Tuesday, 27 September 2016

Infosys announces winners of its first Maker Awards in India

Indian IT - Infosys on Monday announced the twenty winners of its first Infy Maker Awards in India, recognising and rewarding innovation throughout healthcare, renewable strength, synthetic intelligence and social sectors.



In its first installment, Infosys acknowledged technology along with a low-fee wind turbine, a scientific kit for pregnant ladies in rural areas and a on foot stick for visually impaired, among others as winners. The 20 winners were selected from a collection of 280 entries via an expert committee.

"These awards are seeking for to understand and reward the creative excellence of makers for the duration of India whose thoughts and solutions have the potential to address the diverse challenges going through our global today. We trust that this initiative will spark wondering, ignite curiosity and gasoline the spirit of innovation throughout the maker community in India," stated Vishal Sikka, CEO of Infosys and Chairman of the Infosys basis u.s.a., in a declaration.

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For judging the excellent entries, Infosys put together a panel of industry vetrans and thinkers that included Biocon Chairman Kiran Mazumder-Shaw, creator Rama Bijapurkar, Aarin Capital Chairman Mohandas Pai, and Infosys COO Pravin Rao.

Modelled around a similar award inside the US by way of the Infosys basis, the Infy Maker Awards offered each of the 20 winners with a prize of Rs 500,000. The company is looking on the awards as an possibility to assist India be part of the 'maker' movement it truly is taking most important tech powerhouses inclusive of Silicon Valley and Shanghai by using hurricane.

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