Industry Defined Problems-GE

The following teams have been shortlisted for the final round (River restoration problem)

• Amal B, Bhargavi Narayanan, Rohit Harilal from NIT Allahabad
• Faheem, Issac Jojy, Mithin Jac Mathews from IIT Madras
• Arun Sukumar,Gijo Sebastian,Kannappa Palaniappan from College of Engineering Trivandrum
• Kiran S Pillai,S Aravind Krishnan, Amrit Acharya from IIT Madras
• AT Sooryanarayen, K Elambarithi, A Rajakumaran from Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi
• Eshan Sett, AbhinabGhosh, Prathmesh Swaroop
• R Manoj, S Pandipperumal, T JAnarthanan from Velammal Engineering College
• Bharat MR from IIT Madras
• Sanchit Pande,Sarvesh Baveja from IIT Madras
• Nikhil S, Vishnu Prasad, Anand R from IIT Madras.

Total prize money worth Rs.60,000 to be won!


 At Shaastra 09 we give you the opportunity to discover the engineer in you. Practical engineering problems that have baffled the best minds in the industry will be given to you. If you think you have it in you to crack one of these, go ahead. But beware, it will definitely not be easy, not with students from all over the country competing for glory. The winning solutions will be taken up by the industry and considered for implementation.

General guidelines tab updated
The deadline for submission of write ups for both the problem statements has been extended to 24th September, 2009.

This event will be held in two phases.

Round 1:Participating teams should send their write ups before the respective deadlines.

Round 2:Teams will be shortlisted based on their report. The shortlisted teams will have to make a
              10 minute presentation of their ideas during Shaastra. Other details regarding this will be sent to the
              selected teams later.

• All details regarding the source of any data used should be mentioned in the write up.
• The write up should not exceed 10 A4 pages. Only pdf/doc versions will be accepted.
• All entries should be sent by email to industry.defined@shaastra.org with the Subject :IRP writeup.

Note that the two problem statements will be judged independent of each other and separate prizes will be given for each. 

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River Restoration.pdf	335.75 KB
Energy from pipelines.pdf	332.65 KB

Here are some guidelines regarding the write-up

Restoration of rivers

• We are looking for new, innovative ideas -not text-book answers. For example,we do not want a detailed explanation of the activated sludge process.If you feel that some of the procedures that you use as a part of the solution are fairly common,a mere mention would suffice. However, you are welcome to suggest modifications to improve existing procedures.
• The solution you propose need not be just technical. For example,suggesting a policy change regarding any of the issues will be considered as a valid point.
• Try to address the economic aspects involved - think on the lines of BOT.

Energy from pipelines

• Think on the lines of using the energy that is lost due to various reasons in pipelines and how one can tap into this energy.
• Please try to make your ideas as clear as possible.
• Detailed calculations, flow charts etc. are most welcome. 

Feel free to contact the coordinators for further information.

Your solution will be shortlisted based on the following criteria

• Understanding the problem and identifying the issues involved.
• Feasibility of the proposed solution(s)
• Innovation and originality of ideas

• A maximum of three mambers per team is allowed.
• The deadline for submission of entries for both the  the problem statements has been extended till  24th September ,2009.

• The decision of the judges will be final and binding.

Contact us at industry.defined@shaastra.org.

Prize money details

    Prizes for each Problem Statement      

• 1st Prize amount of INR   15,000/-
• 2nd Prize amount of INR  10,000/-
• 3rd Prize amount of INR    5,000/-