The Design Thinking and Innovation Club, Jaipuria Institute of Management Ghaziabad organized an activity to foster the art of “finding a problem, converting the problem into a business opportunity, and developing a feasible idea to cater to the problem” in the students. The focus of the activity was to make students efficient in the corporate arena and desired area of interest, with the intent to develop critical thinking skills, higher-order thinking skills and problem-solving skills.
During the scheduled time, students were asked to form groups of 4-5 members and were given the task of inventing and developing a business idea or a product with 3 functional utilities. In this event, students formed a total of 21 groups and took over the platform for presenting their innovative impressive ideas. The time allotted to frame model/prototype was 60 minutes with the aid of material like chart paper and newspapers etc. The ideas presented by the teams were Digital Bags, Army Camps, with iron frames and bomb-reflection technology, SOS enabled elderly walking stick, Recycling Parali – Machinery Mechanism, Solar Phones, GPS enabled Smart Dustbin, Eco-Friendly lantern for Diwali, Smart wall clock etc. The judgement criteria of the event were Creativity, Functional Utility, Presentation, and Question Answer Handling. The Judges for the event were Dr. Akanksha Kishore and Dr. Devi Archana Mohanty. Prior to the conclusion of the event all ideas were presented, total 3 ideas were shortlisted and were given prizes for securing First, Second and third positions respectively. The students were able to articulate and bring in products and services based on the fusion of technology and services serving society in large.
