New Delhi, January 2: India Innovation Challenge Design Contest’s (IICDC) quarter-final results were declared on Thursday. The IICDC is a national design contest for engineering students. The contest is organised DST and Texas Instruments (TI) Inc. BMS Institute Of Technology, Bengaluru  topped the list. A total of 747 teams qualified for the semi-finals. Over 18,000 teams comprising nearly 75,000 students participated in the contest. Each team submitted their proposal comprising a detailed description of the proof of concept. Each proposal was rigorously appraised by a team of 48 business evaluators and 100 technical evaluators. The entire evaluation process took two months. Mumbai's High School Girls Win India-Korea Friendship Quiz, Beat 8000 Students from 20 Other Public Schools.

Students can check semi-final schedule and details of evaluation panel on blog.gov.in. The evaluations were carried out on the framework designed by TI and IIM-B. Each proposal was reviewed by two evaluators. Raghavendra Rao, Assistant Professor, Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management said, “I should really appreciate the effort and the lead taken by the entire IICDC team in conducting this contest which showcases the talents and innovations of young budding engineers. A heartfelt gratitude to all the stakeholders who are working towards the nation’s growth in innovation.” He further added, “As a jury of this contest, I acknowledge the efforts of all the students, who have worked extremely hard in submitting their proposal of their innovative idea."

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Now, the teams which have cleared the quarter-finals will be undergoing the next level of Technical and Business MOOC. This will help them to strengthen their concepts and will be provided tools worth up to USD 200 by TI each to turn their ideas into reality. In the semi-finals, the selected teams will begin working on their hardware prototype as a proof of concept of their idea and have it assessed by the E-Cell and the Faculty Mentor. Each team will submit the progress of their concept very month starting from February 2020 to April 2020. The teams will submit Project report / a technical paper, video demonstration of their prototype, a video demonstration of their Business plan and assessment from E-cell and Faculty Mentor. Bangalore Muslim Boy Wins First Prize in the Bhagavad Gita Contest.

In this round, a total of 60 teams will be shortlisted after submissions were reviewed by a panel of domain experts against two categories – Business Potential and Technical Innovation. The names of the selected teams will be allowed in May 2020. Then the shortlisted teams will attend the two months’ NSRCEL Launchpad programme from June to July 2020. Each team will be reviewed every month by a curated committee to filter them to 30 teams. A total of teams will be inducted for incubation at NSRCEL during September 2020. Meanwhile, the last three editions of IICDC saw students file over 150 patents.

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