Rishikesh Borpuzari Ideathon competition
Rules and Regulation:
Who can participate?
Undergraduate and Postgraduate students of Jorhat Engineering college.
An Individual or a team of maximum 4 students from any discipline.
The proposed idea must be within the themes as mentioned in Annexure II.
Idea will be evaluated on the following main criteria:
Innovation – How ‘innovative’ is the idea? Is this idea creative and progressive?
Feasibility of Implementation – How feasible is the idea? How can it be executed within 6 months/one year on a defined budget?
Sustainability – How sustainable is the idea? Is this idea cost-effective? Where does this have market potential and scalability?
Impact – How does this idea raise awareness for diverse or vulnerable populations in a range of social conditions?
Complete novelty and creativity of the idea is highly desirable.
In the first round of the competition, participants will be selected after reviewing the report of the ideas submitted by the teams.
The submitted paper to be in PDF format with a maximum of 4000 words and could include graphs, pictures, diagrams, flow charts, etc. The report must have a cover page with paper title, name of the participants, their contact information and their affiliation.
The last date of submission of the paper is 20th September, 2023.
How to submit the report? (Annexure I)
The report must be typed in word document and convert it into pdf while submitting.
The e-mail id for submission of the report is dhbaruah@jecassam.ac.in
The shortlisted team must present their idea in the final round of the competition to be held on 30th September 2023.
Rules for the final presentation:
A PPT presentation is mandatory for all the shortlisted teams.
Selected teams shall prepare a PRESENTATION for 15 minutes.
Any member of the team shall give the presentation.
The presentation shall be followed by a question answer round where the judges shall ask questions regarding the presentation.
All team members MUST participate in this session.
A copy of the presentation should be mailed prior to the final event which will be informed after first round of the competition.
Judging will be based on innovativeness, feasibility of the presented idea, clarity of thought and idea and depth of research. The Judge’s decision remains final in all respect.
Total prize money is 1 Lakh, which will be distributed among the prize owner. The selected groups will be eligible for getting seed money (upto Rs. 9 Lakhs subjected conditions specified by investors) and mentorship from reputed entrepreneur to establish their own start-up.
Participants can consult Subject matter experts / Alumni / Industry domain experts to finetune the presented solution. The name of such experts consulted should be disclosed while sending the report so as to avoid any future conflict of interest.
