Hunt For India’s Best Academic Project - College Fest/Events -India

CrazyEngineers Presents
Hunt For India’s Best Academic Project

About The Contest

CrazyEngineers is on a mission to hunt for the best academic project being worked on by engineering students all across India. The top projects will be rewarded and recognized on our international platform that reaches to over 180 countries across the world.

All the participants need to do is fill up a form to describe the project they are working on. No extra efforts are required to participate! There is NO ENTRY FEE to participate in the competition.

Eligibility Criteria

All engineering students currently in THIRD or FINAL year of four-year engineering course (B.E / B.Tech) are eligible.
You may participate as an individual or as a group.
Every participant or group member must be a registered member of CrazyEngineers (registration is absolutely free).

How To Participate

Participants must choose any ONE of the following categories while submitting their project. These categories are independent of the engineering branches of the participants. For example, mechanical engineering students can choose to nominate their project in Robotics / RC / Automation if this category is more relevant for their project.

CS / IT / Networking
Electrical / Electronics / Communication
Mechanical / Automobile / Aeronautical
Civil / Structural
Robotics / RC / Automation
Chemical / Metallurgy

Rules Of The Contest and Responsibilities Of The Participants:

The project must be submitted by the project owner (for individual entries) or by the group-lead (for team entries), who will be our primary point of contact.
Every individual or group can submit only ONE project for the competition.
All team members of group must belong to the same college.
It’s the responsibility of the contestants to ensure that their project does not breach any intellectual property (IP) rights.
The decision and opinion of the organizers will be final in case of any dispute and all participants must strictly adhere to the rules & regulations of the contest.
Participants must check this dedicated contest page to keep up to date with announcements and notices.

Important Stages, Evaluation Criteria and Dates
The entire contest will be organized into two major rounds. A third round of elimination will be introduced if necessary.

Stage I: Submission Of Project Summary
Dates: From January 12, 2015 Till 28 February March 10, 2015 (Extended) (11:59 PM, IST)

Each participant (individual OR group representative) will have to fill a simple form.

Evaluation Criteria For Stage I: Overall concept, innovation, originality of idea, impact of the project in the relevant domain etc.
Declaration Of Short-Listed Projects: By March 10 March 15 , 2015 (Extended)

Stage II: Video Presentation Round
Dates: From March 10 March 15 Till April 15, 2015 (11:59 PM, IST)
Declaration Of Winners: April 30, 2015
Evaluation Criteria: Clarity of concept, presentation, research done on project and relevant use of tools and technologies, accomplishments of the team etc.

Prizes: To Be given To Individual Or Group entry

Overall Winner Among All Categories: Rs. 21,000 cash prize.
Category Winners (from remaining categories): Rs. 10,000 cash prize.
'Certificate of Appreciation' to every participant (individual or every member of the participating group) who completes Stage II.

Note: The prize money will be transferred to the bank account of the individual applicant or group representative. The team members must coordinate with group representative for the distribution of prize money.

Terms:

CrazyEngineers will communicate directly with participant: individual or the group-representative in case of group entries.
CrazyEngineers is not responsible for disputes among team members about entries.
CrazyEngineers officials reserve the right to disqualify any project without providing reasons.
The terms and conditions will be updated if required through updates here. It's advised that all the participants must regularly check this page for updates.

Questions, Clarifications, Doubts?

Your questions or doubts about the contest can be asked on the following QnA discussion:

Hunt For India's Best Projects Contest Questions and Answers (for quicker responses)
OR
You can email your questions to contest@crazyengineers.com.

Please keep visiting this page for contest related updates and announcements.
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