Idea-Thon 2.0
Propel your Innovative Ideas into Fascinating Reality
Type of Activity: Idea-Thon Finals: 5 Minute Project Pitch
Date of Activity: January 20 and 21, 2023
Link of the Pre and Post conduct of Activity: Facebook
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Name of Organizing Agency: CURIN and Chitkara University NewGen IEDC
No. of Participants: (student + staff): 80 Students and 22 Staff Members
Facilitators: Sagar Juneja, Chanpreet Singh, and Lovit Kumar
Chitkara University NewGen IEDC & TEC organized 2nd edition Idea-Thon 2.0 Hackathon to provide a platform for students to bring innovative ideas that have good commercial potential. The objective of the competition was to nurture those ideas and bring them to a level where they can be pitched for prototyping funding from NewGen IEDC.
The theme of the competition was ‘PROPEL YOUR INNOVATIVE IDEAS INTO FASCINATING REALITY’ and it was launched on October 31, 2022 and by the last date of submission (i.e., November 30) we received as many as 50 ideas from students of different departments of the university. These ideas were received in the form of 1-minute video where applicant explained problem statement, proposed solution, and commercial potential of their ideas.
The Brainstorming round of competition was held on January 11 with theme “Idea-Thon 2.0 Orientation Session” with the applicants of qualified 35 ideas of various domains: Mechanical, Pharmacy, Management, Applied Science, etc. from all over India. The participants were given directions on how to pitch an innovative idea, plan a budget for the prototyping, and the expectations from the project applicants. Mr. Sagar Juneja (Assistant Dean, CURIN and Coordinator, NewGen IEDC) & Mr. Chanpreet Singh (Project Manager, CURIN) were the resource persons.
After the brainstorming round, these teams presented their final project pitches for funding support from NewGen IEDC to external jury that comprised of seasoned professionals in the domain of innovation and entrepreneurship. These experts were –
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Mr. Deepak Nair Independent Consultant Automation & Product Design Expert |
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Mr. Money Khanna Project Engineer Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA) |
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Mr. Sanjay Bhatnagar Visiting Faculty, CURIN Head Commercialisation |
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Mr. Sagar Juneja Assistant Dean, CURIN Coordinator NewGen IEDC |
Each of the 35 teams was given 5 minutes to present their pitch which was followed by rigorous Q&A session. This final round was held on January 20 & 21. Top 17 teams were awarded prototyping funding of INR 2, 25, 800/- from NewGen IEDC.
Here is the list of 17 Idea-Thon 2.0 Winners:
| Sr. No. | Student Applicant | Project Title | Mentor |
| 1 | Mukul Goyal | A Novel Vacuum Assisted Microwave Reactor to produce Biofuel from Biowaste | Dr. Anoop Kumar Singh
Dr. Nitin Kumar Saluja Mr. Chanpreet Singh |
| 2 | Parth Sukhija | ADAS BASED Semi-visibility Accidents Prevention Safety System | Dr. Jaswinder Singh |
| 3 | Pranjal Pandey | AI-Drone | Dr. Reetu Malhotra |
| 4 | Ravi Goyal | Autoclavable Multipurpose Steel Chamber | Dr. Deepinder Singh Dr. Varinder Singh |
| 5 | Aryan Pathania | Cold Storage Robo | Dr. Rajneesh Talwar |
| 6 | Zeenal Punamiya | Design and Development of an Augmented Reality App for Teaching Healthcare Students | Dr. Navita Gupta Dr. Amanpreet Kaur |
| 7 | Diganta Mitra | E-bike | Dr. Rajneesh Talwar |
| 8 | Harreet Kaur | Electric Food Plate | Dr. Rashmi Aggarwal |
| 9 | Aadish Parashar | Interchangeable Shoe Sole | Dr. Reetu Malhotra |
| 10 | Jaskaran Singh | Life Enhancement of Incinerator Material in Waste Heat Environment | Dr. Rakesh Goyal |
| 11 | Susmit Talukdar | Mechatron | Dr. Sartajvir Singh |
| 12 | Manpreet Kaur | Miniaturized Medical Imaging Lens System for Close Range | Dr. Varsha Singh |
| 13 | Aditya Bhardwaj | Multipurpose Adjustable Sample Collection Trolly: Infection Prevention | Dr. Keerti Bhusan Pradhan Mr. Purushotham Tanjeri Dr. Girija Shankar Mohanty |
| 14 | Taniya Hasija | PerChins | Dr. K.R. Ramkumar |
| 15 | Arpit Tinna | PTO Operated Mobile Grain Dryer | Dr. Anoop Kumar Singh |
| 16 | Ansh Jindal | Smart Saline Sensor | Dr. Priya Jindal |
| 17 | Sameep Rohilla | System for Data Exchange | Dr. Reetu Malhotra |
On February 6, one-on-one meetings were held with the 17 prototype funding winners and their mentors to help the teams execute their projects. This included connecting the teams with the vendors, obtaining quotes from the vendors, helping the teams finalise their budget, etc.
Photographs of the Event
