Concepto 2008: Decisions/comments at meeting of judges, 14 Jan 2009

Judges consisted of: Dr AK Lele (Polymers/ Materials); Dr SS Sengupta (Chemistry); Dr MC Gadgil (Biology); Mr KD Deshpande (Electronics/Instrumentation/ Electrical); Dr V Premnath (Technology commercialization/ IP)

Results: The judges have reviewed the entries, evaluated them on the basis announced prior to the competition and have made the following recommendations:

Awards to be given out on National Science Day:

Team members / Technology / Recommendations
Neuragreen
·  Sarvesh Kumar Soni (NCL) / Affordable brain-health nutraceuticals / Proof-of-Concept Grant Recommendation Award
·  Rs 5000 cash prize
·  Certificate from NCL-RF
·  Recommendation to Director, NCL to support a brief, in-house exercise (if of interest to inventors) that:
o  Characterizes the product mix in detail and provides clear evidence of usefulness of the product mix (including possible synergistic effects of product components) as a nutraceutical (and in comparison to other products in the market).
o  Details the process for a commercial plant including engineering aspects and costing so as to demonstrate/support the claim of better affordability.
rotoBoard+
·  Madhur Mangalam (IISER) / Remote controlled auto-cleaning chalkboard / Spirit of Invention Award
·  Rs 5000 cash prize
·  Certificate from NCL-RF

Awards to be given out separately:

Team members / Technology / Recommendations
DPax
·  Ashwani Kumar Sharma (NCL) / Process for producing enantiomers of cis-3-hydroxy-L-proline / ·  Certificate of Participation
·  Gift voucher for book purchase worth Rs 500 per person
·  Piyush V Joshi (NCL)
·  Shailesh P Nagarkar (NCL)
·  Omkar S Deshmukh (NCL) / New approach for optically variable pigments/ surfaces for security applications / ·  Certificate of Participation
·  Gift voucher for book purchase worth Rs 500 per person
·  Harshit Kumar Soni (NCL) / Immobilized TAQ polymerase / ·  Certificate of Participation
·  Gift voucher for book purchase worth Rs 500 per person