Announces three top submissions for working designs in motor drive solutions for solar pumps
Infineon Technologies recently concluded the ’Infineon Solar Pump Motor Drive Design Challenge 2021’, with the announcement of three top submissions for working designs in motor drive solutions for solar pumps. Organised in collaboration with Invest India; and in partnership with Avnet India, the challenge sought a viable solution for solar pump motor drives to enable local manufacturers in India to reduce overall dependency on imports, and support the domestic solar pump ecosystem.
After several preliminary rounds later, Infineon selected ten finalists from over 300 start-up applications. Young entrepreneurs from across the country submitted their solutions to a jury whose members included technology experts from Infineon.
The challenge aimed to support the Government of India’s countrywide ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’, ‘Make In India’ and ‘PM-KUSUM’ initiatives, by making life easier and greener with microelectronics from Infineon.
Konmos Technology won the challenge, Sunmint Energy secured the first runner-up spot and Ether Energy secured the second runner-up spot. The winning teams were awarded electronics gadgets worth a total of up to Rs 8 lakh. Alongside, the winning team was also offered an opportunity to further build on their solution as part of a pilot project with the challenge industry partners, Amber Enterprises and Virtual Forest, with funding of up to Rs 5 lakh.
Vivek Mahajan, VP and Division Head for Industrial Power Control, Infineon Technologies Asia Pacific said, “This initiative is aimed at bridging the gap between the real and the digital world, by bringing together techies and the business experts on the same platform and build a viable, marketable solution which will support the Indian solar pump industry.”
Deepak Bagla, MD & CEO, Invest India said “This challenge comes at an opportune time, as India is working at unprecedented speed to accomplish the SDGs, especially in renewable energy & sustainable development.”
