Accenture announces “Innovation Jockeys” Awards

Accenture along with Yahoo has announced winners of the third season of Innovation Jockeys, The Hunt for India’s most Innovative Minds in a glittering award ceremony was held in Bangalore.

This year’s contest focussed on Disruptive Technology Innovations related to the themes – Internet of Things and Digital Government, and it focussed on discovering bright, young, homegrown innovators – and encouraging them to take responsibility for driving significant change.

The participants submitted their ideas online through a microsite developed for the contest.

The winners were announced under the following categories: Grand Prize, Internet of Things, Digital Government, Jury’s Choice for each of the two categories and Yahoo Digital Innovation Jockey.

The grand prize was awarded to Ajay Kumar Saini, Shanu, Shubham Goel and Roshit Gopinath from Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad, for developing “RespirON”, a device attached to an asthma inhaler that helps asthma patients manage their sickness better and live a healthy life.

In the Digital Government category, Neil Mathew from Amity Business School, Delhi, was awarded the prize for Gramseva: Kisan, a mobile application that informs farmers about the correct market value of agricultural commodities. This helps them to bargain effectively with dealers, make informed stocking decisions and access relevant details from their home.

In the Internet of Things category, Team Saviour Suit from Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad, comprising of Karan Narula, Anjali Saini, Yogesh Gupta and Roopam Sharma developed a wearable suit designed to help women escape in situations such as sexual assault, abuse or human trafficking.

The Jury’s Choice awards were given to two teams under the above two categories as well:

•         In the Internet of Things category, Gaurav Nitin Gandhi, Jay Jitendra Visariya, Dhiraj Kaluram Gehlot and Amit Vinod Yadav from K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering, Mumbai, won the award for their submission called Eco Mappers. It is a small, energy-efficient and inexpensive kit that maps air pollution at different places.

•         In the Digital Government category, Shreenath M, Sundarganesh and Shivaraman Ilango from Easwari Engineering College, Chennai, received the award for developing a “Wireless Intercommunication Network Device”.

Yahoo Digital Innovation Jockey award was given to Bhargav Sridhar from NCET, Visveswaraya Technological University, Bangalore, for developing Brick-IT, an intelligent approach to creating infographics from text automatically.

All winners were awarded trophies and tech gadgets such as iPads, iPods and Google Nexus tablets.