• Categories • Prize Money and Rules • How to Submit your Entry • The Fine Print AIDI and PanIIT are pleased to announce 60 days to Transform India, a design competition, as a run up to the conference. The theme of both the conference and competition is Innovate with what you know – which means we are not only looking for blue-sky anything-goes sort of entries, but ones that have constructive thought and look achievable in the foreseeable future. Inspire new Narratives – Our lives are driven by stories. Some stories are more powerful than the others and these are the ones that bind communities and customers together. An entry has to have a compelling story Transform India – Participants should understand that designs and design solutions should be in a context of a changing India, and the designs should be transformed in a positive way. The purpose of the AIDI-Pan-IIT Design awards is to: Expand national understanding of design as an essential resource for solving the problems around us and envisioning new prosperous futures Introduce innovative ideas to business that can take these ideas towards conclusion Demonstrate how investment in design potentially impacts overall business success Highlight the critical role of design in enhancing quality of life in India Top

Categories Designs for practically anything may be entered so long as the solution fits into the theme of the competition. If an entry doesn't fit into the category selected it will be re-categorized by Pan-IIT-AIDI. Categories represent 'Contexts' and we do not distinguish between 'product' and 'service' ideas as the boundaries are blurring between the two. Work and Productivity Computing devices, Office equipment and systems, Business environments and systems, Service ideas for Professional Business Home Domestic Appliances, Consumer electronics, consumer goods for the home, Kitchen, Garden, Cutlery & Kitchenware, Residential Furniture & Lighting, Fixtures & Hardware, Professional services for the home. Infrastructure Building Equipment & Systems, Fixtures & Lighting , Construction & Industrial Vehicles, Public Services and Amenities. E.g. device ideas for utilities personnel, a 5 minute to solve the country's housing problems, but an energy conservation device for the home would come under 'home'. Healthcare Ideas for Clinical & Diagnostic Products, Industrial & Scientific Products, Surgical & Therapeutic Products, Home-Care & Self-Care Products, Healthcare services. Personal and Leisure Personal media players, personal care product ideas, Apparel, Backpacks, Eyeglasses, Footwear, Handbags, Hats & Helmets, Watches, other personal products and service ideas for individuals. Automobiles, Aviation and Transportation Automotive Exterior & Interiors, Marine & Aircraft Exterior & Interior, Motorcycles, Recreational Vehicles, Bicycles, transportation environments and systems Top

Prize Money and Rules Prize Money Winning entries in each category will be awarded Rs. 50,000. Do note that prizes may not be awarded in every category. Important Dates Pan IIT event – December 19-21 2008. November 25 Open for registration and accepting entries by email. December 15 Deadline for receiving entries. Do note that if you send in your entries before December 5, you stand the chance to submit additional information, such as video, extra images, idea spec sheets, or other category-specific material, prior to final jury. December 16 Jury and Shortlist of finalists. December 17 Invitation for finalists to attend the Pan-IIT conference December 19-21 All finalists' entries are showcased at the Pan-IIT conference. Final jury process. December 21, 2008 Announcement of best of category winners Entry Fee Students – Free. (Please send a scanned copy of your identity card along with your entry via email) AIDI Member Professionals – Rs. 500 Other professionals – Rs. 1000 Top Entry fees may be paid by cheque, or demand draft drawn in favour of "PAN IIT ALUMNI INDIA". On the back of the cheque please write Your name Contact phone number Title for your entry The cheque or demand draft should be sent to PAN IIT 2008 Secretariat, Room No. 105 Hostel management Building, IIT Madras, Chennai - 600 036, India If you would like to become an AIDI member before participation, please write to sneha@aidionline.org. Eligibility Criteria Participant Qualifications Open to all Indian Nationals and Persons of Indian Origin worldwide i.e. participant does not have to be a design professional Student entries can only be submitted in the Student category, Participants may enter as many ideas as they like, but each entry must be purchased and submitted separately. Top Entry qualifications Entries should be New Ideas i.e. they cannot be present as products in production or as public knowledge currently anywhere in the world. The ideas must not be scheduled for production or implementation at the time of entry, for at least three months from the date of entry (This and the clause above ensure that ideas are judged for their own potential. This also means that we will not be accepting entries of products that are already in the market, but we need your consensus on this.) Students may enter design ideas even if they are in university or corporate funded research programs so long as permission is obtained. Judging Criteria Judging is based on the following criteria. These criteria are weighted by the judges as they deem appropriate for the category: Adherence to the theme - Design Innovation, Inspire new narratives, and demonstrate potential to transform India Visual appeal and aesthetics; Perceived Benefits to the user (performance, comfort, safety, ease of use, user interface, ergonomics, universal function and access, quality of life); Perceived Benefits to society and community (importance and viability); Ecological benefit – for product and service ideas (responsible use of materials and processes throughout lifecycle, including material durability, toxicity, source and waste reduction, energy efficiency and repair/ reuse/ recyclability); Ecosystem benefit – for service ideas. Top

Submission Process Participants are to send to Entries via email to paniit.design@gmail.com. Please follow this format for the email Subject line [Category] – [Title of your entry] e.g. [Personal and Leisure] – [Cycle mounted camping accessory] If your entry does not fit directly into any of the categories mentioned, choose the one that appears most appropriate Email Body [Cheque/ Demand Draft number] [Airway Bill / Courier tracking number] for the cheque/ DD For Student entries please send a scanned copy of your student identification as an attachment. Note: Do not write your name in the body of the email. [Brief Description of your project] Submitting additional information You may submit additional information, either on request or voluntarily, by email. Your secondary submission will only be valid if the protocol above is followed. It is recommended that secondary entries be made as 'replies' to initial submission email. Appropriate materials for entry Before you send your email and attachments, be sure to review categories and sub-categories and choose the most appropriate for your entry. Have all of your information ready to submit, including: Images should be PDF or web-standard .JPG or .GIF, 96 dpi, in RGB colorspace, 960 x 720 px and no larger than 1MB each. Images may be color or black & white. PDF files should be no larger than 1MB each at A4." Each should be labeled with the Entry/ Title name and not your name. If your name is one it, your participation stands to be disqualified. Your images should include one major view with a white background, (preferably computer generated for products), showing the best view up to three (3) images/ storyboards to explain the design challenge. These boards may contain pictures of Indian contexts to support your view up to three (3) images/ storyboards to explain the design solution Where Video is necessary: An optional video not to exceed 60 seconds and 10 MB. Acceptable file formats are .MOV, .WMV, .AVI, .SWF, and .MPEG/.MPG File should follow this naming format for easier processing and handling during jury i.e [Submission Title]_[1 – major view, 2_x for design challenge, 3_x for design solution].pdf Judging Process/ Awards The judging is blind: the designers, their names and the names of consulting firms may not appear anywhere in the body of the email. Failure to abide by this rule results in immediate disqualification. Names or logos of manufacturing companies/clients may appear if they are inherent to the product. Jurors do their initial scoring online for their assigned categories. After shortlisting and after reviewing any supplementary entry material requested, judging teams will meet in person to decide which entries exemplify the key theme words of the event and recommend a Category Winner. The jury's decisions are final. Award Notifications All Selected Participants will be required to respond (as directed) to the phone and/or e-mail notification within one week of attempted notification, for request for additional submission information, and within a day for invitation to the PanIIT conference. Failure to respond in a timely manner to the notification may result in forfeiture of the award and, in such cases Top

The Fine Print The judges' decisions are final. PanIIT or AIDI cannot be held responsible for entries submitted by individuals without permission of other stake holders of the design idea. Copyright of the submissions remains with the participant, however by making an entry, the participant assigns PanIIT and AIDI the right to publish, exhibit or promote the contents, of the submission or an edited version of the same without, seeking further permission. In order to make a convincing case for submission, a participant may choose to include information of a confidential nature (i.e. increased profits). Do mention the confidential nature of a particular piece of information and such information will be restricted to awards administrators and judges only. Any material which is not for publication or exhibition must be marked clearly on the page(s) where this information appears. While every precaution will be taken to safeguard entries, PanIIT or AIDI cannot be held responsible for any loss (or damage) to registration submissions, or non-receipt of emails. Submissions will not be returned or destroyed. All information must be provided or your submission as requested or your participation will be disqualified. No refund of entry fees will be made for disqualified submissions. Top