Spark-up Idea Fund program is a unique opportunity for students to submit their innovative Idea/Project & have an opportunity to receive support and funding of up-to INR 50,000. Any student or team from any discipline and college can apply for the fund. To meet the qualifying criteria the idea must be implementable, commercially viable and new or one giving a better alternative to an existing product or service. The idea must be backed by a committed individual or team who can take the idea from one stage to the next.
Students are expected to fill a simple application form describing the idea, giving reasons on why the idea should be selected. Provide references from Faculty/Guide who would vouch for the students or the team and details of the amount of fund required at various stages.
| Title | Round | Round | Round | Round |
| Application Submission Deadline | March 31, 2018 | June 30, 2018 | Sept 30, 2018 | Dec 31, 2018 |
| Screening, Evaluation and Interviews | Apr 01- May 15, 2018 | July 01- Aug 15, 2018 | Oct 01- Nov 15, 2018 | Jan 01- Feb 15, 2019 |
Qualification Criteria:
- Technovative and/or appeal to a Mass market
- Implementable
- Commercially Viable
- Entirely New, Better Alternative and/or Affordable
- Committed Individual/Team
Proposal Inclusions:
- IDEA Description
- Why this Team & What's Next?
- Why Worthy of Consideration?
- Who will Vouch for you?
- Disbursement Schedule
Terms and Conditions:
- IPR belongs to the individual/team
- The Centre has the rights to publicize the winner and the idea
- Onus on team/individual for how much money for Disbursement Schedule
- Proof of Concept in 90 days
- One Faculty member for mentoring and hand-holding.
- Regular Reporting and face-to-face meeting occasionally
- Orientation, Mid-review and Final presentation at every stage
Send your filled applications (soft copy) at Anupama.rathore@icreate.org.in
Supported Projects
Amit Patel, Vikas Vasani and Urmit Hirapara
Institute of Technology, Nirma University and UV Patel College of Engineering, Ganpat University
Secured, intelligent and hybrid automatic energy meter reading system using RF and GPRS System.
Project Mentor
Prof. Nagendra Gajjar
Nirma University
Project Mentor
Prof. Rahul Dubey
DA-IICT
Udit Sheth and Saumik Trivedi
DAIICT
Play Kit: kit designed for kids (age 9-15) to help them explore, experiment and express themselves. The kit consists of sensors, actuators, communication modules, etc. and an intuitive graphical software interface that helps build projects.
Dhruvi Jariwala
Institute of Management, Nirma University
Art and health for nails: A self-formulated strip of nail polish which gives instant nail art as well as prevents nails from breaking and chipping, nails gain their natural shine and also prevents nail infections.
Project Mentor
Prof. Satish Nair
Institute of Management, Nirma University
Project Mentor
Prof. Parth Dave
DDIT, Nadiad
Hiren Mayani and Jay Turakhia
DDIT, Nadiad
Smart Web Loader: a portal where website developers can upload their site content code and get a new code back which will load contents of the website to a user as per internet connection speed of the user
Nirav Devpura,Aenik Shah, Arvind Choudhary, Shantanu Jain and Vidya Shankar M
DAIICT
MerryTrips: providing comfort of car to everyone at economical rates by car-pooling.
Project Mentor
Prof. Anil Roy
DA-IICT
Project Mentor
Prof. Karthikeyan A. K
VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu
Satwik Mishra, Harsh Vardhan, Arvind Kumar Jain ,Saba Chowdhary and Tanmay Singh
VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu
Online energy management and conservation solutions
Harsh Prajapati, Devshri Shah, Darshini Sanghvi, Anushri Tiwari And Yash Shah
CEPT University
Intelites - INTElligent headLIGHTS. This mechanism gives 6 degrees of freedom to headlamps so as to provide better vision on roads and hilly terrains. Panning and tilting, focusing and de-focusing depending upon the requirement. All this happening involuntarily and automatically so that the driver does not have to put in a conscious effort.
Project Mentor
Mr. Henry Skupniewicz
Project Mentor
Prof. Abhinay Pandya
LDRP ITR, Gandhinagar
Shivangi Singh and Roshan Patel
LDRP ITR, Gandhinagar
A portable interface with computers for the visually impaired. A system based on automated speech generation that will follow the principles of human computer interactions to improve the blind man's interface with a computer as well as social networking websites.
Abhishek Jain
Institute of Technology, Nirma University
Portable Food Kiosk
Project Mentor
Prof. Anurag Kandya
Institute of Technology, Nirma University
Project Mentor
Tigmanshu Patel
DDIT, Nadiad
Pranav Detharia AND Ketan Bhadresvara
DDIT, Nadiad
Automatic Room Control System using Internet of Things
Jash Parmar
Indus Institute of Technology
Z 40's power production through temperature difference
Project Mentor
Prof. V. K. Manglik
Indus Institute of Technology
Project Mentor
Prof. Anil Kumar Tiwari
IIT Jodhpur
Akshat Shah AND Shrish Bhatnagar
IIT Jodhpur
A machine that will make use of Digital image processing, Pattern classification and Robotics for sorting of postal letters and envelopes based on Postal Index Code (PIN Code).
Lipi Vora and Ayushi Joshipura
Institute of Technology, Nirma University
A cost-effective safety solution for drowsy drivers.
Project Mentor
Prof. Ruchi Gujjar
Institute of Technology, Nirma University
Vishakha Joshi
Institute of Technology, Nirma University
E-VOTING - voting via internet or electronic distance voting.
Shubhanshu Gupta, Vaibhavi Desai and Shubham Patel
DA-IICT
The College Store- a non-conventional eCommerce platform for used & new books for college students.
Project Mentor
Prof. Alka Parekh
DA-IICT
Project Mentor
Prof. Anirudha Joshi
IIT Bombay
Akshay kore and Amit Nambiar
IIT Bombay
Flat Pack Furniture products
Chaitanya Patel
Dharmsinh Desai Institute of Technology, Nadiad
Smart Headphone modifying present headphone to attenuated the present sound coming from them or stops it or pause it for the time the external volume appears.
Project Mentor
Prof. Vasim Vohra
Dharmsinh Desai Institute of Technology, Nadiad
Project Mentor
Prof. E. P. Rao
IIT Bombay
Divyansh Chug and Ravi Kiran
IIT Bombay
Designing HD projectors that are cheap, heat-free, noise-free, robust and 'plug & play' (efficient and enabled with USB, Memory stick, AV output).
Damini Agarwal and Ritesh Kumar
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore
Project - Affordable, Portable Multimodality System to Measure Heart Rate, Blood Oxygenation and ECG Using Machine Learning, is aimed at increasing affordability and accessibility of rural healthcare.
Project Mentor
Prof. Deepa Madathil
Sr. Assistant Professor, Biomedical Division, School of Bio Sciences and Technology, VIT University