Teens from standards nine to twelve participate by identifying problems in society and come up with practical and innovative solutions.
Manipal University is known for quality education. Now in its sixth year of conducting Teenovators, the energy is spell-bounding. Teens from standards nine to twelve participate by identifying problems in society and come up with practical and innovative solutions. The three best ideas are chosen and the groups are awarded cash prizes, enabling them to bring their idea to life.
Are you innovative enough?
In a regional selection, students from 11 schools and colleges from Mumbai assembled at the RF Naik School at Navi Mumbai. Not everyone was selected to present at the grand finale in Manipal, but they sure brimmed with ideas. "Our idea was to have rainwater harvesting systems in cars as water shortage is a consistent problem in Maharashtra. In the rainy season once these tanks, one can deposit the water at checkpoints in different parts of the state," says Aditya Harikrish, a representative from RN Podar School in Santacruz. Undeterred, the group hopes to participate next year with a more applicable solution to water shortage problems.
The selection
Of the schools present, three shortlisted for the pre-final round were, GD Somani High School in Colaba, Saraswathi Vidyalay, Thane and Children's Academy from Kandivali. One school will be selected and sent for the Teenovators Grand Finale scheduled for January 2017 at Manipal University along with other competing groups from India. Kunal Nath representing Saraswathi Vidyalaya shares their innovation, "There are so many villages facing power shortage due to insufficient power supply. We have built a generator which generates 200-250 volts of electricity. For now, it generates a low amount but voltage will be increased once our idea is implemented. The generator will help village houses deal with the problem of electricity shortage or power-cuts."
All for a good cause
The whole idea is to get students to think differently while encouraging them to come up with ideas that are practical. It's about dealing with real problems and solving them constructively, what better way to get the youth of India engaged than this, shares Srimathi Prasad, the Program Director of Teenovators. Present at the venue was Actor Bharat Dhabolkar, having studied in Marathi medium as a child, he is said to be the one to invent Hinglish. He says,"Education provides a child with the foundation to be what he desires, but innovating and coming up with ideas and converting them into reality needs a platform, which is provided by Manipal University through Teenovators."
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