{"id":1422,"date":"2025-09-29T06:06:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T06:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techwikipadia.com\/nefconnect\/?page_id=1422"},"modified":"2025-10-10T08:30:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T08:30:40","slug":"nes-innovation-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/techwikipadia.com\/nefconnect\/nes-innovation-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"NES Innovation Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Since 2012, the NES Innovation Awards have recognized and celebrated breakthrough ideas that address India\u2019s most pressing socio-economic challenges. Organized in partnership with GTT Foundation, these awards are designed to help innovative projects transition into sustainable enterprises and startups, generating both employment and wealth for the nation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t

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Our Legacy- 10 Years Of Fostering Innovation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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How We Select Innovators\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Concept\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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During the awards process, the selected students will be mentored to modify the idea and make them worthy of commercialization.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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NESIC provides them a platform to interact with eminent personalities, academicians, industrialists and potential angel investors and venture capitalists.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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This award motivates students to develop innovative solutions that serve real needs and exploit significant opportunities that can generate employment and wealth for the nation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Innovation Council - Guided by Visionaries\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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A Padma Vibhushan recipient for immense contribution in science, President GRA, Chairman, National Innovation Foundation, Passionate about Inclusive Innovation<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Dr. Ganesh Natarajan\n<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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An innovator with a track record of success in Consultancy, Education and Global Information Technology, with a vision to build a team of committed professionals who will create and implement innovative ideas for Education and Technology development to transform the future for young Indians<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Over more than three decades of experience with skills, talent management and education technology businesses, investing and mentoring digital startups and supporting livelihood opportunities with a special focus on women entrepreneurship<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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NES Innovation Awards 2025<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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NES Innovation Awards Since 2012, the NES Innovation Awards have recognized and celebrated breakthrough ideas that address India\u2019s most pressing socio-economic challenges. Organized in partnership with GTT Foundation, these awards are designed to help innovative projects transition into sustainable enterprises and startups, generating both employment and wealth for the nation. Our Legacy- 10 Years Of Fostering Innovation Number of Colleges Reached 0 + Number of Guides Participated 0 + Number of States Covered 0 + Number of Students Participated 0 + Number of Ideas Registered 0 + Number of Ideas & Business Plans that got Mentored 0 + Number of Ideas got Acknowledged 0 + Financial Support Given to Ideas 0 Lakhs Focus Areas Renewable and Affordable Energy & Alternate Fuels Health Care & Biomedical Devices Smart Cities & Urban Development Clean Water & Water Management Food Processing & Packaging Smart Transport & Traffic Management Waste Management & Environmental Conservation Agriculture & Rural Development Innovation in Education Robotics, Drones, AI & ML for Social Good E-commerce Solutions for Social Enterprise How We Select Innovators 01 Concept Innovation and originality of the concept or approach Idea 02 Solution A significant problem of society that may find a solution 03 Domain A new domain with international potential that will be explored During the awards process, the selected students will be mentored to modify the idea and make them worthy of commercialization. NESIC provides them a platform to interact with eminent personalities, academicians, industrialists and potential angel investors and venture capitalists. This award motivates students to develop innovative solutions that serve real needs and exploit significant opportunities that can generate employment and wealth for the nation. Innovation Council – Guided by Visionaries Dr. Raghunath Mashelkar A Padma Vibhushan recipient for immense contribution in science, President GRA, Chairman, National Innovation Foundation, Passionate about Inclusive Innovation Dr. Ganesh Natarajan An innovator with a track record of success in Consultancy, Education and Global Information Technology, with a vision to build a team of committed professionals who will create and implement innovative ideas for Education and Technology development to transform the future for young Indians Dr. Uma Ganesh Over more than three decades of experience with skills, talent management and education technology businesses, investing and mentoring digital startups and supporting livelihood opportunities with a special focus on women entrepreneurship NES Innovation Awards 2025 Apply Now<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_canvas","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1422","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techwikipadia.com\/nefconnect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techwikipadia.com\/nefconnect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techwikipadia.com\/nefconnect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techwikipadia.com\/nefconnect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techwikipadia.com\/nefconnect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1422"}],"version-history":[{"count":262,"href":"https:\/\/techwikipadia.com\/nefconnect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3952,"href":"https:\/\/techwikipadia.com\/nefconnect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1422\/revisions\/3952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techwikipadia.com\/nefconnect\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}