The National Convention- Research and Innovation in Science and Engineering 2019 (NC-RISE) concluded at UPES. The objective of the event was to boost the innovative talents of the engineering students across the country by displaying their research acumen and technical prowess for solving real-life problems.
Sharing the details, UPES professor and event chairperson Shailey Singhal said that the event garnered thought provoking ideas of young innovators with IT, mechanical and electronics specialisations. A total of 47 teams from reputed colleges and universities from Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Mizoram, Punjab, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand participated in the event. The panel of judges selected Project ‘IRIS’ of UPES for the first prize followed by Project ‘Global Intuitive Crash Avoidance System’ of Manav Rachna International Institute Of Research and Studies, New Delhi bagging the second position and Project ‘Solar Assisted Cloud Enabled Intelligent Mini Refrigerator’ of UPES claiming the third position. The consolation prizes went to NIT, Sikkim; Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, New Delhi; Amrapali Group of Institute, Haldwani; Tagore Engineering College, Chennai; NIT Mizoram and Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical Universty, Muzaffarnagar.