The OPJU Community Innovation Challenge is an initiative to help unleash our immense strength and potential for innovation especially among the younger generation - the students in schools.
We are living in times when continuous innovation is vital for the health of an individual, society and nation alike. It is the ability to nurture and ensure continuous innovation that drives development of any nation and well-being of its citizens. With demographic dividend on our side, India is poised for a huge opportunity for growth. OP Jindal University (OPJU) believes that the key to innovation lies not only in big labs, research organizations and large corporations but also in the minds of millions of our youth. Innovation is the habit that needs to be cultivated in young minds if any nation has to make a mark in innovation. The OPJU Community Innovation Challenge is an initiative to help unleash immense strength and potential of our school students. The University has chosen to espouse this initiative given its own ethos of innovation and learning-by-doing, a theme it follows in all its programs, pedagogy and research.
The format of a competition is such that students, guided by their teachers and mentors, will describe, conceptualize, and build on an innovative idea in selected areas of social importance. Students can further give shape to their ideas by prototyping and demonstrating them. In times to come, we are quite sure that the Challenge will also bring to life a number of ideas and innovation which will transcend this initiative and may well lead to social and commercial start-ups spurring community-benefitting entrepreneurship.
The focus of the challenge is the community around the students and the innovations must be directed towards a very clear goal: To improve the quality of life of community members on any aspect, be it physical, social, cultural or economic. The idea or innovation can be from any of the following areas:
Environment
Science & Technology
Waste management & recycling
Energy solutions
Education
Machines
New business
Social transformation
Engineering
Health
Idea can also relate to more than one area. Essentially it must have the capability to enhance the quality of life of the members of the community.
We believe that anything which improves the way we do something or finds a better way of doing things is an innovation. If it makes it easier, faster, better or reduces the resources required for achieving the same result, it is an innovation. It may also involve finding a new useful application for something that already exists; a new useful service which utilizes an already available technique or resource, a modification in a product to enhance its use or even a new business model.
Book in our town could be banked and every student then gets free books? What if we had a virtual blood bank of ready donors and don’t need to store it? This told us that if we can ignite a spark in the minds of school students, they could help change our world. We would encourage participating schools to use such workshops, among other initiatives, to spur ideas.
The winners will be selected by an eminent jury with members drawn from academia and industry. Evaluation criteria will include originality, likely impact, practicality and potential to scale.
There are two modes of idea submission. 1) Offline 2) Online
Offline Mode:
1) Download the idea submission format (English or Hindi) by clicking on link. English / Hindi
2) Scan the filled idea submission format and mail it to at cic@opju.ac.in or By Hand or By speed post at :
Organizing Committee,
Community Innovation challenge (CIC),
OP Jindal University,
Punjipathra, Ghargoda Road, Raigarh, Pin No. 496109.
Online Mode:
Use your login ID and Password which is sent to your email/mobile no. at the time of online registration. Then login with your user id and password. Maximum Two attempt are allowed with your user id & password. For Any Query Regarding Idea Submission Contact to Mr. Hari Patel at +91 9907499048 ( Time: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM )
Ans: Community Innovation Challenge is a contest for school students of Chhattisgarh of Xth, XIth and XIIth standard of all streams wherein they submit innovative ideas benefiting the community or society at large.
Ans: The prime objective of organizing CIC is to inculcate spirit of innovation among school students.
Ans: It was started in 2015.
Ans: School students of XIth and XIIth standard of all streams within state of Chhattisgrah are eligible to participate in the Challenge.
Ans: You can register online for the Challenge at www.opju.ac.in/cic
Ans: You are required to fill in your personal details, other member of the team (if any), school name, name and contact details of mentor and school coordinator.
Ans: Partcipation is free.
Ans: Yes, offline registration is possible (when CIC team member visits your school or city) but online registration will be preferred.
Ans: Yes, the contact number is 1800120008090.
Ans: School will help students participating in the Challenge shape their ideas by appointing team mentors from the faculty and ensure single point of contact between them and CIC team for smooth conduct of the Challenge by appointing School Coordinator from faculty and staff.
Ans: No, it is not mandatory but it is desirable.
Ans: Yes, you can participate individually or as a team of two.
Ans: Team cannot have more than two persons.
Ans: Any student, individually or in team can submit maximum of two ideas.
Ans: 1. Every participants have to register themselves online by visiting website www.opju.ac.in/cic.php
2. Participants have to fill their basic information on registration page
3. After completion of registration the participants will get user ID and password for submission of idea(s) on their registered Email ID.
Ans: Ans. 1. Maximum two members allowed in a team.
2. First of all each team member has to register him/her self individually.
3. After getting individual member ID they will allow to make team by clicking team registration button.
4. After completion of Team registration they will get team ID and password for submission of idea(s) on their registered Email IDs.
Ans: The preferred mode for submitting idea is online at www.innovationchallenge.in . However, in case net access is poor or not available, idea can be submitted physically in the prescribed form (can be downloaded from CIC website or will be made available by CIC team).
Ans: The last date for idea submission is 12 Feb 2021.
Following Teachers are awarded for their exemplary efforts and contribution as a Mentor for Community Innovation Challenge 2020.
Note: In Case the candidate(s) has participated in a team, only the name of first candidate is displayed, however the award will be distributed equally among team members.
Note: In Case the candidate(s) has participated in a team, only the name of first candidate is displayed, however the award will be distributed equally among team members.
Following Teachers are awarded for their exemplary efforts and contribution as a Mentor for Community Innovation Challenge 2017.