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Introduction Eligibility Criteria Contest Structure Important Dates

Application Process Awards and Funding Selection Criteria

General Guidelines Correspondence Participation Form

India Innovation Challenge Design Contest 2017

INNOVATE WITH INDIA, CHANGE THE WORLD!

Texas Instruments in collaboration with Department of Science and Technology (DST)


proudly announce the DST & Texas Instruments India Innovation Challenge Design Contest
2017 anchored by NSRCEL, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB) and
supported by MyGov. The contest is open for all Indian engineering students pursuing
undergraduate, postgraduate&Doctoral degrees with Indian engineering colleges.
Texas Instruments (TI) invites all student innovators, thinkers and makers of the country to
join the revolution, who have a dream to create something new, aspire to make a difference,
contribute to Indias success towards becoming an Innovation Hub and strengthen Make in
India Program.

Give your ideas a jump-start by sculpting your innovation with technical support from Texas
Instruments, business mentorship from IIMB, funding and prizes of INR 3.8 crores from
DST& TI

Design- using Innovative products with Incubate - with mentors from Indias
technical mentorship & resources from TI smartest brains from IIMB

DISCLAIMER
Texas Instruments reserves the right, at its
sole discretion, to cancel, terminate,
suspend this contest and modify the rules,
prizes & funding related to the contest
without prior notice. In no event shall TI or
any other organizers be liable for any
Launch - your product with funding and claims, losses, expenses or damages,
prizes from DST& TI arising out of or in connection with the
foregoing.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

The contest is open for all Indian engineering students pursuing undergraduate,
postgraduate&Doctoral degrees with Indian engineering colleges.
All the participants must be Indian Nationals
TI will be providing TI tools worth up to USD 200 for each team free of cost. You must use
all TI devices in your solution.
CONTEST STRUCTURE

Qualifying Round (July 2017 Nov 2017)


Phase I (Jul 2017 Sep 2017)
All the participating teams are expected to submit the Participation Form below to
enter into the Phase I of the Qualifying Round. The submissions will be reviewed by a
panel of domain experts against two categories Business Potential and Technical
Innovationand the shortlisted teams will enter the Phase II of Qualifying Round. The
shortlisted teams will be announced by September 30, 2017.

Awards: Participation Certificate from TI & NSRCEL, IIMB (Only for Eligible
Proposals)

Phase II (Oct 2017 Nov 2017)


Qualified teams from Phase I will advance to Phase II and are expected to submit a
detailed proposal document. These teams will also be mentored online by experts
from IIM Bangalore to prepare their proposal. Teams must submit the proposal by Oct
30th, 2017. The proposals will be reviewed by a panel of experts and the shortlisted
teams will enter the quarterfinals of the contest. The shortlisted teams will be
announced by November 30, 2017

Awards: Participation Certificate from TI & NSRCEL,IIMB (Only for Eligible


Proposals)

Quarter Finals (Dec 2017 Apr 2018)


Teams entering quarterfinals will be given an opportunity to convert their proposed
idea into a hardware prototype. TI will be providing TI tools worth up to USD 200 for
each team free of cost. In this round of the contest, teams are expected to create a
hardware prototype as a proof of concept of their idea and submit the following by Mar
31, 2018

a. Project report / a technical paper.


b. Video demonstration of their prototype.
The submissions will be reviewed by a panel of experts and shortlist teams will be
announced by April 30, 2018

Awards: Participation Certificate from TI & NSRCEL, IIMB


Semi Finals (May 2018 June 2018)
Shortlisted teams will advance to Semifinals of the India Innovation Challenge. The
Semifinalist teams will be invited to the Regional Demonstration and Evaluation event
for live demonstration and evaluation of their project. These events will be held in June
2018 and shortlisted teams for Finals will be identified byJune30, 2018.

Awards: Certificate of Excellence from TI & NSRCEL, IIMB


Cash Prizes from TI for each team

Finals (July 2018 August 2018)


Each selected team for Finals will receive Product Development Fund from DST for
field testing and prototyping. Select finalist teams will be invited to Final Evaluation
event in August 2018 and top teams will be selected for Incubation at IIMBangalore.
Top teams will receive additional seed fund from DST to launch their startup.

Awards: Certificate of Excellence from TI & NSRCEL, IIMB


Cash Prizes from TI for each team
Cash Prize for Best Women team
Funding from DST

IMPORTANT DATES

Qualifying Round Phase I Submission Sep 10 2017

Qualifying Round Phase I Results Sep 30 2017

Qualifying Round Phase II Submission Oct 30 2017

Qualifying Round Phase II Results Nov 30 2017

Shipment of tools to Quarterfinal teams Dec 2017

Quarterfinals Interim Submission Feb 10 2018

Quarterfinals Final Submission Mar 31 2018

Quarterfinals Round Results Apr 30 2018

Semifinals Results Jun 30 2018

Finals Event Aug 2018


APPLICATION PROCESS

Team Leader must follow the below steps to participate

Create an account on MyGov https://www.mygov.in


Go to website https://innovate.mygov.in and click on the "INDIA INNOVATION
CHALLENGE" icon. This will direct you to contest page

On the "INDIA INNOVATION CHALLENGE" contest page, scroll to the participate section
and click on Login to Participate. Enter the login credentials and youll be redirected to
home page of website https://innovate.mygov.in
Click on the "INDIA INNOVATION CHALLENGE" icon AGAIN to be redirected to contest
webpage
On the "INDIA INNOVATION CHALLENGE" contest page, scroll towards the end of page
to the submission form
You will see ~10 questions with fields to enter your answers
You are advised to fill the answers to the questions with as much detail and specificity
as possible. Do NOT provide generic answers

Verify all the fields and your team details before submitting the form. You will not be
allowed to make any edits post your submission.
Upon successful submission, you will receive a confirmation email.
For any additional information, you will be contacted via email.
All correspondence shall be through email or SMS on mobile number provided by you at
the time of registration. Organizers are not liable in case of SMS/ email delivery failures.
Note: All members of the team must have a MyGov and MyTI account to receive
emails from organizers.

AWARDS AND FUNDING

Certificates from TI &NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore


Participation Certificate in Qualifying Round & Quarterfinals
Certificate of Excellence in Semifinals and Finals
Certificate after Incubation at NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore

Overall Prizes and Funding of INR 3.8 Crores


Opportunity for a team to win INR 32 Lakhs for their team
Cash Prize for Best Women team
SELECTION CRITERIA

The evaluation will be based on the evaluation framework designed by IIMB in collaboration
with TI. Business Potential and Technical Innovation forms the base of the evaluation
framework. The evaluation panel will be comprised of stalwarts from Startup Ecosystem,
Industry Leaders and Domain experts.

GENERAL GUIDELINES, TERMS AND CONDITIONS

The Contest is held in English throughout. All relevant information, including the online
registration form, is in English. Consequently, each individual participant (Entrants) must
be proficient in English.
All prizes will be awarded and paid in INR to the Team Leader of a qualifying team. The
Team Leader is obliged to make payment in the applicable amount to each member of his
or her team. TI will not in any way be responsible for the division of the prizes among the
members of the team.
Taxes are the sole responsibility of the teams receiving prizes. Prizes may be subject to
tax reporting and other purposes.Applicable team-members agree to supply TI with any
necessary information to affect the same and to fully cooperate in fulfilling all applicable
legal requirements.
By making a submission in the contest, all teams warrant and represent that to the best of
their knowledge, their submission is original and does not violate or misappropriate any
third party trade secret, know-how, copyright, patent or other intellectual property right.
Entrants also warrant and represent that there are no obligations of any nature, legal or
otherwise, which would prohibit, restrict, or interfere with their participation in the Contest
or submission of their design report, and agree to obtain any necessary clearances,
authorizations and/or approvals prior to participation.
The Entrants agree that no information submitted by the Entrants will be treated by TI as
confidential, including without limitation any of the information set forth in Section 7. For
the avoidance of doubt, some information submitted by the Entrants may be considered
proprietary, such as information that may attract intellectual property rights including
without limitation, copyrights, trademarks, patents, any kind of inventions, innovation or
novel ideas. However, by entering this Contest, the Entrants expressly waive their right to
have this proprietary information kept confidential.
Each team and each Entrant hereby grant DST, TI and its affiliates a non-exclusive,
worldwide, perpetual, and royalty-free right and license to publish their project reports,
designs and other information submitted, or any portion or modification thereof, in
connection with Texas Instruments products, technical or marketing publications,
advertisements or promotional activities, including without limitation TI or third party
technical articles, data sheets, application notes, reference designs or internet
publications. TI reserves the right to publish the designs without attribution. Except for
these limited rights to publish, TI does not obtain any other ownership, rights or licenses
in any of the students, teams or Universitys intellectual property or confidential
information.

DATA PROTECTION, CONSENT TO THE USE OF PERSONAL DATA: Personal data


(as hereinafter defined) provided by the Entrants and the Faculty Mentor during the
Contest will be used by TI, as well as by service providers (for e.g. website hosting
services) engaged by TI as data processors, for the purpose of the Contest. The Entrants
and all other participating parties including without limitation the Faculty Mentors, agree
that any personal data, which shall mean any data identifying, without limitation, its
owner, by name, NRIC number, correspondence address, email address and contact
number (Personal Data) which is disclosed by any individual or obtained by the TI or its
Contractual Partners, inclusive of their designated vendors (Workers and Vendors) prior
to or during the course of performance of this Contest, shall be processed, maintained,
disclosed or destroyed in accordance with the relevant terms of consent set out in the
Contest Terms and Conditions. For the avoidance of doubt, every Entrant and individual
who submits his or her data for the purpose of participating in this Contest shall be
deemed to have given express consent for the processing, use, retention or disclosure of
such Personal Data for the purposes set out above and in Section 6.
NO LICENSES UNDER ANY TECHNOLOGY, TRADE SECRETS, KNOW-HOW, OR
ANY COPYRIGHTS, PATENTS, TRADEMARKS OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY RIGHTS OF TI, ITS AFFILIATES OR ANY THIRD PARTY ARE GRANTED
TO ENTRANTS UNDER THE CONTEST.
By entering the Contest, each Entrant agrees to release TI and its affiliates from and
against any losses, damages, rights, claims and actions of any kind arising from (i) an
exclusion or disqualification of such Entrant pursuant to these Rules; (ii) late, lost,
misdirected, or unsuccessful efforts to notify winners of any prize; (iii) forfeiture of a prize
and the selection of an alternate winner; (iv) late, lost, delayed, damaged, misdirected,
incomplete, illegible or unintelligible entries; (v) telephone, electronic, hardware or
software program, network, Internet, or computer malfunctions, failures or difficulties of
any kind; (vi) failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions; (vii) any
condition caused by events beyond TIs control that may cause the Contest to be
disrupted or corrupted; and (viii) any injuries, losses or damages of any kind relating to
participation in this Contest.
TI reserves the right to cancel, terminate, modify or (temporarily) suspend this Contest
where required by law or if there is an impediment to the performance of this contract due
to a breach by any of the TIs contractual partners, or a delay in funding, or a force
majeure event, or it becomes technically corrupted or if for any reason the Internet portion
of the Contest is not capable of running as planned, including infections by computer
virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other
causes beyond TIs control, which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness,
integrity or proper conduct of this Contest. TI further reserves the right, in its sole
discretion, to disqualify anyone found to have manipulated the Contest or its operation. In
addition, TI at its sole discretion may disqualify any Entrant at any stage of the Contest
without being required to specify any reasons in that regard.
In respect of any suits, actions, proceedings, claims or disputes in relation to this contest,
the courts situated at Bangalore, India shall enjoy sole jurisdiction.
CORRESPONDENCE

Any correspondence with participant will be done through an email provided by the
participant at time of filling the application form. Organizers are not liable in case of email
delivery failures. For any queries, please send mail at: ti-india-dc@list.ti.com

PARTICIPATION FORM (QUALIFYING ROUND)

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