Promoting innovation, entrepreneurship and technology, India Gadget Expo today announced
the “Inspiring Indian Innovation Award”.
The award ceremony will take place at the INDIA GADGET EXPO (IGE) to be held in
Hyderabad from 18th to 21st September 2015 at HITEX Convention Centre.
The
“Inspiring Indian Innovation Award” was introduced by Mr.Jayesh Ranjan, I.A.S, Secretary, Information Technology (IT);
Government of Telangana. The event which is slated to be India’s premier Tech
show is supported by the Government of Telangana.
The award is conceptualised to honour
the Indian Innovations and recognise their commitment and dedication to promote
India an Innovation hub. The sole objective behind the initiative is to
motivate the next big ideas, driven by the power of technology.
There is a need for creating “the Culture of Innovation” in
India where we adopt internal processes that encourage and reward innovators to
continually push the boundaries in finding new solutions. We need to create
incubation centres for developing Systemic Innovation Engagement Models. An important part of the culture of
innovation is to ensure that we recognize the breakthrough work and the
Inspiring Innovation Awards is a step in the same direction.
Inspiring Indian Innovation Awards will be
recognizing the innovators through the awards under two categories of
Entreprise and Consumer devices for
·
Best Innovation,
·
Best start-up (early stage)
·
Best start-up( growth stage)
·
Best Social impact product
·
Best student IoT project
The top 10 finalists in each category
will get free Exhibition space at the India Gadget Expo and top 3 will be
awarded cash prize. The last date for the awards entries is August 31, 2015
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| L-R Jayesh Ranjan, Sagar, Sanjeev Kumar & Ramesh Loganathan |
Speaking on the occasion, Mr.Sanjeev Kumar, India Gadget Expo
said, “The ‘Inspiring India Innovation (I3)’
will provide a platform to startups to showcase their innovative gadgets to a
wide audience that include both consumers and angel investors.With
theseawards we aim to recognize and
encourage creative innovations with cutting edge products. The recognition will
motivate start-ups the growth engines,
manifesting the power of innovation. ”
Mr.Jayesh Ranjan,
I.A.S, Secretary, Information Technology (IT); Government of Telangana said, “The Inspiring Indian
Innovation Award will ignite creative minds and encourage entrepreneurs and
start-ups to think beyond obvious. Technology is
going to touch lives in several ways, making it easier adaptive to human
emotions, preferences and choices. Entrepreneurs and start-ups must keep
innovating to boost domestic production of electronic and tech devices. We are
extremely proud to be associated with this initiative which will serve as a
platform to recognize talent and innovation in our country”
About IGE 2015...
India Gadget Expo
will be India’s premier Gadget show and
will showcase 1000+ Gadgets, 300+ exhibitors from 12
countries. It is designed to promote
some revolutionary gadgets for the 1st time in India.
It will serve as a platform for over 75Startups to showcase
their innovative gadgetsHighly engaging agenda of seminars covering Mobile
tech, Smart Cities, Gaming, Auto tech, etc
The
4-day event is expected to witness an enormous footfall of around 1 lakh
visitors and participants across the world from varied segments including
Global Investors, CEOs and Managing Directors, Technology Professionals and
enthusiasts, Dealers/ Distributors, Government officials, Consumers and
students.
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