NU INNOVATORS

THE NU INNOVATORS CHALLENGE JANUARY 20 2017

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

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

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

Nomination

No.	School Name	Project Name	Student Names
	St Columba's School, Ashok Place	DNA Fingerprinting	valign="top"> Divyansh Rana
	Ram-eesh International School, Greater Noida	Fabrol	Aniketh Shandilya Pranshu Kashyap Tarun Jamloki Ayush Rana Sarthak Mehta
	Tagore International School, East of Kailash	Bio-plastic	Arshi Imtiyaz Adil Shah
	G.D. Goenka Public School, Sec-9,Rohini	Garbage Enzymes	Tanya Gahlot Virendra Singh Vidhi Sharma Anjali Rana Muskan Kapoor
	Bharti Public School, Mayur Vihar Phase III	Edible Vaccine	Tripti Gupta Somya Singh Varsh Chauhan Swikriti Chauhan Isha Singh
	Delhi Public School, Sushant Lok Gurgaon	Sagar Manthan - Oil pill Recollector	Abhimanyu Raj Singh Sharadeeka Ghosh Teena Dutta Romit Bishayi Ragni Bhalla
	Mayoor School, Noida	DNA Fingerprinting	Vishal Lakhani Diwansh Bhambri Kamakhya Arora Anam Javed , Shiven Teotia
	DAV Pushpanjali, Pushpanjali Enclave	Symbiocity	Gunjeeta Ujjwal ,Dhareya Naveen
	DAV Shreshtha Vihar, Delhi	Lake Restoration	Parth Chandak Snighdha Gupta
	Tagore International School, Vasant Vihar	Amaltas- The Capable Cassia	Akshay Kumar Roshan Suresh
	Tagore International, School East of Kailash	APEX and ACHF : Air purifier for exhaust and activated carbon & HEPA Filter	Astha Malhotra Shruti Katoch Abhishek Prabhu
	The Khaitan School, Noida	Jewer International Airport	Uddeshya Singh Yug Khanna
	DLF Public School Sahibabad, Gaziabad	The Mechanical Pendulum: Innovative Design to sustain Life in Hills	Tushar Joshi Shivam Goel Shivam Aggarwal
	Silverline Prestige School, Ghaziabad	Low Cost Home Automation	Arundhati Tyal Yukti Madan Manvi Gupta
	Amity International School, Sector 46, Gurgaon	Eye scribe	Gursimran Singh Sarthak Rajpal Ashwin Tewary Prachi Saraswat Kshitij Sawhney Eeshaanee Shandiliya
	Amity International School, Sector 43, Gurgaon	Electrothen - Walk for energy	Mehul Kumar Vaibhav Bhatt
	Bal Bharati Public School, Noida	Digi-safe Helmet	Nakul Verma Prakhar Jindal Shubham Joshi
	Sri Venkateshwar International School, Dwarka Sector-18	Waste Sorter	Yashwinder Singh Sharan Chawla Shubham Singhal Nishant Sharma
	ASn International School, Mayur Vihar	Smart Chair	Megha Bisht Kavya Negi Vasu Chhabra Rishabh Maheshwari
	DLF Public School Sahibabad, Gaziabad	Mission Talaash	Sarthak Mehta, Ria Saxena Utkarsh Kaushik Saakshay Mehta Sarthak Agarwal
	The Frank Anthony Public School, Lajpat Nagar	Hovercraft	Mohammad Ali Khan
	Springdales School, Dhaula Kuan	Solar Panel Optimization	Deekhit Bhattacharya Vaibhav Gosain