In Today’s world with so many cars, models in the market, it is hard to find out which car has a high maintenance cost/index that is authentic source. • Problem statement in Description o System that shows the health and Maintenance Index of various components of car models or car parts based on multiple factors o This will help new buyers to understand the maintenance costs of a certain model and probability of which car part requires more often servicing /change, OEM’s to understand which part is requiring frequent change and needs to be recalled and made better in the new models o Vehicle maintenance patterns across car models by mileage, usage , age of the vehicle , regional patterns across dealers, service stations and car manufacturer • Purpose and who will benefit o Consumers so they know which car has a higher maintenance and maintenance index. o Car Manufacturers , so they know which parts are getting serviced often based on the part change • How does it help the nation o Better understanding for consumers on which car to purchase with low Vehicle Maintenance Index o Govt has better understanding of car maintenance index before approving cars on the Road (ARAI Authority) • Practical and reasons why this idea could be a challenge from Implementation o Data Challenge : Build a dealer/service station network , OEM, consumers who can feed data into the system – without data this solution will not work o Ability to integrate this solution easily with the current systems which can collate the data o Marketing challenge : Owner within the Govt to take this ahead and invest this product o Political : OEM’s might not want such a system to be developed. • Domain Bucket o Transport , Vehicles • Technology Bucket o Integration across systems – Integration platform across systems with security model for data extraction o Analytics & Data Science (if possible) - Bigdata/Hadoop, AI / ML o Data Aggregation o Visualization

Better and faster emergency care during accidents and vehicle impact • Problem statement in Description o During accidents while we have sophisticated technology that opens airbags , add functionality that can start recording and inform the closest emergency service care of the incident o Share Location, situation within the accident spot , broadcast images, videos o Audio Video Signal Transmitter/ Store during any impact in the vehicle and calling out for emergency care o Ability to inform the closest police station, hospital, fire brigade—GPS location closest proximity guard or govt office to rush emergency care o In current situation it requires someone to call the emergency service and delays in calling for care , results in loss of life . with this device and service the call is automatically made and emergency care can be provided promptly o Evaluate the ease of connecting the device with the car easily externally, requires OEM support to develop such compatible cars • Purpose of this analysis and who will benefit o Person who meets with the accident and facility for the nearest emergency care to respond to the situation in a timely fashion o Govt can benefit by providing the device on rent in certain specific areas that are accident prone – and earn additional income o Govt agencies can start building net income by dealing in such devices and auxiliary services o OEMS – additional charge for service • Lateral Solutions where similar solution can be extrapolated o Car Theft or Window Windshield breaking o Car break down o Home Safety – breaking • How does it help the nation o Better and faster emergency care • Practical and reasons why this idea could be a challenge o Device manufacturing that works across regions , network connectivity o Economically viable in managing the security of such devices o Law Suit if the device did not work in an accident o OEM’s to modify car design to easily integrate with such devices , externally and easily plugin the device • Domain Bucket o Vehicles o Emergency care • Technology Bucket o Integration across systems – Integration platform across systems with security model for data extraction o IOT o Analytics & Data Science (if possible) - Bigdata/Hadoop, AI / ML o Data Aggregation o Visualization

• Problem statement in Description o We do have waste lying in cities which makes it hard for cleaning staff to know which area requires attention and urgent garbage, waste pickup o Identifying Waste across in the City • With Swachh Bharat App , it requires people to take pictures and geo tag the images , due to which adoption is low, • With the Drone connectivity and intelligent algorithms, pattern matching the drone can fly in designated coverage areas help monitor the waste • Cameras attached to Govt or Public Vehicles while driving can capture video and identify garbage areas and upload images (image /video scanning ) • Ability to capture images of garbage and upload, images will automatically have GEO location position of the image o Viewing the high waste areas • Mapping the location on a map with the Waste Quantity Index (approximate) so that the waste management team , can quickly take action based on the wastage level thrown in an area • Lateral Scenarios and Scaling the solution o Flood Monitoring and reporting o Traffic Monitoring due events o Toll Booth Huge Lines Monitoring • Purpose of this analysis and who will benefit o Govt agencies , citizens • How does it help the nation o Govt Agencies • Practical and reasons why this idea could be a challenge o Device manufacturing that works across regions , network connectivity o Security of devices, drones and permission to have them executed in specific areas o Costs of drones and manageability – alternative for using Image/video capture automatically and via image capture o Economically viable in managing the security of such devices , drones

Portal for Farmers to sell the produce at a better rate • Problem statement in Description o System that provides farmers an interface to sell their produce , and connect with the buyers all over India o Simple interface that works on mobile, SMS to upload produce details and respond via phone and SMS (taking care of digital divide) o Interface for anyone to buy the produce/vegetable – initially visit the place and buy or have courier service integrated to deliver the vegetables o Farmers can get a better price for their produce, no additional cost spent in marketing and delivery of goods , however they can choose to charge more by delivering the items themselves • Purpose of this analysis and who will benefit o Farmers, Restaurant owners, Buyers , Courier Companies, Delivery Agencies, Vegetable Vendors • How does it help the nation o Better rates for the vegetables, Make the Farmers live with pride and make additional income • Practical and reasons why this idea could be a challenge o Brokers , Govt rules o Overall profitability in the deal for the buyer to purchase directly from farm , excluding transportation • How does this help CDK : What’s in it for us o No Direct link • Technology that can be used as a platform for connecting car buyer to Seller Domain Bucket o Agriculture o E-Commerce o Payment • Technology Bucket o Integration across systems – Integration platform across systems with security model for data extraction o SMS and Mobile Computing o Analytics & Data Science (if possible) - Bigdata/Hadoop, AI / ML o Data Aggregation o Visualization

Crop Guidance and Farmers Friend • Problem Title : Helping the farmers in terms of Crop suggestion, precautions based on the met department forecast of rain fall / weather, potential pest attacks , weather warnings etc. • Problem statement in Description o System that provides details to farmers on weather patterns that could impact the crop , possible pest attacks , weather warnings o Steps for producing high yield that are specific for a farmer based on the local, regional terrain , weather scenario , rather than generic guidance o Helping the Farmer to be well prepared if there is a pest, insect attack o Better Farmer Financial Inclusion for planning out loans , interest and managing his costs • Purpose of this analysis and who will benefit o Farmers, Pesticide firms , Govt agencies helping farmers , Agriculture loan banks • How does it help the nation o Better crop produce and farmers have better income o High Yield and prescriptive guidance • Practical and reasons why this idea could be a challenge o Working with the larger teams like Govt Agencies, Brokers, Chemical Factories producing medicines, pesticides o Single Owner driving and investing in the product o Famers basic digital divide to access such information • How does this help CDK : What’s in it for us o Limited usage from this scenario • Domain Bucket o Agriculture • Technology Bucket o Integration across systems – Integration platform across systems with security model for data extraction o SMS and Mobile Computing o Analytics & Data Science (if possible) - Bigdata/Hadoop, AI / ML o Data Aggregation o Visualization

Description: Many residential society administrations, tolls, business complexes and parking spaces in India lack an automated system for car parking and vehicle monitoring. Most of the commercial and residential places face an impending problem of illegal car/vehicle parking inside their premises. This issue is not bounded to just parking, but also adds to the security concerns inside those establishments. Though there are solutions that exist in the market, the affordability comes into question. In this regard, we would like to have an affordable solution that caters to the Indian markets Expectation: For the team choosing this topic, we expect to have a working model / infrastructure of the solution wherein, when a vehicle passes through a checkpost and the solution identifies as many features as it can regarding the situation of the vehicle. All Teams will be provided with an amount of video footage. The teams must build a fictitous database based on the vehicles appering in footage and demonstrate the problems that they are able to solve/automate in existing infrastucture. (For example, if a team is trying to solve problems of a residential complex, they might create a database of some of the vehicles appearing in the footage and list them as residents and others not registered in the database to be considered as visitors). Applicants will be provided video data through the following website link. http://mixorg.com/competitions/SIH-2020/registration Each team is supposed to download the data and annotate it according to the features they are going to build. Teams must come up with new features for monetization of their business model and must build machine learning models (for preliminary shortlisting and finals) and required mobile/web applications(for finals only) reflecting the same features . Teams are requested to share the annotations done by them on the video data and the pattern of annotation. Teams are requested to build the machine learning model and share a working code on github(privately with @chetanbansiwal or publically) Teams will be judged on the following grounds in the same order as written for the next round : 1. Accuracy of the model in performing the expected task. 2. Speed of the model in performing the expected task. 3. The precision followed during annotation of data. 4. The relevance of annotations considering the problem the team is expecting to solve with it.

As per a report by KPMG, it is estimated that by 2021, online education market in India is going to be around $ 2BN. Currently dominating and emerging categories in online education are K12 education, test preparation and professional learning Great Learning is a leading Ed-Tech company based out of India which is helping professionals develop career critical competencies in area of Analytics & Data Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Cyber Security, Cloud Computing, Design Thinking, Digital Marketing and many more. Great Learning has academic collaboration with leading Indian and global institutes like Great Lakes institute of management, Purdue University, UT Austin’s McCombs School of Business, Stanford University and so forth to deliver these programs. Since 6 years of its founding, it has impacted careers of 10,000+ working professionals Great Learning’s online programs are flipped classroom instructor led programs. In flip classroom format, learners are expected to go through video lectures on a weekly basis and then participate in live online instructor led sessions in a micro group containing up to 10 learners. The agenda of instruction led session is to do a quick debrief of video lectures for the week and discuss practical applications of the concepts covered in the video lecture of the week The problem statement is to create a mechanism to monitor and measure the attention span of the learners in the instructor led online sessions. Following are a few ideas on the measures that can be used to quantify the level of attention span: • out of the designated session-time, what proportion of session was one-way dialogue vs two-way dialogue • number of distinct learners who participated in the session • presence of background noise, chatters in the session, etc.. Expected Outcomes • Real time dashboard that quantifies the participation for each participant • Real time triggers in case of sub-optimal participation • Suggestions (along with implementation) of other ideas to quantify level / quality of interactions Great Learning will be sharing sample recording of the online mentored sessions

Insurance has typically been a push product where the customer is usually sold an insurance by the agents. This makes the product marketing/ sales cost too high due to low conversion rates on insurance sales. It can be said that two factors contribute to this: 1. Insurance being viewed as an expense rather than a protection 2. The long and non-engaging information capture process which is required to issue the insurance. At Bajaj, we are looking to solve this problem by providing a mobile app as an engagement tool, which also helps you manage your health better. This app will also act as a source for insurance sales basis the data provided by the consumer. Gamification has emerged as a tool in the financial industry to convert the existing processes (non- engaging) into exciting activities. Some examples of the same can be capturing relevant information through quizzes (on say, world heart day) or health score generators (answer these questions to get your health score/ heart age).

Insurance has typically been a push product where the customer is usually sold an insurance by the agents. This makes the product marketing/ sales cost too high due to low conversion rates on insurance sales. It can be said that two factors contribute to this: 1. Insurance being viewed as an expense rather than a protection 2. The long and non-engaging information capture process which is required to issue the insurance. At Bajaj, we are looking to solve this problem by providing a mobile app as an engagement tool, which also helps you manage your health better. This app will also act as a source for insurance sales basis the data provided by the consumer. Gamification has emerged as a tool in the financial industry to convert the existing processes (non- engaging) into exciting activities. Some examples of the same can be capturing relevant information through quizzes (on say, world heart day) or health score generators (answer these questions to get your health score/ heart age).

Insurance companies regularly gets health check reports submitted by potential buyers of insurance. We need a way to digitize different kinds of printed lab reports / health check reports to discrete values of each parameter captured. Conversion to a standardized set of digitized value will help in automating lot of backend approval process. Ability to read and classify comments/observations for common parameters will be a big plus When a customer is uploading his health check report regularly, then also a trend chart can be plotted for key parameters. Few sample reports will be provided to the participating teams. Test will be based on that as well as unknown set of health check reports post completion.

The goal of this Challenge is the early detection of sepsis using physiological data. For the purpose of the Challenge, defined sepsis according to the Sepsis-3 guidelines, i.e., a two-point change in the patient's Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score and clinical suspicion of infection (as defined by the ordering of blood cultures or IV antibiotics) (Singer et al., 2016). The early prediction of sepsis is potentially life-saving, and challenging participants to predict sepsis 6 hours before the clinical prediction of sepsis. Conversely, the late prediction of sepsis is potentially life-threatening, and predicting sepsis in non-sepsis patients (or predicting sepsis very early in sepsis patients) consumes limited hospital resources. Develop a digital solution that uses artificial intelligence to detect patient deterioration before it’s too late and trigger notifications to clinicians and care teams. Train healthcare providers and front-line staff to quickly recognize symptoms to identify sepsis and treat patients at the earliest. Also, educate preventing infections in health care settings and in the community so that infections that can lead to sepsis can be stopped before they happen. Provide guidelines to follow infection control requirements (e.g., Hand hygiene) and ensure one to receive recommended vaccines (e.g., Flu and pneumococcal, etc.). Abstract Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that occurs when the body's response to infection causes tissue damage, organ failure, or death (Singer et al., 2016). In the U.S., nearly 1.7 million people develop sepsis and 270,000 people die from sepsis each year; over one third of people who die in U.S. hospitals have sepsis (CDC). Internationally, an estimated 30 million people develop sepsis and 6 million people die from sepsis each year; an estimated 4.2 million newborns and children are affected (WHO). Sepsis costs U.S. hospitals more than any other health condition at $24 billion (13% of U.S. healthcare expenses) a year, and a majority of these costs are for sepsis patients that were not diagnosed at admission (Paoli et al., 2018). Sepsis costs are even greater globally with the developing world at most risk. Altogether, sepsis is a major public health issue responsible for significant morbidity, mortality, and healthcare expenses. Early detection and antibiotic treatment of sepsis are critical for improving sepsis outcomes, where each hour of delayed treatment has been associated with roughly an 4-8% increase in mortality (Kumar et al., 2006; Seymour et al., 2017). To help address this problem, clinicians have proposed new definitions for sepsis (Singer et al., 2016), but the fundamental need to detect and treat sepsis early still remains, and basic questions about the limits of early detection remain unanswered. data set https://physionet.org/content/challenge-2019/1.0.0/

Design an app to write formatted prescriptions based on dictation from doctor. Refer attachment for more detail. The app should provide facility to sign the prescription and also send to the patient directly on his phone and email id. The method of storing the medical records (EHR) should follow relevant compliance laws like HIPAA.

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Humans normally maintain a body temperature at 37°C, and maintenance of this relatively high temperature is critical to human survival.  Our bodies are designed to tightly control our internal temperature, no matter what the external temperature is. Operating temperature in a CT/MRI/PET exam room  is normally between 18deg C to 26 Deg C and kept on an average ~22Deg C. Since room temperature is lower than your body temperature, contact surface of medical device (mattress, pad, support surfaces etc..) quickly absorb the heat from patient’s skin, making patient feel cold. This discomfort to patient during medical imaging /Interventional procedures increases the negative patient outcome due to patient shivering & unintended patient motion. Due to this cold temperature, patients may activate “brown” fat at contact surface which contains adrenergic receptors and generates heat by metabolizing glucose. This can show up on scans and potentially hide true “lesions” in PET imaging. Currently hospitals uses blankets to cover or to enfold a great portion of the Patient's body during scan to trap radiant bodily heat and keeping the body warm. Hospitals uses a lot of blankets as each patient requires a new / washed blanket.. busy centers will go through on avg. 10 blankets in a day. Key Constraints: User adjustable temperature Automated temperature control to set temperature “ Range 20°C -40°C”. Quick response to set temperature within 3 min. Mattress/Pad material:- Radiolucency , MR Compatibility, Biocompatible and Easy to clean. Comfortable foam pad Mattress/pad size: 2mtr length x 0.42 mtr width On/Off switch and Indicator Accurate measurement of temperature of warm mattress/bed (Tolerance +/-1 Deg) Current temperature display of the heating pad/mattress all the time. Fail safe heating mechanism-redundant temperature cut off mechanism Goal : Develop a ~2 meter long warm patient mattress/pad to provide mild warmness to patients during Imaging systems (PET/CT/MRI/Interventional Imaging Systems)

1. Project Statement To predict the tariff rate for next session (monthly/weekly/daily/hourly) for part truck load (Sundry and LTL). 2. Project Scope The predicting system must include the following: • Ability to predict tariff rate for sundry based on historical data • Ability to incorporate external factors listed under factors heading below • Ability to incorporate automated routing and notifications based on existing business rules 3. Deliverables The project is for TCI Freight division. This project is aimed to automate the generation of tariff rates for part truck load. Factors (to be included) 1) Seasonal Impact: Climatic Influences 2) Seasonal Impact: Natural calamities 3) Seasonal Impact: Festivals 4) Fuel Cost 5) Distance 6) Vehicle type/capacity 7) Toll charge 8) Labor cost: wages and availability 9) Demand 10) Customer loyalty 11) Government Regulations 12) Geopolitical events 13) Transit time 14) Nature of Product 15) Security 16) Insurance

The device shall serve following features • Minimum 100m anti-collision warning system for operator with power back up and normally powered from ship • Anti-collision capability be multi sensor based • Should be tamper proof for unauthorised operation • AIS capability • IRNSS capability • Monitoring of fishing vessels by statutory agencies for safety and surveillance • GAGAN integration capability (desired). • DAT integration capability (desired).

Is Traffic Jams a big problem in India? Can we think an out of the box solution to solve this and make commuting an easy accessible to everyone. Here is an opportunity for you to think Innovative and Design a “Personal Air Vehicle (PAV)” Abstract: A Personal Air Vehicle (PAV), also Personal Aerial Vehicle, is an emergent aviation market that would provide on-demand aviation services. This term was first used by NASA in 2003 when it established the Personal Air Vehicle Sector Project, as part of the Aeronautics Vehicle Systems Program. In the current situation where most of the population moving towards Metro cities, traffic management has become most critical issue. Stepping ahead from the current transport system, it is important to adopt emerging technologies for newer product innovation. Flying Vehicle or AirCAR, or Quadcopter could be ideal solution for future generation. What we are seeking is an “everyone” personal flying Vehicle, capable of being flown by ANYONE, ANYWHERE. It should be a vehicle for ALL, young and old, city-dweller. Recent advances in propulsion, energy, light-weight materials, and control and stability systems have combined to produce a moment of achievable innovation. The vehicle should function safely in both crowded cities and rural areas; it should be lightweight and manoeuvrable enough so that anyone can move it around. Digital Design Output: Design a PAV using Autodesk Fusion 360 Software (Free for education & Students) system to enable movement of such vehicles safely in the air traffic by allocating paths, height. The system should additionally provide methods to raise and manage SOS calls. The Design should pass through all the below mentioned phases - Ideation/Conceptualization- Freeform digital modelling - Modelling/Designing- 3D solid Digital model on Fusion 360 - Simulation and Analysis- should be capable to carry 2 person which is 120 Kg min - Rendering and Animation- Apply colour, lights, background to share aesthetic image of your model. Reference: 1. https://www.autodesk.com/autodesk-university/class/Master-Fusion-360-Sculpt-Modeling-Technique-2017#video 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru9oAaRThC4

Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) is the use of software and computer-controlled machinery to automate a manufacturing process. Based on that definition, you need three components for a CAM system to function: Software that tells a machine how to make a product by generating toolpaths. Machinery that can turn raw material into a finished product. Post Processing that converts toolpaths into a language machines can understand. From high-efficiency roughing with Adaptive Clearing to simplified control of multi-axis machines with Tool Orientation, Autodesk Fusion 360 makes it easy to program your CNC machine, fast. Manufacture with 2.5, 3, 4, and 5-axis milling, probing, turning, mill-turning, and profiling operations paired with a powerful post engine all included alongside professional design tools. Students are supposed to use Fusion 360 Software to generate NC code with machine details & tool library. Mentor will help to manufacture the metal component using CNC machine & NC code generated by participants.

In order to ensure pedestrian safety and vehicle speed limits in areas with high pedestrian density/residential areas, a system to detect the traffic density/ school areas/ residential areas and accordingly warn the driver about the speed limit for vehicles. The participating teams may use vision based systems which sense the speed limit signs or sign boards for schools/hospitals/accident prone areas etc. and may decide upon the safe speed value with which the vehicle need to operate. The system needs to provide a warning to the driver, if the speed limits are breached. For the purpose of demonstration, the warning may be provided using a LCD or a seven segment simple display and a buzzer. The sign boards for the purpose of demonstration needs to be made according to IRC standards and the same can be used by the system for demonstration purposes.

The participating teams are required to come up with a system that doesn’t allow tampering with ignition systems of 2W and also prevents fuel theft etc. The system needs to warn the owner about the tampering of the 2 wheeler ignition key/fuel knob etc. when the parking mode is ON. The teams shall develop a mobile application for warning the user/owner. The vehicle should not start when the ignition key switch is tampered with. If the vehicle is lifted during parking mode, the app should alert the user/owner through the app and also track the vehicle. The system should have the following features: Tampering detection tampering of ignition wire attempt to siphon fuel attempt to lift vehicle attempt to start vehicle without key App/mobile warning system GPS tracking of vehicle

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Low cost disinfection media for Drinking water Purification

For medical imaging device, a good user experience requires to guide technologist to the specific functions they need most and help them in quick decision making during medical imaging/interventional procedures. Instructions provided are often tedious to read. There is need of enhanced customer interaction with intelligent assistant & response. Chatbot can help with artificial intelligence to process language, enabling them to understand human speech or text. They can decipher verbal or written questions and provide responses with appropriate information or direction. Develop Virtual Assistant for medical device workflow user support with below requirements and constraints- Essential requirements: Front-end mobile & web based interface:-Connects to a variety of channels, such as websites, documented script and messaging through which users interact with the virtual agent. Natural language processing or any other intelligent technique to understand user work intent, collect relevant parameters from screen, user clicks, previous workflow, words and sentences, and map those to suggestions/insights for user. Key Constraints: Standalone application with web interface Ability to adapt to different screen sizes and orientations, security, and network bandwidth. App data storage on cloud/server (thin client)

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Description of the problem: Servers are the crux of our IT infrastructure and are often exposed to great risk. The servers are covered under the layer of firewall, but they are still vulnerable and require security measures. The major concern is the source of threat. Extensive usage of remote connectivity causes improper security and lack of monitoring measures on remote networking equipments. It is required to keep an eye on the wrong doers, the data thieves and their work pattern. BEML has about 30 servers housed in Datacentre in heterogeneous environment with OS HP-UX, Windows based servers. Outcome expected: Requirement of Server based Monitoring & Analysis Tools to alert the servers with Dashboard report on 30 heterogeneous servers available at our Datacentre.

An excavator is a construction vehicle used to excavate or move large objects. The excavator uses a Hydraulic system to generate a Hydraulic force to control the mechanical arm of the machine. It also uses a crawler system for its movement. The main sections of an excavator are the undercarriage assembly, revolving frame assy. The undercarriage assembly includes tracks, track frame, and final drives, which have a hydraulic motor and gearing providing the drive to the individual tracks. The revolving frame assembly includes the operator cab, counterweight, engine, fuel and hydraulic oil tanks and work attachment of boom, arm & bucket its actuating cylinders, the swing system has swing machinery of gearbox and driving swing motors with hydrostatic primary brake and parking brake as secondary for safe operation of excavator. The hydraulic control system is actuated by operator sitting in operator cabin seat with Hydraulic joystick. The revolving structure attaches to the undercarriage by way of slewing bearing system. High pressure oil is supplied to the tracks of hydraulic motors through a hydraulic swivel joint at the axis of the swing center, allowing the machine to slew 360° unhindered and thus provides the left-and-right movement. Saving energy of construction machinery, especially the hydraulic excavator is very essential. The development of new energy saving solutions and efficient hydraulic system have become a priority for OEM's. When hydraulic excavators lower their boom or brake the rotating upper structure, recoverable potential or kinetic energy is available. A new regeneration scheme to recover these energies to reduce the power loss and energy /fuel saving. The total potential energy could be regenerated under the standard operating conditions in the proposed system should be more energy efficient at least 30~40% of existing system. Outcome expected: 1. Propose alternative Design for energy efficient Regenerative Hydraulic system for 100 ton Excavator. 2. Alternative concept and features should meet or exceed the hydraulic system efficiency of current hydraulic system. 3. Concept needs to be described with block diagram and working principle indicating regeneration of hydraulic energy to be described in hydraulic system line diagram. 4. The proposed energy regeneration system to be verified through simulation result which is done in AMESim / Simulink or any other software. 5. Need to explain the functional block model, methodology, Algorithm and flow chart used. 6. The proposed energy recovery system and control strategy should improve energy recovery efficiency and optimize working performance of the system. 7. Proposed regenerative hydraulic circuit to be simulated at various operating conditions. The results shall be explained for energy / power saving, improved efficiency, Reduce losses and hydraulic oil temperature control, etc.

The Engine, Transmission , equipment dash board system and brake controls equipped with embedded, digital control Electronic Control Units(ECU) for parameters monitoring, display, store and control application. These ECU's are programmable type for changing the configuration depending on power train combinations, customer requirements and field conditions. The ECUs are capable of sending vital/critical data of the equipment over CAN J1939 2.0B communication protocol. A data logger with J1939 2.0B protocol having connectivity with GPS/GPRS/Internet, if fitted, is capable of sending the vital data of the equipment to remote systems/computers. Outcome expected: 1. Explore the robustness of the current system and bring out the weak points by hacking into the control software and data stored in ECU. a. Un-authorized access of the ECUs. b. Retrieving of equipment vital/critical data with geo locations. c. Making malfunction/un-intended function of ECUs by injecting virus causing potential damages to Engine and Transmission. d. Altering of pre-loaded sequences to change the way of working of Transmission. 2. Explore the prospect of replacing existing CAN protocols with new infrastructure or up gradation of existing protocols to avoid hacking. 3. Protect the software security functions by reinforcing interfaces and strengthening the application. 4. Ensure that vehicles with wireless access points and data-collecting features are protected against hacking events and security breaches. 5. Security measures to prevent remote access to vehicle electronics. 6. Wireless technologies that could pose vulnerabilities to hacking or privacy intrusions.

Process Modeling: Develop a Asset Performance Monitoring (APM) platform based on ML algorithms to calculate the real-time reliability and efficiency of the process plant equipments such as heat exchangers, turbines, pumps, motors, compressors, expanders and reacting columns with respect to the design data. Suggestions to optimize the operational parameters of the different equipment’s for getting the maximum possible efficiency in dynamic operational scenario. For ex- Developing the platform that enables the asset performance monitoring via calculation of the heat transfer efficiency of heat exchangers, optimized operational parameters and reliability for the rotating equipments such as turbines, compressors etc.

GAIL procures most of the raw materials, items, office supplies and services through public procurement portal based on tendering system. We need to develop a blockchain secured system to control this procurement process. As an example, developer shall implement end-to-end process for Steel-pipes, that contains steps like A)procurement from Indian/Overseas vendor B)Shipping C) Transportation in intermediary points D) acceptance at GAIL store E) Payment to Vendor using smart contracts The implementation should use Open source technologies like Ethereum or equivalent and be able to show simple and good UI + clear documentation with out of the box thinking

- In Gas pipe line system SCADA is installed for the monitoring of the data. Various alarms in the large volumes appear. - An application can be built to analyze those alarms in correlation with the sequence of process events to identify the pattern of alarms associated with process trips or anomaly so as to provide pro-active alert before such deviation. - Pattern recognition of the alarms and sequence of the events required to predict the probable abnormality or deviation of the plant operations from the normal baseline operations. - System to group similar type of alarms as per equipments, units and plants along with the identification of the critical alarms on the basis of process history. - Identification of false positive and false negative alarms to be provided by the system. - Alarm analysis report to be notified to the authorized user on daily basis via mail. For ex- Developing the platform that identify the patterns from the large volumes of alarms on the basis of history alarms and sequence of process events and shall provide the prediction for the deviation associated with process and related assets.

Background Increasing depletion of water resources generates the need to measure the water flow and find actual utilization. We need an innovative yet cost-effective solution that avoids plumbing need, conforms to compliance and gives a good user interface for end-users to see and control the usage Specifically, the Product required : a) should measure water flow WITHOUT HAVING TO CUT A pipeline and yet to obtain the volume of water that has flown through the pipe between two time points b) support compliance Just like any water flow meter, the product evolved should measure flow at an accuracy conforming to ISO4064 and/or Class B c) Cost: must be around Rs.5000/- - Rs.7000/- for a meter that can be used for 20mm pipeline

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Background: 1. Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) is into scientific storage and handling services for more than 400 commodities including Agricultural produce, Industrial raw-materials, finished goods and variety of hygroscopic and perishable items. 2. Storage loss of food grains and perishables goods are being controlled through quality control practices including periodic chemical treatment, recording of moisture and other parameters, proper documentation, regular inspection, age analysis, sanitation and physical condition of the warehouse. 3. Further storage loss due to atmospheric moisture beyond threshold results in infestation etc. and hence, damages the food grains/perishables. Expected deliverables: 1. Low cost IT solution preferably around Internet of the things (IoT) sensor and IoT data integration to existing application software. The sensor is expected to auto capture the atmospheric moisture and temperature inside the warehouse. 2. Based on moisture and temperature data so captured, the software should do appropriate data analytics and send timely alert to concern officials of CWC for mitigation and remedial actions arising due to moisture and temperature inside the warehouse. 3. Additionally, IoT sensor can also capture fire, earthquake, etc. and can alert the respective nearest authority like Fire Station, Hospital, Police besides alerting CWC officials for mitigation. Sample data: Data to either simulated participants or can visit warehouses for sampling. Some of the quality control practice documents are available at the website, www.cewacor.nic.in under Documents/Circulars-Guidelines/Technical tab.

Problem statement no. 2 : 1. CWC operates warehouses for scientific storage of 400 plus commodities across PAN INDIA. Many of the warehouses are located at remote places across PAN India. 2. The internet connectivity provided either through leased line or MPLS or Broadband or 2/3/4G. 3. This type of connectivity comes at high cost or at some places the connectivity is not feasible or is weak or fluctuates, which results in non usage of software application at these remote places. Expected deliverables: 1. Low cost IT solution preferably around software-controlled devices having capability to host multiple SIMs of different service providers of 2/3/4G Internet service providers. 2. The device considers the 2/3/4G connectivity of one or more SIMs of different service provider, in case their signal strength is adequate. And accordingly provide the uninterrupted internet connectivity to the users at these remote warehouses. 3. Additionally, the device can aggregate the 2/3/4G internet bandwidth of multiple SIMs of different Telecom companies for usage of more software users. Sample data : Can visit warehouses for sampling. 4. Field Devices (Palmtops/Mobiles etc.) have more than one SIM slot. Requirement is to design a Hardware or Software solution, which is able to aggregate the 2/3/4 G internet bandwidth of multiple SIMs of different telecom service providers for the usage of the user in that device.

i) Definitely, a simple solution can be developed to make cashless payment through feature phone. While designing solution, one should keep in mind challenges described in the above section.

A simple solution can be developed for automating entire operation of Supply Chain. While designing solution, one should keep in mind challenges described in the above section.

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Manual operations of Microla and Biola Bottle filling, capping, labeling and packing, leading to spillage and wastage of manpower. Possible solution: Automation of bottling of Microla and Biola with development of assembly line for filling of bottle, capping, labeling and final packing.

Tourism in India is important for the country economy and is growing rapidly. The sector is predicted to grow at an annual rate of 6.9% to rupees 32.05 lakh crore(US$460 billion) by 2028 (9.9% of GDP). In October 2015, India medical tourism sector was estimated to be worth US$3 billion, and it is projected to grow to US$7–8 billion by 2020. In 2014, 184,298 foreign patients traveled to India to seek medical treatment.Students teams are expected to develop a context-based NLP engine to guide the tourists using MindMeld capabilities. MindMeld is a platform to power the next generation of chat and voice assistants. It is an AI platform for building conversational interfaces. Solution Expected: The requirements are to develop a WebEx Team bot capable of NLP to guide tourists. Student teams can choose any one from some of the scenarios that we have listed below. Tourism can be classified into the following sectors and provide help based on the nature of tourism. 1. Cruise Tourism - An itinerary Manager that proposes day-by-day schedule of the cruise with a complete list of attractions at each place along with the route navigation system. 2. Adventure Tourism - Since its adventures the bot must provide a tailor-made experience offering a personalized answer and suitable options based on the situations along with appropriate reminders based on the tourist spot visited. The old-fashioned concept of showcasing only India historical heritage and monuments is changing and people around the world are more interested in ecotourism where they want to see the local flora and fauna. Increasing tourism in the Sundarbans area in West Bengal is an attractive proposition. The region contains the biggest mangrove forest in the world and exotic flora and fauna and the Royal Bengal Tiger. Tech recommendation:   The Conversational AI Playbook can be integrated with Webex Teams and help tourists in the following key areas like Travel Planner – The Chatbot must act as a virtual travel agent who is able to share the suggestions based on the users travel preferences. It should be capable to check the Hotel Room Availability Recommend the right package based on tourist profile. Keep tourist informed about the details of the journey like check ins, flight /Train status etc. Route complex queries to human agents in real time (Adventure Tourism) The evaluations shall be based on the following criteria:  1. Depth and research to understand Indian Tourism Industry (Domain Knowledge) 2. Depth of understanding of Mind meld capabilities & Business model use cases.  4. Depth and understanding of technologies proposed in solution, e.g. Mindmeld & WebEx Teams bot Resources:  https://www.mindmeld.com/docs/integrations/webex_teams.html https://www.mindmeld.com/docs/blueprints/overview.html

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA) or Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) is a nation-wide campaign in India that aims to clean up the streets, roads and infrastructure of India's cities, towns, urban and rural areas. With proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and sensor. Cisco can play a big role automating alerts and actions in buildings, campuses or cities. Student teams are expected to develop a protocol to have a communication with the IoT sensors and transfer the relevant data. Solution Expected: Build a multi-protocol application would truly help realize the vision of IoT with devices that span across use cases and cost points, and deliver meaningful impact on social initiatives such as Swachh Bharat” One such example could be the following: a smart garbage sensor connecting over a LoRa protocol to the wireless Access Point and a Docker based application executing on the Access Point sensing that the garbage can may be full and needs attention. Upon making such an inference, the application may choose to unlock a Zigbee lock attached to the door as well as turning on a Zigbee light in the location closest to the garbage bin. Such a multi-protocol application would truly help realize the vision of IoT with devices that span across use cases and cost points, and deliver meaningful impact on social initiatives such as Swachh Bharat” Tech recommendation: Cisco latest generation of Wi-Fi 6 access points - the Catalyst 9120 is truly multi-lingual with diverse radio capabilities to address the needs of a fragmented world of IoT protocols. In addition to delivering Wi-Fi, the 9120 AP also delivers Bluetooth 5.0, Zigbee, and Thread capabilities with the ability to add other radios via a USB interface. The Catalyst 9120 AP also has the unique capability of executing Docker-style containerized applications that could make use of the IoT radios and deliver use cases through a unified wireless infrastructure for customers, thereby reducing cost and complexity. Cisco would love you to think audaciously about other problem statements and use cases that can leverage such a converged wireless multi-protocol capability with containerized edge applications. Cisco look forward to seeing your creations! Applications can be prototyped using a Raspberry Pi with 2 different radios. The evaluations shall be based on the following criteria 1. Depth and research to understand how technology can be used for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA) 2. Depth of understanding of Cisco 9120 AP product capabilities & use cases. 3. Depth and understanding of technologies proposed in solution. Resources:  https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/wireless/catalyst-9120ax-series- access-points/datasheet-c78-742115.html

The Mid-day Meal Scheme is a school meal programme of the Government of India and is designed to improve the nutritional standing of school-age children nationwide. The programme supplies free lunches on working days for children in primary and upper primary classes in Government schools. Serving 120,000,000 children in over 1,265,000 schools and Education Guarantee Scheme centers, it is the largest of its kind in the world. Student teams are expected to build machine vision solution to monitor the activities under the Mid-day Meal Scheme. Solution Expected: As the Mid-Day Meal program runs in schools across the country, continuous auditing and monitoring of the program might be challenging. Typical Auditing and Monitoring could involve: Ensuring number of students that took meal is same number reported. Lunch served is same as published/reported menu. Alerting in case of discrepancy and capability to centrally see past records / proof (numbers and visual) for any school. To design modules based on the above mentioned activities, video feed shall be provided to the student teams. These feeds shall come from the Meraki security camera. Typically, these shall come from the actual / imitated site i.e. schools, food serving area etc. Student teams are expected to explore the capabilities of Meraki camera’s inbuilt Machine learning (ML) modules and develop solutions around it. E.g. counting students, object recognition etc. Meraki security camera also has an inbuilt functionality to capture snapshot photos. Teams are expected to generate their own database based on the region of interest and features they wish to extract to develop ML models. Along with the expectations of Auditing & Monitoring the student teams should also propose innovative ideas (backed with research) to extract additional information from above snapshots / photos. While architecting the entire system, teams may explore the scalability factor of the system. The evaluations shall be based on the following criteria: 1. Depth and research to understand Mid-Day meal scheme monitoring problem. 2. Depth of understanding of Meraki camera product capabilities use cases. 3. Depth and understanding of technologies proposed in solution. Resources:  https://developer.cisco.com/meraki  https://developer.cisco.com/codeexchange/github/repo/CiscoDevNet/Object- detection-via-Meraki-Camera  https://developer.cisco.com/meraki/mv-sense/

Before fully functional helicopters, in 1960's people are using helicopter turbo-propellers for vertical takeoff and landing of planes. Helicopter Turbo-props are the propellers having propulsion system mounted at tip of the blades. The major idea about this is to reduce the travel cost per passenger as turbo props are more efficient, provide high endurance than that of the normal helicopter blades and provides two times the speed to the plane. On the other hand unbearable noise is one of the issue in helicopter turbo-props. In this problem statement, students are supposed to make the working prototype of helicopter turbo-props. These propellers should be designed in such a way that, it should lift and land a foam model of an aircraft weighing 700 grams. Successful flight test of the same is mandatory for the completion of the project.

NALCO Smelter Plant has 04 Pot lines with 08 Pot Rooms and each Pot Room having 120 Pots. There are 2 Cast Houses and 1 Rolling Plant as well. Hot metal is tapped through Tapping Ladles from 960 pots and then transferred into transport ladles on the metal transporting trucks (MTT) for delivery to the desired Cast House Location as per the requisition made by the individual Cast Houses and Rolling Plant. N.B: • Maximum 16 nos. of trucks can be deployed in the Pot Rooms. • The liquid metal is tapped at around 960°C. • The Cast House desired temperature range for metal casting 720°C-760°C. • If the metal arrives at little above the casting temperature value then it is ready for casting and no fuel is required to be burnt in the metal holding casting furnaces. Operation: A. Cast House–A (Operation) prepares Metal Planning Schedule for 04 shifts on daily basis and forwards Hard/Soft Copy to Pot Line (Operation). B. After receipt of the metal planning schedule the Pot Line (Operation) shift-in-charge prepares tapping schedule for his shift. C. From the tapping schedule ladle schedule is derived along with the metal dispatch against requirement by Cast House (Operation). D. Accordingly MTT deployment by the Pot Line (Operation) transport section is arranged for each Pot Line Room Location to the respective Cast House in a Merry-go-Round fashion during the shift hours. E. Normally Cast House-B and Rolling Plant forward their shift wise ladle requirement, in terms of no. of ladles required by them in a shift, initially to the Transport Section of Pot Line (Operation). F. Balance left out hot metal available is dispatched to Cast House-A along with any adjustment required for handling of no. of ladles available with Pot Line (Operation) arising out of additional requirement raised or surplus metal available from Cast House-B and Rolling Plant Shops due to operational issues. G. Shift wise hot metal reconciliation between Pot Line (Operation) and Cast House is carried out on daily basis to tally the records with the quantity of the metal dispatched and received by the Cast House during the day against the metal planning made. Problems: The entire operation is manual as of now. There is no single window available for operation and coordination job. The transit time required between demand and supply involves various factors such as trip length, information on availability of vehicle, tracking of vehicle location. As a result, trucks may arrive later than the demanded time resulting in drop of loaded ladle metal temperature. All this leads to wastage of heat energy, longer wait time and longer metal truck haulage at times. Moreover, Data portability, processing and reporting, all are manual. Hence a need for IOT based vehicle mounted pilot project which will save energy, time, etc. and help us greatly in avoiding chaos situations. Improvements Desired: To devise an IOT based vehicle mounted pilot project which shall ensure real time data connectivity on: Vehicle location tracking through LPS. (UWB / RTLS / Indoor-Locating / LPS) Information on availability of vehicle. Live metal temperature data from ladle. Vehicle call request with location. Driver acknowledgement for call request. Vehicle identification through code broadcast. The proposed project will enable to achieve the following: Reduced Metal Transporting Trucks turnaround time leading to lower haulage losses. Reduced occurrences of ladle hot metal temperature drop due to smaller and faster haulage time. More efficient control of vehicle logistics reducing chaos due to vehicle unavailability/in traceability. Reduction of possibility of metal outage at either of Cast Houses, Rolling Plant. Reduction in consumption of fuel oil required for reheating of liquid metal.

Due to the pollution on the rise, food habits and hectic schedules we are getting more and more prone to health-related issues for which many a times we use antibiotics drugs. Antibiotic resistance on the rise—and predicted to kill 10 million people per year by 2050. Do think of this problem in India context, lack of knowledge, how antibiotics are prescribed, how to gather the usage of antibiotics across the country and how to mitigate the challenge. Idea would be to see what all are the most common antibiotics / salt in those drugs are being used, for what all diseases they are being prescribed for and predict what are the probable antibiotic drugs ( salts ) which would become non-effective after a certain time for curing a specific microbial infection or disease. Requirement is to build an antimicrobial stewardship platform which should be able to provide this solution.

Problem Brief: Currently traffic police and cameras are only deployed at traffic signals. This limits them to report violations only if they happen within the vicinity leaving room for large stretches of blind spots. Another constraint is the capacity of these personnel to quickly capture as many violation’s photographs as possible towards proof before the vehicle rushes away. Vehicles to automatically identify and report traffic violations on the road around them as they move around thus acting as crowd sourced law enforcement. Solution Ask- Leverage front mounted mobile phone/dedicated cameras on car wind shield to identify, photograph and report traffic violations anywhere on the road thus reducing dependency on static cameras and human personnel.

While most of the Agritech start-ups are focused either on supply chain, focus is now expanding to farm and yield management. The area that still remains UN-explored is the “stubble left after grain segregation”. Stubble burning is an alarming issue today in North India. We need to design a solution which can streamline and automate the process of stubble collection, transportation to desired location, notifications around stubble pickup and delivery, tracking of stubble disposal in a more environment friendly way.Try solution around automated farm images, forecast the stubble production and help business to identify stubble production and purchase the same and track how stubble is being disposed off or used.

Alexa is Amazon’s cloud base voice service, that helps users interact with brands, data, and business logic through voice. Use Alexa to innovate, and build the next generation of interfaces for tourists in India. Your solution should help solve pain points of tourists coming to India like - voice forums to crowd source destination reviews, GPS based voice navigators to guide tourists at historical sites, SOS and emergency support solutions for local and international travelers, travel guides with entry prerequisites, government policies, visa needs, and recommendations on seasons to visit. The Alexa based solution should be intuitive to use also cater to the physically challenged travelers in India.

Problem Brief/Context - These days we are pretty habituated of home- delivery system through e-commerce platform, however there is a big dependency on delivery boys and vehicles for timely delivery of the items. We could potentially use Drones for last mile delivery of items. While current prevalent addressing mechanism such as lat/long and post code are good enough for humans, these won’t work for drone delivery as all houses in a multi-storey building will have same lat/long or post-code. Design a solution which can help drones to identify each address / flat as a separate unit and deliver the item accordingly.

Develop a technology-based solution for Kids, Senior citizens, especially abled individual on any one who need supervision which can alarm the concerned person in case person who need supervision is crossing a specified boundary for eg 10 meters outside a specified boundary. You should also think about more innovative ideas to see what more value you can bring to these individuals for eg : devices which can apart from keep tracking an individual can also collect heath parameters such as heart rate and alert concerned person in case of any issue. This health data can be further used for research and development of these individuals.

1. At present, Adani operates more than 45 Berths PAN India and approximately 4000 Vessels calling at our Port. 2. The vessel agents share the ETA by which Port Authorities manage the resource and estimates the TAT. 3. Vessel TAT are dependent on various Factors like the productivity, resource allocated, Tide etc. 4. The solution should be such that the Port Authorities are able to effectively predict the Optimum TAT which yields maximum revenue by clearly optimizing the resources used. Relooking at the problem: 1. Can out Current Terminal Operating system (TOS) predict using the available data points? 2. Do we require an analytical engine to run algorithms? 3. Will Live Dashboard help to control & monitor the Vessel Operation? 4. Say our current prediction is 70% accurate we would definitely want to increase the prediction accuracy by 10%. 5. Can ML be implemented such that the same vessel calling at our port month after month the prediction is actually very accurate? 6. All vessel related information, resources & Tariff for maximum revenue will be provided. Connections to our DB and Data warehouse access are possible. If we look at the entire process: 1. Vessel agent submits the ETA 2. Port Authority does the berth and resource planning. 3. Operations are undertaken. 4. Changes in Planned TAT. 5. Revision in TAT 6. Other Vessels incoming are affected by such changes in TAT. 7. New TAT Prediction for other incoming vessels.

1. At present, Adani raise more than 10,000+ invoices annually. 2. Tracking outstanding of each invoices with respect to each customers is very difficult. 3. Our marketing team should focus only on bringing customers. An automated transaction system which acts independently for invoicing and payments reconciliation. 4. A wallet for customer which can be accessed through a portal. Payments can be made offline through banks or pay using UPIs/Internet Banking/NEFTs/RTGS Relooking at the problem: 1. Invoices are generated in our Terminal Operating System (TOS). 2. Customer should be able to view the invoices on a portal. 3. They can clear the invoices either partially or full. 4. They might make an Ad-hoc payment (advance payment) which should be available in wallet and then uses that amount to settle the invoices. 5. Dashboard – Current Outstanding, payment dues, invoices pending to be cleared, interest loss etc. If we look at the entire process: 1. Vessel agent submits the ETA 2. Port Authority does the berth and resource planning. 3. Operations are undertaken. 4. Invoices for services are raised 5. Sent to customer for payments 6. Customer makes the payment 7. Payment advise(s) are shared 8. Corresponding invoices are cleared in our SAP system. 1. Can we relook the Invoice settlement process? • Is it possible for our Customer to settle the invoices in our system? Let’s say we create an instance of out TOS for customers to come and do the payment settlements. 2. How to reduce the Payments to invoice settlement TAT? • Customer makes the payment and realizing that amount paid in our Finance Statement takes additional day or two. Can it be made real time.

BACKGROUND: Advances in technology have enabled large-scale harnessing of sources of renewable energy (solar, wind etc.). Smart grids which integrate both conventional energy sources and renewable sources are envisioned to be a sustainable power generation solution. However, all sources of renewable energy are affected by environmental factors (such as wind speed, intensity of solar radiation, cloud cover) which causes fluctuations in power generated from these sources. Also, the availability are subjected to daily/annual cycles (eg. Solar energy available during daytime only). While smart metering enables real-time demand forecasting; accurate models that forecast power generated by renewable energy sources are also needed. Accurate forecasting models will ensure grid stability, smooth scheduling and energy management. For instance, if the model forecasts renewable energy outage for a certain duration of time, the smart grid must seamlessly switch to the conventional energy source for that duration and ensure that the generated power meets the demand forecast. Literature proposes various learning-based forecasting models for renewable energy sources based on open data sources; as well as scheduling strategies for demand-supply matching. Further, simulation software to realistically model microgrids are also available. The problem defined here is to come up with a framework which: realistically simulates a microgrid; forecasts demand and supply of (renewable) energy; seamlessly schedules supply of renewable (and conventional energy) to meet the demand; and provides actionable insights about the functioning of the smart grid system. PROBLEM STATEMENT: 1. Simulate the microgrid/utility system with various consumers and prosumers. 2. For the renewable energy sources, using environment time series data from open data forums-develop energy generation forecasting models. 3. For the consumers/prosumers using energy consumption time series data from open data forums-develop energy demand forecasting models. 4. Develop scheduling algorithms for the utility/microgrid controller. 5. Integrate the forecasting model and scheduler with the simulation setup in 1. 6. Prototype the following use case with developed models: An Integrated Smart Grid utility manager would want to remotely monitor the operations of the deployed system in real-time. The manager will require a dashboard that provides a micro- and macroscopic spatio-temporal trend of: (a) consumer demand maps; (b) prosumer supply; (c) solar/wind energy generated; (d) conventional energy generated; (e) outages; (f) accuracies of forecasting models for energy demand and energy generated (conventional and renewable); (g) scheduling decision report. OUTCOME EXPECTED: 1. A microgrid simulation model (with scheduling strategy integrated at controller). 2. Forecasting models to predict demand, renewable energy generated. (possibly Statistical/Machine Learning models). 3. Scheduling strategy/algorithm to manage resources to meet demands. (optimization algorithm based on forecasting model of demand and generation). 4. A web-application of the dashboard with appropriate visualizations and reports. REFERENCE: • http://www.aungz.com/PDF/88170082.pdf • https://www.mathworks.com/videos/microgrid-system-development-and-analysis-part-3-using-simscape-power-systems-to-simulate-microgrids-1522853406434.html •https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326827833_Strategic_Scheduling_in_Smart_Grids Simulations developed in STEP 1 can be used to generate synthetic data based on models available in literature. In addition to that, below are some links which provides available data and can be used for modeling: • Time series data (European---possibly to generate synthetic data): o https://data.open-power-system-data.org/time_series/ o https://data.open-power-system-data.org/weather_data/ o https://data.open-power-system-data.org/time_series/2019-06-05 • India Solar data generation o https://openei.org/datasets/dataset/india-direct-normal-global-horizontal-irradiance-solar-resourc13 o https://data.nrel.gov/submissions/43 MATHWORKS PRODUCTS: FREE SOFTWARE WILL BE PROVIDED • Curve Fitting, Statistics and Machine Learning toolbox, Deep Learning toolbox (optional) -for forecasting models. • Optimization toolbox (optional): Scheduling algorithm • Simscape, Simscape Electrical, Simulink: to model microgrid/utility • Any Web application: for dashboard • Signal Processing Toolbox (reviewed) • Control toolbox • System Identification • MATLAB and Simulink • Stateflow • App Designer • ThingSpeak • Simulink Design Optimization STUDENT TEAMS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH FREE SOFTWARE OF MATLAB, Simulink and Toolboxes

BACKGROUND: Traffic control for the people, by the people”. The smart phone-based Application captures the traffic flout and directly share it with traffic control team. App will have information about Traffic rules with best user interactive appearance. App will reduce Burden on traffic control team. PROBLEM STATEMENT: The traffic is huge problem in metro cities in India and to monitor it throughout a day it’s the difficult task. The Traffic control and monitoring team can control this up to certain extent. However, the main responsibilities lie on individual. The simple smart phone-based application has capability to record the rule breaking and flout traffic situation which will be shared with traffic control team (Traffic Police). In current situation, the traffic control team uses a camera to capture people with flouting traffic rules and along with this they have to control the city traffic too. It is difficult for them to keep an eye on both the activities at a time. To reduce their workload, an individual can install this app and will be able to share the evidence with traffic control team. The awareness of this app will lead an individual to follow traffic rule strictly in order to avoid mistakes done by others. The app will have traffic rule guidelines which will help an individual to learn more about traffic rules. The app will provide credit to user on capturing valid traffic flout. The App can cover large scale to small scale Traffic rule evades (e. g. No Parking, Pedestrian crossing evades). Each individual can contribute toward traffic control, awareness, and behavior of individual toward traffic rules. OUTCOME EXPECTED: 1. Application runs on Android and IOS app which is directly integrated with traffic control team. 2. Distributed way of traffic maintenance. MATHWORKS PRODUCTS: FREE SOFTWARE WILL BE PROVIDED TO STUDENT TEAMS ThingSpeak, Image processing toolbox, Computer vision toolbox, Mapping and Navigation, Image Acquisition toolbox, MATLAB Coder, Simulink and MATLAB MATHWORKS WILL PROVIDE FREE SOFTWARE(MATLAB, SIMULINK AND TOOLBOXES) TO ALL STUDENT TEAMS PARTICIPATING IN THE HACKATHON

(a) Statement of the Problem. Ships use fuel, oils, sludge, sewage, water and other fluids, which are stored in tanks. When stored in tanks, these fluids tend to stick inside the tanks forming layers of semi-solid substance. Moreover, many impurities of these fluids settle down and stick to the surface of the tanks. It is therefore imperative that the tanks are cleaned on a regular basis on ships. Generally, tanks cleaning on the ship is done during dry dock and whenever the inspection of the tanks is due. Cleaning is done for inspection or if there is any work to be done inside the tanks such as cracks, leaks, etc. Tank cleaning inspection and repairs is a necessary procedure performed on board ships. This process, when carried out by humans, tends to be hazardous, sometimes leading to explosion and accidents. In spite of all the necessary safety precautions and enclosed space entry procedures, accidents still occur while inspecting, cleaning and repairing tanks on board ships. (b) How it is being Overcome. The problem is, at present, being overcome by ventilating the tanks and use of personnel protective gears. However, the atmosphere in the tanks still remains unsatisfactory and continues to pose health hazards for human beings. The following procedure is followed before making an entry for tank cleaning: - • Fluid Contents of the tank should be removed as practicable as possible and stripped thoroughly before entering. • Ventilate the tank using thorough ventilation or forced ventilation method and make the tank suitable for man entry. • Before making a man entry, the atmosphere of the tank is tested for percentage of oxygen and availability of any toxic gases. This has to be done using remote access if possible, otherwise the person entering the tank for testing atmosphere must wear a breathing apparatus. • Various levels and compartments of tank is tested for the percentage of oxygen and availability of toxic gases. A multi gas analyser is used and a person who is trained and has the knowledge of using such equipment carries out the inspection. Once the tank is found safe for man entry, workers enter the tank and carry out cleaning, inspection, repairs etc. Working within these constrained spaces is hazardous, in spite of all the safety precautions. 4. Why it is Important to Solve. Effective solution of this problem is critical to avoid (a) time delays in inspecting, cleaning and repairing tanks (b) accidents which still occur inside the tanks on board ships. (c) manpower cost. 5. Suggested Solutions. The problem can be resolved by developing a mechanism like a robotic arm with the following attachments: (a) Gas analyser for checking the percentage of oxygen and presence of toxic gases, (b) Camera for inspection of tank and examination of defect. (c) Cleaning Attachment (d) Repair attachments (e) Quality Inspection Equipment The robotic arm should be amenable for reliable operation on a ship and capable of entering the tanks and reaching all areas within. It should have programmable operations like horizontal movement, vertical movement, speed adjustment, single or multistage operation at any desired length and angle range, etc. It should be light enough to carry within the constraints of a ship, with fixing arrangements that match with arrangements on-board ship.

Electric Vehicle (EV) will be the vehicle of choice soon. However, EV demand on the grid is unknown and EV users have range anxiety. To address these challenges, can we build an EV eco system and connect all players of the eco system? Can we create predictive models for EV demand? How do we provide inter-operability of data and end user applications? For more details please refer to attachment.

Back Ground: A corporate action is an event initiated by a public company that will bring an actual change to the securities—equity or debt—issued by the company. Corporate actions are typically agreed upon by a company's board of directors and authorized by the shareholders. Examples of corporate actions include stock splits, dividends, mergers and acquisitions, rights issues, and spin-offs. Corporate action instantly impacts security valuation and hence its timely and accurate information is very critical to financial institutes and investors. Information on current, upcoming, and historical corporate action can be purchased from various data vendors like Bloomberg, ICE Data Service, Refinitiv, MarketMap, etc. which could be expensive. Alternatively, data could be freely retrieved from public webpages and company portal. Challenge with free data approach is its accuracy, reliability and completeness Problem Statement: Goal of corporate action (CA) robot is to retrieve accurate, and complete information on historical, current, and future expected corporate action in timely manner from free sources. Required features: 1. Capability of crawling public web pages to retrieve information related to historical, current, and future expected corporate action. Data could potentially be available directly on webpage or in form of downloadable file (.pdf, .docx) 2. Ability of process information available in free text format like pdf, and MS word document 3. Intelligently identify context in which data is available, like is it listed as example, or is it a real announced corporate action. We should also be able to classify CA as approved or yet to be approved corporate action. 4. Extract important information from retrieved pages/files on corporate action like – Security Identifier type (ISIN, CUSIP, Ticker, etc.), Identifier Value, corporate action type, Ex. Date, record date, pay date, payment / ratio / other key information, other relevant corporate action details etc. Example: ISIN: INE239A01016 Company: Nestle India Type of CA: Interim dividend Amount: Rs. 55 Ex Date: 11/12/2019 Rec Date: 12/12/2019 Pay Date: 02/01/2020 5. Build accurate, and complete data from conflicting data retrieved from multiple sources. It should continuously learn about sources which could be trusted for specific information 6. Ability to configure to look for CA on a set of securities, to all listed securities on specific exchange. 7. Robot could be configured to continuously look for new data available for relevant corporate action.

Background: Today organizations have multiple tools and systems to help assist them in their day to day software development activities. There is need of a system which can connect to applications, mine & analyze data and provide results to stakeholders whenever they need it. Problem Statement: For example, questions to assist development activities could be: What is the status of the release of Project X that was due this Friday? Why was Feature Y not fulfilled in the last release for Project X? How many test cases failed in the last release of Project X? Send me an email with the last release notes for Project X How to install Project X? How was Feature Z implemented? (Note: the robot would need to connect to all the applications, and dig out all the relevant information (description of features and linked commits / comments /guides) related the Feature Z Help me solve the class not found exception against “ClassName” (Note: this would mean running a query on stack overflow) Create an AI/ML based application to be hosted within a corporate/organization intranet with complete access to corporate/organization resources of JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket and Stack Overflow. The primary responsibility of this software robot (Intelligent Product Master - IPM) is to learn-mine-analyze-serve information about a product to optimize development and support processes in a product team. IPM’s input interfaces would be a mic and email to receive input from users. IPM’s output interfaces would be speaker and email to revert to users. Following are the two main use cases (but not limited to) 1. Anyone can ask/look up for any information to IPM. It responds with accurate answer by voice-to-text-conversion/email. Mining existing data (could use APIs of the information hosting applications). Co-relating multiple information, analyzes and respond text-to-voice/email. 2. Take the Speaker in a meeting (example: scrum ceremonies/meetings). It records the meeting MOM in detail in its own data-reservoir (database). The scrum master can also instruct IPM to do multiple activity during the meeting. Say: Create a jira task, pull out the last updated jira task. Send me the last email from XYZ to me etc. To implement this, you can use a computer/speak/mail server and client, Voice-text-voice converter, text to jira / confluence / bitbucket / Stack Overflow APIs, AI to Analyze data to get accurate information, ML to learn when taken in a meeting. The key challenges in the problem would be to architect an information store that is optimally designed to answer queries, and accurately answer questions posed to it. For voice to text, and text to voice, you may use standard (free) libraries/services available in the market.

1. There are many modern mechanisms to authenticate a transaction at ATM/POS. 2. Some of Authentication mechanisms are PIN, facial recognition, fingerprint etc. 3. But every mechanism has drawbacks like data storage and securing the users data from hackers is additional and difficult task. 4. There is need for solution which can ensure 100% secure. 5. The solution should be such that user need to authenticate a transaction in a very secure environment. Scenario 1: 1. A under display camera touchpad screen should be replaced by existing number keypad. 2. When user is prompted for PIN, user can hover his fingers on screen to enter PIN. 3. For example, if user hovers 2 fingers than software will detect the digit as 2 using Machine Learning algorithms. 4. Similarly, user can enter all the digits and can completed the transaction 5. In order secure user interaction, a small chamber is required at ATM where user can place his hands and enters his PIN. Scenario 2: 1. A under display camera touchpad screen should be replaced by existing number keypad. 2. When user is prompted for PIN, user can swipe his fingers on screen to enter PIN. 3. For example, if user swipes 2 fingers than software will detect the digit as 2 using Machine Learning algorithms. 4. Similarly, user can enter all the digits and can completed the transaction. 5. In order secure user interaction, a small chamber is required at ATM where user can place his hands and enters his PIN. Is it required to change the existing process? 1. Transaction can be done like existing process. No process needs to be changed except the way user is authenticated. Does new solution require Bluetooth connectivity: No Sample Data Required: No Any new hardware required: Yes

Explain the general problem statement in simple terms. i) At present, lot of man hours being spent on physical patrolling of border areas and compound. ii) Fencing wires are not reliable and easy to breach, in large areas it is difficult to be available at all locations, and if someone is breaching in absence of guard, guard will know only when they reach the breach site. Also it takes lot of time to cover the compound walls if the area is large. iii) For smarter India, we need Smarter Surveillance system, which can be developed through Modular design which is easy to assemble at onsite. The users of this system are two-fold: i) Any Security agency who is securing larger area can install on unmanned area and can track through single control room. Technology that can address this issue partially. i) Module based pre-fabricated rail channels along with towers can be designed which can be customized based on the requirement. System include, railing channel, concrete pre-fabricated base, and surveillance unit which will move on the railing based on the sensors. It can be controlled from control room. Desired Outcome: i) Smarter Surveillance system, ii) Lesser efforts on surveillance. iii) Lesser breach of security. iv) Lesser casualty on borders. Specific Hardware: Catia v5 license, Electronic Prototyping Components, Programming Boards, Laser Cutter, Hand & Power Tools, Welding Machine, Tube pipes and Wheels, Pipe Bending Machine.

Explain the general problem statement in simple terms. i) At present, government announce scheme for different section of society and direct different departments to pass on the scheme benefits to the beneficiaries, but most beneficiaries are not aware of those schemes and middle man take advantage of such gaps. ii) Many website provide such information about schemes but beneficiaries do not go to internet and search for the schemes. They simply rely on the communication from well-wishers or middle man. iii) Today no mechanism is in place to directly provide the benefits to the respective users. iv) Lot of funds came back unutilized. The users of this system are two-fold: i) User who want to avail schemes has to fill certain details on KIOSK/POS terminal, and they will get all relevant applicable schemes in return. They can then update Aadhar card details which will actually link it to the schemes and government will know directly who want to avail the scheme. ii) Approver can validate the Aadhar card and once approved, benefits can be passed on to the beneficiary without any middle man. Technology that can address this issue partially. i) A multilingual Self operated, or supervised KIOSK preloaded with online application which will be linked to the government site like https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/schemes and can also notify relevant department to approve and give benefits to beneficiary. ii) Basic web base multilingual application can be easily built with minimum efforts. iii) If scheme is related to reimbursement or some monitory help, it will be transferred to bank account directly, or if that is related to some product, it will be sent through logistic to the Aadhar address. Desired Outcome: i) A transparent system and reduced corruption. ii) Wider coverage and easy to avail benefits by user or the actual needy. iii) Government can actually use this data online to track number of beneficiaries. A thought from the recent Issue of Soaring Onion Prices and the need to build a better forecasting mechanism;

1) Onion Prices has skyrocketed in recent weeks 2) Every year, we see a trend in increase agricultural products price particularly vegetables due to failure of monsoon or late arrival of monsoon and decline in sown area of that year. 3) Lack of Unified Prediction and forecasting system integrating data such as Metrological data of forecast, yield/production data across states, Inventory and Public distribution, whole sale and Retail agricultural commodity process etc. Technology to address this Issue Predictive Analytics based on AI and ML through deep learning from the huge volume of data available from various departments as detailed in point 3 above. Desired Outcome Unified Prediction Analysis to various Agricultural departments such as Food and Public distribution under the Ministry of Agriculture, Prime Minister’s PMO etc. so that timely action can be taken. In addition, this data can be integrated as Input to our Budget planning to better monetary allocation to Agriculture at federal and state level and take timely action of distribution planning and price control.

Summary Energy sector has changed over the last 20 years. Renewable energy business is up and running Internet of Things (IoT) plays an important role in these dynamics. Internet of Things economy is expected to gain another 43% by 2022 according to International Energy Agency. As simple as they look, wind turbines are extremely complex constructions often placed in wild conditions—open sea and faraway fields. In order to stay efficient and work at full potential, wind farms should be able to promptly adjust to the changing environment. Not to mention the importance of timely maintenance. IoT and energy solutions—sensor-based technology, analytics for important datum on weather and environment condition and turbine health including blade ejection due to loosening of the bolts. —help automate the management of wind farms, optimize maintenance and thus reduce the cost dramatically. Explain the general problem statement in simple terms. • Maximize the Turbine Power Generation • Un-availability of real time data from wind turbines • Delayed detection of mechanical and structural faults • Delayed order placements of spares/replacements • Reliance on manual inspection of every turbine The users of this system are two-fold: The distribution utility manager wants to monitor all the electrical wind turbine /transformers, so that he can maximize the turbine power generation. He wanted to track the real time health of all parts of turbine including generator, blades etc., live parameters monitored such as wind direction , temperature, current, voltage etc. on a geographical map, so that he can assign a repair crew member to resolve the issue on the open notification. The manager also wants to know the historical information to all the parameters being monitored to analyze the root cause of the failure and to predict the future outages. He also wants analytical dashboards which helps in the decision making process. However, the manager wants to make his decisions as per the smart data available i.e. live sensor data, historical sensor data, device metadata Technology that can address this issue partially. SAP Leonardo with S/4 Digital Core Since SAP Leonardo site on top of S/4 HANA, it easily integrates with S/4 Digital Core so that it will start reading Wind Turbine real time sensor data at one side and processing business transactions and applications at other. SAP Leonardo enables users to receive instant notifications of any failure events happening at Turbine Tower. When any issue rises such as oil leakage or break down, Leonardo will search for extra available spare part from S/4 Digital Core’s Warehouse Management Component. If a spare part exists in the S/4 warehouse, Leonardo will process a PTO (Pick Transfer Order) and assign a work order to nearest technician to a tower using his/her GPS coordinates. A technician will pick up the spare part from warehouse and fix the turbine issue. In case if Leonardo does not find spare part in S/4 Warehouse Component, it will automatically place a Purchase Order to a Vendor and maintain its record in a custom Z table. Once a factory user performs a GR (Goods Receive) for spare part through SAP t-code MIGO, Leonardo will check its existence in custom created Z table & if found, it will automatically create and assign a new work order to a technician. This integrated automation will drastically save time for troubleshooting & maximize the Turbine Power generation Desired Outcome: • Cost efficiency in maintaining and servicing wind turbines • Immediate order placement in case of inventory exhaustion. • To maintain the desired power output from wind farm to grid • Maximize the Turbine Power Generation • Real time insights of mechanical failures in wind turbines • Data Analysis of downtime and its causes • Pattern analysis thereby enabling better forecast

A truly digital public transportation system for buses, trains and feeder services Explain the general problem statement in simple terms. v) As the population in city grows multifold year on year the commuting times continue to grow. Whether you commute by train (metro/non-metro), bus, smart bike or on feeder services there is no one stop shop for planning your trip using public transport facilities. vi) With raising traffic both road and rail, there is no mechanism to track the arrival / departure times, shift between different modes of transport etc. vii) Today, the user of public transport facility has to shift between two modes of transport on an average (a train and a bus / a bus and a feeder service to the nearby work location). The uncertainty of when these services are available and how crowded it would be makes it hard plan the trip accordingly. viii) From a government point of view, without knowing the demand at various times, it makes it hard for them to increase / decrease these services for full utilization. Hence, it is important to gauge the demand. The users of this system are two-fold: User / Traveler: An end user who uses the public transport services to plan a trip; Government Authorities: Assess and provide the services according to the need of the users and manage the services based on the demand. Technology that can address this issue iv) A unified system that brings all modes of public transport data into a single source of truth. v) A mobile app and website for end users to plan and book travel across multiple public transport facilities railways, bus, metro and feeder services. vi) GPS sensors on buses, trains, feeder services where feasible and processing capability vii) Payments interface to enable direct payment for the entire trip (that can be scanned for validity at the public transport being used) Technology platform recommendation i) A cloud database with extensible features ii) A distributed database with scalability features iii) Microservice orchestration platform for API integration ( Maps, regional data ) iv) On cloud UX for creating a native App v) Leverage SMS API gateway vi) Leverage ready apps from Azure or AWS An example comparison of these services: In the UK you can manage all the local commute using the railways using “National Rail” app. This App is a one-stop-shop for users for both trains, London metro tubes, buses etc. An user can plan end to end services using this App. For our idea, some of the key customer journeys envisaged using this are. i) Fetch schedule times of the buses / trains / feeder services individually ii) Book your journey iii) Bar code based identification of tickets purchased iv) Real time tracking of your service (bus / train) and identify the ETA to reach your destination v) Set up alerts for your service vi) Send notifications based on channel of choice (SMS / App notifications) Desired Outcome: iv) User a. Provide a seamless, one-stop, end-to-end experience when planning any trip b. Show all available options to the user from which he can pick which ones he prefers c. No waiting queue at the availed service facility. d. Make bookings/reservations within this service and pay in total the entire amount v) Government a. Promote/boost railways, state bus transport corporations, sub-urban railway, metro b. In the long run, this service can replace state wise bus transport reservation websites with a single website/app leading to huge cost savings c. Additional source of revenue in the form of small commission amounts per transaction d. Provide a major source of data as the service becomes more popular which can help the Govt. to plan for roads/railways/infrastructure development in the future e. Help more transport based entrepreneurs and small businesses to bring their services to the public faster

General problem statement in simple terms. i) In a flooding scenario, predict the impact of affected areas and assess the amount of damage ii) Identify most affected people in a flood situation iii) Prioritize rescue operations to the affected people iv) Early warning capability in localized area, to provide early warning to local population through SMS and alerting nearby crews for rescue v) Call out for help feature for users with direct access and location visibility The users of this system are two-fold: General population: An end user who may be effected by the flood scenario; Government Authorities and/or rescue mission crew: Technology that can address this issue i) A single dashboard that provides simple view of effected areas to crew control centers ii) A predictive AI model that prioritizes threat level displayed on mobile app and early warning sms by collection of the Drone data iii) A mobile app that provides latest information of effected areas and pinpoints effected or to be effected high risk population iv) The mobile app provides live visual streaming of the drone data Technology platform recommendation i) A cloud database with extensible features ii) A distributed database with scalability features iii) Microservice orchestration platform for API integration ( Maps, regional data ) iv) On cloud UX for creating a native App v) Leverage On cloud AI platform on R or Python for hosting a ML for priority prediction vi) Leverage decision tree model for prediction vii) Leverage SMS API gateway viii) Leverage open platform streaming software for video ix) Use IOT hub services and API library for device API integration x) Leverage ready apps from Azure or AWS Device Integration i) Off the shelve Ultrasonic sensors : Refer ii) Refer ultrasonic sensors for water levels. iii) Simple Drone with single camera for regional mapping iv) Use Bureau of meteorology and river basin forums for data Desired Outcome: i) User 1. Provide a seamless, one-stop, empathy features and things to act for end users 2. Provide a focused incident and threat zone visibility 3. Create a prioritized rescue order feature map for crew on operations 4. Alarm module as dashboard consisting of immediate evacuations area and live video streaming 5. Water rising predictions with 95% accuracy with threat perception from small water bodies – SMS on mobile as early warning ii) Government a. Minimize effected population impacts b. Reduce cost of operations and focus energy where urgent need c. In long run monitor and effectively co-ordinate relief material distribution d. In the long run, this service can other disaster and rescue services e. Crowd sourcing of crews on help and run an integrated disaster control room f. Manage all government agencies army, police, fire rescue, NGO from one place of control so to correctly leverage resources

High-speed calculation software that can consider the available path of a vehicle with trolley. Simulate the tracking and check if the vehicle can pass. And, when the angle at the arrival point is instructed, it will consider moving (including back movement) to reach at that angle. In real world, working like Tractor-trolley vehicle.

Requirement for solution : • NYKS has 623 district offices and 29 state offices across the country. • NYKS needs software by which NYKS may take the attendance of the officers working in these districts and States. • The Mobile should collect the attendance based on the location of the officer through GPS system / Geo-Location System and voice recognition or • The software should collect the attendance based on landline telephone number and voice recognition. We expect you to develop a web based app as a solution. However, it is highly recommended to also have a responsive app which can be opened in mobile view as well.

• The applicant club would fill the form • The details should reach to the Mobile for concerned District Youth Coordinator • The return reply should be reached to Mobile of sender club whether the club is eligible for affiliation or not • Status of affiliation if eligible. • Send an auto generated email to Applicant Club after affiliation.

A Mobile App should be developed to send the Photographs and Press Clippings etc. from the location of the programme conducted with Name of District and the Mobile Number of the sender and Geo location.

• NYKS has 623 district offices and 29 state offices across the country. • NYKS is in need of software by which NYKS can collect the reports of the Programmers conducted in the Districts and States. • The software should ascertain the District office who has not sent the monthly report and send auto generated email to concerned district office.

• NYKS is in need of software by which NYKS can collect the Youth Aspirations in respect of NYKS. • A form should be filled up by Youth describing their expectation in general and specifically from NYKS. • The software should compile the aspirations with number of Youth desired.

• In the software, there should be a list of all Programmes which are conducted by NYKS. • The youth should have right to fill up his/her review against each programme. • The software should compile review with the number of reviewer.

• NYKS has 623 district offices and 29 state offices across the country. • Approximately 12000 National Youth Volunteers(NYV) are deployed in these Districts every year and they are trained for working in the fields. • The software should collect the information of the experts who like to offer themselves to train the NYVs.

• NYKS is running some programmes in the field of Skill Training. • The software / App should have the list of all these Skill Training Course. • The Youth may select his/her interested Skill field from the list and can apply to join the Skill Training Programme. • There may be option column where youth can indicate his / her choice for Skill Training Area other than those mentioned in the list.

Search and Rescue (SAR) is an operation to find and rescue the people in distress. SAR operations aim at finding missing objects with minimum time in a determined area. There are fundamentally two problems in these operations. The first problem is assessing highly reliable probability distribution maps, and the second is determining the search pattern that sweeps the area from the air as fast as possible. SAR operations benefit greatly from the GIS technology. The area, determined by the search planner, that is to be searched is called Search Area. This area may be sub-divided into search sub-areas for the purpose of assigning specific responsibilities to the available search facilities. The International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue Manual (IAMSAR) Vol. II (ICAO DOC 9731) provides all necessary information and guidance. Projecs intends to achive: • Determining the size of the search area from the Last Known Position (LKP), including speed, heading and attitude, of aircraft. • Determining the desired area coverage • Selecting appropriate search patterns.

An Airport Mapping Database (AMDB) is a Geographic Information System (GIS) database of an airport describing the spatial layout of the aerodrome in terms of features (e.g. runways, taxiways, and parking stands) with geometry described as points, lines or polygons and with attributes (e.g. Surface type). AMDB is intended primarily to improve the user’s situational awareness and/or to supplement surface navigation, thereby increasing safety margins and operational efficiency. AMDB represents a collection of aerodrome information that is organized and arranged for ease of electronic storage and retrieval in systems that support aerodrome surface movements, training, charting, and planning. Project intents to Create Aerodrome Maps and Charts using feature extraction from Satellite Imagery and blending that with existing Aerodrome Maps and provide an interactive 2D map containing a spatial layout of the aerodrome in terms of features (e.g. runways, taxiways, parking stands) with geometry described as points, lines or polygons, and with attributes (e.g. surface type). The aerodrome map, charts and data is available in Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP India) uploaded on website https://aim-india.aai.aero/eaip-v2-01-2019/index-en-GB.html

As current practice, for various CNS/ATM facilities, preventive maintenance is carried out on a daily, weekly, monthly, six-monthly and annual basis and has the following limitations: a.) paper based, subject to manipulation b.) localized - station based c.) non-standard compliance d.) missing linkage to equipment maintenance history e.) centralized monitoring not possible f.) storage for stipulated time is cumbersome. Project intents to achieve the below objectives: • Automating the existing manual reports into digitized reports. • Data warehousing for central monitoring and leakage detection. • Ensuring the operational data collected complies with the required Standard.

A mobile application is required that is capable of a.) Having all the details of the equipment like S/N, Date of Installation etc. by scanning a QR code/ barcode. b.) Readily accessing the past service record by scanning a QR code/ barcode. c.) Entering the details and updating service history on the spot, just after maintenance.

A web application is required that is capable of projecting analysed data through visual tools like bar graphs, pie charts, etc. on a web dashboard. Airport facilities include Arrival baggage belts, boarding gates, Parking Stands, Trolleys, etc. The application must have a separate API to have a visual representation of the analysed data which can be integrated with any other web/desktop application. Project intents to achieve the following objectives: • Classification of data based on nature of facility used by a passenger and available facility utilization. • Data visualization at Airport and Pan India Level. • A centralized Dashboard containing visual data representation of the % utilization of Airport services used by passengers.

Whenever a passenger enters into an airport, their credentials are checked at check in Kiosks, Entry Gates, SHA, Immigration & customs and boarding gates to validate their journey. Usually a passenger is instructed to come two hrs before for a domestic travel and four hours before an international travel. This instruction is given to passengers as their validation process might take more time than usual due to long passenger queues at each check point. The time taken by passenger to stand in a queue at a particular touch point and gets its credentials validated is called dwell time of that touch point. Hence, a mobile application based dwell time data collection and analysis at touch points of airports including check-in counters/Entry Gates/SHA/Immigration and customs/boarding gates using IOT. The Automated system needs to prompt necessary alert messages as per escalation matrix for dynamic allocation of manpower and facilities for a particular check point. What we want: • Monitoring Effective Utilization of Airport touch points • Central data base record for each dwell time data collection. • An external API integration facility to connect with existing Airport Software’s.

A web based application using Block chain technology is sought from Airport Licensing to retrieve important and relevant Project Related information from pool of data source i.e. SAP, E-mail, E-office, Scan documents and Database. Below features are desired in an application: a.) Concerned Officers can upload relevant data related to Airport Licensing from Airports. b.) Seamless Approval process, Centralized Monitoring and Suggestion Mechanism. c.) Relevant information should be fetched from data source, linked to a particular project which can be used in the hour of need.

A mobile application needs to developed to track the registered passengers from resistance to home. The application will register passenger mobile number only for those who are willing to take this service. Passenger will be provided customized offers for Taxi, concessionaires etc. based upon passenger history and facility choices opted by the users. Further a separate module dedicated to VIP passenger facilitation needs to be incorporated. Projects should also have • User friendly UI/UX for Airport passangers. • Digitally Storing and Monitoring overall project related data.

Build an online system for monitoring water quality, leaks, contamination, and managing pipeline network. Design hardware devices to help in the same.

1) Mechanism / tool that retrieves the information relating to transmission of a disputed posting and immediate deletion of the same within no time from WhatsApp messenger. 2) Mechanism / tool that capture the GPS coordinates & other credentials of certain message / posting posted using WhatsApp / Facebook and other messaging APPs. 3) Mechanism / tool that retrieves the initial user of certain posting in WhatsApp and Facebook using message ID. 4) Mechanism / tool that pings any social media account and capture the IP address and other credentials associated with that account. 5) Mechanism / tool / device that sends a signal to the target mobile and calculate the distance and direction from the source.

Design and develop Cost effective mechanisms to treat waste water in small villages

Mechanism to manage and monitor distribution of water 1. Online monitoring of residual chlorine at end points. 2. Method for Equal quantity distribution at all consumer ends. 3. Synchronization of pipeline networks, pumping stations and energy management. 4. Method for Equal quantity distribution at all consumer ends.

The Department of Financial Services (DFS), Ministry of Finance and National Informatics Centre (NIC) have jointly developed a mobile app called Jan Dhan Darshak as a part of financial inclusion (FI) initiative. As the name suggests, this application acts as a guide for the common people in locating a financial service touch point at a given location in the country. Have a look at the additional application and develop an more featureful application that provides more insights and better recommendations.

Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) is an online web-enabled system developed by NIC, in association with Directorate of Public Grievances (DPG) and Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG). The Department seeks an application that can filter out the grievances and its details sector-wise (banking, insurance, pension, other schemes of department) and region-wise (state or place) as per user’s commands/filters.

"The Department of Financial Services (DFS) oversees several key programs/initiatives and reforms of the Government concerning the Banking Sector, the Insurance Sector and the Pension Sector in India. Therefore, it’s very important for the concerned officials to be updated in respect of any news or changes that happen in these financial matters and the information should be available on mobile/email. Hence the department seeks to develop an information application that can send link or news related to these financial matters immediately to the concerned officials and can provide link to various circulars of the financial institutions like RBI, Banks, PFRDA, etc. as per the user’s will. Design an app to allow broadcast of information by senior officials, and reporting of issues by all other officials to respective authorities."

Regarding PFMS

Regarding updation in PFMS

1. Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK), established as an autonomous body in 1993 is a national level organization under the aegis of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, for socio-economic empowerment of women. The operating model currently followed by RMK is that of a facilitating agency wherein RMK provides loans to NGO-MFIs termed as Intermediary Organizations (IMOs) which on-lend to Self Help Groups (SHGs) of women. These micro-credit loans are provided to women micro-entrepreneurs in both rural & urban areas, organised in Self-help groups (SHGs) / Joint lender groups (JLGs). 2. Eligible Intermediary Organizations (IMOs) are Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), Section 8 Companies registered under Companies Act 2013, Urban / Rural Women Co-operative Banks, Co-operative Societies etc. 3. Management Information System (MIS) software for IMOs – The software needs to capture information related to women beneficiaries (i.e. women micro-entrepreneurs) such as loan account information, repayment track record, economic activity, personal information (Aadhar Card, Bank Account Details, Age etc.), Income level, Savings, Demographic details (no. of family members, caste, religion, literacy level etc.)

1. Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK), established as an autonomous body in 1993 is a national level organization under the aegis of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, for socio-economic empowerment of women. The operating model currently followed by RMK is that of a facilitating agency wherein RMK provides loans to NGO-MFIs termed as Intermediary Organizations (IMOs) which on-lend to Self Help Groups (SHGs) of women. These micro-credit loans are provided to women micro-entrepreneurs in both rural & urban areas, organised in Self-help groups (SHGs) / Joint lender groups (JLGs). . 2. Eligible Intermediary Organizations (IMOs) are Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), Section 8 Companies registered under Companies Act 2013, Urban / Rural Women Co-operative Banks, Co-operative Societies etc. 3. Book-keeping and Accounting software for IMOs – Software to be developed as per standard accounting standards and practices which will help the IMOs to view the overall financial position. This will enable the IMOs to take informed decisions related to expenses and also help IMOs in identifying activities which are generating income and activities which are loss making and accordingly in taking corrective actions. The software must also enable IMOs to pay various statutory dues and taxes on time with zero error.

1. Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK), established as an autonomous body in 1993 is a national level organization under the aegis of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, for socio-economic empowerment of women. The operating model currently followed by RMK is that of a facilitating agency wherein RMK provides loans to NGO-MFIs termed as Intermediary Organizations (IMOs) which on-lend to Self Help Groups (SHGs) of women. These micro-credit loans are provided to women micro-entrepreneurs in both rural & urban areas, organised in Self-help groups (SHGs) / Joint lender groups (JLGs). . 2. Eligible Intermediary Organizations (IMOs) are Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), Section 8 Companies registered under Companies Act 2013, Urban / Rural Women Co-operative Banks, Co-operative Societies etc. 3. Website design & development – Software may be developed to assist which IMOs to easily design, develop and operate a website without much technical expertise.

1. Rashtriya Mahila Kosh (RMK), established as an autonomous body in 1993 is a national level organization under the aegis of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, for socio-economic empowerment of women. The operating model currently followed by RMK is that of a facilitating agency wherein RMK provides loans to NGO-MFIs termed as Intermediary Organizations (IMOs) which on-lend to Self Help Groups (SHGs) of women. These micro-credit loans are provided to women micro-entrepreneurs in both rural & urban areas, organised in Self-help groups (SHGs) / Joint lender groups (JLGs). . 2. Eligible Intermediary Organizations (IMOs) are Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), Section 8 Companies registered under Companies Act 2013, Urban / Rural Women Co-operative Banks, Co-operative Societies etc. 3. Network connectivity in remote areas – The women beneficiaries (i.e. women micro-entrepreneurs) are not able to access various online services offered by banks, opening of account is delayed, access to email and information of various Government policies / incentives is limited. Solution should also work with 2G mobile network.

In PFMS implementation, there are new NGO registration applications. We are looking for software module which would achive below desired objective. (1) Registration of NGOs may be approved by the concerned Ministry within a specific period. Otherwise, it should be deleted/rejected automatically by the PFMS portal itself. So that fresh registration can be done again by the implementing agency. (2) For committed expenditure like salaries, pensions etc, direct link for sanction and release of funds to the Autonomous bodies to be made on quarterly basis. However, while considering final release UC/Account and UB should be taken care of.

In recent days, we have observed water scarcity especially during summer days. Rain harvesting facility can be used in different Govt. organisations/Govt. funded buildings. We are looking for software solution where (1) Feasible rain water harvesting solutions can be provided to organisations as per their requirement (may or may not be by third party vendors) (2) Implementation work progress can be monitored (3) Vendors providing such solutions can be connected with organisations.

GeM portal is a dedicated e market for different goods & services procured by Government Organisations / Departments / PSUs. It facilitates online procurement of common use Goods & Services required by various Government Departments / Organisations / PSUs. In GeM Portal, we are looking for provision of customization of terms and conditions for Annual Maintenance Contract of services as per the need of the services required by the organisation may be created. It could be module which would (1) Provides facility to review terms and conditions of services between concerned persons (2) Facility to add comment against/add/remove a particular point.

Harnessing the power of digital technologies is essential for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, including universal health coverage. To reduce the inequities in health in population with the migration either because of occupation, shelter or some other reasons, migration among cities, states, rural to urban, it is essential to track their health record so that health services can reach up to such people in the form of continuum of care. lmmunization of children is an important field where we can provide full immunization coverage to such community who are often left behind.

Emergencies and disasters impact population's health. Public health plays a critical role in working with health and non-health sectors responsible for preparing for and responding to emergencies. In emergencies, large numbers of people may require medical attention. Health care systems may be over-stretched, and public order may be threatened. Hence, we want software solution such that social media can be used in public health emergency response. Such tool/page/plugin should have the below capabilities. (1) Alarm message during emergencies (2) Providing precautinary steps to be taken during emergency/disasters (3) Help in finding nearby available healthcare systems (4) Providing First aid/primary steps to be taken/provided to patients, in case of emergencies/disasters.

Chat bots in health care may have the potential to provide patients with access to immediate medical information. Health care chat bots could help patients better manage their own health, improve access and timeliness to care. We require: Use of Al based Chat bots for providing health related information.

Throughout the developed and developing world, access to life-saving and critical health products is hampered by what is known as the last-mile problem - the inability to deliver the needed medicine/blood from a city to rural or remote locations because of inadequate transportation, communication or supply chain infrastructure. To solve this connectivity problem, national drone delivery system needs to be created to carry urgent medicines to patients in need in Hilly and inaccessible areas. Team needs to build a drone that can deliver essential medical products/blood of up to 2.0 kilograms per flight while maintaining the cold chain if needed - in an average fulfillment time of 30 minutes. Also, it should be usable in emergencies, and disaster prone areas.

EHR generally contains highly-sensitive and critical data related to patients, which is frequently shared among clinicians, radiologists, healthcare providers, pharmacists, and researchers, for effective diagnosis and treatment. Hence, may use block chain technology for accessing and managing the privacy and security of patient data and history in clinical practices.

The soldier strap will be given to soldiers and it will have the following functionality. 1) GPS location of the soldier. 2) Will monitor and record maximum number of vital body parameters. 3) SoS facility. 4) Sufficient Battery Life. 5) Should support location timeline. Security becomes very important in such straps. Such a strap should transfer information by using a MANET-type communication system. It should access public network only when no node is available in immediate vicinity and only in case of emmergency.

India is a developing country with a steep rise in population but a fall in the cultivable land area. India is able to produce enough food to feed the people. However, it stands 97th in Oxfam’s Food Availability Index, and 103rd in the 2018 Global Hunger Index. The major cause could be the wastage of food produced at various levels. With the constant rise in population, India will have to smartly manage its food resources. We have to develop smart management techniques for food storage and reduce the wastage. Develop an application to provide a network of ware houses and farmers. Engage a logistic provider network to enable farmers directly use the network to sell their produce. Additionally provide facility to access warehouses and cold storages. Such a network will also enable judging whether enough storage capacity is available and also provide optimal usage of the facilities available.

India has vast length of roads within cities, towns and villages. Also connected to them are the national highways (total length of national highways being about 1.3 million km). Most of the streets are illuminated from evening to morning averaging about 12 hours per day within the habitations. It is well understood that some of the streets may not have vehicles or even pedestrians passing through them throughout the night. In such scenarios there is wastage of electrical energy for illumination of streets. Smart street light management would mean that sensors can sense a movement in an area and switch on the lights before the vehicle or pedestrian passes by and switch it off during no movement thus saving electrical energy.

The severity and impact of disasters are increasing both in terms of magnitude and frequency causing enormous loss of life, property thus affecting severely GDP and development. The risk of landslide is increasing everyday due to large investments in infrastructure and ever increasing human habitation in moderate to high hazard mountainous region due to strategic as well as socio-economic reasons. Thus landslide hazard mitigation has emerged as one of the top-most priorities of the country.

Fire safe infrastructure is an essential part of construction industry. With High rise buildings it becomes more crucial to abate incidents of fire with technological interventions. Design a hardware device that can withstand fire and move inside the place with fire. It should have ability to douse the fire, identify survivors and help them in by dousing fire near them. It can also be a remotely controlled device.

Identifying Solution with respect to Inter State & Inter Country/Continent Criminals e.g. Using Identity Inputs i. e. name, email, Photo, address, present/permanent address, mobile number, ID cards etc. Also to design tool to generate some alert in facilitating effective policing.

Extract Geo Location/ Criminal Navigation using Mobile/Email based Tracking System

CCTV & CCTN Input Evidence (Image/Video) Based Enhance and Scan System for Effective monitoring of the city with the usage of CCTV o automatic alert in case of accident to the nearby police station o automatic alert in case of death based on foul smell to the nearby police station o Maintain record/log in case action has been taken or not and if yes then note action details.

Suggestions for community oriented policing (Digital Policing) / how to improve police and public relationship using technology i.e Mass Media, Social Media, Social Network Apps Connectivity, Community Radio, Interactive SMS System for senior citizens and authorities.

With our aim to fight against bribery, we seek Digital Solution to Combat Bribery & Justice Restoration System for better policing and improved public delivery system. Solution should (1) Provide efficient ways of public delivery system for combating bribery (2) Reporting bribery incidences to authorities. You may add value addition features to your solution.

Cyber bullying involves posting and sharing wrong, private, negative, harmful information about victim. In today's digital world we see many such instances where a particular person is targeted. We are looking for the software solution to curb such bullying/harassment in cyber space. Such solution is expected to (1) work on social media such as twitter, facebook,etc. and on SMS, etc. (2) should alarm the authorities (3) facility to report such incidents to authority. Additional useful features are welcome.

Interactive & user friendly map application for the public to inform police about the crimes and emergencies in real time.

Smart and efficient Judiciary Interactive System: We often come across scenarios where stakeholders for a particular event (presentation, meeting, discussion, etc.) are at remote location. In such cases, we observe many problems in flawless conduction of presentation or meeting, etc. We are looking for software solution for smart and efficient judiciary interactive system. It should cover (1) facility for presentation to all the attendees (2) facility for discussion between Judiciary panel. Additional useful features are welcome.

Efficient and user-friendly Chabot Based Crime Registration & Crime Awareness System

Industrial waste is the waste produced by industrial activity which includes any material that is useless during a manufacturing process. It is hazardous to human health and environment. We are looking for a software solution which would help in development of business models for collection and utilization of single use plastics and various other industrial wastes by using items like: a. Ceramics b. Bamboo c. Wood d. Jute e. Cloth g. Tetra packs, etc. It should lead to utilizing the industrial waste at appropriate place, generate some revenue stream/business model and cause less harm to environment.

Develop a rating system for workers satisfaction in MSMEs based on criteria like training, good working environment, EPF benefits, health consciousness for workers, developing team spirit among workers, implementation of various new processes, inclusion of environmental protection policies.

Developing Virtual Reality based solutions in areas like: (i) Creating a virtual showcase/display centre of industrial products – developing solutions for one type of industry like garments, shoe industry etc. (ii) VR solution for emergency rehearsals like fire, flood etc. Provide safety training using Virtual Reality. (iii) Education tools for educating industries in utilization of power by developing virtual reality, augmented reality based solutions. (iv) Developing VR based solution for construction company to show the project plan and interior and exterior look. (v) Virtual reality solution for healthcare sector especially for training the new medical practitioner and Para Medical Staff.

IoT based sensors can be used to determine the Machine Run time, idle time and utilisation and should project the same data in a dashboard to give status, power consumption and real time machine utilisation. Developing such solutions for MSMEs like (i) IoT for acoustic leak detection, to be installed in hazardous and high flammable zones. (ii) Developing IoT based smart agriculture to manage, improve productivity and efficiency of small farms. Various parameters of soil type/ health, climatic conditions and irrigation management should be measured with simple devices placed in the farm, data stored in the cloud to be accessed by the user at any time and changes in the irrigation to be made according to the plant and needs to maximize water usage, improve productivity, reduce labour etc. (iii) To monitor and reduce water consumption during various processes (iv) To find out major causes of machine breakdown (v) To give preventive maintenance updates in real time(e.g. To assess when the motor heating too much, bearing vibration is high, etc.)

Automate government working system of billing: example- Measurement book in the department for any contract which is presently filled manually by JE and then SDO , accounts, E.E and then to the finance department, which takes approx 2 months of time. To get this manual work through the system & make it easier to complete in 3-4 days.

Our cities are expanding and most of the people have to travel more than 2 hours daily to commute between their place of work and stay. These things often lead to work-life imbalance, more stress, impact work performance, etc. We are looking for a software solution for smart management of traffic. It should lead to better travel plans, less stress due to driving and optimized travel time. You can consider data available over internet for modeling the solution.

Some cities have public transport, while some are in process of adding them. What can be done to make public transport attractive and encourage more and more people to use it? What can be done about the last mile connectivity from the available public transport? Design a smart application to help people track and accurately predict the timings of public transport. Add ability to track parking slots near public transport. Design cost effective hardware devices required for the same purpose.

Every 1 out of 9 deaths is caused by air pollution. It is the most important environmental health risk of our times. Air in our cities is becoming hazardous to breathe. Air pollution in India has increased rapidly over the years owing to population growth, vehicular emissions, reduction in green cover due to deforestation, rapid industrialization, ineffective environmental regulations, etc. How can technology help our cities to grow and yet reduce pollution? Design an estimation system/hardware device to enable people to decide the easiest way to reach a place without causing air pollution and carbon foot print due to each method. This system should also be able to track the carbon foot print of each individual.

Cities in India are growing fast. Cities have safety issues. We often come across news and available data, which indicates a particular area being more unsafe than others. We are looking for a software solution for ensuring the safety of citizens in these unsafe areas. Safety measures, Warning messages, Asking for help, etc. can be features. Additional features are welcome.

If there is an issue of sanitation and hygiene in our cities, most of it is contributed by its citizens. What innovative mechanisms can be introduced to make the people more aware about maintaining a better hygiene? What participatory methods should be added to engage the people in this process of sanitation? Design a gamified system that issues such products to individuals that can educate people about ways to maintain hygiene, design a strategy to measure and reward the good work done by people.

Every part of our country is very rich in its heritage and culture. However, awareness about the same can be increased among the local residents. Tangible heritage refers to physical artefacts, transmitted intergenerationally in a society and intangible heritage are skills, knowledge, practices, etc. We are looking for software-mobile app for increasing awareness among local residents as well as at national level, leading to an increase in ownership among locals and stimulus to tourism.

There exists good medicle facilities across city in India. But due to higher migration rate and other factors, some people are not aware of these facilities. Moreover, eligible people are unaware of government schemes for availing medicle facilities. We are seeking software solution for (1) checking availability of nearby medical facilities, based on search criteria (2) facility for checking related medicle government schemes, as applicable. Additional features are welcome.

Various kinds of disasters such as earthquake, wildfire, flood, heatwave, Tsunami, fire, hazardous material spills, disease outbreaks, etc. cause life as well economic losses. We are looking for a software solution which would be useful in disaster management. Objectives for the solution are: (1) Facility for real time tracking of disaster (2) Facility for updating disaster related information and sending precautionary messages by authorities. Additional features for solution are welcome.

Cities provide more opportunities for people to grow economically. However, these opportunities are unequal because of the knowledge asymmetry. How can we ensure that people have more equal and wider access to better and relevant economic opportunities/jobs? However, people's access to these opportunities varies due to various factors. We are looking for a software solution where all the relavant opportunities including jobs, tenders in public domain, freelancing work, etc. would be listed & visible. Sectors can be but not limited to Opportunities in Govenment Sector, Private Sector, Technology, Science, etc.

There is a need for better public spaces. Cities have people coming from rural areas who have no place to stay or spend time. Design a hardware device to track people entering public space and a companion application to enable people to decide which place is most suitable for them. Indicate if a public place is heavily crowded.

As our urban areas grow, how can we tackle/dispose the humongous waste generated by us? Can a zero discharge Indian society be a reality? What should be the step by step targets for this aim?

In the country, groundwater caters to 80% of the irrigation water needs since 1970. Water availability is not uniform and varies from state to state. Dugwells and tubewells are the major sources for groundwater extraction. The construction of dugwells and tubewells has been an expensive affair and has been a dream for the farmers. The affordability for construction of deep wells to get the water and its socio-economic impact needs to be studied. Agriculture census and minor irrigation census data are available at an interval of 5 years. In order to get a clear picture of the land holding pattern, irrigation source, cropping pattern and depth of the wells in the different parts of the country, a comparative assessment is required in micro/macro level i.e., block/district/state/country for the previous two census.

Groundwater is the major source of freshwater for drinking, irrigation and industrial purposes and has always been a hidden treasure because of its dynamic nature. The health of the groundwater system is reflected in the groundwater levels of the region. There is a need to develop a robust application to understand the groundwater scenario and its resources of the regions. Representative groundwater level data needs to be analysed using statistical and arithmetical solutions along with the groundwater resources of the country to identify the blocks/district/state which has been critical compared to previous decade.

Vibration detection plays an important role in the different areas of structural health monitoring and industrial engineering. If the vibration increases above the permissible limits, it might lead to the failure of these structures and machines. Thus, it is very important to continuously monitor the vibration of a critical structure or machine. Vibration can be expressed in terms of its amplitude and frequency. Laser based vibration measurement has gained importance due to its non-contact, non-destructive nature and fast speed. Laser Vibrometer is based on optical triangulation technique. In Triangulation technique for vibration measurement, visible laser beam emitted from a diode laser strikes the target and the backscattered light is collected by suitable optics to focus on a position sensitive detector (PSD). Laser source, target and focusing optics form a triangle. The position of focused spot on the detector is related to the distance of the target from the sensor thus displacement of focused spot on detector is related to the displacement of the target from its equilibrium position. The PSD converts optical signal into electrical signal. Thus a vibration displacement signal in electrical form is generated by the sensor, which corresponds to mechanical vibration of the target. For simple harmonic motion, an optical triangulation based displacement sensors generate a sinusoidal signal whose frequency corresponds to frequency of vibration. Laser vibrometer uses low power Laser diode as light source. The instrument consists in two parts I. Sensor, consisting of Laser light source (Diode Laser), optical system (Focusing lens) to collect the back-scattered light after it has interacted with the object, detection system consisting of opto-electronic device (PSD) and analog electronic circuit to process the detector output and generate ±5V output corresponding to ±5 mm displacement of the object. This analog voltage is to be digitized and then transmitted using blue tooth technology to the nearest mobile phone. II. An application program on mobile phone will receive the dynamic displacement data from laser sensor and computes the FFT of the signal. This calculated FFT spectrum will carry the amplitude and frequency contents of the vibration. The calculated frequency spectrum is to be displayed in graphical form on the mobile screen and important parameters like dominant frequencies and their amplitude will be extracted from the spectrum and separately displayed. Thus the problem consists of development of compact laser sensor with wireless transmission capability, battery operated and size of the palm for vibration measurement. Then development of suitable Android based mobile app to communicate to the sensor and display frequency spectrum and important vibration parameters on mobile screen.

Preoperative planning is a phase before actual surgery procedure in which the surgeon can take all the time needed to define the surgical problem, to identify fully all the anatomical and technical aspects of the procedure, and then carefully plan the solution. In order to facilitate this, the patient is assumed to be located in a coordinate system refered to as the ‘Patient Coordinate System’(PCS), whereas the surgeon has access to pre-operative medical scans(like CT/MRI etc.) of the subject in the coordinate system refered to as the ‘Image Coordinate System’(ICS). Any procedure planned in medical scans under ICS can be transfered to patient domain by utilizing this mapping. The challenge of accurately establishing this mapping (or registration) between PCS and ICS plays a critical role in influencing the reliability of the surgery procedure itself. Currently accepted practice involves the use of special markers called the ‘fiducials’ for the purpose of estimating PCS-to-ICS mapping. Apart from establishing correspondances between the appearance of fiducials in both patient and image coordinate systems, autonomas and accurate localization of these markers in image coordinate system is an open-challenge. Currently, surgeons manually annotate and localize these fiducials or utilize semi-automatic tools provided by their treatment planning suite. The goal of this challenge is therefore, to develop fully autonomas algorithm for detection and localization of fiducials in pre-operative scans. Concretely, the participants will be provided with MRI head-scans with fiducials affixed on the skull surface and the task will be to estimate 3D coordinates of the center of these fiducials with respect to the image coordinate system. Accruacy of their algorithm will be tested on the corresponding ground-truth values and generalization will be evaluated based on unseen test data.

In case of man-made emergency situations which disrupt public life on greater scale e.g. war, tested solutions for rapid communications among large numbers of devices is required for relief efforts as well as monitoring of environment. A Mobile Adhoc Network (MANET) protocol based on device geographical location information is conceptualized to serve as a gate way device. Problem is coding, simulation and testing of scalability. A network routing protocol is scalable in terms of number of nodes when it can accommodate additional nodes without increase of overhead for given limited area. The conceptualized MANET protocol shall establish the source to destination path similar to zone routing protocols (ZRP). The path to destination is referred at source, in terms of the geological zones therefore allowing movement of intermediate mobile devices across path without disturbing the path. The devices get assigned new zone automatically using the GPS. The simulation scenario shall be source node in searching a path to friendly destination device, exchange data (hello) and drop the link. The devices follow random mobility pattern in 2 D frame. For searching of devices there is pre condition of knowing past history or pattern or set of fixed zones where destination node can reside. This is close to real world scenario where destinations reside at known zones such as home, office, commutation route, friend’s place, entertainment hub in the area, railway station, airport etc. The MANET protocol, by nature of precondition, of knowing the possibility of location of devices; protects from spam connection and un authorized network broadcast. It is allowed to modify the protocol to certain level to improve security, privacy without diluting the basic principal. The simulation is required to test the claim of scalability level in terms of N devices in simulation. A set of software codes will be required to be developed for simulation of the routing protocol. The simulation can be done using open source network simulator. It is required to test and simulate the concept of this routing protocol and its scalability. The metric of scalability will be success in search, establishment and dropping the links between pairs of devices and amount of information shared when not having links. The largest possible MANET size is required to be in order of 1000s. All MANET devices shall be interchangeable and there will not be any infrastructure dedicated node. All devices shall be replaceable without affecting MANET performance. Fixed location nodes can be used. An example application can be MANET for police cars or disaster relief providers to enable connectivity in them without having to connect to any public network. “For more clarity, email your question to pdhag@barc.gov.in”

Epilepsy is a central nervous system (neurological) disorder in which brain activity becomes abnormal, causing seizures or periods of unusual behavior, sensations, and sometimes loss of awareness. Of the 70 million persons with epilepsy (PWE) worldwide, nearly 12 million PWE are expected to reside in India; which contributes to nearly one-sixth of the global burden. Epilepsy often manifests itself in childhood and is a cause of immense concern for the parents who are often kept on their toes anticipating the next seizure event. This causes psychological and health concerns amongst the primary caregivers who often stay awake through the night in anticipation. Seizures are of many kind with the most prevalent being generalized tonic-clonic seizures. A generalized tonic-clonic seizure, sometimes called a grand mal seizure, is a disturbance in the functioning of both sides of the brain. This disturbance is caused by electrical signals spreading through the brain inappropriately. Often this will result in signals being sent to the muscles, nerves, or glands. The spread of these signals in the brain can make one lose consciousness and have severe muscle contractions.The aim of this project is to develop a battery powered, low cost, portable generalized tonic-clonic seizure alert device which can notify nearby family members or caregivers when a seizure occurs through alarms, phone calls or text alerts, depending on the device. A caregiver can then help the person during and after the seizure. For example, they can help reposition the person, making sure they are on their side if they are not conscious. They can also make sure someone doesn’t fall asleep on their stomach afterwards. If breathing or other problems occur, they can call for medical help. They may also be able to give rescue medications or call for an ambulance if the seizure lasts too long or the person has repeated seizures. The project aims at using Inertial Measurement Unit/tri axial accelerometer as the primary sensing unit coupled with advanced signal processing and machine learning techniques to detect abnormal motions akin to seizures in the patients body. The proposed instrument shall also consist of heartbeat monitoring system for additional analytics related to sleep quality monitoring. The project has significant hardware and software challenges which includes accurate measurement and classification of jerking motions, continuous low power heart rate monitoring, signal processing and machine learning algorithms at a very low power budget. The proposed device will reduce burden on the primary caregivers or family members who often spend sleepless nights anticipating the seizure event.

Steel is a widely used material for fabrication of machinery and equipment in almost all the industries. Maintenance of these equipment may become very expensive and time consuming if it requires de-assembling, inspection and then re-assembling. So, an innovative technology can be developed which will help in machinery inspection in assembled condition by digitally imaging all the objects inside it like X-Rays for human body. This will help in identifying the cause of the malfunction of the machinery and necessary action can be taken. Solution methodology - Light waves can pass through glass walls and reflect from the objects behind it. This makes us able to see through a glass wall. Similarly, some other EM waves can pass through concrete walls. There are already many technological developments going on worldwide to use this fact to locate objects behind the concrete walls. Even, moving human body can be detected behind concrete wall upto certain distance using available technology. As EM waves cannot pass through steel walls, use of sound waves/ultrasound can be explored. Instrumentation developed (both software and hardware) should be able to detect either the sound waves generated behind steel wall or send a known sound pulse and get its echo reflected from the objects behind the wall. Developed technology can be envisaged as the multiple microphones mounted on many locations on the machinery to detect and locate the position of the object generating sound. Final outcome - A set of compatible hardware and software is to be developed which will be able to detect and locate either the source of sound or create a digital imaging of all the objects behind the steel wall. There should be provision of adjusting the frequency transmitted and received by sensors to consider varying thickness of the wall and material of objects behind it. Challenges - Since wave propagation inside the machinery involves very little distance, time difference obtained from various objects behind the steel wall is supposed to be very less. It will be very difficult to detect and differentiate the sound signal obtained from the objects. Advanced signal processing technique will be required to be developed to accomplish this task.

Andaman Nicobar Islands is a place of historical as well as tourist importance. Tourism being the only prime industry in these Islands has lot of potential and opportunity and technology can play a major role in attracting tourists to a large extent. Immersive real-life experience through technology like Virtual Reality of the scenic extravaganza and under-water wonders of vivid flora and fauna which are displayed in the museums, would certainly give a new dimension to the tourists in realizing the beauty of these Islands. No such VR App is being used as on date for the tourist visiting Islands.

There is an acute shortage of health care in smaller towns and villages. The objective is to scale up of the existing telemedicine /call centre for doctors network to all subcentres using DTH or similar technology that allows two way communication and is not dependant on Internet Service Providers. All data to be held in a cloud server, Integrating cloud tech with Patient MIS and Aadhar authentication, in order to make it easy for patients belonging to low socio economic and educational backgrounds for safe keeping of medical records and also for accessing the databases by emergency medical technicians by merely using biometric / thumb impressions.

Cloudburst is a devastating disaster that usually occurs during rainy seasons at Himalayan regions. The recent floods in the Vikash Nagar Ghat, Chamoli, `Kedarnath' area, Uttarakhand are a classic example of flash floods in the Mandakini River due to cloudburst that devastated the country by killing thousands of people besides livestock. The traditional methods used for cloudburst prediction are weather forecasting, data mining techniques for weather prediction by modelling meteorological data, laser beam atmospheric extinction measurements from manned and unmanned aerospace vehicles. These techniques are more expensive and time consuming along with uncertainty of accurate prediction.

UAV's for Disaster Hardware. When manmade or natural disasters like a flood or earthquake, etc. happen, it can be extremely dangerous to send first responders in, even though there is an Alerting System Software for people who badly need help. Drones are useful and are helping in the recovery after the disaster, but most require individual pilots, who fly the unmanned aircraft by remote control. That limits how quickly rescuers can view an entire affected area, and can delay actual aid from reaching victims. Autonomous smart drones with integrated image processing APIs that have a longer flight time and can relay real time analysis of images to remote locations will help in early detection and adequate mobilization of resources.

Uttarakhand state is blessed with major water resources including large riverine system with its tributaries. In spite of the plethora of water resources, the people of the state are facing the problem of safe fresh water due to slope factor, management issues, urban conglomeration, deforestation and other environmental factors. It is essential to know the quality of water before its consumption for human and agricultural uses. Continuous monitoring of the water resources can also help in predicting the flood chances, if the water level rapidly goes up. Design a hardware solution to measure quality parameters of water along with an app to enable monitoring of water quality at various locations. Ensure that it is easy to use and connects to mobile device.

National Web Portal is used for designing Job oriented courses with the help of Human Resource data and desirable skill sets from industries. Design a system to read the job description from the pdf and word document provided by government officials. Provide facility to review and edit the generated job description and publish on the portal. This portal should also provide facility to apply for job and further management of interview and selection process.

Design low cost and affordable Smart Autonomous Remote Monitoring systems for Agri-Horticulture. This can be done for scenarios like Polyhouses developed by CDAC in Kerala.

Government is highly supporting and publicizing the use of e-vehicles but due to their cost the general public is unable to buy it and the scale expected by the government, this is mainly because approximate 50% of the cost of e-vehicles like e-rickshaw is because of the high price of lithium batteries including their transportation and manufacturing cost. The main problem is that the lithium batteries doesn’t get manufactured in India.

Cost effective solar power can be the answer for all our energy needs. Solar powered smart irrigation systems are the answer to the Indian farmers who generally face the problem of frequent power cuts or non-availability of grid supply. This system consists of solar powered water pump along with an automatic water flow control using a moisture sensor. It is the proposed solution for the present energy crisis for the Indian farmers. This system conserves electricity by reducing the usage of grid power and conserves water by reducing water losses.

The effects of low prey density in the forest due to natural or man created situation, deforestation and human intervention is causing animal migration towards the human habitats especially in the areas which come in forest territory. As per the survey report of FRI Dehradun, Uttarakhand, The State of Uttarkhand recorded forest area of 38,000 Sq km which is 71.05% of its total geographical area of 53,483 Sq km that is largely facing the real issue of human-animal conflict. The animals are crossing the borders and destroying the agricultural crop of small and marginal famers in hilly areas of Uttarakhand. A published report of 'Wildlife management, Uttarakhand Forest Government of Uttarakhand' reported that the rate of human —animal highly being seen during cultivated time. The highly encountered wild animals at this time are — monkeys and wild boars, they destroy the agriculture cash crops such as — rice, pulses, wheat and vegetables, etc. The issue is raising agricultural disinterest amongst small and marginal farmers and directly impacting their livelihoods. To sustain interest of small and marginal farmers in hilly areas of Uttarakhand, requires technological intervention for protection of their agriculture crops from wild animals.

"Uttarakhand is primarily an agricultural state. The contribution of agriculture to the states domestic product is about 22.4 percent and the population dependent on agriculture for their livelihood is about 75 -85 percent. For instance, As per Uttarakhand state planning Commission, 2007, the productivity of wheat in the hills is 13.2 quintals/hectare and rice is 12.36 quintals/hectare. Thus, agricultural opportunities are developing rapidly in the state. Especially, in sector of organic agriculture, Uttarakhand Is highly accessible because of largely rain-fed agriculture and very low use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, the produce grown by farmer in the area are not only rich in nutrients but also have high medicinal value and provides an opportunity to develop and farmer friendly environment of organic farming that provide better value in the market to Small and Marginal Land holder. The various project of Department of rural development and agriculture are continuously in the process of enhancing farmer and self-help groups (SHGs) livelihoods by adding value in their produce and providing favourable markets. Provide technology based interventions like Techniques of Value addition to agriculture produce, Packaging, Logistic movement, Farmer Branding and marketing avenues. This platform should enable direct movement of farmer to the consumer and reduce the intermediates who take away a lion's share of commission."

Rural women play a significant role inside the houses as well as on farms along with animal husbandry work. This triple burden has made the life of rural women especially in hilly areas miserable & full of drudgery. The main activities which significantly increase their drudgery level in hilly rural areas are - Farm: Farm activities including harvesting, Weeding & hoeing, etc. Home: Cooking & collection of fuel and fodder. Animal husbandry and allied activities. We require some technological interventions in order to reduce drudgery of women.

The state of Uttarakhand comprises of 09 hilly districts. During monsoon season the road connectivity is a major problem. Due to heavy rainfall, complete washout of roads takes place up to 50 m length, land slide in many locations disturbs the flow of traffic, natural calamity and extreme weather incidents is a matter of concern. Restoring of connectivity in the shortest possible duration is required so that small vehicles and regular traffic flow can be resumed. The major problem is the situations where there is a complete washout of trenches of 50 m of hilly road, wherein the only solution is through providing temporary bridges so that the vehicles can move. It should be a safe, durable and low-cost solution.

Theoretically the bridges are designed to have a life span of 50 years. However, practically the life span of bridges varies between 30 to 40 years. Therefore, it is required to redesign the bridges of length 50 m based on geomorphic condition. The solution must be low cost and long lasting. Design a software system to predict life of a bridge depending on various conditions of environment, take inputs as design of bridge, latitute and longitude of bridge, access some API to get information about predicted environmental conditions and use that data to predict life of the bridge. This system should be used to modify the design to increase the life of the bridge.

The objective is to develop a smart intelligent traffic signal system based on various image processing and artificial intelligence techniques to collect the real time traffic data and monitor accordingly to avoid big jams and accidents. Use inputs from tools like Google maps and design an app that can be installed on devices to track and report such traffic jams. Ensure appropriate trust mechanisms are enabled to trust an reported incident of traffic jam depending on number of inputs. Provide verification mechanisms to ensure that it can be verified by other users on the same route.

The objective is to develop a software solution to predict the future jobs based on location, sectors, package and eligibility. Big data analysis can be useful to collect and analyse data from different job sites and predict the future requirements applying machine learning /deep learning techniques.

The objective is to develop a psychometric and aptitude test software for different levels of students like school, graduates and dropout students applying artificial intelligence tools, which will help to identify the current status of students and help them for future career counselling purpose. Use existing research papers to understand types of questions to be asked to students and prepare a questionare. Then design a software tool to evaluate the aptitude of the students for each discipline. This questionare needs to be verified by professional psychometric analyst.

Though there exists a technology for face recognition based authentication, dynamic human recognition based authentication is highly challenging. For a given entrance gate a hardware-software solution is needed to identify every unique person who enters or exit the gate, with log of all previous entry/exit time, photo/videos recorded. That means there will not be a previous history of an individual on the first entry. The system should immediately alert the security if it is a new person and the security will decide to allow/restrict that person entering inside the premises. Whereas, the system should learn from its previous history of videos/images dynamically to allow a known person. For a given size of the gate, the number of cameras with optimal resolution required is also to be worked out as part of solution. The solution should be scalable and preferably based open source.

The position of an object in the air can be indicated by latitude, longitude and altitude for a given time. A trajectory is a stream of such quadruples (time, latitude, longitude and altitude). Given a large set of such trajectories, without any other information, problem is to cluster them into meaningful objects such as Helicopter, Fighter/civilian Aircraft, UAV, Cruise Missile, dropped bomb, etc. An optimal scalable solution is desired using open source tools. Design a system to estimate location of flying object based on its trajectory, provide guidance to missile to shoot them depending on their location when missile will meet the object on its trajectory.

There is a requirement for developing IT solutions for precision based irrigation, fertigation, crop growth, crop maturity of major commodities in Horticulture. Design a system based on past data to provide guidelines to improve above mentioned parameters for multiple crops.

Using the BI tools to develop an Enterprise Data Warehouse using the entire data repository of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare. The Ministry of agriculture and Farmers Welfare has various websites with application and systems developed to cater to different functions across the organization. Current data resides in various source systems database which are not inter-operable and exit in silos. An integrated Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) is advocated for integrating such data from various portals available in various formats to create a single data repository of clean and consistent data.

The Directorate of Higher Education has 7 Government Colleges and 26 aided colleges under it. Altogether, more than 10000 students that pass out from them every year either choose to opt for further studies, work or have their own startups. Currently, there is no mechanism for the colleges and the Directorate to keep a track of the students passing out. Hence, the problem is to develop a web based application for colleges and the Directorate to keep a track of the Alumni. The said application should have the following features:- (a) allow the Alumni members to register themselves (b) allow colleges to verify and authenticate their registered alumni (c) provision for alumni members to update their details (d) allow the colleges to search details based on criteria such as year, subject, etc. (e) allow the Directorate to search details based on criteria such as colleges, year, subject, etc. (f) send messages and emails to alumni members (g) group chats, create events, publish notices on the portal (h) Security features with login for every user.

Goa has faced the rage of rains this year and potholes are the biggest problem which government is tackling. Now problem lies in the fact that concerned departments are not able to co-ordinate to resolve the issue. ISSUES (a) Fundamentally there is disconnection between civil agencies, people and elected representatives. (b) The aim is to build a mobile based dynamic reporting system which will facilitate into flow of information among all concerned stakeholders. (c) The aim is to provide better Governance by more involvement of public.

Checking the menace of stray cattle in State of Goa by involving Municipalities, Panchayats, Animal Husbandry, NGO and Civic Forum. Stray Cattle not only bad to traffic congestion but also causes health hazard to the cattle. ISSUES (a) Fundamentally there is disconnection between civil agencies, people and elected representatives. (b) The aim is to build mobile based dynamic reporting system which will facilitate into flow of information among all concerned stakeholders. (c) The aim is to provide better Governance by more involvement of public.

An air gap is a security measure implemented for computers, computer systems or networks requiring airtight security without the risk of compromise or disaster. It ensures total isolation of a given system - electromagnetically, electronically, and, most importantly physically - from other networks, especially those that are not secure. The solution should allow end-users to smoothly transfer files from one network to another in a safe and controlled manner. It could be a software/hardware solution or combination of both. Pen drive or CD/DVD are not allowed as a part of solution. It should support commonly used file formats. It should ensure the files are malware free and should not compromise the security of target network/machine.

The problem is to identify optimal set of land based launch locations in a given area of 100km X 100km size, to maximize the kill probability of all the targets directed to this area. The interceptors are deployed in clustered manner in multiple locations within that given area. Solution may consider following aspects .. a) Set of Ballistic Missiles Trajectories of targets, each represented by a point(Latitude, Longitude, Altitude) to be taken as input b) Set of multiple locations/areas (polygons of Latitude & Longitude) where interceptors are deployed to be taken as input. c) Minimal optimal set of locations (polygons of Latitude & Longitude) to maximize the destruction of targets to be the output, which is the subset of (b) above.

The solution should recover more than 95% data of 250GB/500GB NAND flash memory drive after full format by host.

The solution should support central monitoring of a group of Security Personnel and also be capable of transfering their individual Psycho-physiological data (like BP, Heart Rate, etc.) to central location using cloud/any other technology. Security and privacy are very important aspects of this application, hence, ensure appropriate standards are followed.

Design Positive psychology games (Mobile/Computer) which will help develop general public understanding and generate respect for the rights and dignity of women and children. This should help promote objectives of Beti Bachao Beti Padao (BBBP).

Disruptive innovation for women empowerment. Provide open ideas for empowering women and design tools for enabling them. This is an open platform to provide ideas where best idea will win.

Effective use of Cyber Space and Cyber Technology to prevent violence against and trafficking of women and children

Build an app for tracking and monitoring status of children that stay in government recognized Child Card Institutions (CCI) and Specialized Adoption Agencies (SAA). Design an efficient biometric tracking tool that tracks daily attendance, as well as in and out movement of children from the respective institutions. Additionally, also tracks guardian visits in the system. Design a centralized system that enables tracking attendance and guardian visit across India. Ensure that this system also works in an offline manner. For example, if database is synced once then it should allow marking of attendance and guardian visit without having to sync the database. However, the attendance should be uploaded automatically once internet connection is available. The monthly grant will be sent only if the data is synced. Provide login to District Child Protection Unit (DCPU) and Child Welfare Committees (CWC) to enable them to access the tracking information. Provide facility to transfer child from one organization to other seamlessly without losing the past tracking information. Depending on the attendance and number of visits by guardian, provide recommendation on adoption eligibility of the child based on JJ Act of 2015 and Adoption Guidelines of 2017. Based on the recommendation, flag the children with higher eligibility to be moved to the legal adoption pool. Currently, a lot of eligible children are not being moved to the legal adoption pool and hence, their right to good family is being violated.

Innovative online tools for comprehensive financial inclusion of women. Design a system to provide periodic guidance to women in their rural language on various financial tools like banking and stock trading, etc.

Innovative apps for women safety specially in cyber space. Design innovative methods to prevent blackmailing and frauds against women specific cases. Enable to detect if a woman's profile is being used somewhere without her consent.

Promoting holistic nutrition among women and children through/with the help of IT for Poshan Abhiyaan. Design a system for health worker to monitor and trigger alarms if some women/child have not come for upcoming dose. Additionally, if mobile number of the patient is registered then provide notification to them to get the dose.

In order to simplify the process of e-tendering and to make the system cost effective and user friendly, the EVC (electronic verification code) system are required to be performed through Aadhaar based OTP, instead of existing Digital Signature Certificate. Design efficient solutions that enable use of Aadhar OTP and DigiLocker for sharing the documents for eTendering. Check https://maharashtra.etenders.in/tnduploads/mah/pressnotices/FAQ.html

1. OTP based confidential e –files. Mobile no’s may be mapped with e-office and in case a file is marked as confidential every time a user tries to open it an OTP may be generated on mobile phone so that the right user is able to see the contents.

"We can map all the retail outlets on Google Map and can have a application connected to fuel tank sensor which will generate an automated message and path may pop up regarding the nearest fuel station with details of fuel prices and the total fuel to be top up for covering the remaining distance if the fuel level drops a particular level. Design an application to recommend when to fuel the vehicle and what petrol pump to use. Provide facility to provide ratings to the fuel station and recommend fuel station based on the ratings."

A software can be developed for Dispensing Unit of petrol pump, which would have a feature to convey the customer about the actual quantity product delivered to the customer after fuelling. Similarly about the quality of product, if the product is off specification. This sensor should have a facility to meausre the fuel quality and quantity and display it along with some quality parameters too.

1. A sensor may be developed to be put up on cylinders which will gauge the fuel quantity and automatically inform the linked distributor for refill cylinders. In this way usage of all the customers can be exactly mapped and we can have more accurate predictive demand and supply.

"Timing error estimation and matched filtering are crucial processing blocks in a communication receiver. The problem is like looking for the occurrence of a known signal in the observed/measured signal, which is noisy and distorted. This nature of problem makes it best suited for intelligent approach, as human brain invariably solves this kind of problem in day-to-day life. Classical techniques like maximum likelihood, Early-Late, Gardener and Muller approaches have been successfully implemented. However, it is perceived that machine learning techniques will outperform the classical approaches and this fact needs to be researched. The neural network shall use minimum computation and converge fast for practical and real-time implementation. If the results are promising, it can be applied for military and commercial radars. Design a proof of concept that can be used to prove that AI can be used to solve above problems and provide significant help to such radars"

prisoners are segregated in different wards as per Punjab Jail Manual.But it is the tendencies of a few bad elements to leave the barracks on the pretext of availing Medical Services,Canteen Services, telephone Services etc. and going to some others barracks to receive or to distribute or to prepare a prohibited article. prison Department wants to put some Bio-ID based gates turnstiles which can identify the prisoner ,whether he reached to the designated place of service for which he was permitted . The Bio-Id of inmates is available in web based application with Demographic detail of inmates. Technological Solutions on this issue may be developed through Living Lab.

Goa is a major tourist destination which pulls thousands of tourists every year. Goa is known for its beautiful beaches and hospitality. There are a number of monuments and landmarks depicting the cultural, history and development of Goa. Due to high inflow of domestic as well as international tourists, the manpower required to guide the tourist on these landmark is not sufficient and sometimes lack in the information that need to be given and highlighted to the tourist. Hence we propose the problem of developing a mobile application which renders information about the monument or landmark just by taking their live pictures as inputs. In other word, the application should allow the user to click a photograph and based on the picture it should display information about the monument/landmark. The application should also notify the user about such monuments/landmarks in the vicinity. The app should also allow the user to give their inputs about the object and also add to knowledge creation about the monuments/landmark. The app should also be able to keep statics about the number of users referring to the monument/landmark along with details of the users.

Scarcity of clean drinking water is a serious problem globally. The natural sources of pure drinking water are declining and are getting polluted. Use of pesticides, fertilizers, dumping of e-waste such as batteries, plastic, etc has lead to such high levels of contamination of water that consumption of it has resulted in outbreak of diseases such as cancer. These contaminants could be visible or non-visible to eyes. Hence the problem statement is to develop a device that would help us measure the purity of water by checking the amount of pollutants, harmful chemicals, plastic molecules, microorganism. Desirable limits of drinking water parameters can be referred from Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) standard specifications.

"In order to increase the productivity of milk and meat products, the animals/birds are inoculated with steroid which boost the production of milk and development of meat. The same steroid enter the food chain and unknowingly are consumed by humans. It is understood that the effects of steroid on animals is also observed in humans. The steroids when consumed by humans can cause severe damage to the body. The problem statement is to develop a device that would help check the amount of steroids in milk and meat products. Design a tool to insert the steroid and measure the amount of steroid added. This should inform the right amount of steroid that can be added depending on the weight of the animal/quantity of milk to ensure that wrong amount is not added."

The use of pesticides, steroids and fertilizers in vegetables and fruits has tremendously increased. It is known that chemicals which are banned in other countries and also by the Indian Government are heavily used without the knowledge of the authorities and the consumers. These harmful chemicals enter human body as the items are consumed. The same have been found to have serious effects on human body giving rise to deadly diseases such as cancer. Innocent consumers are unknowing getting their health deteriorated due to their inability to notice the presence of harmful chemicals in the food items. The problem statement so to develop a device that would identify and measure the amount of harmful chemicals present on the skin and inside the vegetables and fruits.

Lot of navigation apps like Google map are available for navigation but none of them support navigation inside a building by taking into account rooms, corridor and floors. The challenge is to create an app that would show a navigation path in the real world on your mobile device screen. This technology is beneficial to everyday citizens because it allows one to accurately navigate to a specific location in a building they have never been to before, such as government offices,a classroom in a campus, malls/retail store to show customers the items they would want to purchase etc.

A solution is required that enables users to securely access applications without providing their access credentials like username/password, bio-metric data, smart cards/dongles etc. It could be further enhanced to securely sign transactions in decentralized environment like blockchain.

The act of research sets the course for the development of any product or service. Without comprehensive research, all stages that follow in research activities could be greatly affected. Finding the required information for research can be difficult as the resources and information on internet and otherwise are often located in dispersed places, and accessing the right content can be time consuming. In this context, a single State research portal is needed to be designed in a manner that it can serve as a one-stop research portal for all the State Universities and colleges comprising the essential areas/parameters. Few of the areas to be incorporated are as given below: a. Navigating to information: It should be built on user experience best practices. As researchers are used to accessing websites (whether in their personal or professional lives) that respond to their screen size and are optimized for mobile, but also contain ideal user experience elements to make it easy to navigate (think single search bar front and center, clear organization of content etc.). b. Uploading research, discovery of and access to information: It should be a user-friendly research portal wherein the researchers can search and discover the right information and content for their work. They also be able to upload their research work university/college/miscellaneous wise which may further be categorized department/areas of study wise. A discovery service is the next tool to consider integrating into research portal. Consider how metadata is used, the methodology around searching and retrieving search results, how the tool anticipates users’ needs, and what can be integrated into the discovery tool. c. Authentication: As research and collection of information resources become increasingly digital, authentication will be a key component to ensure the security of users and their content. For example, your collection may offer users access to various publisher or research platforms/portals that all have varying requirements for authentication. Entry into these resources is expected to be seamless and intuitive by researchers.

There is a need to create an engaging, supportive alumni network which is crucial to an institution’s success. An effective alumni network assures the alumni as a significant stakeholder by making them actively participate in the institution’s developmental activities such as fund raising, placements, mentorship, scholarships, career guidance and network platform. Having understood the power of alumni network, we see a radical change in the way how educational institutions interact with their alumni. Universities have started to harness the power of alumni through various networking platforms like Linkedin, Facebook, Twitter etc. by creating their alumni groups and profiles on them. However, with the presence of many alumni groups on various social networking platforms, the attention and time spent by the alumni on each of them gets dispersed. It, therefore, becomes important to bring them under one umbrella as it lets the alumni, students and college to collaborate and communicate on a single platform. The challenge they face is to develop innovative ways to get them engaged with alumni network constantly. In this context, a single State Alumni Portal needs to be designed for all the State Universities and colleges comprising of all the essential areas/parameters to increase the participation of stakeholders towards the development of institutions in Andhra Pradesh.

Need to search any data from a PDF. Data present in the PDF is a combination of English, Telugu & Urdu languages. The font used for Telugu is Shreelipi and for Urdu is Noori Nastaliq. Format of Data present in PDF will be in .pdf format and some data will be in image format. We need to search the data present in English, Telugu & Urdu languages which is present in Unicode as well as in image format.

Creating an App for online tourist guide that will have the facility of customized tourist package selection, one stop solution for transport facilities - road, air, ferry, shipping services. It will also have information about about upcoming local tourist attractions and unexplored facts about the islands.

Need to search any data from a PDF. Data present in the PDF is a combination of English, Telugu & Urdu languages. The font used for Telugu is Shreelipi and for Urdu is Noori Nastaliq. Format of Data present in PDF will be in .pdf format and some data will be in image format. We need to search the data present in English, Telugu & Urdu languages which is present in Unicode as well as in image format. Sample data set has been uploaded.

Visually impaired citizens faces lot of problems with CAPTCHA authentication process. In some of the applications OTP is given as alternative but not with rest of the apps. In some of the apps audio captcha is provided but many citizens find it difficult to decipher. An effective solution for CAPTCHA or an alternative is required to address the problems faced by the visually impaired citizens.

"Technology or governance- related challenges/problem faced by Institute 1. Improvement in Patient care Management System (PMS) Patient care management system allows for delivery of real time services that can enable individuals to learn work, socialize and interact with community with without being subject to physical barriers, ex: ERP – (Entrepreneurship Resource Planning) software to be developed for efficient management of academic activities and service activities in the Prosthetics & Orthotics department. The department serve 4 ½ year Bachelor degree course in Prosthetics & Orthotics and Master in Prosthetics & Orthotics. Beside that Prosthetics & Orthotics department has assessment, fabrication and fitment Prosthetics & Orthotics lab. 2. Virtual Technology Virtual Technology means the potential to try out – of - reach experience such as climbing a mountain, skateboarding or swimming in the sea perhaps for the first time. Virtual Technology is useful for Prosthetics & Orthotics. It is useful for enabling physical activities so that patient can improve impairment activities limitation and participation. Through the usage of virtual technology alike in mobile gyroscope or accelerometer. 3. Technology integration and up gradation The main challenges that face both Institute and decision maker is how they are to integrate technologies and services in everyday routine and Institute how can take advantages. Solution for ambulation and during activities of daily living by technology integration in P&O aids appliance for Divyangjan. Software/e-governance 1. One step easy software based Job tracker for disabled (divyangjan) 2. Health guide monitor to check well-being and fitness quotient 3. Portable Stress monitor to devise solutions for stress based on physiological parameters Design an integrated system to provide above facilities and/or provide a facility to integrate them with eachother."

Hardware 1. Universal access ATM machines for disabled (divyangjan) 2. Universally accessible toilets for disabled (divyangjan) 3. Customised multifunctional convertible work surface for disabled to encourage various functional positions.

The inspection and monitoring of health of embankment for preventive maintenance is a massive and intensive exercise which has huge financial ramifications. The manpower requirements for effectively carrying out such an important exercise is very high keeping in view large number of embankment protection works across river networks which are not easily accessible at times. Therefore, preventive maintenance of embankments needs a technological solutioninvolving participation of localsto safeguard the public property and life. One such solution may be through the use of embankment mapping and crowdsourced health card. Embankment mapping involves the development of GIS application to analyse the existing river embankment network. The crowd sourced data with images, geo-location and time stamp can be used for the generation of health card of embankment and identifying the critical sections thereof for their preventive maintenance.

Agriculture is the major source of livelihood for majority of our population. However, farming in India is often done in an unscientific manner owing to lack of awareness leading to lower productivity and over exploitation of the scarce water resources. For example, rice cropping is started even before the onset of monsoon by extracting the ground water resulting in ill effects on the ground water table and quality, wasteful consumption of energy and water logging conditions. A Government to Citizen (G2C) app may be developed for Water Availability based Crop-specific Farming Advisory integrating soil health card data, rainfall forecast data and information about local surface and ground water resources. This will advise the farmers to follow a particular cropping pattern based upon time of the year, geographical locationand keeping in view sustainable use of locally available water resources.