With the challenges presented by COVID-19 continuously mutating, the students of city
\nbased Parul University have been constantly innovating. The University has been pushing
\nforward an intense entrepreneurship and innovation agenda, all in the efforts of providing
\npractical solutions to the problems presented by COVID-19. In recognition of their efforts
\nnumerous student and faculty teams from the University have received start-up grants
\nunder the Student Open Innovation Challenge (SOIC) by SSIP, Government of Gujarat,
\nentrepreneurship initiatives. In the recent COVID-19 start-up challenge presented by SOIC,
\n15 Students teams of the University received grants out of a total of 36 shortlisted students
\nfrom Universities around the State. The winners were declared in recognition of their ability
\nto develop and innovate ideas which have the highest form of utility towards alleviating the
\nchallenges presented by this pandemic.<\/p>\n

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The Student Open Innovation Challenge SOIC, is an initiative under the Student Startup and
\nInnovation Policy which seeks to develop a platform for promoting highly innovative ideas
\nin the academia. Further extending this entrepreneurial initiative, SOIC created a stream of
\nvarious challenges centred on providing the solutions to COVID-19 issues. From the generic
\ncategory of these challenges, 26 teams of Parul University were selected for a grant of
\n19.64,000 lakhs as a result of the various start-up initiatives which they developed. The projects proposed by the students were within the numerous fields of Pharmacy, Ayurveda,
\nEngineering amongst others. Under the COVID-19 category of the same SOIC challenge another total of 15 teams from the University won grants of upto 6.72.000 lakhs. The challenge was specifically designed to
\nlook into the various areas which are related to COVID-19, and how in all the impacted
\nsectors , which possible solutions can be devised for the betterment of the society. The
\nstudents of Parul University displayed great prowess in their ability to not only meet the
\nrequirements of the challenge but also go on to cater to the needs of the people in the
\nsociety. The grants received will now be taking these projects for further development and
\nto bring them into real-world applications for the betterment of the society. The projects
\npresented by the University\u2019s teams were ranging in the numerous sectors of academics
\nincluding pharmacy, engineering, applied sciences, medical and paramedical, and also others
\nin the Ayush sector.<\/a> <\/a>In addition to this, another total of six teams from Parul University had their start up ideas
\nselected for further development under the GIC-SSIP challenge. The teams of students and
\nmentors received a total of Rs. 3,46,000 lakhs grant, for COVID GTU Innovation and Start Up<\/p>\n

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centre so that they can further develop their ideas into practical business ventures. \u201cWe
\nhave been continuously making efforts to create an atmosphere of innovation amongst our
\nstudents even in a time when they are learning from home. As the entrepreneurship
\ndevelopment cell of Parul University, we have been motivating and nurturing our students
\nin line with the effective strategy required to turn their innovative ideas into practical
\nrealities\u201d, said Jay Sudani the University\u2019s Entrepreneurship Development Cell, Chief
\nExecutive Officer(CEO)
\nIn this distance learning era, the University has been constantly pushing towards exposing
\nthe students to more practical methods of learning, through research projects and through
\nentrepreneurship ideas. This teaching and learning approach has been directed towardsensuring that the students get an exposure to the much needed practical experience which
\nhas been missing as a result of school closures imposed by governments around the world. \u201c
\nThe challenges which are surrounding us today in the various social, economic and political
\nspheres of life, have been more than evident. As Parul University, we strongly adhere to the
\nbelief that the academic field has a key role to play in regards to ensuring that we get to
\nhave effective solutions to meet the challenges of COVID-19. It brings me great pride to see
\nour students and their faculty mentors going the extra mile and taking the extra step to
\nmake use of innovation for academic progression and for the society\u201d, said the University\u2019s
\nPresident Dr. Devanshu J Patel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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