Hunt for new ideas starts with Innovation Jockeys season 4

BENGALURU, INDIA: Accenture, Yahoo India has announced the fourth season of #Innovation Jockeys: The Hunt for India’s most Innovative Minds.

With themes like Cognitive Computing and Internet of Things and Digital Application Marketplace, the contest is targeted at undergraduate, graduate and post graduate students across India.

The entries will be judged by Ravi Gururaj, Chair, Product Council & Member, Executive Council, NASSCOM; Kalyan Veeramachaneni, Research Scientist, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Unni Aravindakshan, Vice President, Production Engineering and Head, Yahoo Software Development India; Raj Dam, Founder, QuizWorks; Vinay Gupta, CEO, Via.com; Nandini Vaidyanathan, CMD, CARMa Venture Services and Alok Goyal, Partner, Helion Advisors.

Winners will be rewarded with a trip to Accenture Technology Labs, San Francisco, a Lenovo tablet and an Apple iPhone 6. Winning entries for each category will also receive an Apple iPad and a Pebble smart watch. The five most popular ideas will win an Amazon Kindle.

“We’re looking for India’s next generation of innovators – young people with drive, passion and creativity which will make a difference in the way businesses and society function,” said Raghavan Iyer, Managing Director, Technology Delivery and Innovation Council lead for Accenture in India.”

“Over the last three years, Innovation Jockeys has surfaced ideas that solve real-world problems and make a difference in our daily lives. We are looking forward to how India’s bright young minds will innovate and push the envelope this year, as they take on new challenges,” said Aravindakshan or Yahoo.

It must be noted that in the previous three seasons, the program drew over 7,180 idea submissions from over 900 campuses and more than 1,25,300 newsletter sign-ups from students at more than 1,000 colleges across India.