A national competition on Rural and SwadeshiStartup Meet, I2S@2017 was organised by Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, on December, 2 in the seminar hall of IIT Delhi. The event was organised for encouraging the people to come up with promising startups focused on rural and societal issues.
Startup Categories
- Information & Technology
- Health
- Agriculture
- Any new Scientific idea that benefits society
- Energy
- Livelihood at the grassroots
- Education
Registrations started at 8 am with an overwhelming response from across the country. A total of 15 startups were screened from nearly 200 applicants for presentations before the jury members in the seminar hall. Most of the start-ups that had registered were innovative and were targeting some societal problem/ issues. Prizes were given to first, second and third, in total six. These are as follows-
1st Prize: Eckovation, Social Learning Platform
- Eckovation: A Social Learning platform: Making quality education available to all- Eckovation Solutions Private Limited, New Delhi
2nd Prize
- Biodegradable StrawMade from Coconut Leaf-Christ University, Banglore
- Divyang- EkUmmeed: Inclusiveness of physically challenged persons in the main stream of the society-a start up of IIT Roorkee
3rd Prize
- Improvised Crutch for rehabilitation of joint injured patients- Flexmotiv Technologies Pvt. Ltd, a start-up at IIT Delhi
- Parking Pass – Invax Global Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi
- Path finder for visually impaired- Sri Eshwar Engineering College, Coimbatore