Defence Minister gives award to winners of “Solution to Problem” challenge

Defence Minister gives award to winners of “Solution to Problem” challenge
Six experts from Chennai won the second prize for an innovative technology that can enable location-based tactical messaging.

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday gave awards to eight winners of the national level open challenge competition: “Solution to Problem” in Chennai.

The competition, organized during Defence Expo 2018, was aimed at finding solutions to the defence related problems by Innovators, Students, Professionals, Participants and Foreign Nationals.

A team from National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, won the first prize with a cash award of Rs 50,000 for finding a solution for flying in areas that interrupt GPS signals.

Six experts from Chennai won the second prize for an innovative technology that can enable location-based tactical messaging.

Another participant from Bengaluru won the third prize for his work on identification of drones/UAVs.