ACE EPIC IDEA CHALLENGE 1.0 FINAL EVALUATION RESULT

The innovator teams on 9th June, 2023 during the final presentation stage adjudged the winner, first runner up, and Second runner up for each Theme as follows:

Theme 1: Manufacturing (Electronics, Biotechnology, and Mechanical and related domains)

Position	University/ Institute	Team Name	Project Description
Winner	Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha	Plantery Plant Based Batteries	The team innovated a plant based battery with grass as raw material, It doesn’t use any toxic chemical The battery is rechargeable, biodegradable, sustainable & affordable. They made 1.5,4,6,12 volt batteries to power light devices & low voltage devices which directly stores renewable energy in a renewable storage option.
First Runner up	IIT Ropar, Punjab	Chematico Technologies Private Limited	Chematico Technologies Pvt. Ltd. is involved in developing and manufacturing advanced materials such as nanomaterials, polymers, and various devices comprising them such as electrodes, sensors, and energy storage and conversion devices for detecting the contamination in water.
Second Runner up	Ambala College of Engineering and Applied Research, Ambala, Haryana	Green leaflet	The team is developing hydroponic system to grow plants without using soil. It is a soilless cultivation technique that utilizes nutrient-rich water as the growing medium. Instead of relying on soil for nutrients, hydroponic systems deliver a carefully balanced solution of water and nutrients directly to the plant roots.
	Indian Institute of Science- Bangalore; University of Southern California	Astrogreen	The team provided a satellite-aided dashboard that will be used for observation of global Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Team can extensively use it for detection of unusual leaks (gas and oil) and immediate resolution. Data collected would be used to help facility operators and regulators make crucial decisions about current and future emissions.

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Theme 2: AI, ML and Data Science, S/W

Position	University/ Institute	Team Name	Project Description
Winner	Ambala College of Engineering and Applied Research, Ambala, Haryana	Sevarthi	The team focuses on converting Indian sign language into text. They aim to address the communication gap between the deaf and hearing communities in India. The start-up recognizes the importance of sign language as a primary means of communication for many deaf individuals and seeks to make information more accessible and inclusive.
First Runner up	Ambala College of Engineering and Applied Research, Ambala, Haryana	Saarthi	The team is providing an online career guidance and learning system to students. Using the system for one week user will be guided about their area of interest, and suggest them career options using analytical tools. Once career option selected the system will provide step by step guidance about that career options.
Second Runner up	IISER Mohali, Punjab	Primls	The team building a system to analyze sensitive data without compromising privacy. They are building a privacy protection framework for ML service providers that will enable them to perform computation on their enterprise-client’s data without learning any information about it. The secure framework is based on “Multi-party Computation”.
	ITM Vocational University, Vadodara, Gujarat	Avengers	The team is working on software development for development of application to support inventory management systems for goods sorting based on color, size, type (metallic, non-metallic, fiber, plastics, clothes etc.), weight, phase (solids, liquids, gases) and types of packaging (Primary, secondary, tertiary).