Golden Design Challenges

The Water Filter Design challenge

All participants interested in presenting their designs at Shaastra must send a mail to waterfilter@shaastra.org containing some definite proof of their progress (image/video of prototype) on or before Sep 20, 2008 and bring a printout of the reply that will be mailed back to them.

The IIT Madras Class of 1978, as part of its Pearl reunion celebrations is sponsoring a competition for college students which is titled 'Development of a water filter'

The first place winner in this contest gets a outstanding prize of Rs 3 lakhs!

Download the problem statement here!

All queries regarding the Water Filter Challenge should be mailed to waterfilter@shaastra.org.

Note that the judging is being done by the IIT Madras alumni from the class of 1978.

There is no presubmission required for this

Event Format and Guidelines

The rules and regulations of the Water Filter Challenge are substantiated in its problem statement.

The guidelines for the rest are as follows:

• Teams should be of not more than 4 members each.
• Prelims
  
  • The initial submission by the participants would be in the form of 15-20 page paper submission sent as an e-mail attachment to gdc@shaastra.org, prior to the first deadline. This report should clearly contain:
    • The approach of your team to solve the problem
    • The method harnessed in the design
    • Charts, Graphs, and other pertinent details if necessary
    • AV aids in data CD format if deemed necessary, and all supplementary content must be mailed to the physical address given in GDC contact details, along with a hardcopy of paper submission
  • The finalists for each Golden Design Challenge will then be selected at the discretion of the judges assigned to the particular challenge. They will be intimated of their selection
    
    NOTE : At this juncture, we expect a prompt response (specified by the 2nd deadline) from the team confirming its intent of attending Shaastra 2008 and participating in GDC.
• Finals at Shaastra 2008
  
  • At Shaastra, depending on which challenge you have chosen, your entry should range from a model and poster presentation to a prototype.
    • A certain pre-determined amount of costs of the model/prototype shall be reimbursed to all finalists at Shaastra 2008.
  • The design will then be evaluated on various parameters such as innovation, technical and economic feasibility, detailing of the design and other important nuances.
  • The winning teams will be selected on the basis of several parameters, connected with the entries presented during Shaastra 2008.

In case of any discrepancies and doubts, feel free to contact any of the coordinators by phone, or email us:gdc@shaastra.org

All confusion and any conflict arising out of the results of the Golden Design Challenges is at the sole arbitration of IIT Madras and any dispute in this regard will be resolved as per the decision of the Shaastra 2008 governing body.

Important Dates

• Competition Opens : June 12th
• Last date for submission of entries : 5th September
• Announcement of Finalists : 12th September
• Last date for confirmation : 15th September

Selected Teams

Speed Detector

MAID

1. Insanity
2. MARKers
3. Portero
4. Tarun's Team

Problem Statements and Contacts