Eight Entrepreneurs Selected as Regional Finalists in India for ASME ISHOW

ASME Innovation SHowcase (ISHOW) is a international accelerator of hardware-led social innovation

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has announced the regional finalists for the 2021 ASME Innovation Showcase (ISHOW). Eight teams of social innovators from throughout India will present their design prototypes in a virtual event held April 27-29.

The list of finalists is as follows:

● Alto Precision (Bangalore, India) for its “Solar Powered Mini Rice Mill” – a decentralized, cost-effective, and sustainably powered processor compared to conventional diesel machines
● Angirus Ind Pvt. Ltd. (Udaipur, India) for its “Wricks – Reinventing Brick Industry”– an environmentally sustainable, good quality, waterproof brick made from 100% recycled waste material for affordable housing solutions
● Life and Limb (P) Ltd. (Delhi, India) for its “Bionicli” innovation – a functional prosthetic hand with six grip patterns to assist wearers with more than 15% of daily living activities
● Modulus Housing (Chennai, India) for its “MediCAB - Instant Health Infrastructure” – prefabricated, pre-certified hospital blocks designed and assembled on site
● Offgrid Energy Labs (Kanpur, India) for its “ZincGel® Battery” – efficient, temperature stable, safe, and sustainable battery technology with longer life than current lithium-ion technology, ideal for stationary (renewable, grid, backup) and low-powered mobile applications
● PadCare Labs (Pune, India) for its “PadCare Sanitary Napkin Disposal and Recycling System” – a hygiene management solution that completes the loop of the menstrual hygiene economy by generating environmentally safe, recyclable output out of soiled pads
● Sand Bird (Chennai, India) for its “Magma – A Smart Electric Power Tiller” – a smart electric power tiller with ten times lower operational cost than conventional tillers
● Solinas Integrity Pvt. Ltd. (Chennai, India) for its “Endobot” – a tethered inspection robot that uses visual analysis techniques to detect, analyze and predict catastrophic defects in pipelines, preventing losses due to leaks and pilferage as well as water contamination in pipeline transport networks.

The finalists will vie for a share of $30,000 in seed grants and technical support to help bring their design innovations to market. An esteemed panel of judges will privately interview each finalist as part of an extensive design and engineering review and then will choose three hardware innovations as grand prize winners. ISHOW India winners will be announced in a virtual awards ceremony on May 5, 2021.

“We are proud to offer a forum for engineering problem-solving that truly improves lives,” said ASME Executive Director/CEO Tom Costabile. “We are continually impressed by the creative talent of ASME ISHOW participants and their passion for helping underserved communities around the world.”

ISHOW has enabled over 160 startups from more than 28 countries to solve critical quality-of-life challenges for people in underserved communities worldwide.“Social enterprises, now more than ever, need the support of the global impact community,” says Iana Aranda, director of ASME’s Engineering Global Development sector that houses ISHOW.

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