The Ministry of External Affairs (Economic Diplomacy Division) along with NITI Aayog (Atal Innovation Mission) invites applications from individuals and organizations for participating in the National Contest on Social Innovation. The Contest shall identify and showcase 25 best socially relevant and scalable Innovations at the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas 2017. The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) is celebrated every year to mark the contribution of Overseas Indian community to the development of India. The next edition of the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas will be organized in Bangalore from Jan 7-9, 2017.

The objective of the National Contest on Social Innovation is to identify a pool of social impact innovators that have developed or are developing commercially viable solutions to the socio-economic problems of India. This would facilitate the creation of a community of innovators, entrepreneurs, investors, grant bodies, and mentors support the selected startups for commercialisation and scale up.

The key focus sectors for the National Contest on Social Innovation include –

Cleantech
Education
Health
Housing
Public Transport
Skill development and Livelihood
Waste management
Water and Sanitation
Women empowerment

Any correspondence from to participant will be by email provided by the participant at time of filling the application form. Organizers are not liable in case of email delivery failures.

For any queries, please send mail at: md-aim@gov.in

Last date of submission is 7th December, 2016.

Participate here: https://innovate.mygov.in/social-innovation-contest/