AIM-ICDK Water Challenge 2.0

AIM in collaboration with ICDK and DTU will be launching the second edition of the Water Challenge to bring water-related issues to the forefront of the world. Today, 1.1 billion people worldwide live in poverty without access to safe drinking water. Water-related diseases are among the most common causes of illness, affecting the majority in developing countries. Also on another end with increasing urbanization, we find more and more untreated water being dumped into natural water sources and unsustainable agricultural practices. There is a dire need of creating innovative and frugal products and processes that can help us mitigate these challenges. 

Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog (AIM-NITI Aayog) has partnered with Innovation Center Denmark (ICDK), Denmark Embassy in India, and the Denmark Technical University (DTU) to launch the AIM-ICDK Water Innovation Challenge 2.0 in the below-mentioned areas:

Water Source mapping, monitoring and sustainability (for quality and quantity)

Safe and sustainable water distribution and reduction of Non-Revenue water

Treatment technologies for making water fit for different uses

Prediction, Forecasting and Management

Awareness / Capacity Building

Big data acquisition, digitalization and water management solutions

A multi-sensor device that makes the use of emerging technologies such as drones, robotics that can float in water, fly in air, navigate through cultivated land with an ability to make two way communication with data-cum-command center (solution is not bound by the time frame of the AIM-ICDK challenge

Who can apply for the challenge? (Eligibility) 

1. Common conditions 

A. No applicant or team member should be older that 35 years as on 1st January, 2022 

B. Applicant must be an Indian citizen 

2. Specific category conditions (All the below conditions are mandatory)

 A. Young academics: 

I. Student team (Student A) 

● The student members must be enrolled in a Bachelor/Masters/Doctoral level course from a recognised college/university. (1st year bachelor students are not eligible) 

● The applicant should provide details of a faculty guide from the Institution the applicant is currently enrolled in.

II. Student Entrepreneurs (Student B) 

● All members must be enrolled in a Bachelor/Masters/Doctoral level course from a recognised college/university. (1st year bachelor students are not eligible) 

● The applicant should be willing to register a Company/Startup before the start of the program (declaration for the same is part of the application form). If the company/startup is already registered, the same may be provided in the application form. 

● The applicant should provide details of a faculty guide from the Institution the applicant is currently enrolled in. B. Young Entrepreneurs 

● Application should be submitted as a team, and the applicant should have a registered company. The applicant should provide any one of the below registration details: 

○ Registration under Companies act 

○ MSME registration 

○ Registration under Limited liabilities act 

○ Startup registration from DPIIT 

● All team members should be under the age of 35. 

● The applicant must have at least a lab validated prototype at the time of application

Last Date of Application: 16th January 2022