I2I

Guidelines & Policy

Sectors

3H (Health, Hunger and Humanity)

Agriculture

Education

Innovation & Technology

Environment

Entrepreneurship /Skill development

Timeline

August 2025 – September 2025

Phase 1

  • Registration link opens for the projects to register in different sectors and it closes in last week of September.
  • Participants should be a resident of India and a student to be eligible for funding.

 

October 2025

Phase 2

  • Participating team should submit project proposal and powerpoint presentation containing brief information about their project idea, budget, impact and other details.
  • Team can also submit other documents like audio/video file, research paper, etc.
  • On the basis of proposal and other documents, eligible projects would be selected for funding and budget allocation.

 

November 2025 – January 2025

Phase 3

  • Funds for the selected projects would be released as per the guidelines for the projects to complete their working model in the given time window

 

February 2025 – March 2026

Phase 4

  • Team will have to submit the final report for their completed projects and top 36 projects will be selected from India for valedictory ceremony.
  • The valedictory ceremony will be a 2 day ceremony taking place at COEP Tech University, Pune including networking event, cultural event, felicitation event and many more events.
  • Selected projects will be fully sponsored, including food and accommodation expenses. Additionally, the top 2 projects from each sector will be honored at the felicitation ceremony.

Awards

Two of the projects in each sector will be awarded with a trophy,merchandise and a certificate in the final valedictory ceremony.

One will be awarded with the Best Project and the other with the Runner Up Project in that respective sector.

Therefore a total of 12 projects from 6 sectors would be selected.

Winning projects would also get access to our community meetups and offline sessions.

The best project from all the sectors combined would be rewarded with a trophy,merchandise and a certificate.

The winning team would get a chance to feature on our website and next year magazine and brochure.

Only 1 team would be selected as the Overall Best Project.

Best Philanthropist award is particular to college and given to the college with maximum quality projects.

Winning college students would get access to our online workshops and sessions.

One college would be selected and any representative from that college can collect the trophy on the day of valedictory.

We will also nominate new colleges to encourage and inspire them toward social entrepreneurship.

Outside Ambassadors play a pivotal role in the foundational aspects of i2i, and this award aims to recognize and commend their invaluable contributions.

The best outside ambassador would be awarded with a trophy,certificate and exclusive i2i merchandise.

The best outside ambassador would also get a chance to feature on our website and get to connect with the i2i team and the organisations behind this initiative.

Reimbursement Procedure Policy

  1. Ignited Innovators of India is a techno-social initiative under COEP Technological University and with the help of Eaton India Foundation has extended funding support to shortlisted participants.
  2. Ignited Innovators of India assumes no responsibility for claims related to funding and support in instances where oral agreements or improperly documented records are involved.
  3. Ignited Innovators of India would only reimburse the amounts that are billed on GST or have a tax invoice and dated in the financial year 2025-2026.
  4. In case of non-GST bills, only up to Rs. 1000/- is permitted by the government and furthermore the bills would be send to higher authority and their decision would be final on such bills.
  5. If a project misuses the amount reimbursed, the team would be solely responsible in that case and that team would be debarred in case of any further opportunities.
  6. The project team leader and members should be residents of India and strictly a student at a registered Institution in India.
  7. A minimum of 2 members and a maximum of 3 members can register as a project team, and failure to comply with this rule may result in project disqualification.
  8. Such teams must submit three quotations for each required item/service before making any purchase.
  9. All bills or quotations must be submitted before the official deadline. Late submissions will not be accepted.