Basic Information About Tata Innovista 2012
Basic Information About Tata Innovista 2012
Award Categories
Old name: The Leading Edge (TLE) New name:The Leading Edge Unproven Ideas NEW AWARD The Leading Edge Proven Technology
Successfully tested but not yet commercialized
Old name: Promising Innovation (PI) New name: - no change Successful Commercialization
IDEA
CONCEPT
DEVELOPMENT
TESTING
LAUNCH
Product Testing
Commercial success?
Award Definitions
Dare to Try (DTT)
All ideas need not succeed. Ideas that were attempted but failed at either the development stage or testing stage or at the commercialization stage would qualify for this award.
This award recognizes those ideas that are new to the Tata Group. It is an idea that is not on the drawing boards of any Tata company but could become a game changer if adopted.
This award recognizes those technologies that have been tested / piloted successfully but are yet to be commercialized. These technologies hold a promise to deliver big innovations.
Promising Innovations
Product innovation:
This is mostly applicable for Product industries. Following types of entries could be submitted:
All new product launches New variants of current products where the existing product has been changed significantly, or the change has helped in extending the product to new markets/customers.
Service innovation:
This is applicable to service industries dominantly. This is additionally applicable to Product companies, which provide services to support their products. Following types of entries could be submitted: A new service or significantly improved (with new concepts and ideas) existing service. A new product, which is considered to be innovative dominantly due to innovations in the service component of the product.
Promising Innovations
Innovation in operational process:
This category is applicable to ALL industries. All innovations that have created/enhanced the Operational Processes are eligible. Definition of Operational process: All processes of the company excluding those mentioned in the Support Process category.
Green innovation:
This category is applicable to ALL industries. All innovations that dominantly address the issues/cause of Climate Change are eligible
TLE UI themes
1. Emerging Services driven by new developments pertaining to Internet, Mobile and Value added services 2. Emerging Services driven by new government policies and initiatives eg UID etc 3. New Services emerging due to improvements in Infrastructure
4. Emerging Services to address increasing security needs (both physical as well as digital domain)
5. Emerging Healthcare Services including but not limited to changes driven by IT 6. New manufacturing technologies in High-Tech industries (not including Semiconductors) 7. New opportunities in the field of Water Management 8. Waste management
Dare to Try
Novelty / uniqueness in the attempted outcome (25%) Projected impact of the outcome - Economic, Social and Environment (25%) Efforts put in & risks involved (25%) Raring to go again (25%)
Awards Process
Submission of entries on www.tatainnovista.com 7th Nov to 31st Dec
Promising Innovations
Dare to Try
Regional Innovista
(Selected teams make 15 mins presentation including Q&A, Regional Jury guided by same evaluation criteria as pre-regional)
Timeline
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
Entry Submission
Pre regional Jury evaluation Regional Innovista
Tata Innovista
April 25, 26
10
Participation Statistics
Overall participation
11