The top 10 winning teams of Texas Instruments’ India Innovation Challenge Design Contest 2017, announced on Saturday, will qualify for a ₹3.5-crore start-up seed fund from the Department of Science and Technology and an opportunity to be incubated at IIM Bangalore’s innovation and entrepreneurship hub — NS Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning. The competition saw participation of 15,380 students from 965 colleges. Altogether 30 teams made it to the finals. This year’s edition also witnessed 34 patents filed by the participants across domains like agriculture, health, vehicle safety, IOT, automation, security, and eco-friendly appliances, according to a statement.

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