17 students emerged winners at Techknow 2014; get an opportunity to become entrepreneurs

With the motto as Innovation to Implementation the two day national seminar TechKnow 2014 at Anna University organized by All India Manufacturer’s Organsiation in partnership with Anna University , concluded with the valedictory function and awards
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CHENNAI, India - Feb. 26, 2014 - PRLog -- With 4000 projects submitted for evaluation under various categories and around 400 delegates attending the two day session, Techknow 2014 demonstrated the growing desire of the young minds to choose the path to explore entrepreneurship.

A panel of jury members consisting of academicians, industrialists and professionals evaluated the projects.  750 projects were filtered in the first round (out of the 4000 projects) which was further evaluated on various parameters. 70 projects were selected and the students were given the opportunity to personally present their project to the jury. From this , 17 projects were identified from various categories for Awards and the students would also get an opportunity to scale up their project with support from the partner enterprises.

The top 3 projects from each of 9 categories including Electronics and Communications, construction and infrastructure, energy optimization, automation and robotics, healthcare and biotechnology, information technology, food and agriculture, environmental and sustainability and transportation and logistics were selected and rewarded with  cash prize.

About All India Manufacturers organizations

AIMO was founded with a commitment to achieve industrial progress in India working with the motto “Prosperity through Industry”. AIMO has been recognized as an apex organization to further interest of industry and given representation on most of the policy making bodies of the central and state governments.

AIMO compromises of members drawn from small, medium and large scale industries from all over the country with diverse interests such as engineering, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food processing, and services including shipping care and ship yard sectors. AIMO has been instrumental in creating a congenial environment for cooperation between the government and industry in promoting industrial and economic growth and coordinating focused activities towards this goal.

AIMO is headquartered in Mumbai with over 14 state boards across the county contributing to various member/associate chambers in furthering the industrial growth.

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