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Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Awards 2013 |
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Techpedia, an initiative by Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions (SRISTI), established three national awards for innovative student projects in engineering, pharmacy, science and other applied technologies. These were given away by Dr. R. A. Mashelkar, Chairperson, NIF at IIM-Ahmedabad on March 25, 2013. The categories were: (a) MLM (More from Less for Many) Award: This award is given for innovations, which cater to the widespread unmet need through innovation in products/processes using less material to create sustainable solutions. Frugality and creating value for many by using lesser material, energy, and resource were the key areas of focus while benchmarking such innovations; (b) SRISTI Socially Relevant Technological Innovation Award: The projects, which have a demonstrable proof of concept or prototype having a significant extent of novelty and social applications are eligible for this award; and (c) Technological Edge Award: A breakthrough or a significant technological advance in any field of engineering, pharmacy, medical, agricultural, or any other field entitles a student to qualify for this award. (http://www.techpedia.in/award/) |
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MLM (More from Less for Many) Award
Saral parikshan: Technology to detect vitamin B12 deficiency for pernicious anaemia (1a)
Innovator: L Sagaya Selvakumar (1)
Project Guide: Prof M S Thakur, Mysore University
This is a non-invasive simple testing method to check the deficiency of vitamin B12. A change in colour of the testing reagent from red to purple indicates a deficiency of vitamin B12. The innovator has also developed a scale on which the colour shade can be compared to approximately measure the level of deficiency.
A digital pen which works on most surfaces (2)
Innovators: Kalpesh Wani, Vivek Bavishi and Venkat Rao, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur
This is a USB peripheral device which can work as a mouse as well as a ball pen. Anything written with this pen is stored as an image in the computer and also can be stored as a document after being converted into digital text. It costs around Rs. 500.
Laser ignited internal combustion engine (3a)
Innovators: Kewal Dharamshi, Dhananjay Srivastava (3b, 3c)
Project Guide: Prof Avinash K Agarwal, IIT-Kanpur
In this device, the traditional spark plug of a reciprocating engine is replaced by a laser spark plug. Laser ignition technology has the capability to substitute traditional spark ignition systems. This device lasts about five times longer than a traditional spark plug, and is also more efficient. It also causes fewer emissions and hence, is more environment friendly.
Ultra low-cost tuneable nano-scale patterns on polymer films
Innovator: Nandini Bhandaru (4)
Project Guide: Dr Rabibrata Mukherjee, IIT-Kharagpur
Innovative techniques have been developed for the fabrication of large area meso-scale patterns on soft polymer films. This enables fabrication at an economical rate, without the need of a new template or stamp for different patterns. The same stamp can be modified for each pattern.
A special shoe for treating clubfoot (5a)
Innovator: Kanwaljit Singh (5b)
Project Guide: Dr P M Pandey & Prof. Alok R Ray, IIT-Delhi
The innovator has designed a special shoe, which is very simple to put on and eliminates the need for a plaster. The shoe can be taken off anytime, making it much more convenient for the wearer. The cost of clubfoot treatment will be drastically reduced by the designed shoe and the process of orthosis will be simplified.
Reactor and catalyst for hydrogen production via a sulphur-iodine cycle (6a)
Innovator: Kishore Kondamudi (6b)
Project Guide: Dr Sreedevi Upadhyayula, IIT-Delhi
The project focuses on mass scale hydrogen production using the sulphur-iodine cycle, in which water is dissociated into oxygen and hydrogen. A pilot plant has been scaled-up to 150 times of the lab scale setup and can produce about 150 litres of hydrogen per hour. Corrosion resistant materials are also developed in the lab.
Appreciation
Re-arranging unused contacts in
a mobile phone for better accessibility
Innovators: R Vishnu, T Kartick Kumar, P Gowtham Raj, M Murali Prashanth (7a, 7b, 7c, 7d)
Project Guide: P Natesan, Kongu Engineering College, Tamil Nadu
Development of bamboo-epoxy nano-composites for manufacturing helmets and other structural applications
Innovator: Vivek Kumar (8)
Project Guide: Dr Sanatmohanty, IIT-Delhi
Design of a smart automotive ventilation system for parked vehicles
Innovators: Gaurav Kumar Jaiswal, Mohit Gandhi, Sanket Phalgaonkar, Harshal Upadhyay, Ankit Agrawal (9a, 9b, 9c, 9d, 9e)
Project Guide: Dr Vasudevan R, VIT University, Vellore
Graphics model for power systems and design of an online web-based virtual SCADA system for visual power grids and future control centres
Innovators: Gelli Ravikumar (10), IIT-Bombay
Project Guide: Prof S A Khaparde
Dredger
Innovators: Amit Dinanath Maurya, Digvijay Maheshwari (11a, 11b)
Project Guide: C Amarnath, IIT-Bombay
Automatic cloth-spreader
Innovators: Jaydeep Sunilbhai Parmar, Ankur B Thumar (12a, 12b)
Project Guide: Bhaveshbhai M Tank, Govt. Engg. College, Rajkot, Gujarat Technological University
Hybrid classifier for marine vessel based on propulsion
Innovator: Piyush Aggarwal (13)
Project Guide Mukta Goyal, JIIT Noida
Development and in vivo evaluation of a novel crosslinked hydrogel containing an anti-microbial drug for severe skin burns
Innovators: Chakavala Soyeb Rafikbhai, Vaishali Thakkar (14a, 14b)
Project Guides: Dr Nirav V Patel, Dr Tejal R Gandhi, Anand Pharmacy College, Anand, Gujarat Technological University
SRISTI Socially Relevant Technological Innovation Awards
Hydro-operated, square-bottomed paper and jute bag machine that also generates electricity and filters water
Innovator: Anirudh Thakur (15)
Punjab Technological University
The water turbine powered machine makes paper or jute bags, generates electricity and filters water. This machine can also run on electricity to make bags. This multi-functional machine is very economical in nature.
Novel stand-alone 1-phase AC generator for rural electrification using renewable energy
Innovator: Sandeep Vuddanti, IIT-Delhi (16)
The product is basically a single phase AC generator for power generation using renewable sources of energy. Bio-fuel, hydro or wind energy can be
used to power the generator. Sandeep has developed a 5kW, 50Hz, 230V, 4-pole, 1-phase, two winding self-excited induction generator
(SEIG), for off-grid power generation in rural/ remote areas.
E-Diagnoser: An advanced low-cost patient monitoring watch
(Patent no:3215/che/2011*)
Innovators: Libin Varghese, Pillai Sareesh, Shibin Joseph, S Adarsh, Chithirajacob, Nithyamerin, P Anoop (17a, 17b, 17c, 17d, 17e, 17f, 17g)
Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kottayam
Project Guide: V Reshmi, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala
This easy-to-operate device measures several different parameters of the human body such as temperature, blood pressure, respiratory rate, patient falling detection, acceleration rate, ECG (as a future enhancement) and few other functions to diagnose any abnormal physiological functioning of a patient’s body.
Chetna-Celebrate your Pregnancy
Innovator: Keyur Sorathia, Amit Ranjan, Jagriti Kumar
IIT-Guwahati (18a, 18b, 18c)
‘Chetna-Celebrate your Pregnancy’ is a personalised mobile health device for pregnant women. It is configured in Assamese language for use in rural Assam. It educates women about antenatal care, government health schemes, pregnancy-related tests, check-ups, possible problems and precautions. It also provides emergency contact information. It has a single button access to emergency services and it also has an integrated health system that connects to appropriate health centres. It costs around Rs.1400, which is currently borne by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, under its National Rural Health Mission.
Vajra (vessel desk)
Innovator: Raghunath P Lohar (19)
Ganesh Institute of Engineering, Maharashtra
Labourers at construction sites have to carry a heavy load on their heads. The device, Vajra (Sanskrit word for a thunderbolt or a safety gear) helps in distributing the load to the shoulders (and the rest of the body) thereby reducing the stress on the head. The device comes in two different designs.
SHE- Society Harnessing Equipment
Innovators: Manisha Mohan, Rimpi Tripathi, Niladri Basu (20a, 20b, 20c)
SRM University, Tamil Nadu
This is a device to help protect women from rape and molestation. The device is basically an innerwear for women actuated with sensors and electric shock circuit boards along with GPS and GSM modules attached to the setup.
The location of the electric device is near the bosom of a woman and in case of molestation, the sensors get actuated and an intimation is sent to the nearest police station as well as the girl’s home. The device also gives the molester a shock without affecting the girl as the innerwear is insulated from inside.
Spectral Eye: A device to analyse the quality of water
Innovators: Yashesh Gaur (DAIICT), Saket Choudhary (IIT-Bombay), Sai Gole (IIT-Madras) (21a, 21b, 21c)
Spectral Eye is a cheap and portable spectro-meter, designed to detect and measure
the level of impurities in water. It can be used to detect any solid impurity in the form of suspended particles. This device can also be easily
coupled with a cell phone and hence, anyone
with a cell phone can analyse samples of
water.
Joint Award
Vision for the blind using ultrasound sensors
Innovators: Santosh Kumar Bhandari, Amrita Pattnaik, Vinod K (22a, 22b, 22c)
SRM University, Tamil Nadu
This device sends out ultra-sound signals
and if any object is present in the path, the ultrasound waves get reflected back and are detected by the microcontrollers present in the device. Thus, any object in the path is detected and the device then gives out voice instructions to the visually impaired to help them take a diversion.
The Third Eye
Innovator: Naveen Kumar Rai (23)
IIT-Guwahati
The device enables visually-challenged people to navigate their way. It can look out for three specific types of visual patterns that are of high importance: written text and road signs, vehicles or other moving objects and land/road surface patterns (steps, roughness, etc.). Images are captured by a camera and then processed by a computer, which sends the corresponding sound patterns to the user via headphones.
Electronic support system for people with hearing and speaking difficulties
Innovators: Margie Ashok Joshi, Vishal Patel, Chirag Patel, Jay Patel (24a, 24b, 24c, 24d)
Project Guide: Dipti Patel, Gujarat Technological University
This device facilitates easier communication for people with hearing and speaking difficulties. The device is a data glove which converts hand movements into displayable data that can be recognised by people who do not know sign language. Signs are converted via a microcontroller and the device is also equipped with bend sensors. Therefore, this device allows people with hearing and speaking difficulties to communicate via their hands.
Appreciation
Sancharak: A cell phone for the blind
Innovators: Rohit Bharat Kumar Singh, Hitarth Narsi Patel, Navnath Bhimrao Mane, Tanmay Vinay Shinde, Rahul Dilip Kapoor (25a, 25b, 25c, 25d, 25e)
Project Guide: Dr K T V Reddy, Mumbai University
Semi-automatic rubber tapping machine
Innovator: G R Malarmannan, M Venkatesh, S Emmanuel Richards (26a, 26b, 26c)
Project Guide: Dr P Rajeshkanna, Velammal College of Engineering and Technology, Madurai
Cow dung based microbial fuel cells (CDFC) to light up Indian villages
Innovator: Vishnu Jayaprakash (27)
Project Guide: Prof T S Natarajan
IIT-Madras
Development of a geo-hazard warning communication system
Innovator: Devanjan Bhattacharya (28)
Project Guides: Dr Jayanta Kumar Ghosh, Dr Narendra Kumar Samadhiya, IIT-Roorkee
Prognosis of pre-diabetes and Type 2 diabetes based on non-invasive estimation of blood glucose using infrared thermography against the bio-marker
Innovators: S Sivanandam, M Anburajan, M Menaka, D Sharath (29a, 29b, 29c, 29d)
Project Guide: Dr B Venkatraman, SRM University, Tamil Nadu
Saree cutting machine for mat making handlooms
Innovators: Alap Kshirsagar, Abhijit Patil, Vikalp Jambhulkar (30a, 30b, 30c)
Project Guide: Prof Suhas Joshi, IIT-Bombay
Memory aid for people suffering from memory disorders like dementia, Alzheimer’s, etc.
Innovators: Devender Goyal, Aditi Srinivasan, Nirali Savla (31a, 31b, 31c)
Project Guide: Kshitij Marwah (MIT- Media Labs), IIT- Hyderabad
Comprehensive protection from electrocution
Innovators: M U Ramdas, K Sonu Unnikrishnan, T Ashfaq Muhammed , T A Shahin, Sreelakshmy Suresh and Sruthy (32a, 32b, 32c, 32d, 32e, 32f)
Project Guide: Dr Sudha Balagopalan and Mary P Varghese, University of Calicut
High performance cooking stove (HPCS)
Innovator: Mayur Rastogi (33)
Project Guide: Prof S Ray, IIT-Kharagpur
Ambulatory health network app
Innovator: Jayesh Vrujlal Khasatiya (34)
Project Guide: Ankita Shah, Gujarat Technological University
Technological Edge Awards
Nano finishing of freeform surfaces of prosthesis knee joint implants
Innovator: Ajay Muljibhai Sidpara (35)
Project Guide: Prof V K Jain, IIT-Kanpur
A special type of finishing done on knee joint implants using nano-particles. It makes the surface of the implant smooth and reduces wear and tear of the implant.
Multifunctional nano-in-micro alginate micro-spheres for bio-sensing, drug delivery and MRI
Innovators: Rashmi Dilip Chaudhari, Dr Abhijeet Joshi (36a. 36b)
Project Guide: Prof Rohit Srivastava, IIT-Bombay
The innovation aims to develop a multifunctional implantable system capable of bio-sensing, drug delivery and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The device can be used for continuous
monitoring, controlled anti-inflammatory drug delivery and imaging. Such a multifunctional system has a great potential for developing implantable devices, which can continuously monitor, produce images and respond to host tissue response.
Highly gas impermeable elastomeric rubber nano-composites
Innovator: Ajesh K Zachariah (37)
Project Guide: Dr Sabu Thomas, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala
Instead of carbon black, chlorobutyl rubber is used in the inner tire liners. Also, carbon black is replaced by nano-composite membranes in the inner tubes. Carbon black is a pollutant and is costly. The developed nano composite is a greener and less costly alternative.
A portable and efficient electronic filter for sub-micron particles from fluids
Innovator: Aswathi R Nair (38)
Project Guide: Sanjiv Sambandan, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
The device is basically a portable fluid filtration system which removes sub-micron level particulate impurities. The impurities are
removed by polarising the particulates. An
electric field is applied, which causes the
sub-micron particles to experience dielectric forces and form a chain, which can then be removed.
Apparatus for making silk fiber-based lamellar biomaterials to solve problems of lower back
Innovator: Maumita Bhattacharjee (39)
Project Guide: Dr Sourabh Ghosh, Prof Alok R Ray, IIT-Delhi
Aged people suffer from back pain, which is often caused by the degeneration of intervertebral discs. The innovator has developed a silk-based biomaterial, which can mimic the orientation of discs in the lower back. The use of this biomaterial results in the artificial disc having similar mechanical properties as the annulus fibrosus tissue. This can be used without the risk of reactions with the human body.
Target-oriented noisome-based delivery of an anti-tubercular drug, development and characterization
Innovators: Gyanendra Singh, A K Srivastava (40a, 40b)
Project Guide: Prof Shubhini A Saraf, Banaras Hindu University, UP
Self-cleaning functional molecular material
Innovators: M B Avinash, T Govindaraju, Carsten Schmuck, Elisabeth Verheggen (41a, 41b, 41c, 41d)
Project Guide: T Govindaraju, JNCASR, Karnataka
Socially Relevant Technology Awards
Automatic fish scaling machine
Innovators: C Mathan, M V Krishnamoorthy, M Rajesh Kanna, Mahesh Mithilesh (42a, 42b, 42c, 42d)
Project Guide: Dr P Rajesh Kanna, Anna University, Tamil Nadu
The proposed design removes the scales of a fish mechanically and eliminates the need for manual removal of scales with conventional knives. This inexpensive automatic remover does not require any skilled labour and can be used by anyone.
Appreciation
Mosquitocidal endotoxin from poultry farm wastes
Innovators: Bishwambhar Mishra, Abhishek Gupta (43a, 43b)
Project Guide: Dr Suneetha Vuppu, VIT University, Vellore
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