{"id":44101,"date":"2018-12-16T10:39:12","date_gmt":"2018-12-16T04:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techlekh.com\/?p=44101"},"modified":"2018-12-16T10:39:12","modified_gmt":"2018-12-16T04:54:12","slug":"smart-urban-technology-challenge-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techlekh.com.\/smart-urban-technology-challenge-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart Urban Technology Challenge 2018 Starts; Submit Ideas By 14th January 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
Do you want to solve the problems of Kathmandu Metropolitan City<\/strong>? If you do, then take part in Smart Urban Technology Challenge 2018<\/strong>. Smart Urban Technology Challenge 2018 is an initiative of KMC (Kathmandu Metropolitan City) to explore the entrepreneurial heads within the Nepali community\u00a0to address the current\/future problems related to urban development.<\/p>\n To get started you just need to submit your idea before 14th Jan 2019. Read further to know what your idea should enclose and convey.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n First of all, you need to identify one of the problem areas of the Kathmandu City and then submit your idea that works towards solving that specific problem. Well, you won’t have a hard time finding the problems in KMC. But you can submit your ideas based on the following categories:<\/p>\n In the next phase, organizers will select 100+ ideas on basis of participating criteria and judging criteria. The selected teams will then go through 8 different seminars and training\u00a0which will focus on product\/prototype development. This will be followed by teams developing their prototype. 24 finalists will be selected based on the prototype and will head on to the Grand Finale.<\/p>\n Grand finale will be held on April 25, Friday. During the day, Selected finalists will pitch their ideas\/products to an invited audience and members of the jury panel. And, based on the selection criteria, the jury will select category winners, runner-ups and overall winner. Check out the judging criteria on their website<\/a>.<\/p>\n You’ll get tons of rewards and opportunities. Some of the mentioned benefits are as follows:<\/p>\n Each of the solutions will have inherent technology element that will support KMC to foster a culture of adopting smart urban technology solutions. The technology used in the challenge does not necessarily have to be hi-tech and could be simple enhancements of process and practices for better and tangible results.<\/p>\n
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