KPIT announces ‘Sparkle 2017’ design & innovation contest for colleges across India

KPIT, a technology specialist in product engineering and IT consulting, today launched the third edition of its annual national design and development innovation contest KPIT Sparkle 2017, in association with College of Engineering, Pune.

The contest focuses on creating a culture of innovation and disruptive thinking among engineering and science students. The company has invited students from across Indian colleges to come up with cutting-edge solutions within the theme, ‘Smart Cities’ and win prizes worth over Rs 20 lakh. Students are expected to create solutions for smart transportation and smart infrastructure within the scope of smart cities. The solutions should not only be inclined towards advanced technology but should aim to be cost efficient and address environmental issues as well. The winning entries should be able to be implemented in real time to improve the quality of living for the end consumer. Finalists will also be invited for job and internship opportunities with KPIT.

 Commenting on the contest, Ravi Pandit, co-founder, chairman & group CEO, KPIT said, “The energy of the youth in India will help push the boundaries of innovation to create a more efficient, cleaner and greener world through the use of technology. The Smart Cities initiative by the Indian government is vital to the development of our country and provides many opportunities to create groundbreaking solutions to solve real world challenges. With KPIT Sparkle 2017, we continue to engage the current generation of engineering and science students to enhance their technological acumen and scientific thinking.”

Also commenting on the contest, Dr BB Ahuja, director, College of Engineering, Pune said, “It is our pleasure to collaborate with KPIT Sparkle 2017. It is a great platform that provides an opportunity to all engineering and science students who are driven to create a sustainable ecosystem. I am pleased to announce that all the winning teams of the contest will get an opportunity from COEP to facilitate their respective startups.”

The last date of registration and submission of idea form and documents for the pre-qualification round is July 15, 2016. For application details and more information, visit the website here. In the final round, shortlisted participants will exhibit their ideas at the grand finale. The exhibition will be organized in Pune in early 2017.

Last year’s edition of the contest, KPIT Sparkle 2016, received more than 1,700 innovative ideas on green energy, alternative fuels & materials, autonomous vehicles and intelligent traffic management from over 10,000 students across 500 colleges in India. The team of students from IIT Kharagpur, which came up with an indigenously designed and developed autonomous bicycle with a dual mode of locomotion for last-mile transportation, won the Gold award last year of Rs 500,000 for their i-Bike project.

Click here for the complete list of last year’s KPIT Sparkle awards