Hyderabad team tops Teenovators 2014-15

MANIPAL: Sri Gayatri Junior College – Girls, Bachupally, Hyderabad emerged winners of Teenovators 2014-2015 at Dr TMA Pai Hall here on Wednesday for their project on eco-friendly mechanical pump. Their innovation saw the Hyderabadis take home cash prize of Rs 5 lakh as well. Teenovators is competition for schools across India being organised by Manipal University to provide young minds a platform to showcase their creative and innovative skills.
Saraswathi Vidyalaya High School and Junior College of Science, Thane was first runners-up for their project on ultimate power car. Poorna Prajna Education Centre, Sadashivnagar was second runners-up spot for the project on creating alternative source of energy. The teams got cash prizes of Rs 3 lakh and Rs 1 lakh respectively. V K R Acharya English Medium High School, Kundapur and DAV Public School, Rajpura were given consolation prizes of Rs 50,000 each.
The near-five-month long competition which saw nearly two lakh students from over 600 schools take part ended on Wednesday after the judges exhaustively questioned the students on their projects and concluded that the girls from Bachupally had the best exhibit among the 10 finalists in the fray. Experts from industries such Dell, GE Global Research, Microsoft, Intel, Nvidia, CSIR and CMR IT trained and mentored the teams that made it to the finals.
An excited Anunitya from Sri Gayatri Junior College, Bachupally said, “Teenovators proved to be an important milestone in our life. It has given us sense of responsibility towards society and has motivated us to develop projects that will have an impact on society. While we are overwhelmed to win Teenovators, the buck doesn’t stop here. We will work towards making our project market ready with the help of ideas and guidelines suggested by experts at Manipal University”.
The prize distribution was held later in the day. Srinivas Prasad, CEO Innovation Campus, Bangalore was the chief guest and Dr Ramdas Pai, Chancellor, Manipal University presided over the function. Varun Agarwal – young entrepreneur, author and film-maker was the guest of honour.