New Delhi: All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India holding a competition “AICTE-Vishwakarma Awards-2019” for the students and institutes of AICTE approved institutions. The prime aim of the contest is to encourage and motivate young students and institutions to raise their performance in their specific domains leading to significant contribution towards the growth and development of the nation as a whole.

There are two categories for the Awards:  Category-I: Chhatra Vishwakarma Awards for Outstanding Innovative Team(Students & Mentor); Category-II : Utkrisht Sansthan Vishwakarma Award for exemplary Institutional intervention.

Key Date: The closing date for submission of application is 15 October 2019.

Details of Category-I : Under Chhatra Vishwakarma Awards, students team need to provide an innovative solution to How to enhance the income of Villages through intervention of Technology/Management practice(s). Under this, students can select any of the following Sub –Themes:
1) Livelihood;

    2) Waste Management;

    3) Crop Waste Management (parali/para etc.) ;

    4) Value Addition of Rural Handicraft and Agro Industry;

    5) Farm and Flock

    6) Water;

    7) Land;

    8) Energy.

Details of Category-II : Under Utkrisht Sansthan Vishwakarma Award, an institute working towards “How to enhance the income of Village” and have achieved measureable outcomes/ provided solutions by necessary intervention for meeting the Aspirations of Rural Society in Sustainable Manner are allowed to send their nominations.

Eligibility Requirements for Category I Award:

1. Students of Diploma, UG and Vocational programme of AICTE approved institutes (including Community Colleges) and universities are eligible to apply.
2. The entrant institute/ Polytechnic/University may nominate maximum Five Teams (not more than 04 students in each team & 01 mentor) of their students.
3. Each team will have to present an innovative solution of the given problem which should be complete at the time of exhibiting the prototype.
4. Mentor/ Teacher-In-charge in the team should have been in the entrant institute for at least 02 years.
5. The Mentor/ Teacher-in-change should provide support and guidance to the team project.
6. Student & mentor should sign and submit ++.

For exact details on eligibility conditions, how to apply and other detail, the candidates should refer the AICTE-Vishwakarma Awards-2019 page on the official website of  AICTE:

https://www.aicte-india.org/aicte-vishwakrama-award-2019