L&T Technology Services celebrates innovation and talen

Bengaluru, India tenth May 2024:TECHgium^®, India’s largest innovation platform for engineering college students concluded its seventh version on Thursday. More than 36,765 college students registered from 503 engineering institutes throughout the nation within the annual know-how competitors, held at LTTS’ latest Bengaluru campus.

Since its inception in 2016, TECHgium^® has turn out to be probably the most sought-after academia business engineering innovation hackathon hosted by L&T Technology Services (LTTS). The winners of this 12 months’s competitors had been awarded prizes totaling greater than Rs 18 lakhs.Dr. Tessy Thomas, popularly generally known as the Missile Woman of India for her pivotal function in India’s AGNI missile mission, graced the occasion because the Chief Guest. Her presence and views throughout her keynote handle, impressed the viewers.

“It was great to see the technological improvements offered by college students from engineering faculties nationwide. Such know-how improvements maintain the potential to form future-oriented engineering purposes. L&T Technology Services has spearheaded this praiseworthy initiative, successfully mentoring these younger minds of their quest for innovation over the previous seven years. By bringing collectively the creative concepts of younger engineers, platforms comparable to TECHgium^®are pivotal in #EngineeringTheChange not solely inside our nation however throughout the globe,” remarkedDr. Tessy Thomas.

The seventh version of TECHgium^®witnessed participation from main IITs, NITs and state-level engineering faculties throughout the nation. The two-day hackathon targeted on the themes of Mobility, Sustainability and Hi-Tech encompassing areas comparable to UAVs, medical diagnostics, robotics, compute imaginative and prescient, analytics, electrical autos, and wi-fi transmission, amongst others. Participants had been motivated to unravel real-world issues with inventive options, providing them the prospect to work with LTTS and earn recognition as TECHgium^®innovators.

The winners of TECHgium^®2024’s seventh version had been the workforce from B V Raju Institute of Technology, Telangana, who impressed with their mission on AI Based Situational Awareness Algorithms for eVTOL Detect and Avoid Systems​. The runner-up accolade went to college students from Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, Coimbatore for creating a TwinScape Oil Well Monitor prototype, whereas the second runner-up place was secured by college students from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Chennai for his or her answer on Knee Injury Detection System, an Intelligent Radiologist Assistant MRI​. Additionally, a particular jury prize was awarded to a workforce from the B V Raju Institute of Technology, Telangana​ for his or her mission on Identification of Flood Prone Areas in Urban Settlements.

Over 9 months, the engineering college students have devoted themselves to the competitors, receiving steerage from LTTS’ technical and material consultants. Following a collection of evaluations and ideation periods resulting in the event of proofs-of-concept (PoCs), high 32 engineering groups had been shortlisted. The finalists showcased their useful prototypes to an esteemed jury of business veterans, academicians, and analysts. After a radical analysis, the highest three winners had been introduced, highlighting the apex of innovation achieved by way of TECHgium®.

This 12 months’s occasion noticed the finalists current PoCs on a variety of cutting-edge applied sciences, together with Carbon Chain, Robust Traffic Sign Detection in Challenging Conditions, Smart Air site visitors administration for eVTOLs, Autonomous Stock Checking Robot, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) X ASRS (Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems) and Visual Inspection System amongst others.

Reaffirming LTTS’ dedication to advancing the fields of science and know-how,Abhishek Sinha, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director of L&T Technology Services, remarked, “TECHgium^®stands as a premier platform celebrated by the worldwide engineering, science, and know-how tutorial communities. Our dedication to draw distinctive expertise is clear by way of our investments in platforms like TECHgium^®, a pivotal initiative for fostering innovation and experience amongst aspiring engineers. The largest impression of this initiative lies in successfully bridging the hole between academia and business, fostering a mutually useful relationship that has led to a fivefold enhance in registrations and idea submissions because the program’s inception. My heartfelt congratulations exit to all individuals and winners for his or her outstanding achievements, which not solely contribute to the business’s development but additionally propel us towards breaking new floor.”