Rural Innovators Conclave II
21 & 22 March 2025
Organized by
Centre for Rural Development and Technology (CRDT) IIT, Indore
About IIT Indore
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore, located in Madhya Pradesh, established by the government of India in 2009. IIT Indore’s campus is located near a village, Simrol, approximately 25 km away from Indore city and spread over 512 acres of land in natural surroundings. The institute has developed the state-of-the-art infrastructure, well equipped laboratories, sophisticated instrumentation centres computer centres etc. IIT Indore is ranked 54 Universities in Southern Asia and 254 in Asia Universities. Recently, IIT Indore with a rank 477 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024. The faculty members of the institute are well equipped to conduct high-quality research in both Science and Engineering and are also engaged in interdisciplinary research activities. For collaborative research, interested researchers are encouraged to contact the concerned faculty. The institute is actively engaged in organizing various research activities.
About CRDT
Centre for Rural Development and Technology (CRDT), hosted at IIT Indore, is a nodal hub for researchers, volunteers, practitioners, and educators to collaborate and facilitate rural empowerment and progress solutions. The team strives to empower the rural population to improve their living conditions by developing & applying appropriate and people-friendly technologies by adopting participatory, sustainable, democratic, transparent, and gender-sensitive processes. CRDT has started working on science awareness and reachability by organizing science lecture series along with education; it is also working on renewable energy, water management, waste management, and agriculture. Through its continuous intervention through the Centre's activities, CRDT envisages sustainable rural development anchored on its technical knowledge and improving the rural areas' social and economic conditions.
About Conclave
Rural Innovators Conclave II will provide a platform to a wide array of innovators and entrepreneurs to showcase their products, pitch and talk about their innovations and innovative ideas and design for improving rural life. The event will be attended by representatives from industries, Academics, government organizations, S&T institutions and most importantly by venture capitalists, angel investors, incubators, and other players from the entrepreneurial ecosystem. The participants can display their products in conclave and help this initiative is to identify the critical day – to – day problems faced by the people of rural India and elicit the potential solutions to address them. The conclave puts special emphasis on the Rural innovators & Start-ups. The Best innovative ideas/start-ups of Conclave will be shortlisted and offered space for their display-cum-demonstration as per norms.
Patron
Director
IIT Indore
Email: director@iiti.ac.in
Phone: 91-731-660-3111
.
Chairperson
Professor
Centre for Rural Development and Technology &
Department of Civil Engineering
Email: schaudhary@iiti.ac.in
Phone: 91-731-660-3256
Convenor
Professor In-Charge
Centre for Rural Development and Technology &
Department of Chemistry
Email: sarkard@iiti.ac.in
Phone: 91-731-660-3179
Opportunities
The event will have a dynamic jury to
screen the best innovators and
fellowships winners under Innovators and
Start-up categories to facilitate
mentorship through workshop on Design,
Packaging and Marketing, etc. will be
provided as per the norms of the Institute. Best 10 innovations of Conclave will be awarded
Important Dates
Registration Starts: 25 December 2024
Registration Ends: 10 March 2025 Rural Innovators Conclave: 21 & 22 March 2025
Eligibility Criteria
1. The innovation must be applicable to rural or semi-urban areas.
2. The solution should be innovative and unique.
3. Add value to customers and should be
commercially scalable.
4. Showcasing of technologies/ products/prototypes/designs at the event is
compulsory.
Showcasing Formats:
(i) Product
(ii) Model
(iii) Poster
5. Start-up Stage: Innovator/team having
at least few customers on board and
looking for scaling up and
commercialization.
6. Schools can submit up to two innovations, with two students per innovation.
InInvited Speaker
Dr. Brajesh Pandey
Executive Director
Indian National Science Academy (INSA)
New Delhi, India
.
Head of Department
Centre for Rural Development and Technology
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi
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Founder & Mentor, JSV Innovations Pvt. Ltd.
Honorary Visiting Professor, Centre for Nanotechnology IIT Guwahati
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Shri. Siddharth Jain, IAS
Chief Executive Officer
Jila Panchayat
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Email: ceozpind@mp.gov.in
Associate Professor, IIT, Kharagpur
Chairperson, Indian National Young Academy of Science (INYAS)
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Dr Arvind C. Ranade
Director
National Innovation Foundation-India
Grambharati, Amrapur Gandhinagar, Gujarat
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Prof. Javed Iqbal
Co-Founder & Chairman, Incor Renovis Lab. Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad; Co-Founder and Director, Peptomedica Biotech Pty Ltd., Melbourne, Australia and President, Incor Life Sciences, USA.
Dr. Pratosh Bansal
Professor, Department of Information Technology, Institute of Engineering & Technology
Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore
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Prof. Laxmidhar Behera
Director,
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
Himachal Pradesh
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Prof. Venkata Krishnan
Professor, School of Chemical Sciences,
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
Himachal Pradesh
.
Dr. Arti Kashyap
Professor, School of Physical sciences
Indian Institute of Technology Mandi
Himachal Pradesh
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Shri Pankaj Darothiya
CEO, Janpad Panchayat
Panchayat and rural development department
Mhow, Indore
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Prof. Oliver Reiser
Professor of Organic Chemistry,
University of Regensburg,
Germany
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Prof. Manish R. Joshi
Secretary,
University Grants Commission,
New Delhi, India
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Elisabeth E. Jacobsen
Associate professor
Department of chemistry
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Trondheim, Norway
Organizing Faculty
Centre for Rural Development and Technology &
Discipline of Economics, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Email: psharma@iiti.ac.in
Phone: 91-731- 660-3469
Centre for Rural Development and Technology &
Department of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering
Email: ganti.murthy@iiti.ac.in
Phone: 91-731-660-3212
Centre for Rural Development and Technology &
Discipline of Economics, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Email: mohana@iiti.ac.in
Phone: 91-731-660-3367
Centre for Rural Development and Technology &
Department of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering
Email: asonawane@iiti.ac.in
Phone: 91-731-660-3357
Centre for Rural Development and Technology &
Department of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering
Email: hemcjha@iiti.ac.in
Phone: 91-731-660-3263
Centre for Rural Development and Technology &
Department of Physics
Email: rajeshkumar@iiti.ac.in
Phone: 91-731-660-3313
Centre for Rural Development and Technology &
Department of Electrical Engineering
Email: shaibal@iiti.ac.in
Phone: 91-731-660-3262
Centre for Rural Development and Technology &
Department of Electrical Engineering
Email: skvishvakarma@iiti.ac.in
Phone: 91-731-660-3275
Centre for Rural Development and Technology &
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Email: pkankar@iiti.ac.in
Phone: 91-731-660-3427
Centre for Rural Development and Technology &
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Email: nmenon@iiti.ac.in
Phone: 91-731-660-3322
Centre for Rural Development and Technology &
Department of Civil Engineering
Email: neelima.satyam@iiti.ac.in
Phone: 91-731-660-3290
volunteer
Dr. Harsha Upadhyay
Organizing Staff, IIT Indore
Centre for Rural Development and Technology
Email: crdt-office@iiti.ac.in, rural-innovator-conclave@iiti.ac.in
Phone: 91-731-6603203
Mr. Sanchit Gupta
VOLUNTEER
Centre for Rural Development and Technology
IIT Indore
Email: phd1801204004@iiti.ac.in
Mr. Niladri Sekhar Roy
VOLUNTEER
Centre for Rural Development and Technology
IIT Indore
Email: nitu.dinhata@gmail.com
Ms. Astha Sharma
VOLUNTEER
Centre for Rural Development and Technology
IIT Indore
phd2101204001@iiti.ac.in
Mr. Saurabh Yadav
VOLUNTEER
Centre for Rural Development and Technology
IIT Indore
Email: phd2101191001@iiti.ac.in
Mr. Rishab Joshi
VOLUNTEER
Centre for Rural Development and Technology
IIT Indore
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Registration
Registration Fee: The conference registration includes a registration kit, admission to all conference sessions, lectures and inaugural functions, Breakfast, lunch, High tea, Dinner only. All amounts indicated above are including GST.The registration fee does not include accommodation, which will be charged separately.
Faculty and Delegates : 3500 INR
UG/PG/Research Scholar Students : 2000
Rural Individual : No Charges
School Students : 500
Payment Procedure
Please pay the registration fee through the link below. The procedure is as follows:
1. Go to Payment link option in the facilities menu.
3. Select “Nature of Events”: conference.
4. Select “Nature of Payment”: Registration Fee.
5. Please fill “Rural Innovators Conclave II″ for the title of the event.
How to Register:
Kindly Fill up The Google Form For Registration: Registration Form
Take a screenshot or download the transaction receipt to upload in the registration form.
Abstract Submission
1. Abstracts should only be submitted online via submit
2. All submitted abstracts will undergo peer review. The abstract should clearly indicate the aims and conclusions of the work to be described in the final paper.
3. Abstract text length should not be less than 250 words and not be longer than 1000 words.
Seeds for Tomorrow
• Young generation can be a valuable part of this conclave by bringing fresh ideas and learning from experts.
• CRDT is inviting the students from various schools to become a part of this conclave, by submitting their innovative ideas for rural development.
• Students or schools can submit their ideas with the heading Seeds For Tomorrow.
• Entries can include a short video, presentation or one page write describing the innovative idea.
• Each team or entry should consist of a teacher who will accompany the students to the conclave. Please include the name, Mobile number and email Id of the teacher for further communications.
Accommodation
Rural Innovators Conclave II is going to take place at IIT Indore from March 21 – 22, 2025. The conclave is being held in physical mode and active participation from various sectors across the country is anticipated. To cater to the need for accommodation of the participants, the following facilities are arranged:
(1) Institute accommodation:
A limited number of institute accommodations will be available for the participants. The preference will be given to the participants traveling alone and having Abstracts accepted in Rural Innovators Conclave II 2025.(2) Outside accommodation:
Details to be updated soon.Further details on accommodation will be updated soon on the conclave website.
How to reach
Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport | Indore Railway Station |
1) Book a taxi/cab/auto to reach IIT Indore directly. This will cost around a maximum of RS. 1000. Distance: Approximately 35.3 kms. Time: 90 mins approx. | 1) Book a taxi/cab/auto to reach IIT Indore directly. This will cost around a maximum of RS. 800. Distance: Approximately 25 kms. Time: 75 mins approx. |
2) (a)Take a taxi/cab/auto to Bhawarkua (also called as Tantya Bheel Chauraha). This will cost around a maximum of Rs. 250. Time: 30 mins approx. | 2) (a)Take a taxi/cab/auto to Bhawarkua (also called as Tantya Bheel Chauraha). This will cost around a maximum of Rs. 100. Time: 15 mins approx. |
OR | OR |
(b) Take a city bus (M-24B,C-3, 7 etc.) to reach Bhawarkua. This will cost around Rs. 20-23 (approx.) Please contact locals for bus related information. Time: 30 mins approx. Bus frequenecy: Per 30 mins Take the M19 city bus from Bhawarkua to Gate no. 1, IIT Indore Simrol. This will cost around Rs. 20-23 (approx.). Time: 30 mins approx. Bus frequenecy: Per 30 mins. You can track the bus through the CHALO app. | (b) Take a city bus (M-24B,C-3, 7 etc.) to reach Bhawarkua. This will cost around Rs. 20-23 (approx.) Please contact locals for bus related information. Time: 30 mins approx. Bus frequenecy: Per 30 mins Take the M19 city bus from Bhawarkua to Gate no. 1, IIT Indore Simrol. This will cost around Rs. 20-23 (approx.). Time: 30 mins approx. Bus frequenecy: Per 30 mins. You can track the bus through the CHALO app. |
Contact
FOR DETAILS, PLEASE CONTACT:
Dr. Harsha Upadhyay 9893032685, Mr. Sanchit Gupta 8953623695, Mr. Niladri Sekhar Roy 9382121965
Ms. Astha Sharma 9826509289, Mr. Saurabh Yadav 9992799423
Email: crdt-office@iiti.ac.in, rural-innovator-conclave@iiti.ac.in Phone: 91-731-6603203