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(Sitting-from left to right: Ankit Kumar Ladha, Devender Singh and Abhilasha Purwar) Students of IT subjugated the technical fest of IIT Madras – Shaastra. Team of Devender Singh, Ankit Kumar Ladha and Abhilasha Purwar won Business Plan and Golden Design Competition (GDC) events and clutched prize money of Rs. 3.2 lakhs. Both the events were the biggest events of fest; GDC was the biggest event ever held in India in terms of prize money. Team have done the college proud by winning events at various college fests around the country (IIT Guwahati (Techniche-Techno management festival) and IIT Kanpur (Megabucks- Management fest)) Team of three took part in Business Plan competition in which participants from all over India took part and emerged as winner out of a tough competition. Around 120 teams took part in first round which includes team from Indian School of Business (ISB) and many other management colleges. Based on the performance in first round, 10 best teams were short listed for second and final round, where they have to present their plan against a panel of 4 judges in a closed room. Team presented their plan against the judges and not only won the event and begged prize money of Rs. 1.2lakhs but got offer from two venture capitalists one of whom is Ventureast. These venture capitalists were present during the presentation and found the plan attractive enough to invest. According to Devender Singh, team is in touch with Ventureast and working on agreement details. Moreover team is also working on improving the plan so that it could be practically implemented. Students also took part in golden design competition which is considered to be the biggest event in terms of money in India so far. Students presented a design of low cost water purifier there and won second prize, winning Rs. 2 lakhs as prize money. About 70 teams participated in first round which was screening round and based on their performance in first round, 35 teams were short listed and called in the fest to show working prototype based on their design. Seven teams were short listed for third round of the competition based on their presentation given in previous round. Models of selected teams were checked for complete one day and judged on their working, cost effectiveness, practical applications, design etc. Water purifier of team was very much appreciated as it was made according to the needs of rural sector. According to Devender, their model was different and better as it was designed after carrying out survey in rural sector and was designed according to the needs of rural sector, it costs about Rs. 348 and is based on gravity thereby does not consume electricity which is a big problem in villages.
About Shaastra festival at IIT-Madras (1st-5th October, 2008) Shaastra– technical festival of IIT Madras coincides with the Golden Jubilee year of IIT Madras. Shaastra is the only ISO 9001-2000 certified festival in Asia. Festival saw huge participation with over 600 teams from outside and around 2500 outside participants from different colleges took part. F1 car from Renault-Nissan was showcased along with 50*50m stall of Vestas which described working of windmill and latest technological advancement in arms from DRDO. Enjoyed thoroughly and was fascinated to see such participation from all over India. Didn't get much time to see Madras as we were busy preparing for events.
Participating students from IT-BHU: Following students participated in the Shaastra festival events:
Devender Singh Maun (2nd year Ceramic Engineering)-for B Plan and GOC.
Ms. Abhilasha Purwar (2nd year Industrial Chemistry)-for GOC.
Ankit Kumar Ladha (2nd year Ceramic Engineering)-for B Plan and GOC.
Devender Singh Maun can be contacted at: devender.maun@gmail.com
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Sketch of ExVirus water purification system:
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Additional links:
1) Shaastra festival at IIT-Madras http://www.shaastra.org/2008/home
2) Golden Challenges for water filter http://www.shaastra.org/downloads/2008/goldenchallenges/waterfilter_fullsize_new.jpg
3) Past articles about Devender Maun in Chronicle
- IT Students develop ExVirus water filter for use in rural area http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle/archives/2008/09/index-campus-view.php#003752
- Summer Internship Experience -First Hand Report http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle/archives/2008/08/index-campus-view.php#003639
- Department of Ceramic Engineering-Institute of technology, BHU http://www.itbhu.ac.in/cer/
Way to go guys! A great idea and a noble cause. Keep it up!
I wish you all the best for a great start-up.
You people are seriously the rockstars of IT-BHU
You make IT proud!
Keep it up guys
Excellent work guys. The future definetely is bright. We need such down to earth thinking. It is only half way only, Work on commercialisation than only the project will be complete.
Keep it up and BEST OF LUCK.
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I guess that to receive the business loans from banks you should have a good reason. Nevertheless, one time I've received a small business loan, just because I wanted to buy a car.
May 7, 2011 1:27 AM