Award Book

Sixth National Award Book

Press Release
The President of India
Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil presented the 6th National Grassroots Innovations Awards

Committee Members

  1. (A) Invitation and Reception Committee
  • Convener: Deepa Monigogai
  • Co-Convener: Kiran Rawat
  • Members:
    Hema Patel, Unnishankar, Bhaskarbhai, Himanshu Taunk, Nita Patel, Kishore Kallta, Urvi Gupta, Lata Iyer, Jigna Trivedi, Vivek Kumar
  • Tasks:
    • Preparing list of invitees
    • Drafting of letters
    • Invitation of Quotations for Printing Invitation Card
    • Designing and Printing of invitation cards
    • Label Preparation for cards, Letters
    • Mailing / Delivering the cards
    • Letters to special invitees along with invitation card
    • Invitation to awardees
    • Receiving and escorting the special invitees
    • Trophy with citation
    • Certificates for Awardees
    • Drafting of citations
    • Preparations of identity cards
    • Designing and arrangement of badges
    • Arrangement of kits to be distributed
    • Arrangements of position of the awardees for group photos
    • Arrangements of position of the awardees in award function
    • Rehearsal of the awardees for receiving awards
    • Escorting Awardees to receive awards
    • Tropies and certificate arrangements in the back stage
    • Trophy and certificates to be taken to the dais

(B) Reception and Hospitality Committee

  • Convener: Mahesh Patel
  • Co-Convener: Ramesh Patel
  • Members: Vijay, Soniya Sooryavanshi
  • Tasks:
    • Receiving and escorting the special invitees

2. Registration Committee

  • Convener: Falguni Shah
  • Co-Convener: Deepa Sharma
  • Members: Dhara Bhavsar, Sonali Pethani, Vaishali Rawal, Jayshree Patel, Sumitra, Lata Iyer, Anamika De
  • Tasks:
    • Banners for the registration desk
    • Hangings for the registration desk
    • Registration form preparation
    • Packing of the kits in alphabetical order
    • Food coupons
    • Collection of the required things at the registration desk e.g. stamp pad, pen, copy of the list etc.
    • Preparing cards, badges for organizers, awardees and other delegates
    • Preparing and distributing the registration kits to delegates

3. Accommodation Committee

  • Convenor: Sandeep sharma
  • Co-Convenor: Kamal Dave
  • Members: Sweta Jain, Rakesh Maheshwari, Nitin Morya, Ramesh Patel, Mahesh Patel, Pratik, Vijay Villala, Baskarbhai, Sonali Pethani, Jigna, Falguni Shah
  • List of tasks
    • To organise accommodation for delegates, innovators, awardees, special invitees, GC members, experts, celebrities etc.
    • To take care of the hospitality at the place of stay (one person assigned to stay with guests at each location).
    • To look at some special need, if any, of elderly people/guests/innovators.
    • To ensure full coordination with Transport Committee so that delegates reach the venue in time.
    • To arrange for welcome kit for guests.

4. Hall Arrangements and Exhibition Committee

  • Convener: Dr Vivek
  • Co-Convener: Rakesh Maheshwari
  • Members: Manoranjan Kumar, Himanshu Taunk, Hiren Prajapati, Sunita Mallik, Devshibhai, Nadim Shaikh, Utsav Patel, Niranjan Prajapati, Urvi Gupta, Raj Kishore, Kishore Kallta, Jaydeep Mandal
  • Tasks:
    • To make arrangements for dais; sitting and presentations
    • Stage decoration with flower arrangement, lamps, oils, cotton, match stick etc.
    • Preparation of banners, signage etc,
    • Arrangement of Sound System
    • Digital Display
    • Arrangement of mineral water, glasses etc for the chief guest and dignitaries in the dais
    • To get posters and other exhibits for display
    • Organizing arrangement of panels, providing display materials etc at the exhibition venue
    • Transportation of models/prototypes to the venue
    • Multimedia display
    • Selection of the site and direction of stall etc – Entry – Exit / emergency exit (Possibility of giving total contract of organizing the exhibition)
    • Arrangement of stall - Use of cloth ( Samiyana or plastic panels )- Gandhi / Labh / Vishal etc
    • Conference room etc
    • Electrification etc / Provision of Mike/s to announce imp matters
    • Stands / panels
    • Prototypes
    • Posters
    • Big size Hoardings at the entrance
    • Tables
    • Chairs
    • Counters / registration desk etc / inquiry office
    • No of stalls - About 75
    • Backlight display ( Like – UTI)
    • Provision of KIOSK
    • Stock room for prototypes
    • Loading and unloading facility – crane / labour etc
    • Budget and payment systems
    • Involvement of NID for designing the exhibition
    • Provision for transport within exhibition site ( Small trailer / load carrier)
    • Small crane for loading and unloading the heavy prototypes
    • Presence of labour for helping innovators for prototype handling
    • Leaflets
    • Provision for Fire distinguisher and fire brigade
    • Space for working demonstration
    • Idea Box
    • Suggestion Box
    • Banners
    • Electric equipment
    • Instruments like camera / LCD projector / Recorder
    • Thermocol sheets for urgent requirement
    • Stall for breakfast etc
    • Provision for toilets etc
    • First Aid
    • Exclusive vehicles for Exhibition
    • Stall for subscription and sale of publication of SRISTI INNOVATIONS
    • Continuous display of video
    • Plants/ small trees and watering
    • TCI/Patel Roadways, Contact with local transporter having offices in all India basis (Patel road ways etc) and Negotiation to provide total facility (Ease of documents etc), Negotiation for to & fro transport from innovators place to IIMA and back, Local facility of vehicles to take the goods from Rly Station or from transporter’s place.

5. Transport Committee

  • Convener: Hardev Chaudhary
  • Co-Convener: Nirmal
  • Members: Amaresh Sarkar, Durairajan, Chetan Patel, Ganpatbhai, Ravindra Prajapati, Niranjan Prajapati, Vaishali Rawal, Vishnu Mathur, Ramjibhai, Paresh Pandya
  • Tasks:
    • To obtain the list of “invitees” from Reception/Invitation committee
    • To ensure reservation of invitees through respective collaborators (for innovators) wherever possible and doing it ourselves for the remaining
    • To ensure reservation of “VIPs” and “VVIPs”, if requested.
    • To obtain schedule (to-fro)of the visitors (invitees, attendants, VIPs) so as to arrange vehicle
    • Setting up an information/reception desk at the Railway station & Bus Stand
    • Transportation to-fro of guests from station/Bus stand to the place of accommodation
    • Transportation to-fro of guests/ invitees from the place of accommodation to the venue
    • Vehicles arrangement
    • Monitoring members (at the time of emergency and responsible for EVC’s vehicle)

6. Food and Refreshment Committee

  • Convener: L. Chinzah
  • Co-Convener: Sadhna Gupta
  • Members: Sandeep Sharma, Vipin Kumar, Punit Ghelot, Balaram Sahu, Piyush Sharma, Ruchit , Pogula Ganesh, Vijay Villala, Rajeev Pandey
  • Tasks:
    • To make arrangements for breakfast / lunch / dinner and refreshments during the award function

7. Press and Publicity Committee

  • Convener: Vipin Kumar
  • Co-Convener: Nitin Maurya
  • Members: L. Chinzah, Lalit Sati, T. N. Prakash, Natbar, Unnishankar, S.F. Ahmed
  • Tasks:
    • To organize media coverage for the occasion
    • To prepare press releases and submit them for publicity Video coverage, interviews etc.
    • Arrange media room
    • Prepare Press Kit
    • Data entry in Gujarati or Hindi as and when required
    • Briefing the Press about specific technologies during the function

8. Publication Committee

  • Convener: Nitin Maurya
  • Co-convener: Punit Ghelot
  • Members: Unnishankar, Nita Patel, Utsav Patel, Lalilt Sati, Vivekananad, Piyush Sharma
  • Tasks:
    • Brochures ready for tech transfer, MVIF/ product query related information for inclusion in profiles/NIF update, review of prepared profiles
    • Preparation of the draft of Agri/herbal technologies, review of prepared profiles
    • All tasks related to layout, printing/publishing of Award Book not covered by V Nagarajan/to be revised, in
    • Providing photographs of innovations & innovators
    • Designing of posters/ printing/dealing with vendors, quotations from vendors related to printing of posters/books and other materials in coordination with Purchase Committee members
    • All translation work (Hindi) related with profiles/ brief profiles/ posters, coordination for translation in Gujarati if required
    • Award book profiles, short summaries, poster text, updation of NIF note, talking points, press note/release, over all coordination

9. Purchase Committee

  • Convener: Vipin Kumar
  • Co-Convener: L. Chinzah
  • Members: Sweta Jain, Vivek Kumar, Hardev Chaudhary, Mahesh Patel, Ramesh Patel
  • Tasks:
    • Purchase for various committees as per the requirements submitted.

10. Finance Committee

  • Convener: RPS Yadav
  • Co-convener: Sewta Jain
  • Members: Vipin Kumar, Huzzaffa, Rajeev Sharma, Bhoomi, Jigar
  • Tasks:
    • TA / DA reimbursements to participants
    • Cost of models /prototypes, posters etc

11. Emergency Task Force Committee

  • Convener: Vipin Kumar
  • Co-Convener: L. Chinzah
  • Members: Mahesh Patel, Ramesh Patel, S. F. Ahmed, T. J. James
  • Tasks:
    • To provide the necessary back up support during the function
    • Response to sudden eventualities Coordination of communication among different committees, guests, innovators, other delegates

12. Coordination with Collaborators / innovators for Prototypes Committee

  • Convener:
  • Co-convener:
  • Members: Piyush Sharma, Vishnu Mathur, Kishore Kallta, Natwar, Ruchit, Himanshu Taunk, Ramesh Patel, Ranjansingh, T. J. James, G. M. Bhatt

13. Security Committee

  • Convener: Mahesh Patel
  • Co-Convener: L. Chinzah
  • Members: Devshibhai

14. Cultural Committee

  • Convener: L. Chinzah
  • Co convener: Sandeep Sharma
  • Members: Gaurav Soni, Deepa Monigogai

15. Advisory Committee

  • Convener: Riya Sinha
  • Co-Convener: Vipin Kumar
  • Members: Balaram Sahu, Raj, HBN Colloborators