Pranav Mehta and Prof. HS Jamadagni launching the embedded challenge 2010

In an effort to spur ideation and innovation among engineering students and technical professionals of the country in the areas of embedded technology, Intel Higher Education Program in collaboration with Embedded and Communication Group, Intel Technology India Pvt. Ltd, launched a national level competition the “Intel India Embedded Challenge 2010” at MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore on Aug 27th, 2009.

The competition was launched by Mr. Pranav Mehta, CTO ECG, Intel Corporation and Prof. H.S. Jamadagni, Chairman, Centre for Electronics Design and Technology (CEDT), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. The competition is designed to create a platform for engineering, MBA students and technical professionals to explore the endless possibilities of embedded applications based on Embedded Intel Architecture and is open for all the engineering colleges, management institutions and professionals who are interested in embedded applications.

Participants are encouraged to present innovative ideas on a wide range of application areas such as Gaming, Medical Devices, Consumer Electronics, Green Computing, Social networking, Infotainment, Robotics, etc.

Anshul Sonak addressing the engineering students

The uniqueness of the contest is that each shortlisted team receives hardware and software support from Intel and students teams will be assigned to an Intel Technologist for a period of 3 to 4 months. The Intel Technologist mentors the student teams and helps to improvise and prototype their innovations. This kind of mentoring support from Industry leaders is a great way of improving the engineering talent pool in the country and also effectively builds Industry-Academia collaboration.

In the phase 1 of the contest, participants submit their innovative ideas based on embedded technology in the form of extended abstracts. In the second phase the shortlisted teams / individuals submit full proposals to an expert panel of evaluators from Intel, India. The expert panel would shortlist original & viable ideas for the second phase of the contest that involves prototyping of the idea by using Intel Atom kits and mentoring support provided by Intel India. Prizes for the winners include Rs. 10,00,000/- as Intel Innovation Grand Prize, Rs. 1, 00,000/, Rs. 50000/- and Rs. 25000/- cash prizes for Winners, 1st Runners Up and 2nd Runners Up respectively in the students and professionals category of the competition. Apart from the cash prizes aspirants can win gold medals and an opportunity to participate in Intel’s other global programs.

For more details on the contest and to contest site log on to www.intel.com/education/in