The grand finale of the India Innovation Challenge, one of the largest funding festivals for upcoming startups, was recently conducted by Chitkara University.

The winning start-up in the challenge was eSaathi. It was created by IIT Kharagpur final year students Tushar Singla, Mann Goel, Anuprava and Shubham. The product of eSaathi, a software-based user interface aims to bridge the gap between new smartphone users and apps, which have become an essential part of the post-pandemic lifestyle.

The championship was open to innovators, entrepreneurs, designers, thinkers, students, engineers, scientists, coders, trainers, academicians from any background. It was launched in October 2020 and had received a record 460 applications from a variety of fields including fin-tech, agri-tech, edu-tech, waste management solutions and the health sector. In the challenge, only 23 start-ups were allowed to ‘pitch and present’ their ideas to a panel of 10. Four startups made it to the finals.

The winning startup eSAATHI provides users with guided audio-visual assistance, which helps them to navigate all the apps step-by-step. The software has been designed to integrate itself with the partner companies’ application element ID, thus ensuring a seamless and high-quality guided experience. Once integrated, the user receives guidance to navigate through one’s phone, from unlocking the phone to making the payment or updating information.

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In the grand finale of the ‘India Innovation Championship there was a fundraiser by the start-ups including ‘Pacify Medical Technologies Pvt Ltd’ (SINE – IIT Bombay), ‘3RUrban Solutions India Pvt Ltd’ (Pune based start-up and incubated by Chitkara Innovation Incubator), and,’ This life matters Pvt Ltd’ (this start-up is offering a dairy-free option and is better for vegans and lactose-intolerant). Various other notable innovations and start-ups garnered particular attention from the judges. Those were adjudged as having the potential to raise funding in the future and included start-ups from reputed institutes like the University of Florida, Chitkara Innovation Incubator, and locations like Bengaluru, New Delhi, and Tamil Nadu.