Gujarat Energy Idea Awards 2024
In partnership with GETCO
Mission Statement
To celebrate the unique creativity and ideas of people from and for the grassroots and recognize their contribution towards making Gujarat inclusive and innovative.
Objective
- To identify 10 grassroots ideas, help them achieve scale by adding value, design, and other inputs from formal organizations including private companies.
- To do market research, develop strategies, protect IP where needed, promote solutions as DIY, and facilitate partnerships between innovators and entrepreneurs.
- To unleash the creativity of students and common people helping them gain respect, recognition, and reward ideas from around the world through GETCO awards.
- To undertake research and policy studies to nurture and promote an inclusive innovation ecosystem.
Award Details
- Top 10 Ideators will be awarded with 20,000 each along with Certificates and Trophies.
- A certificate from GIAN-GETCO recognizing their unique innovations.
Eligibility Criteria
- Ideas in Energy Conservation, Augmentation, Generation, Storage, and Distribution for and from the grassroots in Gujarat.
- Energy ideas can be in Farm machinery or operations, Waste and Water Management, Irrigation, Rainwater Harvesting, Biomass processing, Food Processing, Renewable Energy, Other allied activities, and small-scale industries that are sustainably working in energy management.
- No restrictions as to age, gender, class, education etc.
- Prior small-scale funding or minor recognition will not disqualify any participant but those who have received well-recognized national awards or major investments will be excluded.
- Ideas from other states that are applicable in Gujarat are also welcome.
Mode For Submission
- Online Mode - Participants can send their entries online via a dedicated portal for the award.
- Offline Mode- Through mail at the address- Gujarat Grassroots Innovations Augmentation Network, Bungalow no. 1, Satellite Complex, Mansi Cross Road, Satellite, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India 380015. The offline form along with a pen drive containing video documentation will have to be submitted for the same in a separate envelope.
- The online entries for Gujarat Energy Idea awards can also be sent at the email id getco@gian.org.
- Entries can also be filled through Google form available on www.gian.org.
- In case of queries, they can call at +916353549783 or mail getco@gian.org.
- Last date October 31, 2024.
Disclaimer
- Submitted Idea will be accessible to experts for review.
- The decision of the review & screening committee will be final and no queries pertaining to the selection process or selection of the innovations will be entertained.
- Representative of GIAN or GETCO or committee thereof is free to make a visit to verify the claims of the innovator or idea at their own cost.
- Submitted entries will be the part of Honey Bee network database as long as GIAN desires and can be shared with others for wider awareness and creating culture of innovation.
- The idea submitted or selected for the awards by GIAN & GETCO will be free to get published by GIAN in its promotional, communication, marketing material in both physical and online form. However, the ownership and intellectual property related to the idea will remain with its owners or applicant and will be kept intact while sharing the idea.
- In case an idea is selected, the innovators will try their utmost to attend the award ceremony event.
- All decisions pertaining to any conflicts arising during the event will be decided fully and finally by GIAN & GETCO with no other alternative recourse.
