SAMVEDAN 2021

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- One 1st prize of ₹100,000 Two 2nd prizes of ₹50,000 each Four 3rd prizes of ₹25,000 each
- 200 days to create a world-class "Sensing" solution
- Entrepreneurship (Startup) Opportunities for Winners
- Steering Committee's decision is FINAL. Your feedback is important
- Team of maximum size 3
- Open to only Indian citizens residing in India

SAMVEDAN 2021 - "Sensing" Solutions for Bharat

A Grand Challenge Competition, jointly organized by Sony India Software Centre Pvt. Ltd. and IIT-Madras Pravartak.

The Department of Science and Technology under its National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) aims to create a strong foundation and a seamless ecosystem for CPS technologies by coordinating and integrating nationwide efforts encompassing knowledge generation, human resource development, research, technology and product development, innovation and commercialization.

It has funded IIT Madras to host the Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) for Sensor, Networking, Actuators and Control Systems (SNACS) area. TIHs will be the nodal centres spearheading the activities in a specific domain. IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation, which is the TIH for SNACS, in collaboration with Sony India Software Centre Pvt. Ltd. is conducting a Grand Challenge Competition, based on the SPRESENSETM board named SAMVEDAN 2021 - "Sensing" Solutions for Bharat.

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About the Grand Challenge

We invite sensing solutions for problems of social relevance in Bharat, using the SPRESENSETM board. The semi-finalists will be provided with one each of the three boards (Camera Board, Main Board and Extension Board) as displayed below to demonstrate their idea. However, the participants are free to use additional electronics that connect to the SPRESENSETM board.

Click here to view a premier video on the usage of SPRESENSETM board.

For clarifications, use this blog samvedan-2021.slack.com

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Some of the sample ideas for SAMVEDAN 2021 – "Sensing" solutions for Bharat

This is only an indicative list and participants are free to choose other domains based on their interest.