Govt invites application for participation in AIM-ICDK water innovation challenge

New Delhi, Jan 21 (KNN) The government has invited applications for the participation in the AIM-ICDK water innovation challenge which was launched on December 10, 2020.

''The shortlisted students and entrepreneurs will receive the necessary mentoring, hand holding and other support from AIM, ICDK and DTU Skylab. They will also get an opportunity to participate and present their solutions at the virtual summit to be held in 2021,'' MSME-DI, Ludhiana said in its mail industry association on Wednesday.

The deadline for applications is January 25, 2021.

MSME-DI also urged the association to disseminate this information to the relevant people in their network for their perusal.

''We would also request you to kindly extend your support and promote these to make these water challenges even more successful and kindly arrange to circulate it among your members for information and motivate them for submission of application if any have innovative idea on the subject'' it added

Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog, Innovation Centre Denmark (ICDK) and Technical University of Denmark (DTU) Skylab collaborated and launched the AIM-ICDK water innovation. AIM intends to encourage students, researchers and entrepreneurs to promote innovative and cutting edge solutions that will help to solve water challenges that we are facing today.

The aim of the AIM-ICDK on water challenge is to identify the Indian delegation which would consist of students and entrepreneur teams working on technology-based solutions relating to identified water challenges.

The challenge guidelines and the application portal can be found below:

Link:  http://aimapp2.aim.gov.in/icdk/

The launch event of AIM-ICDK Water Innovation Challenge can be viewed below:

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH0PUJIB6zs