During the fourth cycle of Research Initiatives for Students of Engineering (RISE) being hosted by UPES, 263 research ideas have been submitted by the undergraduate and post- graduate students in all the disciplines, including energy, electronics, electrical, mechanical, chemical, petroleum, civil, automotive and software, informed Shailey Singhal, professor, College of Engineering and the chairperson ‘RISE’. He further said eight prizes were given away, including five consolation prizes. The first prize was given to the team of Shanmathi Sridharan and Himanshi Dhawan under the mentorship of Debajyoti Bose for their project titled ‘Enhanced Activated Carbon Cathode for Double Chambered Micrbial Fuel Cell using low cost Polyvinylidene Fluoride Binder for improved System Stability and Power’, the second prize was clinched by team comprising Nishi Khetwal, Basant Singh Bhaskar and Udayveer Mittal under the mentorship of Vivek Kaundal for their project on ‘Solar assisted cloud enabled intelligent mini refrigerator’ and the third prize went to the team of K Bhavish Kumar Reddy , B Vishal Manikandan and Praveen Kumar under the mentorship of P Vijay for their project on ‘Process Design.