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THE NU INNOVATORS CHALLENGE JANUARY 20 2017

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The NU Innovators Challenge was held on Friday 20th January 2017 on NU Campus. The day sparked with nearly a 100 young bright minds presenting their innovative solutions. The event began with NU President, Prof. V. S. Rao setting the tone by succinctly stating the intent behind the challenge. Prof. Sunil Khanna introduced the eight judges, well-known in their spheres for the work they are doing. After which, the Challenge began in two tracks – the Life Sciences and the Physical Sciences. Following a grueling three-hour session during which 25 projects were presented, top 3 innovative projects were awarded prizes while the rest received nomination certificates.
Top Three Innovators Team
Top Three Innovators Team
Judges – Track 1
External

Prof. Gagan Gupta – Associate Professor in Physics in Department of Education in Science and Mathematics, NCERT
Prof. Harsh V. Bhasin – Member of Prime Minister’s Innovation Awards Committee, Retired from NITIE (National Institute of Industrial Engineering), Mumbai

Internal

Prof. Vijay Mandke
Prof. U. M. Rao

Judges – Track 2
External

Prof. S. K. Aggarwal – Professor of Botany, Delhi University (Retired)
Prof. Vibha Varshney, Associate Editor, Down to Earth, a science and environment magazine affiliated with CSE (Centre for Science and Environment), New Delhi

Internal

Prof. Prosenjit Gupta
Prof. Narayanan Kumar
Winner
Niharika Tanwar, Lavanya Arien, Soumya Pal from Sadhu Vaswani International School for Girls, Shanti Niketan were awarded the Winner prize for their project – Vitamin D Deficiency and its Cure
1st Runner-up
Yuvraj Singh and Pushpneet Singh from Guruteg Bhadur Public School, Mansarovar Garden won the 1st Runner-up position for their project – New Age Car
1st Runner up
2nd Runner-up
Prachi Singh, Abhinav Baranwal, Nirupma Singh, Vindhya Singh and Satwik Saxena from Ram-eesh International School, Greater Noida were awarded the 2nd Runner-up position for their project – Drag-Track
2nd Runner Up
Nomination

No.

School Name

Project Name

Student Names
1

St Columba’s School, Ashok Place

DNA Fingerprinting

Divyansh Rana
2

Ram-eesh International School, Greater Noida

Fabrol

Aniketh Shandilya Pranshu Kashyap Tarun
Jamloki Ayush Rana Sarthak Mehta
3

Tagore International School, East of Kailash

Bio-plastic

Arshi Imtiyaz  Adil Shah
4

G.D. Goenka Public School, Sec-9,Rohini

Garbage Enzymes

Tanya Gahlot Virendra Singh
Vidhi Sharma Anjali Rana  Muskan Kapoor
5

Bharti Public School, Mayur Vihar Phase III

Edible Vaccine

Tripti Gupta  Somya Singh Varsh Chauhan
Swikriti Chauhan Isha Singh 

6

Delhi Public School, Sushant Lok Gurgaon

Sagar Manthan – Oil pill Recollector 

Abhimanyu Raj Singh Sharadeeka Ghosh Teena Dutta
Romit Bishayi Ragni Bhalla
7

Mayoor School, Noida

DNA Fingerprinting

Vishal Lakhani Diwansh Bhambri  Kamakhya Arora
Anam Javed , Shiven Teotia
8

DAV Pushpanjali, Pushpanjali Enclave

Symbiocity

Gunjeeta Ujjwal ,Dhareya                    Naveen                                  

9

DAV Shreshtha Vihar, Delhi

Lake Restoration

Parth Chandak                              Snighdha  Gupta
10

Tagore International School, Vasant Vihar

Amaltas- The Capable Cassia

Akshay Kumar                                             
Roshan Suresh
11

Tagore International, School East of Kailash

APEX and ACHF : Air purifier for exhaust and activated
carbon & HEPA Filter

Astha Malhotra Shruti Katoch
Abhishek Prabhu
12

The Khaitan School, Noida

Jewer International Airport

Uddeshya Singh Yug Khanna
13

DLF Public School Sahibabad, Gaziabad

The Mechanical Pendulum: Innovative
Design to sustain Life in Hills

Tushar Joshi Shivam Goel Shivam Aggarwal 

14

Silverline Prestige School, Ghaziabad

Low Cost Home Automation

Arundhati Tyal Yukti Madan Manvi Gupta
15

Amity International School, Sector 46, Gurgaon

Eye scribe

Gursimran Singh Sarthak Rajpal  Ashwin Tewary  Prachi Saraswat  Kshitij Sawhney  Eeshaanee Shandiliya
16

Amity International School, Sector 43, Gurgaon

Electrothen – Walk for energy

Mehul Kumar Vaibhav Bhatt
17

Bal Bharati Public School, Noida

Digi-safe Helmet

Nakul Verma Prakhar Jindal Shubham Joshi
18

Sri Venkateshwar International School, Dwarka Sector-18

Waste Sorter

Yashwinder Singh  Sharan Chawla Shubham Singhal Nishant Sharma
19

ASn International School, Mayur Vihar

Smart Chair

Megha Bisht Kavya Negi Vasu Chhabra Rishabh Maheshwari
20

DLF Public School Sahibabad, Gaziabad

Mission Talaash

Sarthak Mehta, Ria Saxena Utkarsh Kaushik Saakshay Mehta Sarthak Agarwal
21

The Frank Anthony Public School, Lajpat Nagar

Hovercraft

Mohammad Ali Khan
22

Springdales School, Dhaula Kuan

Solar Panel Optimization

Deekhit Bhattacharya
Vaibhav Gosain
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