Due to compulsory attendance in Bengaluru (Karnataka), Alisha Sinha, a final year triple major student of Christ University, Bengaluru, participated in the India Evolve Ideathon session organized in her college on 8th April. However, once there, Sinha attended to Given the urgency of the topic – the need to tackle the ever-increasing carbon footprint in the last mile delivery sector – he was happy to invest only two paise.
The session was organized in collaboration with the Sustainable Mobility Network, an informal group of over 30 organizations working on sustainable mobility and transport decarbonization in India. The Collective India Evolve Innovation Challenge will provide students across the country the opportunity to shape the future of sustainable transportation.
Sinha, who is majoring in Economics, Mathematics and Statistics, said, “Five students in my class were essentially asked to participate in this idea and it was my turn to go to such events.“As it turned out, the reluctant participant, along with her classmates Aniket Roy (21), Vaishnavi (20), Anuvind Maniot (20) and Venkatachala Subramaniam Periya Subbu (20), came up with the idea to win the evening.
The team's solution envisions AI-assisted real-time delivery from grocery and eatery hubs.
Siddharth Srinivas, head of transport and mobility at the Association for Scientific and Academic Research (ASAR), said when the India Evolve Challenge was proposed to engage youth, the team of experts was emphasizing on simple and scalable ideas. Sustainable Mobility Network. Srinivas said, “Apart from ideas that can be based on common sense and taken forward, we were also hoping to create a discussion among the youth about the last mile delivery challenge, which is really the demand in this sector.” Is the driver of.,
At Christ University, Sinha's group was not the only group thinking about creatine nodal points where the demand is. Post-graduate student Anusha Popli and her team, most of whom participated for the first time in an event organized by their college's sustainable development cell, also explored the idea of dividing cities into different parts based on demand reduction and creating an ecosystem for these areas. Suggested setting up three warehouses. carbon footprint.
“When we were brainstorming ideas, we decided to leverage our experience with Swiggy Instamart because we were all ordering a lot from it. At times I felt guilty because what I ordered involved movement of goods from different parts of the city, often delivered by multiple people.So we played the role of Swiggy executives and suggested what we thought would be an idea position,” Popli said. “Our foundation proposed this idea last year. I expect the Indian e-commerce market to grow 10 times from the current level of 4 billion parcels delivered per year to 40 billion parcels by 2030. Hence there is a need to come up with zero emission delivery. Our foundation often works with youth and knows that when they are motivated in the right direction, they come up with practical ideas that increase resilience against climate challenges,” said Sanju, CEO of Kerala-based Sustera Foundation. Soman said.Nonetheless, the Sustainable Mobility Network team conducted a pilot run in Kerala.
“We tested our idea in seven colleges in Kerala. We basically wanted to know whether the idea would attract students and how much they could contribute in tackling the challenges,'' Srinivas said. But while interacting with students from colleges across Kerala, Srinivas said that The team was quite surprised by the depth of awareness of the youth about the issues in last mile delivery and how ready they were to contribute towards zero emission delivery.
Srinivas said, “Some people had difficulty understanding the governance and financial models, but they used common sense to find solutions.,
At Christ University, before brainstorming their ideas, the five participating teams were briefed on the requirements of the competition and were also asked to explore best practices from around the world. “Reviewing the best practices At the time, we arrived at the idea of carbon credit tradein which is already prevalent in Canada and Europe. We decided to modify it to suit our Indian market,” said Rishabh Rao, a second-year B.Com student.
In a span of 15 minutes, his team also designed a prototype of an app.
“We lost this time because I think we were a little ambitious in proposing regulatory action without really understanding the complexities involved.First, we made carbon trading mandatory for companies. But the judges tell you later that it is more likely to succeed if we develop a voluntary system. I think I want to move forward with this idea for the final challenge, of course doing more research to bridge the knowledge gap,” said Rao. The challenge is also open to young entrepreneurs – it is open to young entrepreneurs aged between 18 and Also open to people in the age group of 38 years. Webinars and various reports on this topic are also made available on the India EVolve website.An expert panel will review the applications submitted by May 12 and select the 2 best ideas.
“Those who have proposed the winning 20 pitches can participate in a bootcamp with experts to refine and re-present their ideas. Out of these 20, seven solutions will be rewarded. There is enough incentive with a prize money of Rs 4.5 lakh,” said Srinivas.
The session was organized in collaboration with the Sustainable Mobility Network, an informal group of over 30 organizations working on sustainable mobility and transport decarbonization in India. The Collective India Evolve Innovation Challenge will provide students across the country the opportunity to shape the future of sustainable transportation.
Sinha, who is majoring in Economics, Mathematics and Statistics, said, “Five students in my class were essentially asked to participate in this idea and it was my turn to go to such events.“As it turned out, the reluctant participant, along with her classmates Aniket Roy (21), Vaishnavi (20), Anuvind Maniot (20) and Venkatachala Subramaniam Periya Subbu (20), came up with the idea to win the evening.
The team's solution envisions AI-assisted real-time delivery from grocery and eatery hubs.
Siddharth Srinivas, head of transport and mobility at the Association for Scientific and Academic Research (ASAR), said when the India Evolve Challenge was proposed to engage youth, the team of experts was emphasizing on simple and scalable ideas. Sustainable Mobility Network. Srinivas said, “Apart from ideas that can be based on common sense and taken forward, we were also hoping to create a discussion among the youth about the last mile delivery challenge, which is really the demand in this sector.” Is the driver of.,
At Christ University, Sinha's group was not the only group thinking about creatine nodal points where the demand is. Post-graduate student Anusha Popli and her team, most of whom participated for the first time in an event organized by their college's sustainable development cell, also explored the idea of dividing cities into different parts based on demand reduction and creating an ecosystem for these areas. Suggested setting up three warehouses. carbon footprint.
“When we were brainstorming ideas, we decided to leverage our experience with Swiggy Instamart because we were all ordering a lot from it. At times I felt guilty because what I ordered involved movement of goods from different parts of the city, often delivered by multiple people.So we played the role of Swiggy executives and suggested what we thought would be an idea position,” Popli said. “Our foundation proposed this idea last year. I expect the Indian e-commerce market to grow 10 times from the current level of 4 billion parcels delivered per year to 40 billion parcels by 2030. Hence there is a need to come up with zero emission delivery. Our foundation often works with youth and knows that when they are motivated in the right direction, they come up with practical ideas that increase resilience against climate challenges,” said Sanju, CEO of Kerala-based Sustera Foundation. Soman said.Nonetheless, the Sustainable Mobility Network team conducted a pilot run in Kerala.
“We tested our idea in seven colleges in Kerala. We basically wanted to know whether the idea would attract students and how much they could contribute in tackling the challenges,'' Srinivas said. But while interacting with students from colleges across Kerala, Srinivas said that The team was quite surprised by the depth of awareness of the youth about the issues in last mile delivery and how ready they were to contribute towards zero emission delivery.
Srinivas said, “Some people had difficulty understanding the governance and financial models, but they used common sense to find solutions.,
At Christ University, before brainstorming their ideas, the five participating teams were briefed on the requirements of the competition and were also asked to explore best practices from around the world. “Reviewing the best practices At the time, we arrived at the idea of carbon credit tradein which is already prevalent in Canada and Europe. We decided to modify it to suit our Indian market,” said Rishabh Rao, a second-year B.Com student.
In a span of 15 minutes, his team also designed a prototype of an app.
“We lost this time because I think we were a little ambitious in proposing regulatory action without really understanding the complexities involved.First, we made carbon trading mandatory for companies. But the judges tell you later that it is more likely to succeed if we develop a voluntary system. I think I want to move forward with this idea for the final challenge, of course doing more research to bridge the knowledge gap,” said Rao. The challenge is also open to young entrepreneurs – it is open to young entrepreneurs aged between 18 and Also open to people in the age group of 38 years. Webinars and various reports on this topic are also made available on the India EVolve website.An expert panel will review the applications submitted by May 12 and select the 2 best ideas.
“Those who have proposed the winning 20 pitches can participate in a bootcamp with experts to refine and re-present their ideas. Out of these 20, seven solutions will be rewarded. There is enough incentive with a prize money of Rs 4.5 lakh,” said Srinivas.
