Seven Entrepreneurs in India Selected as Regional Finalists for Premier Social Innovation Accelerator, Set for April 24-25 in Chennai
Seven Entrepreneurs in India Selected as Regional Finalists for Premier Social Innovation Accelerator, Set for April 24-25 in Chennai
2024 ASME ISHOW India finalists provide innovative solutions
to address agricultural, building, energy, healthcare, and transportation challenges
The ISHOW India finalists, whose innovations provide affordable, sustainable hardware technology solutions to agricultural, building, energy, healthcare, and transportation challenges, will vie for a share of $30,000 in grant awards and technical support to help bring their impactful innovations to market.
The regional finalists are:
- Adiabatic Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India) for its “Intelligent Battery Tech for Electric Vehicles” – a full-stack robust battery technology for mass mobility applications, including a combination of intelligent data insights, robust battery tech, extended life, and fast charging, and strong after-sales service
- BluPower (Siliguri, West Bengal, India) for its “Energy Recovery Hydropower” – which utilizes existing, pressurized, manmade water conveyances that are already diverting water from a natural waterway for the primary purpose of distributing water for agricultural, municipal, or industrial consumption
- CarbonCraft (Hubli, Karnataka, India) for its “CarbonCraft - Carbon emissions into building materials” – an efficient way to permanently store carbon emissions to develop tiles, aggregates, bricks, and other building materials
- Jarsh (Hyderabad, Telangana, India) for its “ProHat” – a smart safety wearable for the industrial workforce
- Periwinkle Labs Pvt. Ltd. (Bengaluru, Karnataka, India) for its “Ikshana” technology – a discreet wearable device that delivers electrical stimulation to treat urinary incontinence, which affects one in every three women over age 30
- Saptkrishi Scientific Pvt. Ltd. (Bhagalpur, Bihar, India) for its “Sabjikothi” solution – a range of affordable storage that maintains freshness and extends the shelf-life of fruits and vegetables up to 30 days without chemicals, preservatives, or refrigerants, using only 20 watts of power (including solar) and a battery backup
- Zodhya (Hyderabad, Telangana, India) for its “AI devices for energy efficiency” – plug-in AI devices to reduce energy consumption and lower emissions by 30% for commercial buildings and industries, which already have saved 50,000 electrical units and reduced 45,000 kg CO2 emissions.
The 2024 ISHOW cohort will be invited to the annual ISHOW Bootcamp in the winter to receive an extensive and customized design and engineering review by experts curated to guide them as they scale to market. They will also have a chance to earn a second round of seed grants from ASME. They become part of the ISHOW alumni network, an international community of hardware innovators and stakeholders with exclusive access to experts and resources.
“Through the vision and creativity of these talented entrepreneurs and the guidance of expert mentors, ASME ISHOW and IDEA LAB are transforming groundbreaking ideas into market-ready products that improve lives,” said ASME Executive Director/CEO Tom Costabile. “These programs are key components of ASME’s sustainability and climate strategy, aligned with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.”
The application deadline is May 1 for innovators in Africa seeking consideration for ISHOW Kenya, an in-person event to be held June 19-20 in Nairobi; applications are due June 1 for social entrepreneurs in the Americas seeking consideration for ISHOW USA, a virtual event scheduled for July 23-25. Three
The prestigious ASME ISHOW hardware accelerator is open to individuals and organizations taking physical products to market that will have a positive social and environmental impact and that improve the quality of life around the world. ASME ISHOW annually matches up to 30 carefully selected innovators with appropriate experts to ensure that the proposed hardware solutions are technologically, environmentally, culturally, and financially sustainable. To date, ISHOW has enabled over 230 startups from more than 35 countries to solve critical quality-of-life challenges for vulnerable populations worldwide. ISHOW alumni have developed affordable devices to address issues including clean combustion, crop threshing, fetal health, food waste prevention, health diagnostics, safe drinking water, and many more that address the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
ASME ISHOW judges and facilitators include experts in research, sustainability, mechanical engineering and product design, manufacturing, startup financing, supply chain, and business strategy, representing organizations including Villgro, Yostra Labs, and more. These subject matter experts provide technical and strategic guidance based on ISHOW’s five key pillars: customer/user knowledge, hardware validation, manufacturing optimization, implementation strategy, and impact.
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