Goa State Innovation Council organised Goa’s Young Innovators Award 2023 finals at the Don Bosco of Engineering, Fatorda, on Friday. A total of 40 projects were presented on the occasion.
The competition was held in two categories: Category 1 – Standard 8th to 10th and Category 2 – Standard 5th to 7th. Jose Manuel Noronha, Chairman of Goa State Innovation Council, was the chief guest for the competition.
The projects will be provided with the support of mentorship, access to prototyping, funding and Incubation.
Results:
CATEGORY 1
Encouragement Prize 1: Turtle Safety bag by Vidhya Vruddhi School (Rs. 5000)
1) Avani Gandhi
2) Kasturi Chaudhari
Encouragement Prize 2 : Driver drowsiness detection and alerting system by Our Lady of Rosary High School, Fatorda (Rs. 5000)
1) Dhiresh Umesh Pagi
2) Joel Aliston DaCruz Leitao
Encouragement Prize 3 : To reduce use of paper and cutting trees for packaging items by using pomegranate fibre as the raw material by St. Mary’s Convent High School, Mapusa (Rs. 5000)
1) Avani Vernekar
Encouragement Prize 4: Easy and light-weight Bending broom by Mae dos Pobres High School, Nuvem (Rs. 5000)
1) Sumit Sharma
Encouragement Prize 5: Flowmeters to calculate the total volume of water used by
G.S. Amonkar Vidya Mandir (Rs. 5000)
1) Sriganesh Savant
Runner-Up: Conversion of Sound Energy to Electrical Energy by GHS Mangor Hill, Vasco (Rs. 10,000)
1) Aditi Yadav
2) Herma Chalwadi
Winner: Smart Saline by Manovikas English Medium School (Rs. 20,000)
1) Ananya Naik
2) Swayam Kakodkar
CATEGORY 2
Encouragement Prize 1: Smiling Soil by Manovikas English Medium School (Rs. 5000)
1) Noah Fernandes
Encouragement Prize 2 : U-Turn Safety Project by GVM’s M.I.B.K. High School (Rs. 5000)
1) Kinshuk Pravin Morajkar
Encouragement Prize 3: Automatic House which opens windows when LPG Gas leaks in the house by Holy Cross Institute (Rs. 5000)
1) Aditya Deepak Kalekar
Encouragement Prize 4 : Automatic Water Sprinkler by People’s High School (Rs. 5000)
1) Nandan D. Pai Kuchelkar
Encouragement Prize 5 : Fire Fighter Crab by Mae dos Pobres High School, Nuvem (Rs. 5000)
1) Russel Abel Colaco
Runner-Up: Oil Spills by Manovikas English Medium School (Rs. 10,000)
1) Daksh Kharangate
2) Arsh Khan
3) Dhruuva Pai
4) Shantanu Rege
Winner: 3D Printed Braille by Mae dos Pobres High School, Nuvem (Rs. 20,000)
1) Atharv Surlekar
