Internal Idea/PoC Competition

Don Bosco College of Engineering, Fatorda- Goa is one of the institutes that has been selected for establishing MHRD – Institute Innovation Council (IIC). Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India has established MHRD’s Innovation Cell (MIC) (https://www.mic.gov.in/) to systematically foster the culture of Innovation amongst all Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) pan India. The primary mandate of MIC is to encourage, inspire and nurture young students by supporting them to work with new ideas while they are in formative years

An Internal Idea/PoC (Proof of Concept) competition was held on February, 8 2021, in online mode to invite ideas from young minds. Two eminent jury members – Mr. Venugopal T R, Corporate Relations Manager at Forum for Innovation Incubation Research & Entrepreneurship (FiiRE) and Prof Flavia Leitao, Assistant Professor ETC Department, Don Bosco College of Engineering, were invited to judge the event. This event helped validate a product/ business idea for potential. The teams that would be shortlisted in this competition would qualify for the next level as would be specified by MIC.

Prof Swapnil Ramani, host and co-ordinator of the event welcomed the judges and introduced the teams. A total of 100 plus students joined the meet and the participating teams presented fabulous ideas that addressed various issues faced by certain class of individuals/communities. Solutions that were presented varied from- ‘How could small time and amateur chefs reach out to the huge markets’ to ‘How citizens of our country could voice out and raise concerns about issues that go against the laws of our constitution’. Students of first year engineering, demonstrated high ideation and professional-presentation skills, with great innovative solutions to problems, that left the judges impressed.

The finalists of the competition were Team Hexacore and Solutionism at its finest, followed by team Fabulous Five and SATRN Squad.

In conclusion, the event was a great success leaving all students motivated and giving them a reason to explore the world of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.