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IIT Roorkee’s Samadhan
The entrepreneurship development cell of NT Roorkee, last week, organised a social entrepreneurship contest called ” Samadhan’, to bring the best brains of the country to solve social problems. Samadhan’ held for the first time, invited original, feasible technical or managerial solutions. The initial online submissions were thoroughly reviewed by professors.
The 50 entries from across India, shortlisted for the preliminary round addressed issues such as water shortage, protection of women, eco tourism, education and electricity .Sanjay Bapat of the indianngos.com, said: “The large participation is an indication of the awakening among the youth and their desire to make a change. We want to tap it through such events.” The prize money of Rs 20,000 was sponsored by indianngos.com The other organisations involved were ASHA, REACHA, Adharshila Charitable Trust, entre for Civil Society, Braj Foundation, Prayas, Pratham d Gujarat Ambuja Foundation