The Challenge
How we can make tomorrow more sustainable and efficient. How we can solve the problems by using technology. The challenge is to build projects that bring improvement, and efficiency, and create an impact by solving problems.
We are inviting engineers/ Makers to submit projects focused on solving problems in

Or pursue your own idea and design the boldest solution you can envision.
You can choose any hardware, boards, sensor, and technology that you want.

How to participate
It’s simple!
Step-1: Sign Up/ Log in
Step-2: Click on “Register as Participant”, Done!
Step-3: Now Do not forget to submit your project! (Refer: How to create a high-quality Project)
You can submit multiple projects. Each project will be considered as an individual project entry.
Prizes worth INR 400,000/-

Judges Choice
(INR 160,000/-)

First Prize INR. 80,000/-

Second Prize INR. 50,000/-

Third Prize INR. 30,000/-

Creative Project Prize (INR 125,000/-)
Top 25 Projects INR. 5,000/- each.

Early Bird (Goodies worth INR 115,000/-)
The first 50 Projects submissions will receive Goodies
Certificate

Every successful project submission will be eligible for getting a certificate of successful participation. Each team member will receive the certificate within 7 working days.
Startup Incubation Opportunity

Incubation Opportunity at DERBI Foundation: Winning and eligible projects may get the opportunity of incubation to convert their idea into a startup. (Know more: Rules) .
Early Bird: Get an exciting Swag, Raspberry Pi Pico Board and Tools

Incubation Partner

Derbi Foundation, a not-for-profit healthtech-focused technology business incubator provides startups a holistic ecosystem with deep mentoring, prototyping support, solution validation in a live setting, and access to funding. It has supported more than 150 startups through PACE, Gallop, and Emerge, structured programs to help startups scale up from idea to commercialization stage.
Sponsored By

About Mouser Electronics
Mouser Electronics, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is an authorized semiconductor and electronic component distributor focused on New Product Introductions from its leading manufacturer partners. Serving the global electronic design engineer and buyer community, the global distributor's website, mouser.com, is available in multiple languages and currencies and features more than 5 million products from over 1,200 manufacturer brands. Mouser offers 27 support locations worldwide to provide best-in-class customer service in local language, currency and time zone. The distributor ships to over 630,000 customers in 223 countries/territories from its 1 million-square-foot, state-of-the-art distribution facilities in the Dallas, Texas, metro area. For more information, visit https://www.mouser.com/.
Judges

Dr. Lakshmi Jagannathan
Chief Executive Officer at DERBI Foundation | Super mentor for AiM iCRESt | Mentor of Change, Atal Tinkering Labs | Charter Member, TiE, Bangalore. An Incubation professional with more than a decade of experience in the Incubation Ecosystem. A hard-core startup evangelist and a firm believer that startups can transform economies!

Tony Francis
An enterprising leader with a strong track record in Product Management, Business Development and Startup Mentoring. 20+ Years of Experience. Alumni of Robert Bosch, Intel, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, and Tata Elxsi and has 7 patent applications (in diverse areas covering sensors, IoT, and business model innovations)
Mentors

Sanjay Gajjala
Director Operations at T Works | Sanjay has worked in setting up the T Works vision and mission, team, policies, and operations. Prior to T Works, Sanjay worked with ISRO developing the satellite testing program for INSAT-2A, Singapore Technologies as an instrumentation control specialist, developing software and firmware of MFT devices at SHARP and at WIPRO where he headed embedded competency.

Avinash N Bhat
Avinash holds eight years of experience in the fields of Semiconductor and electronic component industry. He holds a Bachelor of Electronics and communication degree from Visvesvaraya Technological University and an MBA from IFIM B School. He has been part of Mouser electronics for more than 3 years and manages supplier marketing activities.

Credit: Images used in the graphics are created by Shubham Bhat.