The event by IIT Palakkad’s Technology IHub Foundation (IPTIF) is a pre incubation activity to pave way for innovation in the national and global energy sector.

Read More – best colleges in kolkata

Prize money and last date
There is more to this OOrja Grand Challenge as far as prize money is concerned. The Prize Money could be up to Rs. 1.5 lakh for designing after shortlisting, up to Rs. 10 lakh for prototyping after design review and up to Rs. 25 lakh for incubation after prototype review.

The application submission for taking part in OOrja Grand Challenge has begun on 10 January this year and the last date to register for the event is 1 March 2022.

Read More – Top 20 womens colleges in Tamil Nadu

The link to apply for participation in Oorja Grand Challenge is ‘https://tinyurl.com/Oorja-Challenge-registration’

IPTIF focuses on attracting available nationwide potential and harnessing the expertise, thus fostering class research innovation, technology and product development.

Read More – top 20 engineering colleges in karnataka

Main goals
The main goals of OOrja Grand Challenge are given below:

Ø Discover and nurture new, innovative, viable, and sustainable technology solutions for significant Energy challenges that are faced by India

Ø Encourage ideas from latent sources and convert them into start-ups

Ø Generate better awareness about entrepreneurship amongst India’s masses and lend a helping hand to aspiring and existing entrepreneurs through active media outreach.

Ø Expand the pipeline of potential incubatees

Ø Provide structured mentoring, guidance, prototyping grants, and seed-funding for innovative ideas applying for such programs.

A. Technology innovation

B. Business model innovation

C. Market addressed

D. Customer feedback

E. Scalability & potential

F. Competitor evaluation & pricing

Dr. Albert Sunny
Highlighting the expected outcomes from ‘IPTIF – Grand Challenges and Competitions,’ Dr. Albert Sunny, Director, IPTIF, and Project Director, Technology Innovation Hub on Intellisgent Collaborative Systems (TIH ICS), said the aim of this national-wide contest OOrja Grand Challenge is to scout for technology solutions in the energy domain.

Also read ‘Know the great objective behind the faculty development programme at NIT Andhra Pradesh‘

These solutions should be safe to use, economical at large scale, with high efficiency. The expected technology solutions include but are not limited to those for energy storage, generation, conversion, and transportation / distribution, he said speaking about Oorja Grand Challenge.

Webinar
IPTIF is also conducting a two month-long Oorja Webinar Series from 11th January to 24th February 2022 on all Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays of every week.

Everyone will have the opportunity to participate in the webinars and breakout sessions with the topmost leaders in the energy industry.

About IPTIF

IIT Palakkad has established IIT Palakkad Technology IHub Foundation (IPTIF) to facilitate the Technology Innovation Hub on Intelligent Collaborative Systems (TIH-ICS) setup at IIT Palakkad by NM-ICPS coordinated by the DST, Government of India.

TIH-ICS, through IPTIF, plans to attract available nationwide potential and harness expertise, thus fostering class research innovation, technology, and product development.

IPTIF also plans to build linkages with research institutes and labs in and out of India. One of its primary goals is to work in close collaboration with the industry to deliver commercial technology and products and build a vibrant innovation ecosystem through a reliable platform for technology-based start-ups and entrepreneurs.

Modelling, analysis, control, devices, networks, robotics, data, and simulations are all building blocks of CPS technologies.

It focuses on Intelligent collaboration (or Merger) of these to propel application of high priority in the CPS National Mission. These applications include, though are not limited to, agriculture, healthcare, cyber security/privacy, industrial operations, transportation, surveillance, and communication.

Admission into UG medical courses, popularly known as MBBS would commence with conducting NEET UG for 2025. Candidates who pass the exam have to take part in the counselling for MBBS admission.

A few other sources convey that registration for NEET UG in 2025 may also commence in March 2025.

Schedule

NEET UG 2025 registration schedule will be made known after the announcement about exam’s application submission commences.

The NEET UG 2025 registration would usually be open for a month or more. The application correction facility will be made active after submission comes to an end.

After corrections, the admit cards are made available for download. Those who have completed their NEET UG 2025 application submission process successfully, alone will be able to download the hall ticket.

Candidates have to write the exam and pass it with required qualifying marks to be eligible for taking part in the counselling process for getting admitted into a medical college.

More about the exam

The full name of the exam is National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test  Undergraduate.

The exam is conducted offline in pen-and-paper mode and answers have to be registered on a separate answer sheet.

The questions in NEET UG 2025 would be related to biology, physics and chemistry which are taught in classes 10,11 and 12 in recognized educational institutions across India.

Questions will be in a multiple-choice format where each question has more than one reply and the right one among that has to be chosen to get marks.

Students willing to join BDS in colleges located across India also have to submit NEET UG 2025 application.

Medical colleges abroad also consider scores of NEET UG for providing admission into MBBS courses.

Who can take up NEET UG 2025 application submission?

Candidates who have passed plus-two in the science stream with biology, physics and chemistry as subjects can take up NEET UG 2025 application submission.

Students who have appeared for their final year exams and are waiting for the results or students who are about to appear for the final year exams of their qualifying degree can also take up NEET UG 2025 application submission.

However, these students have to pass their exams and provide proof of it by the time of admission.

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

2. Once the webpage is ready, candidates can click the button Click Here for Registration/Login

3. Clicking the above button will open another webpage with URL ‘https://neet.ntaonline.in/frontend/web/’

4. Once the webpage with above URL opens, candidates can click the registration link and create an account with username and password.

5. After obtaining the account, they can come to the same webpage (https://neet.ntaonline.in/frontend/web/) and login and start applying for the exam.

Website for NEET UG 2025 Application is Here

NEET UG 2025 application submission fees

NEET UG 2025 application submission fees is Rs 1700 for General category candidates and NRI applicants. The same is Rs 1600 for General-EWS/OBC-NCL category applicants.

SC/ST/PwBD/Third Gender category applicants have to pay Rs 1000 while taking up NEET UG 2024 registration.

The fee may also change due to various reasons, candidates can read information bulletin related to NEET UG 2025 application when it is released.

How to download hall ticket?

The process to download hall ticket is online and it can be done on the official website ‘https://exams.nta.ac.in/NEET’

1. Candidates have to type the URL mentioned above in the browser and submit it to allow the website to download.

2. Once the website is ready, candidates can click the link for the hall ticket.

3. This will likely open another website and there, they have to enter their application number and other details and submit them to view the admit card.

Point to remember

Once the admit card is visible, applicants can download and take a printout. Only those who have successfully completed NEET UG 2025 application submission will be able to download admit card.

The link to download admit card will be made active on the official website at the appropriate time.

Students can visit the official website as the exam time nears, to find the link for download hall ticket. Link for obtaining admit cards are usually made available about 10 to 15 days before the exam day.

Students who pass NEET UG 2025 application submission with the required qualifying marks can apply for counselling where they choose the college and course. Counselling takes place to fill seats at the All India level and state level.

Also Read – NIRF 2024 Top 20 Medical Colleges In India

Students who wish to study in central government institutions can apply under the All India Quota for which Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) conducts the counselling.

Respective authorities of various states in India conduct counselling at their state level. Candidates can visit the official websites of the respective authorities for more information.

The best thing to do would be to follow the website of NTA for updates on 2025 NEET UG. Registration can be done at the appropriate time.

Candidates who do not get a seat in the institution of their choice in the initial rounds of counselling can apply in the subsequent rounds.

Preparation involves studying all the lessons in the syllabus, students must ensure that they have mastered all the subjects to score marks in NEET UG for 2025.