Dell honours Indian Students at Social Innovation Challenge 2013
VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE Dell(NASDAQ:DELL) has announced that a team of students from India received the $60,000 grand prize at the Dell Social Innovation Challenge (DSIC 2013) for its project Solar Conduction Dryer . Shortlisted from more than 2,600 projects ideas that addressed issues impacting more than 110 countries, five finalists convened in Austin this week to compete for the cash prize as part of the DSIC . The DSIC recognizes undergraduate and graduate students from around the world who envision, create and implement social innovation projects that help communities around the world. The winning team comprising two Indian students, Shital Somani and Vaibhav Tidke from Mumbai, was adjudged the grand prize winner for its project Solar Conduction Dryer . The project aims at addressing the 20- to 30-per cent food spoilage rate for poor rural Indian farmers via cost-effective dehydrators powered by solar con...