Around 60,000 student innovators from 25 Indian states battled it out for the top three spots in the India-leg of the 12th annual Microsoft Imagine Cup 2014. Represented by Shanu, Ajay Kumar Saini, Shubham Goel, Roshit Gopinath, Team Dexters won the Innovation category. For the gaming category, Team Seven Summits represented by Asar Dhandala, and Prithvi Raj Pawar emerged winners and Divyani Dubey, Garima Purohit, Jai Sharma, Jitendra Khasdevunder from Team Untraceable 0208 won the World Citizenship category. The winners were announced by Microsoft India at the end of the India finals held recently in Noida. One of these teams will now represent India in the worldwide finals in July in Seattle and compete for a USD 50,000 prize.
Often referred to as the Olympics of Technology, Microsoft Imagine Cup is a platform for young entrepreneurs, developers and innovators to showcase their technology-based new business ideas, create products, put together business plans and even take their products to market, often catapulting them to global fame and fortune.