INSPIRE Awards - MANAK

10th National Level Exhibition and Project Competition (NLEPC)

9th - 11th October 2023

Dr. Kaustubh Kumar Shukla, Assistant Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering of Dronacharya Group of Institutions, Greater Noida has been invited to serve as a Jury Member at the 10^th National Level Exhibition and Project Competition (NLEPC) of INSPIRE Awards-MANAK which was held from 9^th - 11^th October, 2023 at Main Arena Gymnastic, Indira Gandhi Sports (IGS) Complex, New Delhi.

NLEPC was organized by National Innovation Foundation (NIF) – India which is an autonomous body of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. The initiative strengthened the grassroots technological innovations and outstanding traditional knowledge.

Over 450 projects were shortlisted from the state-level exhibitions and were showcased in the NLEPC.

The projects were reviewed based on the criteria of inherent novelty, social applicability, environment friendliness, user friendliness and comparative advantage over the existing similar technologies. Dr. Shukla critically reviewed the projects and shared valuable inputs with the contestants.

At last top 60 members were awarded by Shri Jitendra Singh Ji, Hon’ble Minister, Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Govt. of India at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.