WIN-Nutripreneurs at Craftroot exhibition,  Vadodara (6th to 9th Jan’24)

Date : 06.01.2024 to 09.01.2024

WIN Foundation with the support from Craftroots encouraged our  nutrition project implementing partners  to take up the right set of circumstances and participate in the exhibition organized by craftroots to showcase and sell the nutritious products being made at WIN sponsored and supported Central Kitchens .

On 3rd, 4th and 5th October 2023, WIN Foundation organised a field workshop on ‘Farmer centric protocols in agriculture practices and role of innovation and technology’ in partnership with ACT (Arid Communities and Technologies)  Bhuj. We invited technology startups such as Rajul Patkar from Proximal SoilSens, Tarang Patel from Intach Harness, Chandraj Shah from Raj instruments, and visited different project villages to understand farmers’ practices and issues faced in agriculture.

 We had active participation and constructive discussions with the technology startups, agriculture experts, KVK Mundra and project team. This included insightful discussions with different farmer and women groups from Abdasa and Mandvi project locations, who practised rainfed farming, irrigated farming, horticulture, summer crops and also nutri-garden. The issues and concerns raised by the groups were of different nature, ranging from seed quality and storage, to water availability and salinity in water, organic inputs, need of soil and water quality testing, pest infestation, uncertain and unpredictable rainfall.

 A reflection and planning session was done post the 2 days of visiting farms and meeting farmers with the start-ups, ACT team, Bhujal Jankars, and WIN team, to plan for the Winter cropping season. For more details, the workshop report can be read here

HWTS Network India Chapter: Learning Exchange 2023

Date : 29.11.2023 to 1.12.23

HWTS Network India Chapter: Learning Exchange 2023 event held from November 29 to December 1, 2023, at the S M Sehgal Foundation Auditorium, Gurgaon.  The event focussed focused on learning the need for “Safe Drinking Water for All ” through promoting Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage (HWTS) solutions.

Vishwakarma Awards for Engineering Innovation 2023

Date : May 2023

A national level event, `Vishwakarma Awards for Engineering Innovation 2023 was launched in May 2023, with three themes: (i) Water & Sanitation, (ii) Clean Technology, and (iii) Smart Mobility.  WIN Foundation was the partner and co-organizer in Water and Sanitation track. Over 110+ applications received from all over the country, 26 teams were selected for the stage 1, out of which,  12 teams under watsan shortlisted for stage 2.

 ICC Waste and Wastewater Innovators and Investors Workshop

• Date : 29.09.23 to 30.09.23

• WIN Foundation was associated with IIT Kharagpur and the Indian Chamber of Commerce, to organise  “ICC Water & Wastewater Innovators and Investors Workshop, held at IIT Kharagpur on September 29th and 30th, 2023, and promises to be an engaging and enlightening event focused on water and wastewater treatment innovations. Ion Exchange Ltd and Thermax Limited were the major sponsors of the event.

WIN Foundation was associated with IIT Kharagpur and the Indian Chamber of Commerce, to organise  “ICC Water & Wastewater Innovators and Investors Workshop, held at IIT Kharagpur on September 29th and 30th, 2023, and promises to be an engaging and enlightening event focused on water and wastewater treatment innovations. Ion Exchange Ltd and Thermax Limited were the major sponsors of the event.

This workshop provided a unique platform for innovators, investors, and industry experts to collaborate, exchange ideas, and contribute to advancements in water and wastewater treatment technologies. 

Water and Wastewater treatment is a critical need in both rural and urban areas, and has drawn substantial attention of government, private sector, institutions and public. Thus, this promises to be an engaging and enlightening event focused on water and wastewater treatment innovations for Industry, Institutions, Innovators, Startups and Investors. 

This workshop provided an unique platform for innovators, investors, and industry experts to collaborate, exchange ideas, and contribute to advancements in water and wastewater treatment technologies.

Top 3 Innovators, selected by a distinguished jury, received the WIN –  IIT Kharagpur Awards for the top 3 innovators, sponsored by WIN Foundation, with an additional prize sponsored by Ion Exchange Ltd.

Top 3 Award Winners :- 

1.Mr. Ashish Daga of Exposome Pvt. ltd. has own first prize in the oral and presentation of an innovative idea  Regenerable Molecular Filters for Effluent and Emissions

2.Dr. Vanita Prasad of REVY Environmental Solutions, won Second Prize in Oral and Poster presentation  for Production of Anaerobic Granulated Sludge and Biomass Growth Enhancement Formulations for Waste/ Waste Water Treatment Along with Energy Recovery

3.Joint third prizes-

1) Mr.Biswajit Bera of Tecnoquips Separation Pvt Ltd has won joint third prize in oral and presentation of an innovative idea `Fluoride Removal Technology from Groundwater

(2)  Sourish Bhattacharya of Biorenesis has own  joint third prize  in oral and presentation of an innovative idea `Bioremediation of textile wastewater using microalgae through biorefinery model

 Digital Business Implementation Program for Women Nutri-preneurs and other Microenterprises

Date : 20.06.23 to 20.07.23

WIN Foundation, together with 3 leading NGOs, conducted a training program from 20th June’23 to 20th July 2023 twice a week for 1.5 – 2 hours, totaling about 15 hours, for 40 microentrepreneurs , who implemented their e-commerce presence on WhatsApp for business at no cost, during the 1-month training program and also started their digital businesses through this. The leading implementers were facilitated in an Award function conducted on 15th September 2023, to further motivate them to aim for greater achievement and support other fellow micro-entrepreneurs in their communities. 

 Awards and excellence certificates were given to the top 7 entrepreneurs and rest were awarded with participants’ certificates to keep their motivation up.

Program Partners:

Arid Communities and Technologies
Saath Charitable Trust
Samerth Charitable Trust

 For more information, please click here

Vishwakarma Prize for Engineering Innovation – 2023

• Date : 14th April 2023 

• Vishwakarma Prize 2023 is co-organized by WIN Foundation and partnered with IIT Delhi. The theme for 2023 is Water & Sanitation, Clean Technology & Smart Mobility.Our goal is to incentivise student teams to build innovative solutions to real world problems in the domain of Water and Sanitation, Clean Technology and Smart Mobility. Shortlisted teams gain financial support to build their prototype, mentorship and guidance from domain experts, and a platform to showcase their solutions. There is further support available for selected finalist teams who the Judges select under “best product design” and “most innovative solution” in each of the tracks.This includes an opportunity for a MBF Fellowship to further develop their Prototype into a marketable product.

ABOUT THE AWARD

Founded by the © Maker Bhavan Foundation, the award incentivises talented student innovators and tinkerers interested in developing scalable technological solutions that tackle real-world problems and boost India’s economy.

Vishwakarma Prize 2023 is co-organized by WIN Foundation and partnered with IIT Delhi. The theme for 2023 is Water & Sanitation, Clean Technology & Smart Mobility

Our goal is to incentivise student teams to build innovative solutions to real world problems in the domain of Water and Sanitation, Clean Technology and Smart Mobility.  Shortlisted teams gain financial support to build their prototype, mentorship and guidance from domain experts, and a  platform to showcase their solutions. There is further support available for selected finalist teams who the Judges select under “best product design” and “most innovative solution” in each of the tracks.This includes an opportunity for a MBF Fellowship to further develop their Prototype into a marketable product.

Themes & Sub Themes

Water and Sanitation

• Purification of Water

• Desalination

• Water Conservation

• Low carbon footprint solutions

• Measuring Instrumentation

Clean Technology

• Carbon capture

• Reducing the carbon footprint

• Renewable power generation

• Measuring and Instrumentation

Smart Mobility

• Satellite technology

• Unmanned vehicles -Airborne or Underwater with targeting capabilities

• Sensors for Defense Technology

Grand Jury,Selection Committee and Mentors

Our Grand Jury and mentors are industry veterans, entrepreneurial leaders, angel investors, faculty members who are subject experts as well as NGOs who represent the end users.

Prizes

1. Best Product Design: INR INR 100,000/- ( maximum of 3 awardees)

2. Most Innovative Solution : INR 100,000/- (maximum of 3 awardees)

3. MBF Innovation Fellowship: Selected awardees who wish to take their solution to the next stage may get selected for the MBF Innovation Fellowship with maximum support up to an additional 2 lakh released based on milestones defined mutually.

4. Summer Internship 2024: Innovation Fellows will be placed with an academic or industry research group for summer internship in 2024 summer.

5. Certification: All finalist teams will get Certificates and an additional 10,000/- from the Foundation. They may also request for Letters of Recommendation ( LOR) from mentors and selection committee members.

Other Inclusions

1. INR 5000 towards producing consumables for the initial prototype for all shortlisted teams.

2. Additional INR 15,000 for further development of the prototype for 20 finalist teams.

3. Travel support for up to 2 team members to location up to Rs 12,000 per team as well as stay and local hospitality.

You Should Apply Because

• You are interested in expanding your job prospects in key emerging sectors.

• You want to experience working in an interdisciplinary team that is valuable engineering experience critical for your professional career.

• You are interested in entrepreneurship and developing a marketable product.

• You are interested in developing an innovative solution that is relevant and has the potential to impact millions.

The National Bio Entrepreneurship Competition 2022 (NBEC)

WIN Foundation was again a category partner with C-CAMP, for The National Bio Entrepreneurship Competition 2022, for the domains of (i) Water and Sanitation and (ii) Maternal and Child Nutrition. WIN Foundation has been a category partner in NBEC for the last 3 years.

#NBEC2022  received an overwhelming response with about 3000 applications from 35 states and UTs of India. Out of 240 shortlisted entries, 26 finalists were selected through regional rounds. out of which 340 qualified through the regional rounds. An illustrious 22 member Grand Jury, drawn from Indian biotech industry, partners and funders. judged  selected the winners, identifying India’s top bio entrepreneurial talent, at the grand finale on 16th December. at Bangalore. The awards included a cumulative of 16 Cr INR in cash prizes and investment opportunities while student-led teams swooped up 9 lakhs in cash prizes.

NBEC is organized by the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP), and is sponsored by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, along with several reputed partners. It has emerged as the premier national talent competition to identify and reward some of the most promising deep tech ideas in all domains of the Life Sciences.

WIN sponsored domain winners : 

In addition to category award prize, WIN Foundation also  offers the opportunity to participate in WIN Innovative products market validation scheme to participants and winners.

To know more,  visit :  http://www.nationalbioentrepreneurship.in

About NBEC: Every year C-CAMP organizes National Bio Entrepreneurship Competition (NBEC), a nationwide competition to attract, identify, and nurture bio-entrepreneurs working on novel and scalable business ideas with significant societal impact. Applicants compete for attractive cash prizes and investment opportunities. First Launched in 2017, NBEC has truly set an example in its cross-country geographical reach with registrations across 33 states and union territories including metros, Tier II and Tier III cities and towns. NBEC since its inception has grown greatly in stature and size. Over the past six editions, NBEC Partners grew from 10 in 2017 to 34 in 2022, and prize money and investment opportunities grew from INR 83 Lakhs in 2017 to 8.6 Cr. NBEC has brought to the forefront 63 exceptionally promising young entrepreneurs as winners, who have grabbed the attention of investors, were featured in national and global media, and have gone on to win many other accolades.

Vishwakarma Prize for Engineering Innovation – 2022

• Date : 5th January 2022  to 27th August 2022

Vishwakarma Awards for Engineering Innovation  competition  2022 was launched on  January 07, 2022 by Makers Bhavan Foundation, co-sponsored by Wheels India Niswarth (WIN) Foundation in partnership with Dr Kiran C Patel Centre for Sustainable Development (KPCSD) at IITGN.  Theme for this year’s event was Water & Sanitation.It received 120+ applications from student teams from science and engineering colleges across the country. 35 teams were selected to work on a prototype of their solution. 10 shortlisted finalists showcased their innovative solutions for water and sanitation challenges to a distinguished jury panel at the Grand Finale.

 The Grand Finale of Vishwakarma Award for Engineering Innovation 2022 was held on 27th August 2022 at IIT Gandhinagar and the following three teams won the competition based on their uniqueness and relevant solutions:

1. The first grand prize of Rs 5 lakh was won by Abishek G, Akshatha Devi Lolla, and Suchithra S from PSG College of Engineering, Coimbatore, for developing an innovation that reduces water consumption by almost 66% in a conventional toilet by changing the shape to a hyperboloid.

2, Students from IIT Bombay, namely Ananya Sah, Mohammaed Aslam Villan, and Shubham Tiwari, won second prize of Rs 2 lakh for their solution on SWAP-Solar Water Antimicrobial Purifier,

3. The third prize of Rs 1 lakh was awarded to Ravi Kumar Yadava and Ravneet Kumar Yadav from IISER, Mohali. They have developed iHydroMET, a wastewater treatment and resource recovery technology

Vishwakarma Awards for Engineering Innovation  competition  2022 was launched on  January 07, 2022 by Makers Bhavan Foundation, co-sponsored by Wheels India Niswarth (WIN) Foundation in partnership with Dr Kiran C Patel Centre for Sustainable Development (KPCSD) at IITGN. It received 120+ applications from student teams from science and engineering colleges across the country. 35 teams were selected to work on a prototype of their solution. 10 shortlisted finalists showcased their innovative solutions for water and sanitation challenges to a distinguished jury panel at the Grand Finale.

Other seven inventions and their innovators include:

Prem Kumar from IIT Guwahati: Near real-time monitoring and quantification of inland water using satellites

Megha R Raj, K Vidyalashmi, Keerthy Remesh, Sarath SS, Sudeep K S from TKMCE, Kollam: Removal of  microplastics using psidium guajava leaves

Neelanjan & Indranil from IIEST Shibpur: Development of arsenic removal unit with electrocoagulation and activated alumina sorption

Abishek G, Suriya N from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore: AquaReGenerator, a one-of-a-kind solar desalinator

Shreeniwas Sathe, Dr Inrajut Charabory, Rishabh Raj from IIT Kharagpur: Application of waste-derived carbon-based electrodes for tertiary treatment of wastewater

Nekita & Abhishek from IIT Delhi:  EcoFilter: An eco-friendly and economical water treatment unit

Akansha Saini, Prakriti Gupta, Pala Dobal, Mohd Touseef, Aryan Shukla from IIT Jammu: Real-time water leakage system  using vibration in pipes

 media Coverage Links :

• https://www.vibesofindia.com/iitgn-felicitates-students-across-india-with-vishwakarma-awards-for-innovations-on-water-sanitary-challenges/

• https://indiaeducationdiary.in/students-from-across-the-country-innovated-engineering-solutions-for-water-sanitation-challenges-presented-with-vishwakarma-awards-2022-at-iit-gandhinagar/

• https://theliveahmedabad.com/2022/08/31/students-from-across-the-country-innovated-engineering-solutions-for-water-sanitation-challenges/

• https://navjeevanexpress.com/water-sanitation-challenges-psg-college-of-engg-from-tn-bags-1st-prize-in-vishwakarma-awards-2022/

• https://www.campusvarta.com/article/students-from-across-the-country-innovated-engineering-solutions-for-water-sanitation-challenges-presented-with-vishwakarma-awards-2022-at-iitgn

• https://gujarati.news18.com/news/gandhinagar/the-vishwakarma-award-for-engineering-innovation-held-at-iitgn-abg-local18-1245385.html

 NATIONAL BIO ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMPETITION (NBEC) – 2021
Date : 16th August 2021 – 18th December 2021

• C-CAMP launched NBEC 2021 on 16th August’21. WIN Foundation was again a category partner for NBEC 2021 for the domains of (1) Water and Sanitation and (2) Maternal and child health.
  
  NBEC 2021 received overwhelming response with over 2500+ applications from 30 states and UTs of India. 300+ applications were shortlisted for regional qualifier pitching round (virtual) in November. The Jury members, from industry, academia, and investor community, shortlisted 72 business ideas for a virtual Boot Camp and Mentoring Program that was held between 1-3 December.

WIN CHALLENGE – AI/ML FOR CHILD GROWTH AND HEALTH MONITORING

• Date : 21st May 2021 to 28th June 2021

• WIN Foundation, with  iTIC Incubator at IIT Hyderabad,  jointly  launched the WIN Challenge – Track 1, in Jun’21.  The focus area of this challenge is `Child Growth and Health Monitoring, using AI /ML’, a critical technology to tackle malnutrition in India. The jury members of `WIN challenge’ selected two candidates, who will work under the iTIC pre-incubation program to develop technology for Child Growth and Health Monitoring, with WIN Foundation fellowship support.

IInaugural function of K-MARC Center for Excellence for Participatory Groundwater Management

Date : 29th December 2020

The above centre has been setup by Arid Communities and Technologies, with support from Tata Power, WIN Foundation and other stakeholders, with the vision to establish a Centre of Excellence for PGWM Training centre through multi stakeholders approach among academic institutions, CSR Foundations and NGOs for authentications and value addition to capacity building process. The centre will provide training to a range of stakeholders including community groups, grass root level workers, upto decision makers.

WIN Foundation was one of the partners for virtual Inaugural function of K-MARC Center for Excellence for Participatory Groundwater Management, an initiative by  Arid Communities and Communities,  on 29th December’20 at 10.00 AM

The function was jointly organized by Arid Communities and Technologies, Geo Science Services , KSKV Kachchh University, Coastal Gujarat Power Ltd, WIN Foundation, PARAB and Arghyam.

In addition to inauguration of the Centre, an Interactive website on Kankavati Aquifer Management (kmarc.live) was also launched in this inaugural function.

The keynote speakers of the function were:

1. Dr. Dhimant Vyas, Additional Secretary, Water Resource Department (WRD) – Chief Guest

2. Dr. Jayrajsinh Jadeja, Vice Chancellor, KSKV Kachchh University

3. Mr. Pradeep Ghosal, Head Environment, CR and Sustainability – CGPL

4. Mr. Ron Mehta, US Director & Mr.Paresh Vora, Head-India Operations, WIN Foundation

5. Ms. Madhvi Purohit – Senior Manager – Programmes – Arghyam.

The Centre was inaugurated by the Chief Guest –  Dr. Dhimant Vyas, Additional Secretary, Water Resource Department (WRD)

For more details, please visit www.kmarc.live

Developing Leadership through a Change of Mindset: talk by Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, world renowned Executive Coach

Date : 29th October 2020

WIN Foundation partnered with Competitiveness Mindset Institute, (CMI) USA, to organize an online talk by Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, ranked World’s #1 Executive Coach for two consecutive years, and winner of the Lifetime Award for Leadership by the Harvard Institute of Coaching on: `Developing Leadership through a Change of Mindset’

Dr. Goldsmith presented on how leadership abilities in the youngest to the most accomplished professionals at the top of their organizations spring from a change of mindset leading to modifying one’s behavior in simple but fundamental ways. These modifications have been understood and cultivated by effective leaders worldwide – from CEOs of Fortune 500 companies to NGOs to international public organizations like the World Bank. Dr. Goldsmith explained these behaviors, how non-cognitive skills (for example Conscientiousness and Perseverance) play a part, how they affect leadership, and what you can do to cultivate them yourself – then use throughout your life.

Leadership development through change in mindset is one of the important requirement for WIN Foundation’s vision of supporting innovations for sustainable social impact.

Over 475 persons attended the webinar talk and also interacted through Q&A session.

About Dr.Marshal Goldsmith

 Marshall Goldsmith is the only Thinkers 50 two-time #1 Leadership Thinker in  the World.  He has been listed as a Top Ten Business Thinker and #1 Executive Coach for eight consecutive years.  He is the inaugural winner of the Lifetime Award for Leadership from the Harvard Institute of Coaching.  Dr. Goldsmith is the #1 New York Times bestselling author or editor of 42 books including What Got You Here Won’t Get You There and Triggers – both have been recognized by Amazon in their 100 Greatest Leadership and Success Books Ever Written.  He is the only living author with two books on this list.

Amazon.com recently recognized their ‘100 Best Leadership & Success Books’. His books, Triggers and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, were both recognized as being in the top 100 books ever written in their field.  Dr. Goldsmith earned his Ph.D. from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management.  Dr. Goldsmith has over 1.3 million followers on LinkedIn.  His YouTube videos have over 3 million views. Hundreds of his articles, interviews, columns, and videos are available online at www.MarshallGoldsmith.com for viewing and sharing, and may be used freely for commercial or non-commercial purpose.

About CMI

CMI is a non-profit organization dedicated to research and education in the areas of non-cognitive skills related to competitiveness and leadership. Based on extensive research, CMI has identified specific skills and developed training programs to inculcate them, specifically in India. CMI trains students and working professionals in skills like Conscientiousness, Taking Initiative, Perseverance, Innovativeness and Problem Solving. Learn more at www.competitivenessmindset.org.

WIN WATSAN ROUNDTABLE SESSION (Closed Group)

Date   : 15th Oct 20

The objectives of this roundtable session was to discuss on the topics presented at the previously held WIN WATSAN Webinar Series 2020 and possible future collaboration opportunities for projects or any other activities

This session was a closed group discussion with 25 participants from nationally renowned institutions in the domain of Water and Sanitation viz. CEPT University – Centre for Water and Sanitation (CWAS), IIT Bombay – Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas (CTARA), IIT Kharagpur – School of Environmental Sciences, IIT Gandhinagar – Centre for Sustainable Development, Arid Communities and Technologies, Mahila Housing Sewa Trust,  WIN Foundation and start-ups like Proximal Soilsens, Oston Technology including a few additional guests.

WIN Foundation coordinated and organized this roundtable session on behalf of all partners.

Summary of discussions and way forward:

1. Institutions, corporates, startup and NGOs, with varied approaches to address water and sanitation issues, have a high potential for collaborative inter-disciplinary action research projects for integrated solutions. Institutions can bring faculty and students (Undergraduates, Masters, PhD and Post-docs) participation, as also emphasized in the New Education Policy 2020.

2. Research coupled with pilots which include developing implementation processes, community involvement and ownership of solutions, skilling at grass roots, and demonstrated outcomes for society, will generate best advocacy at grass root levels among communities, as well as with government. 

3. Opportunity for startups to collaborate and work together with research institutions and field organisations can bring innovations to the field with innovative business models for sustainability and scalability.

4. Platforms/consortiums of institutions and organizations can address and take up specific projects to integrated solutions, as the communities or villages cannot integrate themselves and solutions from established commercial world are unaffordable or inaccessible for such communities. 

5. WIN Foundation will continue its initiative to bring diverse stakeholders together; for the common goal of social impact in sustainable manner. All joint organizers too welcome dialogue with other stakeholders for this.

NATIONAL BIO ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMPETITION (NBEC) – 2020

C-CAMP conducted the fourth edition of the National Bio Entrepreneurship Competition, # NBEC 2020, on behalf of Department of Biotechnology, Government of India.

WIN Foundation was again a category partner for NBEC 2020 for the domains of (1) Water and Sanitation and (2) Maternal and child health. WIN Foundation was the category partner for NBEC -2019 as well for these two domains.

The annual NBEC program has emerged as the flagship program to identify and reward some of the most promising deep tech ideas in all domains of the Life Sciences including agriculture, environment, personal care products, AMR, drugs & therapeutics and more. These ideas and innovations aim to solve country’s challenges through scalable and sustainable business approaches to achieve societal and economic impact.

NBEC 2020 this time adopted innovative online processes, allowing for participation by juries from across the country. It received 3100+ applications from Start-ups, individuals and students, from the 33 States and Union Territories of India.  Based on review by domain experts,  300+ applications were shortlisted for regional qualifier pitching round (virtual), which were held between November 17-24.  The jury members were  from diverse background- industry, academia, and investor community. Following the regional qualifiers, 54 business ideas have been shortlisted for a virtual Boot Camp and Mentoring Programs were held between 1-3 December. The Grand Finale and prize distribution ceremony was held on 19th December 2020, the following startups won the awards in the WIN sponsored categories:

1. NanoPearl – Deau Technologies Pvt.Ltd

NanoPearl is an indigenously developed multivalent two stage solution with following characteristics:

• it simultaneously tackles high TDS, heavy-metal and microbial-contamination in a single unit.

• It uses an adsorbent made up of conscious metallic nanoparticle embedded inside the nano-engineered crystal structure which ultimately results into a super purifier.

• This system provides accepted levels of BIS-10500-2012 for safe-drinkable-water.

2. CerviScan – Sascan Meditech Pvt Ltd.

CerviScan is an automated system for screening and detection of very early stage cervical cancers using a           disruptive multimodal imaging technology with the following characteristics:

• Imaging of tissue fluorescence, diffuse reflectance and absorption, using multispectral illumination·

• Non-invasive mapping of the loss in collagen fluorescence and oxyhaemoglobin absorption in cervical tissues·

• Application of cloud-based ML algorithm for detection of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN)·

• Biopsy guidance for improving diagnostic accuracy

Health Workers can be trained to operate the Cerviscan under field conditions.  Cerviscan is portable, easy to use. Thus it provides an ideal tool for mass screening in remote areas.

To know more please visit https://nationalbioentrepreneurship.in/

 WIN WATSAN WEBINAR SERIES 2020: Innovations and Empowerment for Sustainable Watsan Solutions

WIN WATSAN WEBINAR SERIES 2020: Innovations and Empowerment for Sustainable Watsan Solutions, was conducted as a 6 part series, from 3rd Sep’20 to 8th Oct’20, held once a week, every Thursday.

India faces huge and diverse challenges in Water and Sanitation. For sustainable and scalable solutions to these, multiple innovators need to prototype, trial, refine and perfect multiple innovations in technology, products, services and delivery/business models.

The series was jointly organized by nationally renowned institutions in the domain of Water and Sanitation viz. CEPT University – Centre for Water and Sanitation (CWAS), IIT Bombay – Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas (CTARA), IIT Kharagpur – School of Environmental Sciences, IIT Gandhinagar – Centre for Sustainable Development, Arid Communities and Technologies and WIN Foundation, spread over 2 months with 6 sessions. 

In this series, leading innovator-practitioners, from premier institutions, leading social organizations and startups, presented their actual innovation. This also provided an opportunity for the Water and Sanitation community to interact with various leaders and experts in the domain, across the country, in the process also opening up collaboration opportunities. 

WIN Foundation coordinated and organized this Webinar series on behalf of all partners, including outreach, seminar organization, post-seminar archiving etc.. 

We received excellent responses for all six sessions of the series.  There were 1500+ registrations for the series and many participants actively participated in the interactive sessions.

The video of all sessions are available at: https://win-f.org/WIN-Watsan-Webinar-2020-Series-videos 

The sessions held in the series:

• 3rd Sep’20 (Session-1):

Moving towards sustainable sanitation and efficient water use practices, Speaker: Dr. M. M. Ghangrekar, Professor and Head, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, IIT Kharagpur

• 10th Sep’20 (Session-2):

Water Security: Empowering communities to apply geo-hydrology science, technology and innovation, Speaker: Dr. Yogesh Jadeja, Founder and Director, Arid Communities and Technologies, Bhuj-Kachchh

• 17th Sep’20 (Session-3):

Efficient and equitable service delivery for urban water supply and sanitation, Speakers: Dr. Dinesh Mehta and Dr. Meera Mehta, Professor Emeritus and Executive Director (joint), Centre for Water and Sanitation, CEPT University

• 24th Sep’20 (Session-4):

Integrating the designs of water, wastewater, storm water and solid waste for small towns and large villages, Speaker: Dr. Bakul Rao, Professor Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas (CTARA), IIT Bombay

• 1st Oct’20 (Session-5):

Water treatment and desalination: Addressing bottlenecks in energy and materials, Speaker: Dr.Jaichander Swaminathan, Kanchan and Harilal Doshi Chair,Assistant Professor for Water, Centre for Sustainable Development, IIT Gandhinagar

• 8th Oct’20 (Session 6):

Empowering Communities through Innovations for sustainable Social Impact – a dialog with Startups and Innovators, Speakers: Mr.Paresh Vora, Director – India Operations, WIN Foundation and Dr.Subramaniam C Associate Professor – Chemistry Dept., IIT Bombay. Startups which presented: 

• 1. Alcheme: Prof. Prabhu Rajagopal, IIT Madras

  2. Oston Technology, Jaipur: Mr. Kumar Kalika 

  3. Proximal SoilSens Tech. Pvt. Ltd., Pune: Dr. Rajul Patkar

The video of all sessions are available at: https://win-f.org/WIN-Watsan-Webinar-2020-Series-videos

WIN-KPCSD Roundtable : Innovations to Drive Social Change 

WIN Foundation and the Kiran C Patel Centre for Sustainable Development (KPCSD), Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar together organized a Roundtable session on Innovations to Drive Social Change on 10.Jan.2020 from 9.30. am to 5 pm at the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar 

The Objective was to bring together WIN and KPCSD partners and other organisations/experts in (i) Water and Sanitation (WATSAN) and (ii) Maternal and Child Health (MCH), for a roundtable discussion on:

•  projects / products and other initiatives with common objective to drive community change

•  major challenges in WASH & MCH towards SDG 6, 2 & 3

•  implementation, sustainability and scalability of the projects after the completion of the project period

• how to take research projects to market/implementation level i.e. through a startup or technology transfer to industry

•  how to introduce products and solutions by startups to social impact target markets / communities

•   creating supportive ecosystem and partnerships among diverse stakeholdersfor above

More than 70  Participants from diverse stakeholders including NGOs, Institutions, Foundations, Independent professionals, Innovation Ecosystem players and Start-ups, actively participated in the roundtable, shared their perspectives and initiatives,  exchanged ideas and collaboration opportunities, and offered their support in initiatives  to drive and bring social change in our focused domains; (i) Water and Sanitation and (ii) Maternal Child health.

In particular, many of the participants also offered to support innovative startups for product validation of their products among communities where they work, to provide qualified feedback.

WIN Foundation and KPCSD look forward to continue to further the above dialogue and also look for collaborative action to bring sustainable and scalable social impact.

 NATIONAL BIO ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMPETITION (NBEC) – 2019 

NATIONAL BIO ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMPETITION (NBEC) – 2019

• organized by C-CAMP ON BEHALF OF DBT, Government of India, with WIN FOUNDATION as CATEGORY PARTNER FOR THE DOMAINS OF (I) WATER AND SANITATION AND (II) MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH

• Period : 1st August 2019 to 14th December 2019

Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP), Bangalore, conducted the 3rd Edition of NBEC, from the 1st of August to 14th December, 2019. The objective of the competition is to identify ideas that have business potential and societal impact. NBEC, thus, serves as a forum to amplify bio-entrepreneurship across the country.

The competition received nearly 3000 applications from across the. Following the regional qualifiers, 67 business ideas were shortlisted for the Boot Camp held between 11-13 December in Bengaluru. The rigorous jury evaluations on 13th and 14th saw tough competition among promising startups leading to selection of final winners.

As category partner for (i) Water and Sanitation and (ii) Maternal and Child Health, WIN Foundation participated in early evaluation and then jury rounds, and sponsored the category awards.

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NEBC – 2019 – PRIZE WINNERS

1. Start-up name: Alcheme

Subdomain: Water & Sanitation

Founders :  Prof. Prabhu Rajagopal Professor, IIT Madras  and Mr. Divanshu Kumar

Robotic solution for homogenisation of contents, intervention, and cleaning in septic tanks. Alcheme is developing HomeSEP, a robotic solution for homogenizing and breaking the sludge in the restricted space of septic tank. The key features of HomeSEP include: intrinsic safety, minimalistic design with reduced number of moving parts, modularity to cater to variable sizes of septic tanks and an expandable compact architecture, with low carbon-footprint. The solution is also designed to be cost-effective and easy to operate. HomeSEP will help in overcoming the practice of manual scavenging, provide the sanitary workers with a dignified and healthy way to provide services, and thus create a large societal impact.

2. Start-up name: Blackfrog Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Date of incorporation: 04 November 2015

Biotech subdomain: Maternal & Child Health (MCH); Medical Devices

Founder: Mr. Mayur Shetty CEO, Blackfrog Technologies

Portable and battery powered medical grade refrigerator for vaccine transport: Blackfrog has developed Emvólio- a portable, battery-powered refrigeration device that will strictly maintain any pre-set temperature for up to 12 hours for last-mile transport of vaccines. Further device capabilities will include continuous temperature monitoring, location tracking, state of charge indication, and communication with headquarters via live tracking and vital statistics. The device is meant for use in typical day-long immunization campaigns, where the healthcare workers take vaccines to the field and bring back the left-overs at the end of the day for reuse/disposal. Through this device, Blackfrog seeks to (i) reduce risk of vaccine becoming ineffective or unsafe, (ii) reduce the economic burden of wasted vaccines and (iii) optimize human resources in vaccine delivery by nullifying the need for repeated immunization visits to account for the administering of ineffective vaccines.

Event Media coverage:

• https://indusdictum.com/2019/12/17/11-bio-entrepreneurs-win-awards-for-digital-health-medical-devices-agri-biotech-at-birac-nbec/

• https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/entrepreneurship-is-about-how-you-monetise-an-idea-kiran-mazumdar-shaw/article30317664.ece

• https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/newsbuzz/twelve-entrepreneurs-emerge-winners-in-nbec-2019/articleshow/72664342.cms

• https://yourstory.com/2019/12/c-camp-national-bio-entrepreneurship-competition

• http://www.indiascienceandtechnology.gov.in/stihighlights/nbec-2019-evolution-maturing-ecosystem-unlocking-bio-entrepreneurship-talent-across-india

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc2BsI3F7-8

• https://vigyanprasar.gov.in/isw/Eleven-bio-entrepreneurs-win-in-the-National-Bio-Entrepreneurship-Competition.htm

 Designing And Planning A Water And Sanitation Accelerator Programme – A Brainstorming Roundtable Session 

REPLICABLE AND SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL IMPACT THROUGH SKILLING AND MICRO- ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT – AN INTERACTIVE SESSION

• In partnership with Rural Caravan

• Over 30 participants including NGO’s, Foundations, Startups and Institutions

• Discussions on how to promote micro-entrepreneurship in remote / rural / tribal areas for twin objectives of (i) livelihood generation and (ii) improving quality of life

WIN CONFERENCE 2019

• In partnership with IIT Gandhinagar, IIPH Gandhinagar, Wheels Charitable Foundation, with the theme “Innovate and Empower to accelerate Social Change”

• Very well attended with over 60 high quality speakers and over 500 delegates over two days.

• The participants included Institutions, Government, NGO’s, Corporates, Start-ups, Incubators, Investors, Professionals and students.

• Startups, NGOs and Government departments displayed their innovative services, products,
  interventions for social impact at over 30 exhibit stalls

https://winfoundations.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/WINConference2019-Summary-Report_29.04.2019-2-2.pdf