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All India Young Engineers' Humanitarian Challenge AIYEHum-2011

Can you solve a humanitarian challenge using science and technology?
your project can be granted upto INR 10000 and Mentored by an expert
IEEE Member! The most innovative idea may be funded to get patented!

The IEEE All India Young Engineers' Humanitarian Challenge (AIYEHUM)
2010, under the support of IEEE Foundation Grant, received proposals
from about 150 colleges across India and 26 projects were shortlisted
for funding. 3 of them were awarded with IEEE Conference travel
grants, 2 of them have been patented and 1 of them has been taken up
as an Entrepreneurial Venture.

In AIYEHum-2011, we are now inviting your innovative ideas of applying
science and technology for benefiting the mankind. “Every young
engineer should aim at gifting the mankind with technical contribution
fostering innovation and excellence for the benefit of humanity”

With this ambitious goal, IEEE AIYEHUM 2011 is an initiative to

Help students recognize real world/humanitarian challenges.

Direct the creativity of the students to come up with solutions to the
recognized problems, apply technology and go ahead with implementing
them.

Nurture innovative ideas of students by mentoring their implementation
approach.

Scope:

All Science and Technology students of India (Graduate and
Undergraduate students, Need not be IEEE members to participate and
apply)

Website: http://youngengineers.ieeebangalore.org/

Deadline for project proposal submission : 1st March 2011



Protocol:

1) Grant up to INR 10000 to each approved group and try to link the
project with suitable mentors from industry.
2) Project showcasing event of all the approved projects after
completion.
3 Award prizes (IEEE Conference Travel Grants)
4) Publish the projects on the IEEE India/ IEEE Humanitarian
Technology Network websites.
5) Recommend the projects to the IEEE Foundation / Send the project
teams to the Conferences on Technologies for Humanitarian Challenges.
6) Retain the selected projects for handing over to the next batch of
students along with inviting fresh ideas.

Examples for 2010 awarded projects titles

Projects:

1. Simulation and use of Humanoid Locomotion Robot in situations which
are to be analysed before human intervention. ( Rs. 100000)
Team: Shiva Shankar B.N (RVCE, Bangalore), Balaji M.P (P.V.P
Polytechnic, Bangalore) , Adithya .G (PESIT, Bangalore), Sachin
Kashyap B.K (EWIT, Bangalore)
2. Cycle for people without hands
3. RFID Based Bus Stop Automation
4. Biomedic Attraction And Electrocution of Mosquitoes
5. Robotics for disaster management .
6. UHC (unique health chip) for all

Participants may compete as a team of minimum 2 and maximum 4
students.
If a project is granted funds, teams must include an IEEE Student
Member in the lead role, other team members are preferred to be IEE
Student members but not mandatory. [All team members must be at least
18 years of age.
Proposals must be submitted using the form provided on the competition
Web siteyoungengineers.ieeebangalore.org/ Requirements include the
following:
• Project title
• Problem description
• Solution
• Impact on humanity or a community
• Primary leader with name and contact information, namely Full name,
college/university, address, phone number and email address. Other
major student contributors and their contributions.
• Other contributors

Branch counselor, AIT Chikmagalur


(Anil Kumar. C)