<p>It is a well known fact that car accidents are one of the most fatal cause of deaths. To reduce such fatalities, the students of MS Ramaiah Institute Technology (MSRIT) have designed a device that uses a radar technology to detect and assess distances so as to avoid accidents due to vehicle collision. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The students have won the Texas Instruments Innovation Challenge Chairman’s award for their innovation. Former President of India, A P J Abdul Kalam, was present at the finals of the competition.<br /><br />Comprised of Anoop Kulkarni, Karthikeshwar Varma and Rakshit Ramesh the team from MSRIT were visibly overjoyed at the victory: “It feels like a dream come true to be able to demonstrate our year-long effort to an inspiring scientist like Dr Kalam, and we thank TI for giving us the platform to help us make this a reality,” they said. <br /><br />As the winners, they went home with a prize of $10,000.<br /><br />Speaking on the occasion Kalam highlighted his vision of innovation such as the one demonstrated by these students as a key to national development.<br /><br />More than 80,000 engineering students from across India have participated in this contest through over the past six years with the aim to solve real-world problems and create lasting social impact.<br /><br />A project by students of Meghnad Saha Institute of Technology, Kolkata on “Automated Irrigation System with Advanced Security” was adjudged as the first runners up winner and the team took home a cash prize of $5,000. <br /><br />Another project by Easwari Engineering College, Chennai on low-cost system for monitoring important health parameters of crop and consolidation of data was declared as the second runner up winners and the team won $ 2,000. <br /><br /></p>
<p>It is a well known fact that car accidents are one of the most fatal cause of deaths. To reduce such fatalities, the students of MS Ramaiah Institute Technology (MSRIT) have designed a device that uses a radar technology to detect and assess distances so as to avoid accidents due to vehicle collision. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The students have won the Texas Instruments Innovation Challenge Chairman’s award for their innovation. Former President of India, A P J Abdul Kalam, was present at the finals of the competition.<br /><br />Comprised of Anoop Kulkarni, Karthikeshwar Varma and Rakshit Ramesh the team from MSRIT were visibly overjoyed at the victory: “It feels like a dream come true to be able to demonstrate our year-long effort to an inspiring scientist like Dr Kalam, and we thank TI for giving us the platform to help us make this a reality,” they said. <br /><br />As the winners, they went home with a prize of $10,000.<br /><br />Speaking on the occasion Kalam highlighted his vision of innovation such as the one demonstrated by these students as a key to national development.<br /><br />More than 80,000 engineering students from across India have participated in this contest through over the past six years with the aim to solve real-world problems and create lasting social impact.<br /><br />A project by students of Meghnad Saha Institute of Technology, Kolkata on “Automated Irrigation System with Advanced Security” was adjudged as the first runners up winner and the team took home a cash prize of $5,000. <br /><br />Another project by Easwari Engineering College, Chennai on low-cost system for monitoring important health parameters of crop and consolidation of data was declared as the second runner up winners and the team won $ 2,000. <br /><br /></p>
