Applications are invited for AIM-ICDK Water Challenge 2.0 for the year 2022. The last date of application is 16 January.
About the Challenge
With that idea, Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog (AIM-NITI Aayog) has partnered with Innovation Center Denmark (ICDK), Denmark Embassy in India, and the Denmark Technical University (DTU) to launch the AIM-ICDK Water Innovation Challenge 2.0 in the below-mentioned areas:
- Water Source mapping, monitoring and sustainability (for quality and quantity)
- Safe and sustainable water distribution and reduction of Non-Revenue water
- Treatment technologies for making water fit for different uses
- Prediction, Forecasting and Management
- Awareness / Capacity Building
- Big data acquisition, digitalization and water management solutions
- A multi-sensor device that makes the use of emerging technologies such as drones, robotics that can float in water, fly in air, navigate through cultivated land with an ability to make two way communication with data-cum-command center (solution is not bound by the time frame of the AIM-ICDK challenge
The initiative aims to identify innovative & next-gen solutions to solve proposed challenges in collaboration with corporate and public partners.
The initiative will engage young talent from leading universities and innovation hubs across the nation to build their skills and apply their technical disciplines and innovation capacity to come up with technology-driven innovative solutions for effective water management in India. The winners of the challenges shall be a part of the Indian team for the Next Generation Water Action.
Eligibility
Common conditions
- No applicant or team member should be older that 35 years as on 1st January, 2022
- Applicant must be an Indian citizen
Specific category conditions (All the below conditions are mandatory)
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A. Young academics
Student team (Student A)
- The student members must be enrolled in a Bachelor/Masters/Doctoral level course from a recognised college/university. (1st year bachelor students are not eligible)
- The applicant should provide details of a faculty guide from the Institution the applicant is currently enrolled in.
Student Entrepreneurs (Student B)
- All members must be enrolled in a Bachelor/Masters/Doctoral level course from a recognised college/university. (1st year bachelor students are not eligible)
- The applicant should be willing to register a Company/Startup before the start of the program (declaration for the same is part of the application form). If the company/startup is already registered, the same may be provided in the application form.
- The applicant should provide details of a faculty guide from the Institution the applicant is currently enrolled in.
B. Young Entrepreneurs
- Application should be submitted as a team, and the applicant should have a registered company. The applicant should provide any one of the below registration details: Registration under Companies act, MSME registration, Registration under Limited liabilities act, Startup registration from DPIIT
- All team members should be under the age of 35.
- The applicant must have at least a lab validated prototype at the time of application.
Application
- The application for the challenge will only be accepted through the AIM-ICDK Challenge 2.0 portaland no physical application will be accepted or required.
- Format for Pitch deck: The applicant is required to submit a pitch deck as part of the application in PPT/PPTX format only. The pitch deck should follow the below mentioned structure:
For Young Academics:
- Applicant/Team Introduction (1 slide max)
- Proposed solution and suitability for addressing the selected challenge (1-2 Slides max)
- Road map for development during the period of February-May (1 slide max)
- Demonstration of Prototype (if available, 1 slide max)
For Young Entrepreneurs:
- Applicant/Team Introduction (1 slide max)
- Proposed solution and suitability for addressing the selected challenge (1-2 Slides max)
- Road map for development during the period of February-May (1 slide max)
- Demonstration of Prototype (1 slide max)
- Plan for commercialization (1 slide max)
- Video pitch: Applicants are required to submit a video pitch of duration 60-90 seconds. The evaluation team would look to derive two key outputs from the video pitch: a. Motivation of the applicant and b. Demonstration of technology/innovation. The applicant may look to use the structure defined in Pitch deck.
Support
These challenges will identify two young student teams and two startups from India working on innovative technologies that can address water challenges in our country. The chosen teams will get access to innovation hubs across India and Denmark for helping them launch their initiative and ensure their impact for a better future.
The selected solutions shall also leverage upon the Danish technical expertise and rich experience in this sector and benefit from this bilateral collaboration. The water challenges linked to the defined themes will be developed and presented with selected industries and organizations.
It will help to provide a scoping and valuable basis for students and young entrepreneurs to create relevant insights and ideas. Student teams and young entrepreneurs will work during the development phase (Feb – May) with the help of (among others) Danish industry professionals to identify pioneering solutions to the defined water challenges. Groups will, together with global peers, further build and present their results as part of the Next Generation Water Action.
