“In preparing for battle, it is always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable”
Here is a stage for you to project your planning strategies in transforming your project to a product with marketing techniques.
The Product can be in any field / area, but the team should have a proof of concept (Prototype).
A brief idea of how the design could be presented during the exhibition should also be included in the abstract.
The abstract should not exceed 300 words.
Details of the team members: Name, Department, Email id, Contact Number and Institution name should be sent along with abstract.
All abstracts will be shortlisted by the committee and the selected abstracts /participants will be informed via email as per the given schedule.
Deadline for submission: On or before (Date)
ROUND 2
Selected teams will be allowed to present their product/Prototype in front of judges.
Prepare the slides based on the guidelines given in the judging criteria.
Bring your soft copies in a pen drive.
The time limit for the presentation is 10 minutes (7 minutes for presentation and 3 minutes for queries)
JUDGING CRITERIA
B-Plan will be judged by a panel of experts. Following are the broad guidelines for judging:
Creativity and Novelty: How novel is the idea? How different is it from the current solutions available? The innovation must be ingenious and novel in its area of application and should have a high potential for leaving an impact on the society.
Originality: The innovation should not, by any means, include copied or stolen work, such applications will be disqualified immediately.
Performance
Cost/Market Value and Acceptance
Durability and Usability: Durability of the prototype/method proposed.
Implementation ability: Is the solution implementable as described? Is it repeatable? Is the solution feasible for diverse and changing conditions?
Scalability: Is the solution scalable to a higher level, how easy is it to scale up and what are the factors affecting it?
Potential of Impact: How does it benefit society? The Scale of problem it solves, Intensity of the solution and number of people catered from the solution directly and indirectly.
Design: Has the design been taken into consideration? How optimized is the product?
Ergonomics If the team decides to make a well-designed product
In case of any discrepancies, the decision of the Organizers or Judges will be final and binding on all.
