Anup Paikarey from Odisha Emerges as the Winner of GITAM SmartIDEAthon 2023; Check Details Here

New Delhi: Anup Paikarey from Odisha, a student of the Odisha University of Technology and Research has emerged as the winner of the GITAM SmartIDEAthon 2023. An annual pitch-fest organized by GITAM (Deemed to be University). Anup has received a cash prize of INR 2lakhs and a fully sponsored trip to Boston. 

The GITAM SmartIDEAthon is a prestigious platform that encourages students to think beyond the conventional and present ideas that have the potential to address real-world challenges. The finalists were selected from over 1,000 submissions nationwide. The finale took place on August 25, 2023, at GITAM's Hyderabad campus. 

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According to the press release by the GITAM, Anup has bagged the winning title for his startup Newrup Tech Solutions, which develops heat-powered air blowers to harness excess heat from Chulas or Tandoors, converting it into rotational energy for an internal fan, at just ₹500. This innovation will directly impact the lives of over two billion women who are still cooking on traditional chulhas/mud and stoves worldwide.

Vineet Kumar and Manisha Bibhu students of Sershah Engineering College in Bihar become the first runner-up. They won the cash prize of INR 1 lakh for POLYFUELER. They focused on revolutionizing waste management by transforming diverse plastic waste into fuel, powered by a proprietary catalyst.

K Ushasri Devi and P Sushma Devi from GITAM School of Business in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh have got the cash price of INR 50, 000 under the Best Women-led Entrepreneurship Idea, for their venture COACT. This venture mainly focused on empowering visually challenged women aged 15-55 to address their menstrual cycle-tracking challenges, liberating them from suboptimal methods, and ensuring their self-sufficiency in meeting their essential needs.

According to Krish Nangegadda, Chief Innovation Officer, GITAM (Deemed to be University) “Entrepreneurship education gives you skills that you can use anywhere. We want to embrace entrepreneurship to build an ecosystem to transfer skills for life rather than merely being measured in the number of startups. SmartIDEAthon endeavors to promote this year’s themes through collaboration and networking among young minds.”

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According to Sribharat Mathukumilli, President of GITAM (Deemed to be) University “Students should start thinking critically and asking questions. Look at all of the problems around you and see if you can solve them. If you can find solutions to problems and are willing to, able to find customers who pay for your services, that is a startup. That’s our takeaway from SmartIDEAthon 2023.”

Dignitaries present at the event were Pawan Kumar Chandana Skyroot Aerospace co-founder and ex-ISRO scientist. 

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