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TechTop 2008, organized by the Thiruvananthapuram Technopark in association with US-based Degree Controls Inc, on August 18 and 19, has picked the project by students of the DKTE Textile and Engineering Institute, Ichalkaranji in Maharashtra, as the best innovative venture.

This innovative project based on “Electrolytic Effluent Treatment Plant” won the first prize, cash award of Rs, 1 lakh sponsored by Degree Controls.

The awards were given away by Dr. K Radhakrishnan, Director, VSSC, who was the chief guest at the awards function. The ceremony was presided over by Dr Ajaykumar, Secretary - IT, Government of Kerala.

The Oxford Engineering College, Bangalore bagged the second prize of Rs.25, 000 for their project “Constant Velocity Joint Assembly,” sponsored by IBS group.

The third prize of Rs.10,000 sponsored by One View Systems, and SunTec Business Solutions was shared by BITS, Pilani - Goa and Sahrdaya College of Engineering, Kodakara, Kerala, for their respective projects on ‘Microbial Fuel Cell Using Sewage’ and ‘Water Plants  and EOG Based Room Utility Control For Bedridden Patients’.

An expert committee, headed by N T Nair, chief editor of Executive Knowledge Lines, assessed the 33 projects that competed for top honours.

According to R K Nair, chief executive officer, Technopark, “The growth of technology bound industry in Kerala will be driven by start up companies fired by innovation. The relevance of Incubation activities is coming in this context. We have to attract young talent in our country to consider entrepreneurship as a serious option.”

He added that competitions like TechTop are a vehicle for Technopark to spot and nurture such talented youngsters and convert them into ‘Technopreneurs’.

“Our endeavour will be to develop TechTop as the most sought after competition in the country in the Technology space. As we go along we want to expand the scope of the competition to include postgraduates and school children in addition to the undergraduate students,” he added.

TechTop TechTop is organized every year to tap the innovative potential of entrepreneurial citizens of India. The objective is to promote individual innovators through support mechanism at various stages to become technology-based entrepreneurs.

The two-day All India exhibition witnessed 23 projects from 10 states.

Courtesy :- CIOL News

The Technopark at Thiruvananthapuram will host the TechTop 2008 on its premises on August 18 and 19. The theme for this year’s contest is ‘Rural technology and global warming’ and responses from tomorrow’s technopreneurs.

TechTop is an All India Engineering Students project competition jointly organized by Technopark, Thiruvananthapuram and Degree C and supported by IEEE. The event focuses on spreading the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship.

It is organized as a part of Technopark’s efforts to locate budding ‘Technopreneurs’ with innovative ideas at a very early stage, reward them suitably, and nurture their initiative to achieve commercial results, said a press release.

The organizers have received 90 applications from different states of which 33 projects are selected for the final round, it said. Of these 33 projects, 24 projects will be on display at Technopark on August 18 and 19.

The teams are from ten states - Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, the release said.

“The motto behind TechTop is to promote and reward innovative ideas amongst budding engineers and to create an investment and entrepreneurship climate in the country,” said, chief executive officer, R.K.Nair.

He said that this year’s theme has generated ideas for the ailing agriculture sector from Calcutta Institute of Engineering and Management, West Bengal, with their Precision Farming idea, areca nut de-husking machine from Bapuji Institute of Engineering and Technology Davengere, Karnataka, and Coconut de-husking machine from PSG Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

“These contributions reflect the youngsters’ shared concern about the growing farmers suicides in the country and the remedies mooted by them to save our ailing agriculture sector,” R.K.Nair said.

The project caters not only agriculture but also cover software, health, communication, textile and other areas as well, he added.

The most innovative, socially relevant and commercially exploitable projects will get a cash award of Rs 1 lakh sponsored by Degree Controls, followed by second prize of Rs.25, 000 sponsored by the IBS Software and three third prizes Rs.10, 000 each sponsored by One View Systems, AES Solutions and SunTec Business Solutions.

TechQuiz is scheduled on August 18 for the High School and Higher Secondary Students. The first prize of TechQuiz carrries a cash prize of Rs 4000, second prize Rs 2500 and third prize Rs 1500. A consolation prize of Rs 500 will also be given away.

The Project Exhibition at TechTop will be open to public on August 18 and 19 and the project presentation to the technical committee will take place simultaneously at Technopark.

The award ceremony of TechTop 2008 would be held on August 19.

Courtesy :- http://www.ciol.com

Students from engineering colleges across the country will vie for top honours at the third edition of TechTop 2008, a competition for the best engineering project to be held at the Technopark campus here in August. The two-day event, beginning on August 18, will be organised by Technopark and the Indian arm of the US-based Degree Controls Inc. and supported by the Institution of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Executive Knowledge Lines.