Hamirpur: NIT researchers win design contest

Our Correspondent

Hamirpur, June 1

Young researchers of the National Institute of Technology here won the “India Innovation Challenge Design Contest” (IICDC) 2019 edition conclave, said NIT Director here today.

The IICDC was organised by Texas Instruments in collaboration with the Department of Science and Technology, AICTE mission, NSRCEL of IIM Bengaluru and MyGov.

Team members, including Rishabh Dhenkawat (Team leader), Uttkarsh Chaurasia, Mohammad Nomaan, Navdeep Singh Rathore, Sitaram Rathi and Rishabh Verma achieved the success under the guidance of Dr Naveen Chauhan, associate professor. Dr Lalit Awasthi said the team won the title for developing artificially intelligent smart wearable product “Drishti” to help the visually impaired. He said “Drishti” enabled visually impaired people to navigate obstacles through the method of electrical muscle stimulation of sartorial muscle.

The team had innovated a cutting-edge technical model and business strategies for continuous development of product.

He said the team went through numerous judgement phases throughout the year and was among the top 60 final conclave winners while over 18,000 with over 75,000 participations competed in the event.

The team was admitted to NSRCEL (IIM Bengaluru) for launchpad & TI mentoring sessions to provide business mentoring and incubation support, he added.

Made product for visually impaired

The researchers won the “India Innovation Challenge Design Contest” 2019 edition conclave. The team won the title for developing artificially intelligent smart wearable product “Drishti” to help the visually impaired. He said “Drishti” enabled people to navigate obstacles through electrical muscle stimulation of sartorial muscle.