CSIR has launched a new initiative – “Empowering Pupil Innovation and Creativity (EPIC)” under its flagship CSIR-Jigyasa– outreach program for school students. Its pilot phase was implemented at CSIR- Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (IITR) from 2017.

Themes and Challenges:

1. Clean Energy Harvesting and Storage: Innovations in capturing and storing renewable energy.
2. Efficient Energy Utilization and Management: Ideas to optimize energy use in homes, schools, residential and commercial sectors.
3. Waste to Energy: Creative approaches to convert waste into energy.

Recognizing that children often possess the most innovative ideas, EPIC aims to inculcate the culture of inquisitiveness, innovation and scientific temper among the school students as well as nurture their potential in developing innovative solutions to address the challenges in the country through S&T. The program envisages providing a platform to the budding student scientists to pursue their innovation and developing novel ideas under the mentorship and guidance of scientists. We invite all enthusiastic students to join us in this exciting journey of ideation, scientific exploration and innovation.

Innovation can be in the form of ideas, designs, prototypes, technology and smart apps for solving societal issues and improving life quality.

Timeline

Launch and call for application- 05 January, 2024.

Boot- camps/ hackathons- 5th Jan, 2024- 5th Feb, 2024.

Application deadline- 5th Feb, 2024.

Screening of the applications- Feb, 2024.

Declaration of top 100 applicants- Last week of Feb, 2024.

Summer internship for top 100- May- August, 2024.

Exhibition and final competition of the top innovations- September, 2024.

Felicitation of top 5 winners- around 26th September, 2024.