Accenture, in partnership with Yahoo India, has launched
the fourth season of #Innovation Jockeys: The Hunt for India’s most Innovative Minds.
Undergraduate, graduate and post graduate students across India are
welcome to submit
innovative ideas for using technology to transform India. This year’s
contest, which will focus on disruptive technology innovations related
to the themes
‘Cognitive Computing and Internet of Things’ and ‘Digital Application Marketplace’, aims to discover bright, young, home-grown innovators.
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“We’re
looking for India’s next generation of innovators – young people with
drive, passion and creativity who will make a difference in the way
businesses and society
function,” said Raghavan Iyer, Managing Director, Technology Delivery and Innovation Council lead for Accenture in India. “In the previous three seasons, the program drew over 7,180
idea submissions
from over 900 campuses and more than 125,300 newsletter sign-ups from
students at more than 1,000 colleges across India. We have seen an
encouraging response
each year and are expecting more students to participate and showcase
their solutions.”
This
year’s contest winners will be selected by a renowned jury, consisting
of Ravi Gururaj, Chair - Product Council & Member - Executive
Council, NASSCOM; Kalyan Veeramachaneni,
Research Scientist, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence
Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Unni Aravindakshan,
Vice President - Production Engineering and Head, Yahoo Software
Development India; Raj Dam, Founder, QuizWorks; Vinay Gupta,
CEO, Via.com; Nandini Vaidyanathan, CMD, CARMa Venture Services and Alok Goyal, Partner at Helion Advisors.
“Over the
last
three years, Innovation Jockeys has surfaced ideas that solve
real-world problems and make a difference in our daily lives. We are
happy to be part of the process that fosters this innovation.
We are looking forward to how India’s bright young minds will innovate
and push the envelope this year, as they take on new challenges,”
said Unni Aravindakshan, Vice President - Production Engineering and
Head, Yahoo Software Development India Pvt. Ltd.
Each member of the winning team will receive a trip to
Accenture Technology Labs, San Francisco,
a Lenovo tablet and an Apple iPhone 6. Winning entries for each
category will also receive an Apple iPad and a Pebble Smart Watch. The
five most popular ideas will win an Amazon
Kindle.
To find out more and participate in
Innovation Jockeys: The Hunt for India’s most Innovative Minds, log on to
http://innovationjockeys.net/. The deadline for submitting entries is September 20, 2015. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on November 6, 2015 in Bangalore.
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