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BIT Mesra Team Wins India Finals Of Imagine Cup 2012
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The D Labs of BIT Mesra will fly to Sydney, Australia to represent India at the Imagine Cup 2012 World Finals in July.
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Thursday, April 26, 2012:
'The D Labs' team of BIT Mesra, Ranchi has won the tenth Microsoft Imagine Cup 2012. Out of the 50,000 registrations from nearly 170 cities and towns in India, only seven teams made it to the finals.
The seven teams that made it to the finals are- Conjurers of Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K), Imaginary of VES Institute of Technology, Mumbai, Innovative Thinkers of Anna University, Tiruchirapali, Jeevan of BK Birla Institute of Engineering and Technology, Pilani, Kinecto Therapy of Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhinagar, Poseidon of Sir Padampat Singhania University, Udaipur and Mahatma Gandhi Medical College, Jaipur, The D Labs of BIT Mesra, Ranchi.
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The D Labs of BIT Mesra will fly to Sydney, Australia to represent India at the Imagine Cup 2012 World Finals in July. The final winner will receive a grand prize money of Rs 13,02,875 ($25,000).
The D Lab team consists of three students - Devesh Kumar, Amit Kumar Sharma and Abhishek Kumar - and one student of National Institute of Fashion Technology, Patna - Deepali Sinha. Kevin Turner, chief operating officer, Microsoft Corporation, handed over the trophy to them on 25 April.
Speaking exclusively to EFYTimes.com, Devesh Kumar, team leader, The D Labs said, "We formed a proper team just two months back and we are glad that we won it. Even a day before the competition our project was not working properly. At last we showed a pretty good team work to win the competition."
"We have developed a software for students suffering from dyslexia. Our software will improve the learning abilities of these students. Our solution uses Windows Azure, Kinect and Silverlight and records minute details about the activities of the student. After which it creates solutions suited to the needs of the student," added Kumar.
It is noteworthy to mention here that the Microsoft Imagine Cup is the world's premier student technology competition which provides an opportunity to students to use their creativity and knowledge of technology to help solve global challenges in the world.
Debashis Sarkar, EFYTIMES News Network
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