Opportunity brief
Event Details:
- Dates: 28th & 29th January 2027
- Timings: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
- Venue: Parul University Campus, Vadodara, Gujarat
Mode:
- Round 1 (Online): PPT Submissions (Shortlisted teams will receive an email for the offline round)
- Final Round (Offline): On-site prototype/presentation.
Team & Eligibility:
- Team Size: 1 – 4 members per project
- Inter-college teams: Allowed for every institute
- Inter-specialization teams: Strongly encouraged
- Open to: Students pursuing Diploma/UG/PG and external institutes across India
Competition Themes / Tracks:
- Young Innovators for Viksit Bharat: A platform for young innovators to showcase creative ideas, working models, prototypes, and solutions addressing real-world challenges through innovation and experimentation. It is only for Diploma and School Students.
- Digital India & Smart Technologies: Focuses on intelligent, digital, connected, automated, and data-driven technologies that improve efficiency, decision-making, productivity, and user experiences.
- Green Tech & Sustainable Futures: Encourages innovations addressing sustainability, climate change, environmental conservation, energy efficiency, responsible resource utilization, and a greener future.
- Make in India & Engineering Excellence: Focuses on practical engineering innovations in products, processes, systems, infrastructure, mobility, manufacturing, and related areas, demonstrating technical excellence and engineering creativity.
- Next-Gen Frontier Technologies: For cutting-edge research, breakthrough technologies, emerging fields, and innovative approaches with the potential to transform industries and society.
- Open Innovation for Social Impact & Inclusive Growth: Encourages innovative solutions addressing healthcare, education, governance, accessibility, business, community development, and other societal challenges to improve quality of life and promote inclusive growth.
Event Format:
- Teams present a working project, prototype, or conceptual demo
- Presentation must cover:
- Project overview
- Problem statement & objectives
- Proposed solution & workflow
- Technical implementation / methodology
- Working model/demo (if applicable)
- Expected outcomes & impact
- Time allotted:
10–12 minutes stall presentation/demo
5–8 minutes Q&A by evaluators, plus open interaction with visitors
Prize Pool: Up to 2 lakhs
- 1st Prize – ₹15,000 + Trophy
- 2nd Prize – ₹11,000 + Trophy
- 3rd Prize – ₹7,000 + Trophy
- Best Women-Led Innovation Award
- Best Innovation Award
- Best Start-up Potential Award
- Best Social Impact Award
- Best Research & Patent Potential Award
- People's Choice Award
Registration Fees:
- External invited teams: No fees
- Accommodation charges apply.
Rules:
- Projects must be original and created by the team; plagiarized/copied work is disqualified
- Only shortlisted teams must have to be present onsite on the day of the event
- Everyone should have to carry their University Consent form.
- No Replacement available after registration
- No Travel allowance will be provided
- Everyone will be from the same University
- Eligible domains: Students from any domain can register.
- Each participant can be on only one team/project
- All team members must attend and present (onsite)
- Final judging decisions are binding
- Safety and conduct rules as per university guidelines