CALL FOR ENTRIES CONTEST RULES 1. There is no fee for participation. 2. The entries are to be made online in the given format. Stick t narration. 3. The contestants may build teams of three to ve students from one or more AIC ated colleges/ institutes and/or UGC recognized universities from any part of India. 4. The team members may be of any or many semesters, branches of engineering studies and/or Institutions. 5. The guides can be from any of the recognized institutions mentioned in #3 above. 6. The winners are decided based on a three stage expert evaluation. ction is based on the 7. T presented innovative idea and the short business plan on its potential for wider use and commercialisation. 8. The second stage selection is based on the project status report after completing the working model, latest by 25 May 2015, Final contest will be conducted at MBCET, Trivandrum. valuation consists of 9. The thir a presentation before the judging panel. 10. All teams can avail of the hand holding support, if needed from the T-TBI, Technopark, or other appropriate institutions through TechT rts. 11. Presenting teams can avail of travel, lodging and boarding support from TechTop (some restrictions apply). 12. Projects should be in the engineering domain and will be evaluated for its feasibility of operation and production and for its cost nt nature. ctive and ener Important Dates The dates shown are the last dates 17 March 2015: Online Submission of project contest entry form 25 March 2015: winning ideas 25 May 2015: Submission of the 2nd stage project status report 30 May 2015: Announcing the teams invited t resentation and demonstration of models before the Judging panel 25 & 26 June 2015: Final contest For more details log on to www.techtop.in Organised by CHARITABLE TRUST Last Date 17 March 2015 10thNational Innovation Challenge To identify, promote and celebrate outstanding talents whose innovative ideas can be demonstrated and commercialized Catch us on Facebook The Co-ordinator TechTop 2015 C-4, Belhaven Gardens Kowdiar, Trivandrum 695003. Phone: (0471)645 1655 Email: [email protected] Hosted By Attention Engineering Students! fb.com/TechTopIndia Suggested Theme Smart Designs For Healthy Living. About THE CONTEST National 10 Inno vation th 2015 About TechTop Charitable Trust The TechTop Charitable Trust was created with the goal of identifying, celebrating and promoting the next generation of technical innovators and entrepreneurs. TechTop charitable trust, its partner institutions and supporters intend to make a rence through this contest. We want you to join us in this mission through your participation. Challenge TechTop Contest TechTop 2015 is the 10 th Annual National Innovation Challenge for engineering students, meant to identify, promote and celebrate outstanding engineering talents with Innovative ideas that can be demonstrated and commercialized TechTop seeks to create a platform for innovators to present their ideas for products that can make a positive impact on public life. The economy of a nation is built primarily by innovators and entrepreneurs through the creation of new products, services and businesses. However, we often forget to celebrate these prime-movers of wealth and job creation in our community. The idea of having a competition to celebrate the latent innovation talents of engineering students was conceived in the year 2005. It was designed as an event to show innovations from engineering students to the community and inspire the next generation of engineers. ` 100,000 ` 50,000 ` 30,000 Consolation Prize for three teams: ` 20,000 each Outstanding technical work Outstanding business plan Suggested Theme Smart Designs For Healthy Living. Outstanding all-women team TechTop workshop on Innovation, Fabrication & Entrepreneurship Date 20-25 June 2015 Venue Mar Baselios College of Engineering & Technology (MBCET) Vidya Nagar, Nalanchira, Trivandrum TechTop 2015 Workshop Research done at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) showed that innovators and entrepreneurs could be created through a special experiential training curriculum developed there. In this program students go through an experiential learning of innovation and entrepreneurship process developed at MIT. Students stay on campus for a week along with mentors from India and MIT. They will learn how to identify worthwhile problems to solve, ideate new strategies for solutions, fabricate new products, develop business strategies to commercialize their idea and start companies. The objective of this workshop is for the student to learn the process of: Identification of Problems and Evaluation as Opportunities Ideation of Solutions Fabrication of Proof of Concept Developing Business Strategy Pitching Your Ideas to Decision Makers