The Azim Premji University Social Enterprise cell organises the “National level Social
enterprise Idea challenge” among college and University students across India.
The Cell organizes the Idea Challenge every year with a purpose to provide students an
opportunity to explore social entrepreneurship and share their innovative ideas in a rigorous
and competitive manner. This is also a great networking platform for young minds to meet
each other, exchange thoughts and get noticed by some of the early stage mentors and
investors. The winning teams are awarded with certificates and prize money.
The 4 th edition of the Idea Challenge will be announced in July 2019 – please visit this page
for more details soon
First National level Social Enterprise idea
challenge’16
Winning teams
| Name Of The Institution |
Name Of The Team members |
Rank |
Ideas |
| KJ Somaya Institute of
Management Studies and
Reserach, Mumbai |
Shashanka
Sekhar |
FIRST |
A social healthcare based venture to bring about eco- friendly and
commercially viable solutions for biomedical waste disposal,
by transforming the unorganized field into an organized one. |
| NIT, Nagpur |
Anil Kumar
Reddy |
SECOND |
Conceived a crowd-sourcing platform,
named “Donatekart”, for social organizations
where the later can run campaigns listing
down the products that they are in need of,
and donors can donate these products online |
| IRMA |
Divyang
Panchal |
THIRD |
Was to build a social enterprise which makes
handmade marriage invitation cards for upper
middle class and upper class in urban areas |
| Montfort College |
Nitish J
Bhagath |
THIRD |
Rise – a platform to bridge the gap in the
mental health sector by providing public
access |
Second National level Social Enterprise idea
challenge’17
Winning Teams
| Name Of The Institution |
Name Of The Team members |
Rank |
Ideas |
| Indian Institution of
Technology,
Madras |
Akhilesh D
S N |
FIRST |
"Modular Housing" An idea of foldable housing to address
the need of Decent Temporary Shelter to rehabilitate
the disaster affected victims. |
| Kumaraguru
College Of
Technology |
Ranjith
kumar.P |
SECOND |
“Reinforced Acoustic Tiles”
Utilization of Agro Waste
Housing material using straw |
| Montfort College |
Nitish J
Bhagath |
THIRD |
Portable water Filter Device |
| Angadi Institute Of
Technology And
Management |
Niranjan
Karagi |
THIRD |
Rise – a platform to bridge
the gap in the mental health
sector by providing public
access |
Third National level Social Enterprise idea
challenge’18
Winning Teams
| Name Of The Institution |
Name Of The Team members |
Rank |
Ideas |
| M.I.T. Group
of Institutes,
Ujjain |
Jitendra
Singh
Choudhary |
FIRST |
Idea named " Shuddham".
The Idea is proposing to address the crucial issue of water
crisis in the world by developing a device which can filter
waste water and make it re-usable for secondary purposes like washing and cleaning. |
| Kongu
Engineering
College
Erode |
1)V.Gowtham
2)N.Balaji |
SECOND |
The idea is to recycle and reuse
construction waste obtained from
demolition of old concrete
structures to produce sustainable
building materials for the
construction industry. |
| IIT Delhi |
Sannat Mengi |
THIRD |
“Project Titli” which sought to
transform the way of imparting
awareness on Menstruation with a
fun – filled and engaging set of
games. |
| Azim Premji
University |
1)Sanjeet
Prakash Rao
2) Brihas
Tiwari |
THIRD |
“Less is Good: a sustainable
alternative to paper and plastic
cutlery” is to develop a sustainable
business approach to reduce the
usage of plastic, paper and
styrofoam cutlery by providing
clean steel cutlery to food vendors. |
Fourth National level Social Enterprise idea
challenge’19
The Social Enterprise Cell of Azim Premji University invites social impact ideas from students of Colleges,
Universities and Research institutions for the 4th National Social Enterprise Idea Challenge to be held on Saturday, October 19th 2019
The Cell organizes the Idea Challenge every year with a purpose to provide students an opportunity to explore social entrepreneurship and
share their innovative ideas in a rigorous and competitive manner. The event also acts as a great networking platform for young minds to meet each other,
exchange thoughts and showcase their talent and skills to some of the early stage mentors and funders
The yearly event provides recognition to the selected student teams besides an opportunity to win cash prizes worth Rs. 1,00,000/-
Submissions are invited broadly in the domains of education, livelihood, public health, environment and sustainability and public policy and governance. 15 teams will be shortlisted for the finale and they will present their ideas in front of an eminent panel of Jury members on October 19, 2019 at Azim Premji University Campus, Bengaluru
One special prize this year is for the theme: “Waste, water and Energy”
