College of Technology and Engineering

NewGen IEDC

(Established Under the Aegis of NSTEDB, DST, Govt. of India, New Delhi)

NewGen Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre of the college completed one year in October 2018 and entered into second year of its functioning. The centre is supported by National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, New Delhi through its nodal agency Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII), Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Through the centre, financial support is extended to the new and innovative ideas of the students of this college for development of technologies and prototypes and also to take it to a level of commercial venture as entrepreneur. The centre provides co-working space to innovators and mentorship from experts and professionals as and where needed.

ACHIEVEMENTS

In first phase, nine such ideas were supported out of which one turned into a commercial venture and another one selected at national level “Startup NIDHI” award out of total 20 awards given in a year. One of the innovator Mr. Narayan Lal Gurjar and his Team won many awards on the basis of the novelty of his product “Eco-friendly Water Retention Polymer” including a fellowship by Royal Academy of Engineering, London, UK and recently invited to join the Accelerator programme at Okinawa University of Japan, with an offer of support worth Rs.67 lakh to start his Startup after completion of the programme..

Under the leadership of the Chief Coordinator of the centre Dr. S. Jindal, the Centre is encouraging innovativeness and creativity among the students by organising Idea Competitions and supporting participation in Smart India Hackathons. Students have participated in SIH-2017, 2018 and 2019 in good numbers and reached final stages. A total of Nine teams participated from CTAE out of which 3 qualified for final round in Hackathon-2017 and Digifest. All three teams got cash prize/appreciation certificate/appreciation. 19 teams (around 100 students) participated in Smart India Hackethon-2018 and 4 of these cleared first round. This year, in SIH-2019, total 22 teams participated with 34 ideas (17 in hardware category and 17 in software category). Two teams in Software categories are selected for participation in final round. Hardware category events are due.

A number of sensitisation workshops and lectures were organised on aspects of Innovation, IPR and preparing Business proposals. For year 2018-19, 21 projects by student innovators are shortlisted for support by NewGen IEDC.

For industry interaction, college organised ‘Laghu Udhyog Sammelan’ at CTAE, Udaipur in association with Laghu Udhyog Bharati.

Institute has also formed Institution Innovation Council (IIC) under MHRD’s initiative and first leadership talks organised by MIC are being attended regularly by many students and faculty of the college.

Infrastructure and Facilities

The centre is operating in a building near Sanchar Kendra, MPUAT with about 500sqm build up area, housing a seminar hall and co working spaces equipped with all furniture and 15 Desktop PCs for innovators alongwith reprographic facility. 15 cubicles and rooms are also available in the old building for the student teams taking startup projects.

OPPORTUNITIES

The centre is supporting innovative ideas of students by providing financial support for development of prototypes and mentorship for obtaining IPR and preparing business proposals for entrepreneurship. Applications are regularly invited from the students of the college for support out of which potential ideas are identified after evaluation by experts for mentoring.

Awards and Recognitions

In first phase, nine such ideas were supported out of which one turned into a commercial venture and another one selected at national level “Startup NIDHI” award out of total 20 awards given in a year. One of the innovator Mr. Narayan Lal Gurjar and his Team won many awards on the basis of the novelty of his product “Eco-friendly Water Retention Polymer” including a fellowship by Royal Academy of Engineering, London, UK and recently invited to join the Accelerator programme at Okinawa University of Japan, with an offer of support worth Rs.67 lakh to start his Startup after completion of the programme..

In addition to above, the team also won following national awards:

â— Gandhian Young Technology Award 2018 by “President of India” at President House.

â— Winner ECONOMIC TIMES and FACEBOOK COMPETITION “Power of Ideas” 2018, Getting Award by Cabinet Minister Mr. Suresh Prabhu.

â— Winner Asia Level Competition Elixir Ideate Event at IIT Bombay.

â— Raj Singh Award: State Level Award and Appreciation by Maharana Mewar Foundation.

â— i3 2017 – Grand Award: i3 Silver Award for Best Innovator (Third Level).

â— AICTE Award Winner For INDIA Most Promising Student Innovator.

â— i3 – Klu – CIIE i3 Award for Best Student Innovator.

â— i3 – Symbiosis International (Deemed University) Award.

â— i3 – Sidbi Startup Mitra Award for Most Promising Innovator.

â— i3 – Unido ITPO Bahrain Award.

â— Jan Jagran Event: Selected for National Level, Organized by Jan Jagran Newspaper and Start-up Oasis.

â— Rajasthan Education Festival: Winner Award by CM Mrs. Vasundhara RajeSindhiya.

â— Stupreneur: Organized by Startup Oasis TiE, Rajasthan, CIIE, Startup-Jalsa: National Level Selected, Organized by CIIE, Ahmedabad.

â— Indigram Labs: Selected in Top 10 Agriculture Startup at India Level.

â— National Youth Conference: Winner of Event, Organized by G.B. pant University, Uttarakhand.

â— IIT Kanpur: Winner in Techkriti Event of Pitch Pitching

â— IIT Mandi: Winner in Exodia in Event Engineer Emporium.

â— Winner National Level Youth Parliament Debate Competition at Parliament, Delhi.

â— Selected National Level Science Fair Competition.

â— 15 Times Winner in Debate Extempore Essay Competition at College and School Level.

â— EXHIBIT Project at GLOBAL RAJASTHAN AGRICULTURE MEET.

Participation in Events

Under the leadership of the Chief Coordinator of the centre Dr. S. Jindal, the Centre is encouraging innovativeness and creativity among the students by organising Idea Competitions and supporting participation in Smart India Hackathons. Students have participated in SIH-2017, 2018 and 2019 in good numbers and reached final stages. A total of Nine teams participated from CTAE out of which 3 qualified for final round in Hackathon-2017 and Digifest. All three teams got cash prize/appreciation certificate/appreciation. 19 teams (around 100 students) participated in Smart India Hackethon-2018 and 4 of these cleared first round. This year, in SIH-2019, total 22 teams participated with 34 ideas (17 in hardware category and 17 in software category). Two teams in Software categories are selected for participation in final round. Hardware category events are due.

A number of sensitisation workshops and lectures were organised on aspects of Innovation, IPR and preparing Business proposals. For year 2018-19, 21 projects by student innovators are shortlisted for support by NewGen IEDC.

For industry interaction, college organised ‘Laghu Udhyog Sammelan’ at CTAE, Udaipur in association with Laghu Udhyog Bharati.

Institute has also formed Institution Innovation Council (IIC) under MHRD’s initiative and first leadership talks organised by MIC are being attended regularly by many students and faculty of the college.

LIST OF PROJECTS COMPLETED IN 2017-18

SN	TITLE OF PROJECT	STUDENT INNOVATOR	FACULTY MENTOR
1	Eco-Friendly water Retention Polymer	Mr. N.L. Gurjar	Dr. S. M. Mathur
2	Design and development of Solar cum Biomass Powered Hybrid Dryer	Ms. Katakam Anoosha	Dr. Sudhir Jain
3	Design and development of screw press dewatering machine for biogas slurry	Ms. Maduri Mohan More	Dr. Deepak Sharma
4	Development of Quinoa polisher	Mr. Sagar M. Chavan	Dr. N.K. Jain
5	Development of portable low cost compound cattle Feed pelletizing machine	Mr. Shrinivasa D.J.	Dr. S.M. Mathur
6	Development of Multi-Crop Power Weeder	Mr. Jinukala Srinivas	Er. S.S. Meena
7	Design and Development of a Portable Corn Roaster cum Boiler for Indian Street Vendors	Mr. Mandala Tanmay	Dr. P.S. Champawat
8	Development of Watermelon Peeler cum Pulper for Value Addition	Mr. Vishal Kumar	Dr. S.K. Jain
9	Innovative mini E-solar energy inventions/products	Mr. Sujit Kumar	Dr. V. Dave


Cattle Feed Pelletizing Machine	Eco-Friendly Water Retention Polymer	Screw Press Dewatering Machine For Biogas Slurry

Quinoa Polisher	Mini E-Solar Energy Products	Portable Corn Roaster Cum Boiler

Watermelon Peeler Cum Pulper	Solar Cum Biomass Powered Hybrid Dryer	Multi-Crop Power Weeder

DETAILS OF THE PROJECTS SELECTED FOR 2018-19

Sr. No	Project Description*	Student Team
1	Abrasive Flow Machining System	Dashrath Sharma
2	PNEUMO-Electric Vehicle on Single Wheel	Yogesh Sharma
3	Fruit Harvesting Laser	Abha Gupta
4	Nature Friendly Corrugates	Divyanshu Gurjar
5	Nitrate Detector	Riya murdia
6	Blind Stick-Smart stick with audio feedback and SOS button	Subham Suthar
7	Iswadhyay	Jayneet Porwal
8	Soil Salinity and pH Detector	Rahul Laxkar
9	Recyclable Fused sand filter capsule for domestic water purification	Jayesh Kothari
10	Design of an IOT based real time soil moisture & fertilizer monitoring prototype.	Priyanka Patidar
11	Design of a multi-sensor cloud IoMT based Secured Health Monitoring System for coma Patient.	Surabhi Joshi
12	The Green Bricks	Mahima Chouhan
13	Multifunctional Hammer Kit	Hardik Longakshi
14	MOBET	Ashish Khandelwal
15	All Inclusive Tourism Platform	Anchal Nandwana
	Waitlisted Projects
16	Smart Dustbin	Vishwajeet Singh Jhala
17	Technology for Commercial Hydroponic farm	AdhishiAhari
18	Plant Irrigation and Nutrients Supply Sensing Device	Nikita Akhawat
19	Energy Efficient Street Lamp Post	Anusha Mundra
20	Railway Track Surveying with Sensors, Controlled by Wireless Communication	Shiv DuttBarhat
21	KHETIBOT (Automated weed machine )	Preety Purohit