Mysore/Mysuru: Next time the sewer pipe in your apartment complex is clogged, you have to just call ‘Drona Automation’ to send their robots for pipe inspection and cleaning.

If you have to pick up a spot for drilling a borewell and understand the depth for drilling, then there is a technology from Team Code Eco, from CMR Institute of Technology, called ‘Lok Trusha’ which can help you understand and locate the precise spot for drilling.

 If your inquisitive child has to pick up a hobby, there are Do It Yourself (DIY) kits from Aeronuts to help them learn, explore and innovate in the field of aerospace.

These three were some of the innovative ideas that were a part of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Pitch University Pitchfest 2022. There were nearly 100 teams from Karnataka who participated in the competition. 20 teams were selected for mentoring and five made it to the finals.

Team Code Eco were the winners while Aeronuts and Drona Automation were declared the runners-up. The winners were given Rs. 75,000 and would represent TiE Mysuru in the global competition while the runners-up got Rs. 25,000 each.

Lok Trusha is a complete solution to determine underground water levels and other details with data analytics to help farmers and boost the agricultural economy of the country.

It aims to understand the groundwater scenarios in the country and gives a broad classification of groundwater levels using statistical and arithmetical solutions along with various other factors affecting underground water. It provides an advanced solution to scout for water aquifers and other unknown water resources.

Drona Automations is into cleaning and inspection of sewer pipes of manholes and commercial buildings using low-cost robots. Aeronuts is an ed-tech start-up that seeks to preserve and shape the curiosity of children from an early age in the field of aeronautical and aerospace sciences with STEM-based DIY kits and interactive workshops.

The other two teams, which made it to the finals, included JobSetu, a Mysuru-based job portal for blue-collar workers and Bin2Bricks, a start-up idea for converting construction debris to bricks.

JobSetu is an Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain enterprise solution that efficiently matches blue-collar workers with potential job providers in the gig market. It is an early-stage start-up co-founded by Chandrakanth and Shreyas Aradhya from JSS Science and Technology University, Mysuru.

Bin2Bricks is a four-member team from MIT Mysuru working to clean the city of construction and demolition waste by recycling it to manufacture bricks.

The panel of judges included Ajith Pai, Founder and Partner, PaiPal Ventures, Past President TiE Mysuru Chapter, Pavan Ranga, Founder & CEO of Rangsons Aerospace, Angel Investor, Anantha Bhat, Founder and Director, Chowki Services Pvt Ltd.

The event was supported by K-Tech Innovation Hub and SJCE-STEP. Sudhanva Dhananjaya, President of TiE Mysuru, spoke about the support that TiE Mysuru has been providing to entrepreneurs and start-ups.

Raghunandan Rajamani, Project Head, K-Tech Innovation Hub, offered incubation, product development support and mentorship support to all the finalists. Srinivas Varadarajan, CEO, Vigyanlabs Innovations Pvt. Ltd., spoke in the founder series of TiE Mysuru. Shivashankar, TiE University Pitchfest lead, provided the details of the Pitchfest and the achievements.