IIT-Kharagpur shows how to innovate, bags maximum laurels at innovation awards

IIT-Kharagpur has shown how to innovate as the institute won the maximum number of laurels at the Gandhian Young Technology Innovation (GYTI) awards held at Rashtrapati Bhawan.

IIT-Kharagpur outperformed 276 institutes from across the country and maximum awards it won were of medical and biotech innovations. The appreciations were in engineering category.

"After four rounds of evaluation, 19 teams have been selected for innovation awards and 24 for appreciation. Of the 19 awards, 15 awardees in Medical and Biotech innovations category will get Department of Biotechnology sponsored (BITAC-SRISTI) grant of Rs 15 lakh each to further their prototypes," an IIT release said.

GYTI 2016 was a pan-India competition with over 2,363 innovation entries in 50 technology domains from 276 institutes from 26 states and two Union Territories.

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