Smart City Living Lab Wi-SUN Challenge 2024 (Prize worth Rs.8 Lakhs)

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About Smart City Living Lab Wi-SUN Challenge 2024

Opportunity Details

  • Date Published: June 12, 2024
  • Application Deadline: July 03, 2024
  • Category: Contest Grants
  • Oppotunity Locations: India
  • Eligible Locations: India

The Smart City Living Lab Wi-SUN Challenge aims to support hardware innovators/ Start-ups/ Academic Institutions to develop workable prototypes utilizing the Wi-SUN RF mesh. This challenge is proposed to encourage students, hardware startups and MSME's to make best utilization of the Wi-SUN network. The Final winners will be awarded Prize money worth Rs.8 Lakhs. Grant Challenge thus enables young entrepreneurs to initiate technology start-up companies for commercial exploitation of technologies they developed.
The Challenge themes include:

  • Smart Energy Solutions
  • Battery powered Smart Utility (Water/Gas) solutions
  • Smart Agriculture
  • Edge Intelligence
  • Network Security
  • Long Battery Life
  • Environment and Clean Energy Solutions
  • Mobility and Transport
  • Predictive Maintenance

Benefits of Smart City Living Lab Wi-SUN Challenge 2024

  • Win Cash Prizes: Total prize pool of Rs.8 Lakhs.
  • Wi-SUN Kit: The 10 Shortlisted participants will receive a Custom Wi-SUN Kit and a cash prize of Rs.25k.
  • Webinar on June 19, 2024 about Wi-SUN technology and Smart City Challenge.
  • One-day hands-on workshop and an opportunity to do the POC in smart city living lab for the shortlisted teams.
  • Gain Recognition: Showcase your work to industry leaders.
  • Networking Opportunities: Connect with peers
  • Get an opportunity to offer solutions to India's Smart Cities Mission.

Smart City Living Lab Wi-SUN Challenge 2024 Requirements

  • Open to students / researchers / working professionals / entrepreneurs and startups who are excited to build products to solve real-world problems using Wi-SUN technologies.
  • Indian residents who are 18+ years of age.
  • Any Individual / Startup / Student with potential & innovative business ideas can apply for the program.
  • Technology-based startups for below mentioned thematic areas are eligible for the scheme:
  • loT domain
  • Smart Cities
  • Energy/Water utilities
  • Healthcare
  • Education
  • Environment and Clean energy solutions
  • Robotics
  • Communications
  • Network Security
  • Smart Agriculture
  • Edge Intelligence
  • Network Security 
  • Mobility and Transport

Application Date and Process

  • Click on the link to the application website to apply.

Application Deadline

03 July, 2024

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