Yesterday in NITI Aayog premises, ‘Next Generation Water Action (NGWA) Global Multi-hub Pre-event’ was held, followed by the virtual NGWA Global Multi-hub finals.
Amongst the five Indian student teams that participated, two teams won the following awards-
1. IWA world water Congress Scholarship- Team Hydrogravitricity
2. Acceleration Scholarship Award of 1000 Euros – Team BARCO
The Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog was the challenge partner from India. The event happened simultaneously in 5 countries – Mexico, India, South Korea, Kenya and Denmark. In order to select the students for the NGWA finals, Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog had launched the AIM-ICDK 2.0 Water Innovation Challenge in partnership with Innovation Center Denmark (ICDK), Embassy of Denmark and Denmark Technical University (DTU). This event is a part of the greater Indo-Danish Bilateral Green strategic partnership.
Doubling down on the efforts to scale up innovations in the water sector, the AIM-ICDK 2.0 water innovation challenge was rolled out under the year-old ambitious partnership of AIM, NITI Aayog and Innovation Center Denmark (ICDK) under the aegis of Embassy of Denmark.
The initiative aims to identify innovative & next-gen solutions to solve proposed challenges in collaboration with corporate and public partners. The initiative will engage young talents from leading universities and innovation hubs across the nation to build their skills and apply their technical disciplines and innovation capacity to come up with technology-driven innovative solutions for management of water related challenges, not only for India but for the world.
The winners of the challenges will also represent India at the International Water Congress 2022. Denmark Embassy in India, and the Denmark Technical University (DTU) to prepare the Indian participants for the Global Next Generation Water Action (NGWA) program hosted by DTU. The winners of the challenges participated in the challenges as Indian participation for the global Next Generation Water Action program and engaged with young talents from leading universities and innovation hubs.
Talking at the event, His Excellency, Deputy Ambassador of Denmark to India, Mr. Martin Strandgaard, said “The collaboration between AIM and ICDK at Embassy of Denmark shows the strong relationship between Denmark and India. It shows how our Green Strategic Partnership is used to solve some of today’s most pressing matters. Such as access to water resources in India. I am also very happy that this relationship gives us a chance to work with the youth of India. Your engagement in solving some of the world’s most critical issues, shows your commitment to making the world a better and more sustainable place. This event may be focused on problems in India, but if we can solve environmental problems in this huge and diverse country, then we can solve them everywhere.
Avinash Mishra, Adviser (Water Resources & Land Resources), NITI Aayog’s said-“As we all may agree, challenges in the water sector are translated into challenges in many other sectors. Going forward, these challenges will become more complex due to rapid urbanization, population growth, and climate change impacts. The Atal Innovation Mission – Innovation Centre Denmark (AIM-ICDK) Water Innovation Challenge becomes relevant in this context”
Speaking at the event, Dr Chintan Vaishnav, Mission Director, Atal Innovation Mission said- “AIM-ICDK Water Innovation Challenge is a flagship initiative between India and Denmark. It is heartening to witness the Young entrepreneurs across the world pitching their ideas on international forum like this, on a topic which is essentially a part of our lives i.e. Water. Creating innovations in the water area is not a luxury and but it is the need of the hour, and I am glad that these young students have taken up this responsibility.”
Notes to the Editor:
Atal Innovation Mission
Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) is Government of India’s flagship initiative to create and promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship across the length and breadth of our country. AIM’s objective is to develop new programmes and policies for fostering innovation in different sectors of the economy, provide platforms and collaboration opportunities for different stakeholders, and create an umbrella structure to oversee the innovation & entrepreneurship ecosystem of the country.
Know more: https://aim.gov.in/
Innovation Centre Denmark (ICDK)
Innovation Centre Denmark (ICDK) in India is a partnership between the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Trade Council, and the Danish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Higher Education. The focus areas for the Innovation Centres are Clean-tech, ICT, and Life Sciences.
ICDK offers several services for startups including partner search, market research and network opportunities.
Know more: https://icdk.dk/about-us
The international Water Association (IWA)
The International Water Association is an open, yet ordered platform in which both innovators and adopters of new technologies and approaches can generate creative friction. It is a place for diffusion, benchmarking and evidence. IWA members are situated in 140 countries worldwide, forming the largest international network of water professionals working towards a water wise world.
Know more: https://iwa-network.org/about-us/
DTU Skylab
DTU Skylab is DTU’s (Technical University of Denmark) living lab for innovation and entrepreneurship. They match state of the art technology and science with an ambitious and open community, where students, researchers and corporate partners meet to exchange knowledge and develop visionary solutions for real world challenges.
DTU Skylab is located at the main DTU Campus in Lyngby and is housed in a facility of 5500 square meters, complete with labs, workshops, auditoriums, open spaces and project rooms.
Four Delaware high school seniors recognized for their accomplishments will share $24,000 in scholarships funded by Delaware-based philanthropy, I Could Do Great Things Foundation
WILMINGTON, Del. – April 28, 2022 – PRLog — The I Could Do Great Things Foundation, founded in 2009 by Stuart M. Grant and Suzanne B. Grant, is pleased to announce the 2022 winners of the 7th annual Beau Biden Memorial Scholarship. The 2022 Scholarship recipients are an impressive duo of Delaware high school seniors – Marissa Washburn of Greenville and Marina Santini of Georgetown.
The recipients are each receiving a Scholarship Award of $10,000 and are slated to attend their prospective colleges in the Fall. Ms. Washburn, a senior at Tower High School will be attending American University, and Ms. Santini is to attend the University of Delaware after graduating from Cape Henlopen High School this June. This year we are also pleased to recognize two finalists who are each receiving $2,000 awards. Madison Laster, a 2022 senior at Appoquinimink High School, and Brynn McCabe an Indian River High School senior—both of whom will formally select their prospective colleges in the coming weeks.
The scholarship was established by the I Could Do Great Things Foundation, an independent Delaware-based philanthropy organization, and is named in honor of former Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, who passed away in 2015 at age 46. It honors college-bound high school seniors “who embody the virtues of Beau Biden, those qualities of leadership, community, civility, respect, and who demonstrate a strong moral compass.” The Scholarship selection team reviewed applications from numerous high school seniors before naming this year’s winners. The selection committee commented, “The recipients of this year’s Beau Biden Memorial Scholarships, Marissa and Marina, embody Beau Biden’s legacy of community service, benevolence, and good will. We have great faith that both will continue on to do great things for their communities.”
As busy graduating seniors who are still navigating the COVID-19 era educational system, the selection committee was truly impressed by the sustained efforts of the winners’ community contributions. In the true spirit of Beau Biden, both young women have exemplified leadership and charitable qualities. As a High School Freshman, Ms. Washburn created a fund to solicit donations for local children in the foster welfare system to enrich their lives Ms. Santini, an active and disciplined JROTC Battalion Commander, has served her local community through countless community service events by way of her JROTC and Honors Society programs.
More on the 2022 Beau Biden Memorial Scholarship recipients:
Marissa Washburn – Beau Biden Memorial Scholarship Recipient
Marissa Washburn, Greenville, Del., is a senior at Tower Hill High School slated to graduate in June of this year. An inspiring young woman and former foster child herself, Marissa is passionate about aiding vulnerable children in the foster welfare system. In order to best provide for these children in need, Marissa created the Children’s Enrichment initiative, a fund designed to afford children in foster care the ability to participate in extracurricular activities such as sports, music, and camps. To date, the initiative has raised
over $22,000 and has helped local children in foster care attend a STEM summer camp, purchase instruments, and has provided computers for children to have virtual access to therapists and tutors during COVID.
Marina Santini – Beau Biden Memorial Scholarship Recipient
Disciplined and hardworking JROTC Battalion Commander Marina Santini has always found the qualities of respect, civility, and leadership that make her a logical Beau Biden Memorial Scholarship recipient. The child of career military parents, Marina has always seen the importance of hard work, respect, and good leadership. An active participant in Cape Henlopen High School’s JROTC program since her freshman year, Marissa has served her community through a variety of service events including the NDSS Buddy Walk, The Harry K Nonprofit Group to End Child Hunger’s charity ball, and local initiatives such as the Give and Gather for Gavin group. In Marina’s own words, “I work hard to serve my community with the sole purpose of giving back and helping those in need”.
More details about the Beau Biden Memorial Scholarship are available on the Foundation’s site at https://icoulddogreatthings.org.
Contact I Could Do Great Things Foundation; Allison Holland ***@benchwalk.com
The 8th Annual Women’s Voices Now Film Festival is in the books and the winning films have been selected by their jury:
Leslie J. Sacks Best Documentary Feature – Indebted to All Women (Directors María Lobo & Roi Guitián, Spain/El Salvador) Best Documentary Short -Since you arrived, my heart stopped belonging to me (Director Erin Semine Kökdil, US) Lantos Foundation Best Human Rights Documentary – This Stained Dawn (Director Anam Abbas, Canada/Pakistan) Best Creative Documentary – The Perfect Picture (Director Hala El Kouch, Lebanon) Best First Time Filmmaker – Boucle en Onde (Director Elsa Cantelli, Italy/Burkina Faso) Best Youth Documentary Short – La Coiffeuse/The Hairdresser (Director Lorraine Price, (Canada)
Honorable Mentions: Leslie J Sacks Grand Prize – Best Feature Documentary Film – Belly of the Beast (Director Erika Cohn, USA) Best First Time Filmmaker – Grounded (Director Annie Leclair, Canada) Best Creative Documentary – The Art of Living In Danger (Director Mina Keshavarz, Islamic Republic of Iran)
“These brave documentary films remind us how the personal is political and vice versa. When we are willing to share the intimate details of the struggles and triumphs we traverse, we empower others to do the same – making the impossible suddenly seem possible. The awarded filmmakers deserve the highest recognition. They carry out their craft with the utmost courage and commitment to portraying the greatness of women seeking justice for themselves and those around them,” Heidi Basch-Harod, Executive Director of Women’s Voices Now.
The festival promotes emerging women filmmakers creating social-change films that advocate for girls’ and women’s rights around the world, awarding a total of $10,000 USD in cash prizes to winning filmmakers. Sponsors included Sony Pictures Entertainment, Filmocracy, the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice, and OUT.LI.ER.
2022 Jury: Şirin Fulya Erensoy, Dr. Valentina Vitali, Poulomi Pal, Patricia Nogueira, Amarjit (Amar) Dass, Rita Capucho, Hillary P. Thilavong, Estrella Barcenas, Alona Shylova.
Award presenters included: Academy Award Winner, Rayka Zehtabchi (Period. End of Sentence.); Katrina Lantos-Swett, President of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice; Georgii Speakman, Founder of Out.li.er; Tali Bielski, Women’s Voices Now Board Member; and Brooke Sebold, award-winning filmmaker (Framing Agnes, Sundance Film Festival).
Women’s Voices Now (WVN), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, uses film to drive positive social change that advances women’s and girls’ rights globally. We promote, produce, and share social-change films focusing on women’s and girls’ rights issues, providing active support to filmmakers who give voice to unheard women and girls, and activating civil society by moving audiences from empathy to action. We envision a global culture shift in which communities and institutions believe in the value of gender equality, and adapt their behaviors and actions to support systematic advancement of women’s and girls’ rights. WVN has held special consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) since 2017.
Women’s Voices Now Cybele Parsignault 323-854-5751 www.womensvoicesnow.org
After much deliberation, IoT Innovator’s editorial board is pleased to announce the winners of its 2021 IoT Innovator Awards, which shine a spotlight on the best businesses, projects, products that feed and grow this year’s Internet of Things landscape.
“Every year, our judging panel finds it increasingly difficult to pare down the list of applicants and this year is no exception. Our 2021 finalists and winners have significantly raised the bar when it comes to connecting billions of devices in a truly transformative way,” said Kim Kay, editor-in-chief of IoT Innovator.
“We applaud this year’s winners, who are doing so much more than just connecting things; they’re effectively enabling users to make considered, data-driven decisions about the valuable resources we share across communities.”
The Winners
IoT Hardware – Commercial and Industrial
Gold IPVideo Corporation
Silver Verdigris Technologies, Inc.
Bronze Atomation
IoT Hardware – Security – North America
Gold Sony Semiconductor Israel
Silver Palo Alto Networks
Bronze IPVideo Corporation
IoT Hardware – Security – Europe
Gold Ledger
Silver Digiflak
Bronze Sony Semiconductor Israel
IoT Hardware – Security – APAC
Gold Penta Security
Silver Sony Semiconductor Israel
Bronze Thales
IoT Software – Commercial and Industrial – North America
Gold Particle
Silver Gurtam
Bronze Hologram
IoT Software – Commercial and Industrial – Europe
Gold Gurtam
Silver Nokia
Bronze Hologram
IoT Software – Commercial and Industrial – APAC
Gold Blue Yonder
Silver Hitachi Vantara
Bronze Hologram
IoT Software – Commercial and Industrial – Latin America
Gold Siemens
Silver AgroMatch
Bronze Gurtam
IoT Software – Security
Gold Armis
Silver Loch Technologies, Inc.
Bronze Fortinet
IoT Software – Autonomous Buildings
Gold Vigilent
Silver IPVideo Corporation
Bronze Johnson Controls
IoT Cloud Platform – Commercial and Industrial – North America
Gold Microsoft Azure
Silver AWS
Bronze Gurtam
IoT Cloud Platform – Commercial and Industrial – Europe
Gold Gurtam
Silver Akenza
Bronz Datacake
IoT Cloud Platform – Commercial and Industrial – Latin America
Gold IBM Watson
Silver Nutanix
Bronze Gurtam
IoT Network Solution – Commercial and Industrial – North America
Gold Telit
Silver BehrTech
Bronze Hologram
IoT Network Solution – Commercial and Industrial – Europe
Gold Akamai
Silver Sigfox
Bronze Hologram
IoT Network Solution – Commercial and Industrial – APAC
Gold Huawei
Silver Fujitsu
Bronze ZTE
IoT Network Solution – Commercial and Industrial – Latin America
Gold Advantag
Silver Hologram
Bronze Telefonica
Marketing Project of the Year
Gold 5G RuralFirst
Silver LOCH Technologies, Inc.
Bronze Fitbit
For more information, including how to enter next year’s awards, visit IoT Innovator’s Awards (http://iotinnovator.com/awards/) page.
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IoT Innovator, founded more than five years ago, is dedicated to the Internet of Things market, providing readers with the most recent, meaningful and timely news about the next — and perhaps biggest – revolution of Information Technology.
IoT Innovator will incorporate practitioner, industry and vendor news and blogs on its website along with threat alerts, reviews, job boards and events. Pertinent trends, product updates, and vendor moves will also feature prominently on the site.
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Kiana Aran, an Associate Professor of Medical Diagnostics and Therapeutics at Keck Graduate Institute and The Parent in Science Movement, focused on raising awareness on the barriers faced by academic parents, are the recipients of this years Inspiring Women in Science Awards. The awards, organised by Nature Research Awards in partnership with The Estée Lauder Companies, seek to inspire girls and women* around the world to engage with STEM subjects, challenge academic barriers and succeed in scientific careers. The winners were announced at a virtual ceremony on 28 October.
The Scientific Achievement Award, awarded in recognition of early-career women researchers and awarded for exceptional demonstrable contribution to scientific discovery was won by Kiana Aran, a biomedical entrepreneur and researcher, who focuses on designing novel biosensing platforms, and using 2D nanomaterials for early disease diagnosis.
The winner of this years Science Outreach Award – presented for initiatives that support girls or young women to engage with or study STEM subjects, or increase the retention of women in STEM careers – is The Parent in Science Movement who generate primary data on the barriers faced by academic parents and the impact of motherhood in the scientists careers. The movement has been promoting affirmative actions and inclusive public policies to ensure womens access, permanence and progression in STEM.
Mina Razzak, Editorial Director, Nature Reviews said:
It sadly remains the case that women are often unappreciated for their contributions to science, so we are delighted to have the opportunity to be able to celebrate the trailblazers who are not only making a tangible difference in STEM across the world, but are also doing so much to demonstrate the importance of having diverse voices in science.
Kiana and The Parent in Science Movement are a credit to the strength and future of women in STEM. Kiana is a passionate mentor who has led by example through her work advancing discovery by making the most of transdisciplinary collaboration and breaking down silos between industry and academia. The Parent in Science Movement offered a unique perspective on addressing the pipeline of women in STEM and the barriers women in science face. Their methodological approach and engagement with local communities and political powers has brought about meaningful change in their home country of Brazil, and they are looking to further that work in neighbouring countries.
On behalf of the Nature portfolio of journals, I congratulate them on their achievements and their commitment to opening up science to those from more diverse backgrounds, challenging barriers and inspiring others to follow in their footsteps by forging successful careers in STEM.
Lisa Napolione, Senior Vice President, Global Research & Development at The Estée Lauder Companies added:
This years shortlist for the Nature Research Awards for Inspiring Women in Science was our most impressive yet. These researchers and advocates are truly pushing the boundaries of what science gets done, and who is doing that science. I am so proud of this years winners. Kiana Arans work in early disease detection has promise to meaningfully improve the lives of so many people, and The Parent in Science Movement, with their advocacy in changing policy, are making amazing strides in supporting women in STEM throughout their careers. On behalf of the Estée Lauder Companies, I want to congratulate each of our winners on their amazing accomplishment.
The award winners each receive prize money of US$40,000 to spend on initiatives relating to their work, mentoring through The Estée Lauder Companies and other publicity opportunities.
Winners were selected by a judging panel consisting of editors from Nature Portfolio, academic scientists, external experts working in organisations supporting access to science for women, and our corporate partner, The Estée Lauder Companies.
Springer Nature is committed to driving and championing diversity, equity and inclusion in the communities it serves, through its networks, brands, partnership and suite of awards. This partnership with The Estée Lauder Companies is a key reflection of the shared goal to help drive cultural change, by providing platforms and networks to help empower, inspire and share knowledge, and addressing the barriers that the research community faces. More information on the companys wider commitment can be found here.
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*We use an inclusive definition of woman and women. We welcome those that self-identify as women, trans women, genderqueer and non-binary people.
STEM includes natural sciences, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine.
Profiles of the winners have been published on the Nature Research Awards website.
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