Aarohan Social Innovation Awards 2023 for Innovators in India (up to INR 50 lakh)
Deadline: 12th of March, 2023
Applications for the Aarohan Social Advancement Grants 2023 are currently open. The Aarohan Social Advancement Grants tries to remunerate trailblazers creating novel innovation based answers for achieve a
massive contrast at scale.
Advancements have the ability to impact the world. All the more so when they are thought from the heart. A heart that needs to assist people with live bettering, influence social orders, and change lives. What’s more, that is the manner by which Social Advancement is conceived.
In any case, what powers such a thought? It is the need to help. Assist with tackling a genuine issue. An individual human. At the point when a thought is driven by compassion, the way-forward definitely shows up before you. Everything around you turns into an asset and anything you get your hands on turns into a resource. Furthermore, the commitment to tackle a true issue drives you to life changing thoughts and heart-contacting developments. That is the power that drives Social Advancement.
Aarohan Social Advancement Grants celebrates such developments as well as puts stock in giving wings to
your thoughts by aiding you increase and contact more lives.
Categories:
Aarohan Social Innovation Awards 2023 will recognize and reward social innovations in the following
categories:
- Healthcare: From making healthcare accessible to all strata of society, to helping better
diagnose diseases, they are looking for innovations that will help people and communities
live healthier lives. - Education: Right to education may be a fundamental right in India, but poverty denies many
the childhood they deserve. If your prototype can make a difference in the field of education
and sports, share your idea here. - Women Empowerment: From better access to products related to personal hygiene,
helping women build a fulfilling career, to ensuring their safety, they are looking for
innovations that can empower women, build pride and make them self-sufficient.
Prizes:
The Infosys Foundation will commit up to INR 50 lakh per winner, with a total prize purse of
INR 2 crore.
Eligibility:
- Open only to legal residents of India.
- Employees and directors of Infosys Limited and Infosys Foundation (“Sponsor”), the
Company hosting the Contest Platform (“Administrator”) and each of their respective parent
entities, subsidiaries and affiliated companies, owners, officers, directors, partners, agents,
representatives, employees and contractors, advertising, promotion agencies, web masters
and web suppliers (collectively “Released Parties”) and their respective dependents,
immediate family members (parent, child, sibling and spouse) and individuals residing in
their same household, are not eligible to enter or win a prize. - Immediate family members of any of the judges are also not eligible to enter or win a prize.
Judging Criteria:
The submissions will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
- Application to a social problem or need with a potential to scale
- Innovative use of technology with a focus on sustainability
- Originality of idea
- Originality of idea
- Quality of entry submission
Application:
The application deadline is March 12, 2023 at 11.59PM (IST). Late applications will be disqualified.
