It is increasingly becoming clear that young engineering or science students deliver when they are given a specific challenge and an incentive. This is the experience of Techpedia, a consortium of college students incubated by innovation guru Anil Gupta at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. 

Techpedia has instituted some interesting awards for young innovators - More from Less for Many Award, Socially Relevant Innovation or Technology Award and Technological Edge or Strategic Innovation award.

Collectively these awards are called Gandhian technology awards. Out of 1,400 nominations covering 60 technology fields, 13 were selected for awards this year. 

Awarded innovations include low cost cardiovascular diagnostic kit for rural areas, low-cost device to increase adherence to TB medication, thermal and combustion improvements in cook stoves, low-cost diagnostic for pneumonia and herbal spermicide.

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