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Bengaluru: Infosys Foundation, the philanthropic and CSR wing of Infosys, announced the winners of the fourth edition of the Aarohan Social Innovation Awards on Friday.
Launched in 2018, the award aims to recognise individuals and groups developing breakthrough solutions for social good in Education, Healthcare, and Environmental Sustainability.
This year, the winners of the award in the field of education are Rajesh A Rao, Ravindra S Rao, and Deepa L B Rajeev from Bengaluru, who developed ‘Connecting the Dots’, an interactive learning program designed to teach STEM and spoken English to government school students from Grades six to 10.
Chitranjan Singh and Robin Singh from New Delhi received the award in the space of healthcare. They have developed ‘CLUIX C012’, a portable AI- and IoT-enabled water-quality analyser that generates real-time, GPS-tagged reports. It tests 14 key parameters to identify waterborne diseases within 30 minutes.
In the field of Environmental Sustainability, Rahul Suresh Bakare and Vinit Moreshwar Phadnis from Pune have been chosen. The duo have developed ‘Borecharger’, the world’s first robotic artificial borewell-recharge technique that can inject four to 80 lakh litres of rainwater into existing borewells annually.
The winners were chosen by a jury, from about 2,000 entries. Each winner received a cash prize of Rs 50 lakh.
Additionally, the jury recognised five social innovations and awarded their creators prize money of Rs 10 lakh each. These innovations include Sukoon, Comprehensive Wildlife Management Platform, Project Bindu, CERVICHECK, and Hexis & Iris.