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THE BOTTOM LINE

Man has come a long way from Stone Age. With the present technological tools coming in

place, and rapid rate of advance in newer technology for communication and information flow

using e-governance systems and e-solutions, soon our present will be the new Stone Age

The sustainable and complete growth of a nation without compromising the quality of life of its

citizens requires the optimal and intelligent use of its human resource through meticulous

planning and implementation. To make such a scenario a reality we need smarter structure,

planning, development and at the core of it all smarter and more efficient systems that get thework done at a fast rate and yet keep in the cycle of progress, an inherent sustainability. E-

governance and E-solutions are key aspects for such systems. They simplify and quicken certain

slow and inefficient processes and also lead to the creation of new and smarter governance.

Knowing is half the battle. The opportunities of a smarter world are tremendous and it has

unending implications..

EXAMPLE OF AN E-SOLUTION

Problem

The attendance of staff nurses at government run nursing homes is very low. This is the reason

for the poor treatment and care given to pregnant women and new born babies.

Solution

To increase the attendance of staff nurses we need to monitor their presence and incentivize

their work. Moreover we must make sure that the registers which help monitor their

attendance is available to both the government and public on demand.

We may do so by developing an app that orders the head at the nursing home to get a random

set of nurses in a random order at a random time (during working hours) once every day as

judged by the app in queue in front of a camera which would take their photo in that order and

through facial recognition identify them. The data is transferred to an online portal available to

both higher authorities and possibly public on demand. This policy can be implemented at the

ground level and may be made mandatory keeping in regard judicial provisions and policy

implementations of it. Hence the app in one go makes the head of the nursing home as well as


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the staff nurses highly accountable without spending much money, much of their time. In fact it

is a leap from the traditional registers and paperwork and may also save a lot of time andmoney that way, apart from its main implication of increasing the attendance of the

government employees.

Hence this e-solution not only tackles the main problem but also removes other bottlenecks

and inefficiencies in chain of processes.

(Note: This is a brief part of the solution just to incorporate in you an idea of how the basic part

of the solution may look like.)

PROBLEM STATEMENT

We have identified some sectors for you and done some basic level research.

EDUCATION

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differs from the dead.

AristotleWith India aiming to evolve as one of the most powerful and developed nation of the world

by 2020, it is imperative to ensure that the education sector of the country keeps up with the

time. For sustained economic growth, India must produce more skilled individuals that may

take part in the development. However the countrys education system, particularly the

higher education system is often accused of being over-regulated and under-governed.

Further, with population increasing at such a rapid rate, its proving to be very difficult for the

government to provide optimum quality education to each and every citizen of the country.

Although the concept of effective school governance is not new, it needs to be thoroughly

innovated to be able to effectively deal with new challenges confronting us. With scienceand technology evolving at such a rapid rate, the conventional classroom education we offer

can hardly be described as sufficient. In this context, e-governance and e-solutions can

facilitate in improving program and bringing efficiency in all aspects of the education.


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AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

Quality and technical education to all

Improve the literacy rate of the country

Reduction in dropout rate.

Special Emphasis to girls and women education.

Improve the vocational training facilities in the country.

SOME OF THE MAJOR ISSUES

The population of the country being so huge, It is very difficult for the government to

ensure a good quality education to its entire citizens effectively especially in the remoteparts of the country.

Lack of quality teachers and education in the rural parts of the country

Absence of teachers performance review system.

Lack of research facilities in higher secondary level.

Lack of required number of vocational education institutions in the country.

Lack of participatory, accountable and transparent system in the country.

Lack of effective redressal mechanism

Lack of central database required to make accurate statistical analysis.

PROBLEM

Suggest e-solutions and products to tackle the issues and challenges faced by the education

system of the country with existing resources. The focus must lie on modernizing the present

procedures as well as coming out with products that will use the available resources to tackle

the issues in a better way. Also suggest use of new resources if possible that open up with the

use of e-solutions etc.

[The issues discussed above are just to give you an idea and you are free to suggest as many e-

products to get rid of as many issues as you can.]

SPECIAL POINTS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF

User friendliness of the interface of your product taking special care of the population

residing in the remote locations of the country.

The implementation feasibility of the product.


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REQUIREMENTS

You must explain your products with the schematics of various interfaces and diagrams

to depict the information and data flow.

You must justify the implementation mechanism you have chosen (mobile, set-top box,

web etc.) with special reference to the marginalized population of the country

You must suggest awareness programs to ensure its outreach to each and every part of

the country.

You must also mention all the sources of data, info and other statistics used.

ENERGY

In present day world, with the demand for energy growing at an impeccable rate unmatched by

the growth of its supply, we are on the brink of a major crisis. The aggregate demand for energy

in India is 40% more than the aggregate supply. With problems such as 50% energy losses

during transmission and the fast diminishing reserves of coal, we face a potential threat to not

only the growth of the economy but also the survival of life on earth. The growing need to

replace these old and unyielding systems with new, interconnected and smarter system with the

potential of generating its own energy, is a reality that we cannot turn our backs to.

In such a scenario where we face this energy crisis, one must focus on rapid and effectiveinnovation in the system, to make more energy efficient designs and implement them on a large

scale with both the uniformity of the policies throughout the country and yet keeping the

variations required by each region.

In this context, e-governance and e-solutions can facilitate in improving the program,

implementing innovation, decreasing energy consumption and bringing to aspects of the energy

sector an impeccable design based on sustainable use of energy,

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

Efficient and Smarter systems.

Greener and Cleaner energy

Reduction in unnecessary consumption of energy.

Reduction in energy losses and energy theft.

Special emphasis on sustainable development models

Improving the fundamental design and energy flow and use.

Smarter buildings and smarter generation of energy (individually).


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Increase in production of energy at an individual level.

Transfer of data with respect to what energy sources are to be used and how based onlocation, economics and personal choice.

Help in terms on how to set up generation units on an individual basis etc.

PROBLEM

Suggest e-solutions and products to tackle the issues and challenges faced by the energy sector

of the country with existing resources. The focus must lie on modernizing the present

procedures as well as coming out with products that will use the available resources to tackle

the issues in a better way. Also suggest use of new resources if possible that open up with the

use of e-solutions etc.

You may also create a system of information flow that allows cheaper and smarter creation of

energy at an individual level or at a small scale for personal consumption (such as information

on where to harness which kind of energy and on availability of tools to do the same).

*The problems discussed above are just to give you an idea and you are free to suggest as many

e-products to get rid of as many issues as you can.+


User friendliness of the interface of your product taking special care of the populationresiding in the remote locations of the country and for marginalized classes.


REQUIREMENTS


to depict the energy flow, consumption, losses and generation and changes in these

using smarter e-governance systems. Mention all the data and information that you are

using.

You must justify the implementation mechanism you have chosen with special referenceto the green and clean energy.


the country.

You must also mention sources of all the data, info and other statistics used.


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LAW AND ORDER

Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose

they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Law and order are necessary to maintain the social fabric of society and ensure a proper

framework for economic and social development. For India to achieve Vision 2020 goal, it is

imperative that innovative solutions be found to the problems that plague the machinery that

ensures law and order in the country. A growing population, escalating crime rates and a

booming economy, all call for e-solutions to the problems relating to law and order.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:

Faster registration of cases

Transparent and quick investigation of crimes

Maintenance of criminal records

Prevention of crime

SOME OF THE MAJOR ISSUES:

The police force and its machinery have been alienated from the common man. A large

number of crimes go unreported.

The present system of FIRs is multi-tiered, which means that a particularly difficult case

takes a lot of time to move up the hierarchy, delaying and hence denying justice.

There are reports of manipulation in criminal investigations. Transparency in policing

has become the need of the hour.

E-Databases of criminals to ensure faster identification of the convicts.

Improvement in internal administration to ensure efficiency and uniformity inrecruitments, promotions, rewards, etc.

Even though we claim the crime rate is decreasing, it is far from truth. Special care need

to be given to women and child related crime.


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PROBLEM

Suggest e-solutions and products to tackle the issues and challenges faced by the education


procedures as well as coming out with products that will use the available resources and data

to tackle the issues in a better way. Also suggest use of new resources if possible that open up

with the use of e-solutions etc.

You may use statistical approach to come with new solutions.





residing in the remote locations of the country specially the marginalized classes of the

population.


REQUIREMENTS

You must explain your products with the schematics of various interfaces and diagramsto depict the information and data flow. Mention all the data and statistics that you

have made and used.


web etc.) with special reference to the marginalized classes of the country


the country.



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HEALTHCARE

Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.

Winston S. Churchill

A country of open farms, crowded villages, and tumultuously active cities, India possesses a

seemingly endless pool of human capitaland growing economic capitalbut relatively little of

it spent on healthcare. With the projected growth rate around 8.2 % for the next five-year plan,

India is poised to continue on its prosperity path. However, the government pays only 1.1% of

its gross domestic product (of a total $1.1 trillion) on public healthcare, and an additional 3.7%

is privately financed, for a total of 4.8% of GDP on health spending.

Indian healthcare today is crippled by many gripping issues from low rural healthcare facilities,

inadequate medical workforce, gaping infant and maternal mortality rate to the high cost of

medical care. With India aiming to evolve as one of the most powerful and developed nation of

the world by 2020, it is thus imperative to ensure that the healthcare sector of the country

keeps up with the time.

Although the concept of effective medical care governance is not new, it needs to be

thoroughly innovated to be able to effectively deal with new challenges confronting us. With

science and technology evolving at such a rapid rate, the conventional system of healthcare

and medical facilities we offer can hardly be described as sufficient In this context, e-

governance and e-solutions can facilitate in improving program and bringing efficiency in all

aspects of the healthcare.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

Quality and effective healthcare facilities for all.

Greater access to basic healthcare facilities and medicines in rural areas.

Lower infant mortality and maternal mortality rate of the country.

Special emphasis to women and child nutrition, growth and health.

Better medical training facilities and number of available trained medical workforce inthe country.

Greater awareness regarding basic healthcare, sanitation and hygiene.


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SOME OF THE MAJOR ISSUES

Greater access to quality healthcare facilities in rural India.

Lack of specialist doctors, trained nurses and dispensaries in the rural parts of the

country.

Lack of basic healthcare facilities such as clean water, sanitation facilities, resulting in

endemic malaria, typhoid, hepatitis among other infectious diseases.

Huge disparity between the average income and the cost of medical facilities. ,

compounded by the lack of awareness regarding availing medical health insurance.

Prevalent inertia amongst pharmaceuticals companies to introduce new molecular

entities owing to the tight governmental price regulation and the drive to bring me-too

products at lower cost.

Low infrastructural support abysmal number of well-equipped hospitals, nursing

homes, dispensaries.

Problem of inadequate number of doctors, trained specialist, nurses available,

compounded by the inertia of doctors to serve in the rural areas and the choice of many

to shift their practice to western countries.

Lack of emergency medical services, workforce of paramedical and emergency trained

technicians along with problems of congested roadways hindering availability of quick

medical support.

Growing impact of sedentary lifestyle and consumption of processed food on health.

High infant mortality rate and maternal mortality rate.

Absence of doctors performance review system. Lack of required number of medical education institutions in the country.

Lack of central database required to make accurate statistical analysis and record of

citizens' medical history.

PROBLEM

Suggest e-solutions and products to tackle the issues and challenges faced by the healthcare


procedures as well as coming out with products that will use the available resources and data

to tackle the issues in a better way. Also suggest use of new resources if possible that open upwith the use of e-solutions, better connectivity and newer technologies etc.




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residing in the remote locations of the country and the marginalized classes of the

population.


REQUIREMENTs


to depict the information and data flow. Mention all the data and statistics that you

have made and used.


web etc.) with special reference to the marginalized classes of the country


the country.


TRANSPORTATION

A bus, a train or a car to work. A bike to school. A plane for a business trip. And even if you don't

leave your home, your life is still influenced by the transportation industry: virtually every

tangible goodfood, clothing, medicine, vehicles, and computershas been transported into

your world from somewhere else.

Transportationthe movement of people and goods from point A to point Bis the life force of

our economy. Cities could not exist if we didn't have transportation systems to move people and

goods in, out and around them. It has been a leading driver behind globalization: shrinking

distances, seeding the emergence of entire new economies and improving the quality of life for

millions of people.

Yet many of our transportation systems are inadequate to serve the needs of the 21st century.

The need to innovate, reverse and re-engineer and reverse innovate technology is the need for

a developing nation such as ours. By integrating technology and intelligence into the physical

transportation infrastructure, we can improve capacity, enhance the traveler experience and


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make our transportation systems more efficient, safe, and secure. In such an hour of need, e-

governance can aid in building a friendlier and healthy public transportation system.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

Flow of information such as timing, delays and best routes to allow improved decision

making by the consumers

Accurately predicting demand and better aligning capacity for both passenger and

freight carriers.

Build an enduring economic and political case for change using more complete

information about costs, pricing and demand.

Develop advanced traffic control systems for air, land and sea; design intelligent vehicles,

aircraft and trains that act as nodes on an integrated network.

Empower customers with information about their transportation choices.

Reduce energy use and harmful emissions, while assuring safety.

In short, build smarter transportation.

PROBLEM

Solutions (in form of ideas and products (such as apps etc.)) to various problems in

transportation system (mainly public) mentioned above and also to those problems

which you may come across.

Modernization of present procedures and come up with new procedures if necessary,

within the policy framework of the government and within the judicial framework.

Analyze economics of the solutions before providing them if required.



residing in the remote locations of the country. The implementation feasibility of the product.

REQUIREMENTS


to depict the energy flow, consumption, losses and generation and changes in these

using smarter e-governance systems.


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You must justify the implementation mechanism you have chosen with special referenceto the consumer comfort, economics, and government policies and within legal

framework.


the country and is able to contribute to major segments of the population.


[NOTE : YOU ARE FREE TO ATTEMPT ANY NUMBER OF SECTORS AND JUDGING WILL BE DONE

ON THE BASIS OF QUALITY OF YOUR SOLUTIONS.]

GENERAL SUGGESTIONS

One of the KEY uses of E-governance/E-solutions is faster and increased information

flow. Any E-solution incorporated by the government may use this increased flow of

information and data by collecting, reporting and tracing the information/data faster

and more efficiently.

The policy implications, economic feasibility and reach of the solutions govern the

magnitude of its impact and hence its success. Hence they should be fully analyzed.

Removal of bottle necks in most government procedures using e-based systems and

solutions is also a good idea. Think of using the voluminous amount of data government has, use probabilistic and

statistical approach to generate information from them.


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GIVEN BELOW IS THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EVENT:

FINAL SOLUTION REQUIREMENTS

Presentation having comparative Graphs/Diagrams etc. depicting the solution's impact

(before/after and impact using other present solutions) etc.

Policy implications of the solution and complete evaluation of its economics, alignment

with government policy, and working within the present structure and framework of

Indian constitution.

Total impact of the solution at the ground and national level.

Feasibility analysis (including how the government hierarchy is tackled and steps that the

solution need to undergo to be put into use after its adoption, economics, legal and

other policy implications) for the solution should be present.

Problems that may occur while implementing the solution and solution to those

problems.

(Includes the basic abstract requirements as given below).

JUDGING CRITERIA

Feasibility (economic and otherwise fundamental) of the solution/solutions given in thedifferent fields and the implications of the solution at the ground level.

Impact of the solution/solutions at the national level and to the common man (withspecial regard to impact on marginalized classes).

Ability to implement the solution, keeping in mind our judicial system and thegovernment policies both at the state level and the central level.

Both quality and quantity of proposed solutions in terms of the fields covered and abilityto create impact.

RULES AND REGULATIONS

1. The competition is open only to the students studying either in the country or abroad.

2. All the teams have to register on the website which will generate their Team Id.

3. Maximum number of members in the team must not exceed 4.

4. Decision of the judges shall be treated as final and binding.

5. The teams must strictly follow all the deadlines failing to which will lead to their

disqualification.


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TIMELINE

Last Date Details

Registration for the event 14th February,2013 Through the website.

Abstract/Progress Report

Submission15

thFebruary,2013 Shortlisting will be done on the basis of the report.

Shortlist Display 20

th

February,2013

Shortlisted teams Team ID shall be put up in the

website.

Final report submission

and presentation during

the fest

22nd

-24th

March,2013Participants would be needed to give presentation in

front of experts.

REGISTRATION PROCEDURE

The registration shall be done through the Cognizance website.

Steps

(i) The Team Leader needs to login into the website through his username and

password.

(ii) The The Bottom Line event page has the tab Register to register the team for the

event.

(iii) This will generate your Team Id and a mail shall be sent to the mail id of team leader

about the registration.


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ABSTRACT SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

You need to send the abstract to [email protected] the subject Abstract

SubmissionTeam Id(eg. Abstract Submission COG13/XXXXXX)Mention the Names and Cognizance Id of all of your team members along with their email ids

and contact number.

The deadline to send the abstract is 15th

February 2013.

ABSTRACT REQUIREMENTS

What are the sectors that you are working on? What are the problems that you wouldbe handling?

Mention the reports/case studies/surveys you have seen.

The implementation strategy that you may use in your solutions along with the

justification to use it.

What are the data that you found useful to be used along with their sources? Mention

the mathematics that you used and the information that you have extracted from that

data.

*Note: Answer to each of the above questions must not be more than 100 words.+

FINAL SUBMISSION

(i) The final presentation shall happen during the fest i.e. 22nd-24th March, 2012 in IIT

Roorkee.

(ii) Your presentation MUST not extend beyond 15 minutes.

FOR FURTHER QUERIES:

Nipun Sawhney

Ph. No.: +91-9810380027

Shubhechyya Ghosal

Email to: [email protected]

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