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Welcome to VIT Innovation Lab!!
"If you can dream it, you can do it", said Walt Disney. Similar
is the vision of bringing the best
of the lot from the youth on a single platform by the name of
VIT innovation Lab.
VIT University in collaboration with Microsoft proudly presents
the VIT Innovation Lab tolaunch Microsoft I-Spark, a unique program
that is going to lead the light of instilling a culture
of science, technology and innovation among the youth of the
nation. It aims in bringing up some
of the best solutions for the mankind to the fore.
About VIT Innovation Lab
VIT Innovation Lab- a platform, not for the common technical
brain but for people with the bent
of mind to look at the world from a viewpoint which is beyond
the presumed physical laws, it is
about logic and faith in your abilities. It beckons all the
loquacious minds to scream out their
ideas and learning. It provides you the opportunity to showcase
you comprehensive knowledge
and your ability to make people understand it. We strictly
emphasize on originality. Start with
what is right than what is acceptable.
Highlights
1. Selected ideas will be given a period of one year for
developing the product.
2. Selected ideas will be funded by VIT University.
3. Infrastructure facilities will be provided by VIT
University.4. Mentored by experts from IIT, IISc, IIIT, VIT and
leading MNCs like Microsoft, IBM
etc..,
5. Ideas are not confined to one particular field.6. Participant
can be a Student/Research Scholar/Faculty/IT Professional.
7. Can be Individual / Group (Team size 2-3).
8. Necessary training will be arranged by VIT.9. Attractive
rewards.
Rules
1. Ideas should be relevant to the ecosystem thereby throwing a
potential to start a
business with the idea or to capture the attention of an
industry.2. Ideas should address a need and solve a problem.3.
Ideas should be innovative and should either
integrate/adopt/modify/aggregate or create
technology, process, design or their usage leading to
efficiency, productivity, simplicity
or convenience.4. Benefits should be tangible and
measurable.
5. Realistic in cost and time to delivery.P.S: As the platform
is being supported by Microsoft it would be good if the ideas have
an IT
component and preferably use Microsoft development or designer
tools as a basic pre-
requisite.
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Selection Process
Proposed ideas will be scrutinized by the Steering Committee and
will be shortlisted. Shortlisted
teams should deliver a one minute presentation to the Steering
Committee regarding the pitch of
the idea that articulates the following:
1. Need for the solution provided (Problem Statement).
2. Relevance (Is the solution worth solving/is there an existing
solution)
3. Realizable (Time to complete, Cost, Resources required to
complete, Technology)
Further scrutiny is done based on presentation and second
shortlist is prepared by the Steering
Committee.
Innovation is NOT a product. Innovation is NOT just technology
and is NOT merely a
concept.Innovation is a sustainable process and is a
manifestation oforiginality - originality inthinking, and
originality in conceptualizing natural inventivenessof the mind.
Stretching minds
little further than the normal thresholds have resultedin great
innovations.
Take up the challenge to drive home your genuine ideas and
understanding. Who knows, this
could be your first step to name, fame and glory!!!
Appendix (Double click the icons below to view the content)
ENTRY FORM.doc Idea template.ppt Sample Ideas.doc
Contact Details
Send your ideas to the below mentioned email id or address on or
before 21st of October 2011.
Email:[email protected] with CC: [email protected]
SCSE students email to [email protected] with CC:
[email protected]
Subject: Innovative Idea
Postal Address:
Director,School of Information Technology & Engineering
(SITE),
VIT University,
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