New Delhi: The Ministry of Human Resource Development has invited applications from students for developing measures and making them available to the government agencies and healthcare institutions for handling pandemics and other calamities.
For this purpose, the Innovation Cell of the Ministry of Human Resources Development and All India Council for Technical Education in collaboration with Forge and InnovatioCuris has started an online challenge named ‘Samadhan Challenge’ for testing the innovative ability of students.
In this competition, the students and faculty will be encouraged for doing new experiments and new discoveries.
The success of this initiative will depend on how effective the ideas of the contestants will be to find solutions to help fight the pandemic like coronavirus.
The ‘Samadhan challenge’ will also provide a platform for spreading awareness among citizens, motivating them for facing challenges, preventing crisis and helping people earn a livelihood.
Application Process:
The application process for this competition began on April 7, 2020 and will come to a close on April 14, 2020.
After shortlisting, the final names for this competition will be announced on April 17, 2020
The selected contestants need to submit their entries between April 18 and April 23, 2020.
The final list will be released on April 24, 2020.
The winners will be decided by an online jury on April 25 2020.