TNSDC - Guidelines
TNSDC - Guidelines
Date: 1 1.01.2024
Dear Sir / Madam,
The final year B.E. / B. Tech. Students are expected to provide the feasible,
viable and implementable solution using Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning and
other tools. Participating students can earn their academic credits in lieu of final year
project works. The themes include but not restricted to
1 Agritech & Food Technology 6. Renewable & Sustainable
2. Clean & Green Technology Energy
3. Waste Management 7. Smart Town/City
4. Water & Soil Conservation 8. Health/Med - Tech
5. Education 4.0 9. Smart Manufacturing
10. Heritage & Culture
In this connection, as per the virtual meeting chaired by the Honorable Vice —
Chancellor held on 10.01.2024, please find the following details:
1. AU - Niral Thiruvizha (Hackathon) is meant for final year engineering students studying under
Anna University and it will be executed through Centre for
Sponsored Research and Consultancy (CSRC), Anna University.
2. The list of prestigious partners in executing the AU Niral Thiruvizha
(Hackathon) is indicated in Annexure — Il
3. Tamil Nadu Skill Development corporation has created a specific website for AU
Niral Thiruvizha (Hackathon)
https://niralthiruvizha.naanmudhalvan.in/ where students'
teams can register and submit their ideas.
4. The list of Themes and Problem statement identified under each theme is indicated in Annexure
as well as in the website.
5. A student team has to be formed with 4 students. A team may consist of multi disciplinary
branches.
6. Each team will be guided by a faculty member or an industry expert or both. A student is strictly
permitted to be on only one team.
7. The team should submit their project proposal as per the template given. The solution should be
a feasible, viable and implementable.
8. Based on the shortlisting, project presentation and evaluation of the proposal by the team of
experts, financial assistance to develop the prototype for each team will be provided not
exceeding a sum of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand only). This amount is to be utilized only
to develop the prototype and not for purchase of computer consumables, stationaries,
honorarium, overhead etc.
9. The colleges should facilitate these students project ideas with their expertise and infrastructure.
1 0. Financial / Administrative sanction is accorded to the college and the college is responsible for
scrutinize, approval and payment of the bills.
1 1. Based on the outcome of the project, for the top 50 projects, Startup TN will provide additional
financial support.
Utilize these opportunities and inculcate research mindset for young budding engineering
students of Tamil Nadu.
Thanking you
Annexure — l: Scheme Outline, Step by step Registration and Template for Project Proposal
Annexure — It: List of Engineering Colleges are identified under AU - Niral Thiruvizha
(Hackathon)
Annexure — Ill: List of Problem Statements
Naan Mudhalvan — Anna University Niral Thiruvizha
Naan Mudhalvan Grand Innovation & Skilling Challenge - Niral Thiruvizha
(Hackathon) - 2023 was launched by our Honorable Chief Minister. The objective of this event is to
trigger an innovation mindset and to promote the entrepreneurial culture among the student
community which in turn will develop the skills of our students across various sectors. Since, Anna
university offers skill-based courses with credits for them through Naan Mudhalvan Scheme, final
year projects are also to be offered for all final year Engineering Students with 12 Credits by Anna
university.
The vision of Niral Thiruvizha is to kindle the innovative minds of our students to
address the persisting issues and real time problems with technology enabled solutions which will
improve quality of life. Students can choose any of the listed problem statement under the 10 themes
and work on that to come up with innovative ideas and solve the problems.
5. Education 4.0
7. Smart Town/City
8. Health/Med - Tech
9. Smart Manufacturing
4. Recognition, prizes, and potential opportunities for further development and funding.
It is also planned to select top 1000 ideas and support each team with a grant of ? 10,000 to
come up with their prototype. In addition, 50 top projects will be selected for an innovation voucher
funding of Rs.l lakh
Description Reward
Top 1000 ideas Rs.10,000 each team
Detailed Guidelines:
1 . Naan Mudhalvan Anna university Niral Thiruvizha is open only to the final year
students of selected 107 Engineering colleges.
2 Any number of teams can represent from each of the selected 107 engineering
colleges. The Maximum participation is 4 students per team.
(Inter disciplinary participation is highly encouraged)
3 Students can choose any of the listed problem statements under the themes and to
come up with innovative solutions. Any number of ideas can be submitted from
each of the 107 engineering colleges.
4 The concept of Artificial Intelligence (Al) integrated with all the themes and the
students can approach the problem statements and come up with solutions to use Al
Technology.
5 The nominated experts will evaluate and shortlist top 1000 project ideas from the
ideas submitted by Top 107 Engineering colleges across Tamil
Nadu.
6 Each selected project idea (top 1000 projects) will get a grant of Rs. 10,000/- to build the
prototype and time line to be mapped accordingly to complete the projects by end of
April 2024.
7 Once the 1000 ideas are shortlisted, provisional sanction order from anna university
will be issued to them and the Respective Institution is to monitor and periodically
conduct reviews of the projects. Concern institution will be responsible for the
completion of the project and fund utilisation.
of January. The entire 4th week of January will be observed as Naan Mudhalvan -
Anna University Niral Thiruvizha week.
10 The abstract evaluation and the final list of 1000 selected teams will be intimated
on 2 nd February.
Step 1: Access the AU - Niral Thiruvizha portal in the Naan Mudhalvan Website.
Step 2: Click on the SignUp option in the bottom left corner
Mentor
Student team
> Nodal Centre
College SPOC
TNSDC Registration
Expertise Registration
Step 5: Click on Expertise Registration and fill in the details asked as show below.
Step Registration After signing Up with you will get
NOTE: Mentors can be anyone from academia, working professional, leading
industry experts and subject matter experts.
6: Student Team - Student Team,
this page. In this page, enter the details of the student sand the student team will have to
choose the problem statements and enter the Concept note for the same.
Step 7: After clicking on REGISTER, you will need to enter the details of other team
students too. You can click on ADD ROW option and enter all the names of the team
members.
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Step Registration After signing Up with you will get
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Step 9: College SPOC Registration - After signing Up With College SPOC, you
will get this page. The college can be selected from the list and the phone number
and email ID of the principal Will be automatically filled and OTP will be sent to
that number. By using the OTP, the registration process can be completed.
Step 9: The principal should nominate all the faculties of the college who are interested in
guiding the students for the AU-NiraI Thiruvizha. These faculties will be guiding the
students in their project.
TEMPLATE FOR PROJECT PROPOSAL (Max. 5 pages)
1 . Major Area
2. Problem statement
3. Total Cost
7. Project Summary:
1 . The college will provide the basic infrastructure and other required facilities to the
students for timely completion of their projects.
2. The college assumes to undertake the financial and other management responsibilities
of the project.
3. The college will ensure that the funds provided are utilized only for the purpose
provided and any remaining amount will be returned back to the University after the
time of completion of the project.
Signature of the Mentor Signature and seal of the principal
Annexure - Il
LIST OF ENGINEERING COLLEGES ARE IDENTIFIED UNDER
AU - NIRAL THIRUVIZHA (HACKATHON)
UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS
University Departments of Anna University, Chennai - CEG Campus, Sardar Patel Road,
CONSTITUENT COLLEGES
22. University College of Engineering, Villupuram, Kakuppam, Villupuram District 605103
23. University College of Engineering, Tindivanam, Melpakkam, Tindivanam, Villupuram
District 604001
24. University College of Engineering, Arni, Arni to Devikapuram Road, Thatchur, Arni,
Thiruvannamalai District 632326
25. University College of Engineering, Kancheepuram, Ponnerikarai Campus, NH4,
Chennai-Bangalore Highway, Karaipettai Village & Post, Kancheepuram District 631552
26. Anna University Regional Campus - Coimbatore, Maruthamalai Main Road,
NavavoorBharathiyar University Post, Somayampalayam, Coimbatore District 641046
27. University College of Engineering, Tiruchirappalli, (Bharathidasan Institute of
Technology), Tiruchirappalli District 620024
28. University College of Engineering, Ariyalur, Kathankudikadu Village, Thelur Post,
Ariyalur District 621704
29. University College of Engineering, Thirukkuvalai, Nagappattinam District 610204
30. University College of Engineering, Panruti, Chennai-Kumbakonam Highway,
Panikkankuppam, Panruti, Cuddalore District 607106
31. University College of Engineering, Pattukkottai, ECR Road, Rajamadam, Pattukkottai
Taluk, Thanjavur District 614701
32. Anna University Regional Campus - Tirunelveli, Trivandrum Road, Palayamkottai,
Tirunelveli District 627007
33. University College of Engineering, Nagercoil, Nagercoil Industrial Estate, Konam,
Kanyakumari District 629004
34. University V.O.C. College of Engineering, Thoothukudi, Near V.O.C. College,
Millerpuram, Thoothukudi District 628008
35. Anna University Regional Campus - Madurai, Kanyakumari National Highway,
Keelakuilkudi, Madurai District 625019
36. University College of Engineering, Ramanathapuram, Pullangudi, Ramanathapuram
District 623513
37. University College of Engineering, Dindigul, MangaraiPirivu, Reddiyarchathiram,
Dindigul District 624622
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