National Innovation Challenge begins at Mar Baselios college

As many as 21 projects from various engineering colleges across the country are on display at the 10th TechTop National Innovation Challenge that began at the Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology (MBCET) here on Thursday.

Students from schools and engineering colleges in the capital city and its suburbs are flocking to MBCET to see the projects based on the contest theme ‘Smart Designs for Healthy Living.’ The top prize that awaits the winners is Rs.1 lakh.

Some of the projects on display at the two-day fete are a cost-effective monitoring system for intravenous infusion (IIT Mumbai); cost-effective filter for having anti-bacterial property (Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam); and EMG-activated arm for paralytic patients (Sethu Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu).

Students of Sahradaya College of Engineering and Techology introduce their fire extinguishing robot

A fire extinguishing robot (Sahradaya College of Engineering and Technology, Thrissur); tactile Braille display (St. Francis Institute of Technology, Maharashtra); pneumatic engine (St. Vincent Pallottil College of Engineering, Maharashtra); and a location-aware gas leakage detection and alert system (Amal Jyothi College of Engineering) are also on display.

One of the highlights of TechTop this year is the Junior Innovation Competition organised for school students.

The Young Innovators Club of St. Berchman’s Higher Secondary School, Changanassery, has seven projects on display and Placid Vidya Vihar, Kottayam, has one project.

Earlier, Kerala Technological University Vice Chancellor Kuncheria P. Isaac, in his inaugural address, said that those who could keep up with the speed of technological growth and create new products would find success.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Thiruvananthapuram / by Special Correspondent / Thiruvananthapuram – June 26th, 2015