshops, treasure hunt, having a picnic with upcycled furniture, hosting a photo contest with upcycled artefacts as backdrop, swings of different kinds from old textile and furniture, jump rope from textile and coconut waste, an obstacle Course, finding one’s way through a maze.
- Challenge
- New From Old
- Challenge
- Seek ideas/Solutions/Working models for a sustainable and climate conscious Toy value chain like innovative material choices, packaging design, and reuse-reshare models.
- Context
- To encourage circularity in toy industry- Circular systems employ reuse, sharing, repair, refurbishment, remanufacturing and recycling to create a system that keeps materials in perpetual circulation closed-loop system. It’s time for transition from a linear ‘take-make-waste’ mindset to a multi lifecycle circular approach. Industrial ecology encourages inter organizational cooperation based on the reclamation of waste materials, exchanging materials and energy, inspired by the circular functioning of natural ecosystem.
- Challenge
Benefits
Awards and way forward for the winners of Swachh Toycathon 2022
Top Three entries from each category and theme will be certified at the National Level. Facilitation of Creative Learning Workshop at IIT Gandhinagar.
- Incubation Support (IIT Kanpur) to awarded Start-Ups.
- Linkages with Urban Local Bodies for awarded Play-zone designs.
- Linkages with Toy Industry for Scaling up awarded toy designs.
Eligibility Criteria
- This is for Indian nationals who are residing in India.
- Participant of any age group can participate.
- Individuals
- Juniors: Age <18 yrs.
- Seniors: Age >18 yrs.
- Groups
- Group of 2-5 individuals from any age group.
Terms and Conditions
Submission of Solutions
- Incomplete applications will not be considered.
- All entries obtained through unauthorized sources, or which are incomplete, illegible, altered, reproduced, forged, irregular, or fraudulent in any way or otherwise are automatically void.
- The decision of MoHUA in relation to problems posed is final and binding.
- The Participants shall preserve the confidentiality of all communication & information and shall not use the same for any other purpose whatsoever.
- It is strongly advised not to wait until the deadline for the submission of entries. MoHUA shall not be responsible for non-receipt of entries on account of server errors/ traffic.
- For submitting videos – Upload video on any social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or YouTube and share the publicly accessible link
For more information, visit https://innovateindia.mygov.in/swachh-toycathon/