India’s first lab-to-market platform for SpaceTech start-ups

Please read the following terms and conditions before submitting your entry:

ELIGIBILITY

• 1. Any individual or group of individuals, whether incorporated or otherwise, regardless of age and nationality, who has an innovative technology that addresses social and economic challenge in India (though not exclusively), is eligible to participate.
• 2. Participating or proposed ventures should be independent entities, meaning that they should not be a subsidiary of an existing corporation or have legal ties to a government body.
• 3. Category specific eligibility
  Any individual or group of individuals, whether incorporated or otherwise, with solutions in the following may apply to the respective categories:

A) Foundational Technologies

Enabling technologies shall improve space systems and satellites’ flexibility and cost-efficiency, increase sustainability and accessibility, introduce mass-customisation and cooperative design as well as simplify and optimise operations. This is needed to access a large portfolio of promising commercial applications in space and on ground. These include, but not limited to:

• Small/Nano Satellites
• Advanced Manufacturing
• Advanced Materials
• Robotics/Autonomous Systems
• Autonomy/Perception
• Space-based Sensors
• Launchers
• Space Debris & Situational Awareness
• Communication & Navigation

B) Downstream Applications

All activities related to the production of value-added space-related goods and services. They need to generate significant social, commercial, and economic value with an objective of having major impacts on terrestrial markets. These include, but are not limited to:

• Earth Observation
• AI/ML-driven Data Analytics for On-ground services (health, transport, public sector, farming, oil and gas, trading, finance, insurance etc.)
• Disaster & Risk Management
• National Security
• Environmental & Climate Monitoring
• Location-based Services
• Cybersecurity

4. Any individual or group of individuals, whether incorporated or otherwise, with technology in the following Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) may apply to the Foundational Technologies category:

• TRL 3: Proof of Concept stage/Active R&D has been initiated. This includes analytical studies and laboratory studies to physically validate the analytical predictions of separate elements of the technology
• TRL 4: Basic technological components have been integrated to establish that they work together
• TRL 5: Technology has been put together and can be tested in a simulated environment
• TRL 6: Prototype is being tested in simulated operational environment or in a high-fidelity laboratory environment
• TRL 7: Actual system prototype is near completion or ready and has been demonstrated in an operational environment or is at pilot level
• TRL 8: Technology is proven and developed but not yet operational or applied anywhere
• TRL 9: Technology has been applied in its final form and is operational

Submissions and Participation:

• Submissions which are incomplete will be deemed void and disqualified from the competition.
• Submissions should be the original work of the participant, and should demonstrate positive, sustainable, and scalable impact in India (though not exclusively in the region).
• Participants agree to the use of their names, photographs, disclosure of their country of residence, and are required to cooperate with any other reasonable requests by the organiser relating to any publicity-related activities.
• Participants are required to submit a declaration of good standing and solvency at the final stage of evaluation. If there is any change in circumstance that invalidates their good standing and solvency, the team is to immediately inform the organisers.
• All participants own the rights to their ideas. Participants must properly acknowledge any trademarks, patented or copyrighted materials of others that are incorporated into the submission materials. Participants are responsible for obtaining any necessary permission before incorporating such materials into their submissions.
• Submitted ideas are protected in the spirit of non-disclosure, and all submitted materials will be treated as company confidential. The only people with access to the entry materials will be judges and select members of the organising committee. Materials will not be distributed to any other party unless requested by a participant. No other provisions are made to protect intellectual property.
• As an effort to support the innovation ecosystem, for research purposes, non-sensitive data may be shared with government agencies or partner organizations. The participant’s personal identity, name, family name, phone number, address, or email address will not be used in any public collateral.

Decisions regarding the Winners:

• The selection of the ‘Winners’ is at the sole discretion of the judges and the organisers.
• Throughout all phases of the challenge, all decisions of the judges are deemed to be final.

Disqualification and Organisers’ Right to Amend Competition Rules:

• The organisers of Innovation Challenge reserve the right to disqualify any Participant who is found to have violated the spirit of the program guidelines and terms and conditions stated herein. Disqualified participants shall forfeit any and all prizes awarded to them.
• The organisers reserve the right to amend these rules at any point before the Closing Date of Innovation Challenge in line with the overall goal of the program.
• The indicated dates for Innovation Challenge may be revised at any point of time by the Organisers. Any change in schedule will be suitably intimated on the Innovation Challenge webpage and on other relevant platforms.