Accenture Innovation Challenge 2023: IIT Delhi, IIM Ahmedabad emerge as winners

In Accenture Innovation Challenge 2023, as many as 182,000+ students from 6600+ colleges developed creative technology-led solutions for real-world problems.

During the Accenture Innovation Challenge 2023, a three-member team from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and an all-women four-member team from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad won the top spots in the engineering and the business schools’ category, respectively. 

Aimed at inspiring students to develop innovative technology-led solutions for real world problems, the 3.5 month-long competition saw participation from over 182,000 students from 6600+ colleges, of which 37% were women.

Raghavan Iyer, senior managing director and Innovation lead, Advanced Technology Centers, Accenture said, “Advanced technologies have the potential to not just solve for business challenges but also address critical challenges facing society such as climate change, clean energy, and responsible consumption. They can play a vital role in enabling equitable access to education, skilling, healthcare, and accelerate advances in agriculture, financial inclusion, and governance. Through the annual Accenture Innovation Challenge, our aim is to inspire technology-led creative thinking among young minds to address real world problems with affordable and scalable solutions.”

Accenture Innovation Challenge 2023 Details

In line with the 2023 Accenture Innovation Challenge theme of ‘Reinvent businesses and accelerate change with the power of technology’, the students leveraged advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, automation, the cloud, blockchain, the internet of things and digital twins to develop and present novel solutions. 

Each member of the Grand Prize-winning teams was awarded prizes worth INR 100,000. The members of the First runner up and second runner up teams received prizes worth INR 75,000 and INR 50,000 each, respectively. Additionally, all eligible participants were given the opportunity to participate in a fast-track recruitment process for Accenture’s Advanced Technology Centers in India (ATCI).

Details of Winners 

Team Svar from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi developed an AI and machine learning-based mobile app that automates and personalizes speech therapy for children with speech impairments. Currently available in English and Hindi, the app plans to add more regional languages, and offers a 24×7 virtual speech therapist. It rewards points to children who pronounce words correctly, thereby motivating them to continue their therapy.

The all-women TARS team from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad put together a virtual stylist app that can curate fresh new looks and outfits from people’s existing wardrobe, promoting thriftiness and responsible consumption. Based on AI, machine learning and digital twin technology, it promotes a sustainable way of expanding one’s wardrobe through sharing – by mixing and matching outfits from the wardrobes of one’s friends and family. It has the potential to prevent millions of kilograms of clothes from being discarded each year.

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