IITGN kick starts third edition of Invention Factory with 20 students from 10 IITs

The intensive six-week summer programme will train students to conceive inventions and also file US and Indian provisional patent applications

The Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) has launched the third edition of the Invention Factory India. The Institute started the third edition of the programme yesterday with an introductory session for the participants.

Invention Factory India is summer programme in which the selected students from IITs across the country conceive an invention, prototype it, pitch it, write and file the US as well as Indian provisional patent applications for their invention; all within a duration of six weeks and one week of orientation.

This time 20 students from 10 different IITs, including IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, IIT Gandhinagar, IIT Goa, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, and IIT Roorkee, have been selected for the Invention Factory India.

After the initial technical training and orientation week, these students will be working as a team of two to conceive, prototype, and pitch inventions that address a particular societal or consumer need. Their ideas and inventions will be evaluated on a weekly basis by an illustrious panel of judges from different walks of life. Ultimately, all the ten teams will compete to win the first prize of Rs 2 Lakhs, second prize of Rs 1 Lakh, and third prize of Rs 50,000 for creating the “Best Invention”, “Second Best Invention”, and “Third Best Invention” respectively.

IIT Gandhinagar Professors Nithin George, Madhu Vadali, and Jaichander Swaminathan will be mentoring the participants during the programme. The students will also get mentorship from the founders of the original program in the US, Cooper Union Professors Alan Wolf and Eric Lima. Throwing more light on the idea of this intensive programme that also gives impetus to the “Make in India” movement, Prof Nithin George, TEOCO Chair Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at IITGN and Chairperson of the Invention Factory India, said, “Through this programme, we want to inculcate the practice of inventing and out of the box thinking among young minds so that they start thinking towards finding effective solutions to various day-to-day challenges faced by society.

Along the way, they also hone their communication and presentation skills and team working attitude, which would help them throughout their careers. We all are excited to see the inventions by students from this edition of Invention Factory India.”

The selected students for the programme are provided free hostel lodging and meals for the entire period. Each team will receive a budget of up to Rs 50,000 for materials to design the invention prototype. They will work in the newly set-up ‘Maker Bhavan’ at IITGN; and will have access to laser cutters, 3D printers, machine shops and machinists. All participants who complete the programme will also receive a stipend of Rs 10,000 with a certificate of participation.

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