Who can take part in the contest being hosted by IIT Madras and Capgemini? Second and Third-year Polytechnic College students from Tamil Nadu are eligible to participate.

IIT Madras and Capgemini to host great contest

There can be any number of groups and ideas from an Institution. Ideas put forth in the contest hosted by IIT Madras and Capgemini must not be related to IoT, IT & AI.

The last date for submission of ideas for this contest being hosted by IIT Madras and Capgemini is 21 August.

Capgemini is a multinational IT firm.

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Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CSIE) which focuses on teaching and research related to social enterprise in India is coordinating the competition which is being hosted by IIT Madras and Capgemini.

The contest would be held in online mode. What are the participants in this contest being hosted by IIT Madras and Capgemini supposed to do?

The participants in this competition hosted by IIT Madras and Capgemini have to come up with ideas that will result in livelihood enhancement among farmers and artisan communities.

Their ideas will be converted into technologies for their livelihood promotion. What is the prize for winners in the competition being hosted by IIT Madras and Capgemini?

The top two innovative ideas will be awarded prize money of Rs 50,000 each and also will receive mentor support from CSIE and IIT Madras faculty for their further prototype development.

Professor R. Nagarajan, project coordinator with CSIE speaks about the unique aspects of this contest being hosted by IIT Madras and Capgemini.

IDEA SPARK, in particular, has been very successful over the years in motivating college students to ideate and innovate in this context, he said.

All those who participate in the innovative contest hosted by IIT Madras and Capgemini will get a participation certificate.

How to register
Candidates who are interested in taking part in the contest organised by IIT Madras and Capgemini can visit the official website of CSIE at ‘https://csie.iitm.ac.in‘

Soon after the webpage downloads, they can scroll down the webpage and click link ‘Idea Spark’ and a new webpage will download.

When the new webpage downloads, applicants can see the link ‘Register Now’ on right side top corner.

Participants can click ‘Register Now’ and start providing the required information about them, their ideas for the contest, description of how their ideas would result in livelihood among farmers.

Participants of the contest hosted by IIT Madras and Capgemini can upload required videos on their ideas in YouTube or GoogleDrive or DropBox and share the links in the registration form.

Ideas related to IT, IoT and AI must not be submitted as the focus for the contest is enhancing livelihood for artisans, women and farmers.

The videos uploaded about the ideas for the competition by IIT Madras and Capgemini must not be more than 3 to 5 minutes in duration.

About IIT Madras

Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) was established in 1959 by the Government of India as an ‘Institute of National Importance.’

The activities of the Institute in various fields of Science and Technology are carried out in 16 academic departments and several advanced interdisciplinary research academic centres.

The Institute offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes leading to B.Tech., M.Sc., M.B.A., M.Tech., M.S., and Ph.D., degrees in a variety of specializations.

IITM fosters an active entrepreneurial culture with strong curricular support and through the IITM Incubation Cell.

The process of application submission started on 28 October 2024.

This is one of the well-known competitive exams in India that sees registration of more than six lakh students every year. JEE Mains 2025 Application is for the first session.

Hall tickets will be available for download for the applicants about three days before the date on which they will be appearing for their exam.

JEE Mains 2025 Schedule

JEE Mains 2025 will be conducted in two sessions for 2025, the schedule in connection with both the sessions is mentioned below for the sake of the students:

1st Session

The exam will be conducted from 22 to 31 January 2025. JEE Mains 2025 Application submission schedule will open from 28 October to 22 November 2024.

The fee in connection with JEE Mains 2025 Application submission can be paid till 11:50 PM on 22 November 2024. The result will be declared by 12 February 2025.

2nd Session

JEE Mains 2025 Application submission for second session will take place from 31 January to 24 February 2025. The application can be submitted till 9 PM on 24 February 2025.

Admit cards will be available about three days before the actual date of the examination of the applicant. Exam will be conducted from 1 to 8 April 2025 tentatively.

Results for the second session are to be released by 17 April 2025. There is more to it than meets the eye as far as JEE Mains 2025 Application submission is concerned.

The exam will have three papers, Paper 1, Paper 2A, Paper 2B. Paper 1 of JEE Mains 2025 is for students focused on graduation in engineering (BE or BTech).

Students keen on studying under graduation in architecture (BArch) have to appear for Paper 2A, those who wish to study graduation in planning (BPlan) have to appear for Paper 2B.

Architecture aspirants have also to answer questions related to creativity, innovation, drawing along with that of maths, physics and chemistry.

Format of questions will be multiple choice where every question has more than one reply option and the right one has to be chosen for getting marks.

Who can submit JEE Mains 2025 Application?

Students who have passed plus-two from a recognised educational institution with subjects as maths, physics and chemistry can take up JEE Mains 2025 application submission.

Even students who have appeared for the plus-two exams and are waiting for results or who are about to appear for the qualifying exam can also submit JEE Mains 2025 application.

However, these students have to pass the exam and provide proof of it by the time of admission. Not able to do, may lead to cancellation of admission.

The url to access the official website for submitting applications is ‘https://jeemain.nta.ac.in/’

1. The URL mentioned above has to be typed into the browser and submitted to allow the website to download.

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5. Once the webpage with above URL opens, candidates have to press New Registration on the left side and create an account with username and password.

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Post application submission

Individuals who have submitted their JEE Mains 2025 application successfully can download their admit card about three days before they are to appear for the exam.

1. Type the URL mentioned above in the browser and submit it to allow the website to download.

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Exam

Candidates have to appear for the exam and then pass it with the required qualifying marks which are also known as cutoff marks.

Students who pass the exam with the required score can take part in the counselling process to obtain seats in NITs, IIITs or IIITDMs.

Those willing to study in IITs have to pass JEE Mains with a score that falls under top 2.5 lakh ranks on a national level to apply for JEE Advanced, a written test required to qualify for admission into IITs.

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