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. |
The winning social impact ideas in our 4th National Social Enterprise Idea Challenge 2019
Open Category
|
Christ College & PES University, Bangalore (1st Prize)
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The Farm Theory is an agri-tech start-up that aims to create a sustainable food system from farm to fork to eliminate food waste and end hunger.
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Tata Institute of Social Science, Tuljapur (1st Runners -up)
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The idea is to provide sustainable educational means in rural areas along with the traditional education with the help of a STEM educational platform.
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Institute of Rural Management, Anand (2nd Prize)
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A social enterprise which will provide affordable warehousing services for onion cultivators along with market leads for the stored produce.
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Special Category prize "Waste, Water and Energy"
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Institute of Engineering &Management, Kolkata
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The idea is to use concentrated solar power and geothermal Heat Sink for an efficient, quick, and economical conversion of waste water to fresh water.
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Click here to download the brochure of Social Enterprise Idea Challenge 2019
5th National Social Enterprise Idea Challenge:
Response to COVID - 19 crisis
Winning Team: Jal Kumbi from University of Calcutta
– Aims to create floating gardens in ponds to cultivate organic vegetables and create employment for the Musahar community which consist mainly of landless labourers.
1st Runner Up: Enactus JMI from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
– Aims to manufacture biodegradable face masks and sanitary napkins, both of which would be made from abaca fiber, to reduce the accumulation of waste and offer a cheap and effective alternative to disposable masks and sanitary napkins providing livelihood support to domestic violence survivors.
2nd Runner Up: De-Covify from IIT, Delhi.
– Solution for minimising direct and indirect transmission of COVID-19 through two products named ‘Visage’ and ‘Cov-Ring’. Visage consists of a cotton mask and a PET visor attached to it to prevent droplet transmission. Cov-Ring is a hand gear designed to prevent direct skin exposure to surfaces.
Watch the final presentations here :
