Opportunity brief
Project Contest is a multidisciplinary project innovation competition that provides students with a platform to transform innovative ideas into practical and impactful projects. The competition consists of two rounds, progressing from idea submission and evaluation to project presentation and demonstration.
Guidelines:
- Team Size: Teams must consist of 2 to 4 members.
- Eligibility: Open to students from all domains of Engineering, Science, and Technology.
- Inter-College Teams: Allowed.
- Inter-Department Teams: Allowed and encouraged to promote interdisciplinary collaboration.
- Project Categories: Both hardware and software projects are eligible.
- Academic Year: Students from all academic years are eligible to participate.
- Each team can submit one project/idea.
- The submitted project must be the original work of the participating team. Plagiarism, copying, or misrepresentation of project work may result in disqualification.
- Participants are responsible for arranging the hardware, components, software, and other materials required for their project demonstration.
- Teams must follow all instructions provided by the event organizers and jury panel.
- The decision of the jury will be final.
- All participants will receive participation certificates.
Round 1 – Ideate (Pre-Screening Round):
- Teams are required to submit a PowerPoint Presentation (PPT) before the specified deadline.
- The PPT should clearly present the problem statement, proposed solution, implementation approach, and expected outcome.
- Each team can submit one project/idea.
- The submitted ideas will be evaluated by the review committee.
- Teams shortlisted by the review committee will qualify for Round 2.
Round 2 – Build & Present (Final Round):
- Only teams shortlisted from Round 1 are eligible to participate in Round 2.
- Shortlisted teams must take the CONVERGENCE 2k26 PASS to participate in the Round 2 on-campus event.
- Teams must bring and present their working project, prototype, or functional software before the jury panel.
- Teams should explain their design concept, working principle, implementation, and societal or industrial impact.
- This round will involve project presentation, live demonstration, and evaluation by the jury panel.