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Youth Ideathon 2024: Project Skymist by ODM Public School from Bhubaneswar among top 6 teams selected for INR 1 lakh incubation grant
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Bhubaneswar(15/10/2024): Project Skymist by ODM Public School from Bhubaneswar was among the top 6 teams selected for the INR 1 lakh incubation grant in the 4th edition of the Youth Ideathon 2024, Indias largest entrepreneurship competition for school students.The event brought together over 1.8 lakh young innovators from more than 5,000 schools across India.It culminated today at a gala showcase of innovation from the Top 100 teen innovators at IIT Delhi.This innovative solution, developed by students Annesa Piplai, Akriti Jaiswal, and Abhipsa Routray, aimed to address water scarcity by efficiently extracting drinkable water from moisture present in the air.Organised by ThinkStartup and Management Entrepreneurship Professional Skills Council (MEPSC) in association with Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) and IIT Delhi, Youth Ideathon is Indias biggest innovation and entrepreneurship competition designed specifically for school students from Classes 4-12.The event was honoured by the presence of Prof.Narayanan D Kurur, Dean (Academics) at IIT Delhi; R K Singh, CGM, SIDBI; Lt.Gen.A K Bhatt (Retd.), DG, ISpA; Sameep Shastri, Vice Chairman, BRICS CCI; Anku Jain, MD, MediaTek India; Agendra Kumar, MD, ESRI India; ?Dr.Sanjay Gupta, VC, World University of Design; Rashmi Gupta, CAO, ESRI India; Ruby Sinha, Founder, SheAtWork.The Jury members included Dr.Anurag Batra, Chairman, Businessworld; ?Ashish Taneja, Managing Partner, GrowX; ?Nitin Agarwal, Founder, Global Bees, a Unicorn; ?Dr.Nikhil Agarwal, MD, FITT incubator at IIT Delhi; Ganesh Sahai, CTO, Nagarro.The Top 6 teams selected for the INR 1 lakh per idea incubation grant are as follows:ODM Public School, Bhubaneswar, Project Skymist, generates water from atmosphere on the concept of Peltier effect Vidyashilp Academy, NIRI a water conservation business ?Sanskriti School, PadhAI, an affordable AI based multilingual affordable learning platform ?Lilawati Senior Secondary School, New Delhi, an affordable clean air chimney solution for MSME Army Public School, Kolkata, AI based homework checking and assessment solution ??Aditya Vidyashram Residential School, Puducherry, all in one solar powered car for agriculture The event also featured innovative social experiments, such as collaboration with The Kid Company, where school students could list, sell, and raise investments for their ideas, fostering real-world business experience.The Top 100 teams got engaged into real entrepreneurship by selling their innovation and getting crowd funding of INR 40 lakh on The Kid Company platform.Dr.Biswajit Saha, Director (Skill Education & Training), CBSE, Ministry of Education, Government of India, expressed his enthusiasm for the event, "The overwhelming response to Youth Ideathon 2024 is a testament to the entrepreneurial spirit of Indias young minds.CBSE is proud to support initiatives like this, which cultivate creativity, problem-solving skills, and an entrepreneurial mindset from a young age.