Deadline: 16-Jan-22
With that idea, Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog (AIM-NITI Aayog) has partnered with Innovation Center Denmark (ICDK), Denmark Embassy in India, and the Denmark Technical University (DTU) to launch the AIM-ICDK Water Innovation Challenge 2.0 in the below-mentioned areas:
- Water Source mapping, monitoring and sustainability (for quality and quantity)
- Safe and sustainable water distribution and reduction of Non-Revenue water
- Treatment technologies for making water fit for different uses
- Prediction, Forecasting and Management
- Awareness / Capacity Building
- Big data acquisition, digitalization and water management solutions
- A multi-sensor device that makes the use of emerging technologies such as drones, robotics that can float in water, fly in air, navigate through cultivated land with an ability to make two way communication with data-cum-command center (solution is not bound by the time frame of the AIM-ICDK challenge
The initiative aims to identify innovative & next-gen solutions to solve proposed challenges in collaboration with corporate and public partners. The initiative will engage young talent from leading universities and innovation hubs across the nation to build their skills and apply their technical disciplines and innovation capacity to come up with technology-driven innovative solutions for effective water management in India. The winners of the challenges shall be a part of the Indian team for the Next Generation Water Action.
Tracks
The challenge seeks to identify innovators under two tracks:
- Young Academics track – Student team of (max 3 members per team), Student entrepreneur team (max 3 members per team).
- Young Entrepreneur track – Entrepreneur teams of at-most Three members per team
Eligibility Criteria
- No applicant or team member should be older that 35 years as on 1st January, 2022
- Applicant must be an Indian citizen
- Young academics:
- Student team (Student A)
- The student members must be enrolled in a Bachelor/Masters/Doctoral level course from a recognised college/university. (1st year bachelor students are not eligible)
- The applicant should provide details of a faculty guide from the Institution the applicant is currently enrolled in.
- Student Entrepreneurs (Student B)
- All members must be enrolled in a Bachelor/Masters/Doctoral level course from a recognised college/university. (1st year bachelor students are not eligible)
- The applicant should be willing to register a Company/Startup before the start of the program (declaration for the same is part of the application form). If the company/startup is already registered, the same may be provided in the application form.
- The applicant should provide details of a faculty guide from the Institution the applicant is currently enrolled in.
- Student team (Student A)
- Young Entrepreneurs
- Application should be submitted as a team, and the applicant should have a registered company. The applicant should provide any one of the below registration details:
- Registration under Companies act
- MSME registration
- Registration under Limited liabilities act
- Startup registration from DPIIT
- All team members should be under the age of 35.
- The applicant must have at least a lab-validated prototype at the time of application.
- Application should be submitted as a team, and the applicant should have a registered company. The applicant should provide any one of the below registration details:
For more information, visit https://aim.gov.in/ICDK-Water-Innovation-Challenge2.php
