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Telangana School Innovation Challenge

held on 4th April 2022

he government of Telangana
in collaboration with UNICEF
Tand Inqui-lab Foundation, has
launched a Design Thinking & Inno-
vation Challenge, one-of-a-kind pro-
grammein the country for the first
time with an aim to be a pioneer in
promoting 21stcentury skills & de-
sign thinking in teachers and stu-
dents. The purpose of the Innovation
Challenge is to empower most disad-
vantaged young students to identify
the challenges in their communities
and create entrepreneurial solutions
to address them. Under this presti-
gious student-driven programme, the
State Government envisages Telan-
gana State becoming the Innovation
and Knowledge Capital.
Objectives:
l To provide an opportunity for school
children in Telangana to
i) Identify problems affecting them
ii) Find the root cause of the problem
iii) Develop Innovative solutions number of teachers involved in as- teacher right away to share his con-
l To Introduce principles of UPSHIFT sisting students is 7003. cept of creating a Heat Maize using
approaches to the teachers and stu- The Telangana School Innovation energy.
dents across the state. Challenge 2022 took place on 4 April V Venugopal, School Assistant,
l Provide interface and promote col- 2022 and the enthusiastic students Physical Science, served as his guide
laboration between the government, showcased their exhibits to hon- teacher, while his peers B Vinay Ku-
schools, and the industry. ourable public representatives, mar, B Abhilash, and M Laxman sup-
teachers, students, and other visitors. ported him in the design phase. The
This Innovation Challenge is de- The event was graced by the Hon- teamwork was outstanding, and they
signed using a globally tested UP- ourable Minister of Education, Smt. placed fourth in the Telangana
SHIFT approach which is anchored Sabitha Indra Reddy, KT Rama Rao, School Innovation Challenge 2022.
in human-centred design, putting Minister of IT, Municipal and Pan-
young people at the centre of the chayat Raj, Sri. M. Murali Krishna, TSMS Nellikudur, Nellikudur
process. This process will engage Child Protection Officer, UNICEF, Mandal, Mahabubabad district
young people as co-creators of solu- and the Chief Innovation Officer of
tions, rather than just as beneficiar- Telangana, Smt. Shanta Thoutam. A Keerthana, a class 6 student, de-
ies. Given below are the top signed the Multi-Purpose Portable
In this challenge, the children will Room with the assistance of the guide Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad
be trained through an Interactive fiveinnovative student initiatives: teacher and a class 10 student
platform containing 4 levels of the ZPHS Velganoor, Dandepally Ruthika. She wrapped a long cloth N Patnaik, D Mishra, S Bilolikar,
UPSHIFT approach- Understand, around an umbrella that transforms and G Sanvi Sree, class 8 students, de-
Design, Build & Test, and Making it Mandal, Mancherial District into a room with a four-sided signed Intravenous Fluid Indicator,
Real. The Interactive platform con- T Abhilash, a class 9 student came stretched cloth when it is opened and to help the paramedic staff keep up
sists of 20 Instructional Videos and up with the idea to design Heat Maize fixed on a foldable stand. She came with the pace in replacing the fluid
12 Interactive assessments, followed after seeing her mother heating the up with this idea after spending hours bottles. The students identified the
by the submission of an Innovative maize on charcoal. He believed that brainstorming with her friends to problem during the pandemic when
Idea for ‘Telangana School Innova- the process is time-consuming and find a solution to the inconvenience the hospital staff had to monitor a
tion Challenge 2022’. Once they com- that his mother is having trouble be- women face when traveling from one larger number of patients including
plete the course and submit an idea, cause there isn't enough charcoal. He place to another. Women can use this the Covid-19 infected and those ad-
they will receive a Certificate of Com- found a solution when the physical Multi-Purpose Portable Room as a mitted for other treatments.
pletion on DESIGN THINKING FOR science teacher delivered a lecture washroom or as a restroom while The idea was timely and the need
INNOVATION. about different forms of energy. traveling. This idea was supported by of the hour. The IV Fluid Indicator
Of a total of 11,037 innovative ideas, While listening to the lesson, he came her guide teacher, K Nagarjuna, who works on the principle of Weight.
five innovative projects won prizes in to the realization that the application assisted her throughout the project. When the fluid level goes below 60ml,
the grand finale. 25,166 pupils and of electric energy and heat energy for the load cell detects weight and sends
5387 schools across the statepartici- heating the maize can replace the use AMS P Obul Reddy School, the signal to Arduino. The buzzer
pated in the Challenge. The total of charcoal. He approached the connected to the indicator rings to
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