Infosys Announces the Winners of Infy Maker Awards in India

BANGALORE, September 26, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

Infosys (NYSE: INFY), a global leader in consulting, technology, outsourcing and next-generation services, today announced the winners of the first Infy Maker Awards, India. The Infy Maker Awards are testimony to Infosys' commitment to encourage the concept of 'Making' in India, acknowledging those individuals that have an interesting or innovative solution for real-world issues or a knack for leveraging technology to make things easier. These Awards were initially launched in the U.S. by the Infosys Foundation USA in June 2015 in support of President Obama's Nation of Makers initiative.

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Mr. Pravin Rao, Chief Operating Officer, Infosys said, "The Infy Maker Awards in India aim to recognize some of the best minds, and unleash the power of creativity and imagination of the next generation of thinkers. We believe that these awards will ignite the spirit of 'making' in India and celebrate excellence in innovation. Through these awards, we aim to inculcate and foster an ecosystem of forward-thinking makers. Infosys intends to steadily empower and reward such makers in India across communities and organizations."

Congratulating the winners on their achievement, Vandana Sikka, Chairperson, Infosys Foundation USA said, "The Infy Maker Awards program celebrates the spirit of making that is innate to all of us. These awards seek to recognize and reward the creative excellence of makers throughout India whose ideas and solutions have the potential to address the various challenges facing our world today. We believe that this initiative will spark thinking, ignite curiosity and fuel the spirit of innovation across the maker community in India. Building on the success of this awards program in the U.S., the Infy Maker Awards program in India is a reaffirmation of our commitment to contribute significantly to the larger global community and inspire the next generation of makers. The future is, and has always been, shaped by those who make."

In the first Indian edition, 20 winners were selected from more than 280 entries and more than 2,500 registrations. The winners were selected by a panel of distinguished judges representing technology, academia and the business community. The jury, comprising Ms. Kiran Mazumder Shaw, Chairperson & Managing Director, Biocon; Ms. Rama Bijapurkar, Author; Mr. Mohandas Pai, Chairman, Aarin Capital Partners; and Mr. Pravin Rao, Chief Operating Officer, Infosys, evaluated and selected the winning entries that were relevant to real-world problems, used technology in an innovative way, displayed originality of ideas and brought forward quality presentations.

The Infy Maker Awards India enable the creation of an ecosystem of innovation through 'making', one that will help India contribute more deeply to the larger global community of inventors and entrepreneurs. The 20 winning ideas will be presented an award of INR 5 lakh each, a trophy and a certificate.

Highlights: 

• 20 winners were chosen across different categories: Health, Energy, Education, Sound & Music, Social Change Solutions, Robotics, Art & Design, Artificial Intelligence, Electronics among others
• Here is a list of the winners of the first edition of the Infy Maker Awards, India:

About Infosys Ltd. 

Infosys is a global leader in technology services and consulting. We enable clients in more than 50 countries to create and execute strategies for their digital transformation. From engineering to application development, knowledge management and business process management, we help our clients find the right problems to solve, and to solve these effectively. Our team of 190,000+ innovators, across the globe, is differentiated by the imagination, knowledge and experience, across industries and technologies that we bring to every project we undertake.

Visit https://www.infosys.com/to see how Infosys (NYSE: INFY) can help your enterprise thrive in the digital age.

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ANNEXURE - WINNERS LIST 

   
                     Team
    Team Members     Names/Inventions Category   Link to the video
    1. Sourabh       ASSISTYOU
    Alagundagi
                    
    2. Sandeep Patil Communicative
                     Glove solution
                     for hearing      Social
    3. Shreya        impaired people  Change
    Gudasalamani     to communicate   Solutions  https://youtu.be/J-ILkXQFFHg
                     Regenerative
                     brakes for cycle
                     rickshaw to make
    1. Sanjeev Arjun pedaling easier
    Gaur             and safer                   https://youtu.be/R9Z6c7OhqUU
                    


                     Multi-Functional
                     Elevator to move
                     in a vertical
    1. Vuppari       and horizontal
    Kalyani          direction                   https://youtu.be/pwVi6w_XUAE
    1. Ilampothigai
    K.

    2. Vignesh V.

    3. Anand Gopi
                     RASS device to
                     ensure safety
                     and
    4. Ibrahim Ahmed communication
    Hassan Awad      amongst linemen             https://youtu.be/IWbSq92G-Jc
    1. Aravind S.

    2. Balaji V.

                     Maritime Border
                     Warning System
    3. Aravind G.    for fisherman               https://youtu.be/EAI8O0WVS3c
                     Selfiee
                     Innovators

    1. Vishnupriya
    S.
                     Public Over Dump
                     Limiter sensor
                     to trigger
    2. Arun Kumar S. garbage levels              https://youtu.be/gS28Fa1rEfQ
                     Invisible Bus
                     Bay to ease
                     parking in
                     overcrowded
    1. Chetan Prasad areas                       https://youtu.be/NEe-AJsNC5c
                     Shour

                     The Smarter Way
                     to Shower by
    1. Aakash Goel   conserving water            https://youtu.be/T2qgwiLnDiE
    1. Sameer Panda

    2. Smritiparna
    Satpathy

    3. Jayant
    Pradhan
                     TycheeJuno's                https://youtu.be/BzeLGY6JdaI
                     BPPC Technology
                     to self-track
    4. Dr. K.N.      and cure
    Panda            punctures

   
                     Team
                     Names/Invention
    Team Members     s               Category    Link to the video
    1. Deepika Giri

    2. V. Krishna
    Kumar

    3. Kavitha
    Sowndararajan    Heart Beat                  https://youtu.be/ZneQDYSqf2Q
                     Monitoring
                     System Using
                     Light-Fidelity
    4. L. Jamuna     (Li-Fi)         Health
    1. Shantanu      Clinic-In-Box
    Pathak           for pregnant
                     rural women who
                     do not have
                     access to
    2. Aditya        healthcare
    Kulkarni         facilities                  https://youtu.be/RY41S8OuPdM
    1. C. Cornelius
    Durai

    2. T. David
    Thevaram         Arduous
                     Therapist for
                     stroke patients
                     for
    3. S. Sairam     physiotherapy               https://youtu.be/NfBang6KOM8
                     VTALK solution              https://youtu.be/DbeeO7pA_BI
                     for the
    1. Abhinav       Autistic people
    Shekhar          to help them
    Vashistha        communicate
    1. Dr. Lovi Raj
    Gupta

    2. Kunal Panchal

    3. Yerra
    Prasanthi
                     SitAby

    4. Satish Reddy
                     The posture
                     proctor to
                     alert wrong
    5. Vishakha      posture at
    Choudhary        work.                       https://youtu.be/K3FDQ9M-jX0
    1. Veerpal
    Sharma

    2. Divyanshu
    Varshney         FIZIO to ensure
                     that
                     physiotherapy
                     is on the right
    3. Roopam Sharma track                       https://youtu.be/oVBQ_nsgMZA
    1. Krishnanand
    Venkatasubramani
    an

                     Low cost wind
    2. Senthilvel S. turbine         Energy      https://youtu.be/PA1zf1YET04
                     Weather Proof
                     Liquid Level
                     Switch and
                     Indicator to
    1. Nagarjuna     prevent water
    Paturi           overflow        Electronics https://youtu.be/qYka4fH5IgI
    1. Kannabiran S.

    2. Gokul Srinath
    V.

                     Human safety    Artificial
                     system for      Intelligenc
    3. Boobalan B.   bikes           e:
                     Fermedicius

                     Infymaker
    1. Nitesh Kumar  Awards
                     Application
                     Video to figure
                     out if
    2. Subhajit      irrigation is
    Biswas           required for a
                     particular land
                     and controls
                     the water
    3. Nithin Raju   supply from the
    D.               tube well       Others      https://youtu.be/k6Wx-PVvJ2s
                     Walking Stick
    1. Abhishek      For Visually
    Matlotia         Impaired                    https://youtu.be/0tDGakY5pyw