Intel innovation fest unleashes youthful creativity

17th April 2016
Intel innovation fest unleashes youthful creativity
R. V. Deshpande, Minister for Large & Medium Scale Industries, Govt. of Karnataka looking at a youngster's project at the Intel Innovation Festival,Bangalore, April 16 2016

Bangalore, April 17 2016: A two day Intel Innovation Festival here at the weekend, helped showcase over 70 realtime projects andideas  from kids.
The  festival was aimed at   providing  a national level platform to students at K12 and higher education levels to showcase their projects and prototypes, and capacity building for students through workshops. The Innovation Festival is a collection of innovation from all across the country that aims to encourage discussion and deliberation on how to nurture innovation in India’s education space. The projects covered a variety of areas such as Healthcare, Women Safety, solutions for different kinds of disabilities, and Internet of Things. Apart from these projects, there was a separate showcasing of some bright futuristic ideas from school students, and a special showcasing by girls from governments schools from 4 different states.
Each  child who participates in the Ideathon submits an idea. These ideas are then evaluated and shortlisted by a group of mentors to participate in Makeathons –hands-on workshop where students with the help of mentors are enabled to convert their ideas into a prototype, using microcontroller boards with appropriate sensors, connectors and SD cards. In a special emphasis to encourage girls to become technology creators, Intel supported the Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan, an initiative of the Government of India, to inspire the girl child to develop interest in design, coding and think ‘out-of-the-box’. The ideathons and makeathons were thus conducted specifically for girls from government schools.