SP Dutt Award for Innovation and Impact
The ‘SP Dutt Award for Innovation and Impact’ is an award for excellence for first year BTech students of Plaksha University. The award celebrates SP Dutt, a former Air India official, whose real passion lay in tech, invention and innovation. It has been instituted by his daughters, Barkha & Bahar Dutt.
Speedy Dutt with twin loves, Musibat & Meccano
Speedy Dutt with daughters, Barkha & Bahar Dutt
Meccano Marvels- Robots, Trains, Ships & Planes
Radio Controlled Fire Engine built during Covid Lockdown
Locomotive Model of WP that can run on track & draw current from them
Modified Mississippi Riverboat that can float on water
Overview
The ‘S.P. Dutt Award for Innovation and Impact’ has been instituted as a prestigious award for excellence for first year B.Tech students of Plaksha University. The award will recognise leading teams every year with the best Innovation projects.
The award celebrates S.P. Dutt, a former Air India official, whose real passion lay in tech, invention and innovation. He was a progressive thinker who completed an MS in applied science from New York University, and was a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He also ran a dedicated YouTube Channel showcasing original meccano marvels- operational trains, ships, planes, robots- crafted by him. From the time he was awarded as a student for a rocket he made in school, through his adult life, Dutt was constantly inventing things- shoe shine machines, roti makers, robots and remotely-controlled toys. Dutt was also instrumental in organizing “Know India” seminars in many parts of the world to promote India abroad along with the Department of Tourism and other tourism and travel stakeholders. Speedy Dutt, as he was known to friends and family, died from COVID in 2021.
Eligibility
- The award will recognize leading teams each year for the best projects in the Innovation Lab & Grand Challenge (ILGC) Studio.
- The top teams will be selected by a jury comprising startup founders and eminent business leaders. All projects will be presented to the jury.
- ILGC Studio is a series of courses running throughout all four years of the undergraduate program that introduce students to society’s challenges and how they can be solved using technology.
Award Details
- The award will recognize teams every year for the best innovation projects. The winning teams will be awarded prizes up to Rs 2 lakhs based on the quality and continuity of their project.
- The cash prize will enable the students to further their project by way of buying equipment for testing and prototyping, traveling for field research, attending academic seminars and conferences, printing and fabrication services, and or other such expenditures required for their project in the further semesters.
1st Position
Project: SadakVision
Mentor: Prof Srikant Srinivasan
Team: Abhijeet Shashwat (U20230101), Avishkar Rawal (U20230033), Devyansh Agarwal (U20230107), Raghav Sarna (U20230106), Shreyansh Singh (U20230131)
2nd Position
Project: Bare Soil Mapping for Precision Agriculture
Mentor: Prof Shashank Tamaskar
Team: Aarav Luthra (U20230092), Harkirat Singh (U20230082), Saksham Bali (U20230061), Vansh Kohli (U20230165)
3rd Position
Project: Grippers for Underwater Manipulation
Mentor: Prof Sandeep Manjanna
Team: Dipti Dhawade (U20230146), Sai Chinmayi Kalapatapu (U20230085), Tanu Adhikari (U20230115), Uday Sodhi (U20230020)
1st Position
Project: Nautilus One - Development of a Low-Cost, Intelligent Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)
Mentor: Dr Sandeep Manjanna
Team: Abhinav Lodha (U20220003), Anshuman Sharma (U20220016), Nikhil Henry (U20220060), Subham Jalan (U20220082)
2nd Position
Project: Low Altitude Remote Sensing (LARS) UAV for Crop Health Monitoring
Mentor: Dr Sunita Chauhan
Team: Ananya Shukla (U20220010), Jia Bhargava (U20220046), Tanay Srinivasa (U20220086), Tanmay Nanda (U20220087),
3rd Position
Project: Hydrovisionaries - Assessing Water Bodies from Satellite Images
Mentor: Dr Anupam Sobti
Team: Amog Rao (U20220106), Arman Ghosh (U20220020), Liza Wahi (U20220051), Pranjal Rastogi (U20220066)
Year 2023 Winners
1st Position
Project: Social navigation for autonomous agents in a hospital setup
Team: Amol Harsh, Arshia Sangwan and Rahath Malladi
2nd Position
Project: Field boundary detection using computer vision
Team: Anit Upadhyaya, Tejasvi and Vishal,
3rd Position
Project: Intrahousehold impact
Team: Anushka Desai and Vedika Agarwal
Year 2022 Winners
Project name: Windegy
Team: Arnab Dey, Ankit Kumar, Kasutubh Singh, Mangesh Singh, Shivam Kumar, Vikas Kumar
Project name: Ve FARM
Team: Aanya Patil, Ankita Srivastava, Aman Sa Saumya Choudhary, Shreevardhan Shah
Project name: Life Savers (Saving lives in highways)
Team: Anirudh Chauhan, Moksh Soni, Prashant Mishra, Roma Sahu, Umaid Bilal Zarga
Project name: Purifico (Revolutionizing the way you dry your hands)
Team: Agaaz Singhal, Bharat Jain, Dipit Golechha, Ronak Mir, Yashvi Maheshwari