Award Book

Fifth Biennial Award Function of National Innovation Foundation Award Book

Committee Members

  1. (A) Invitation and Reception Committee
  • Convener: Deepa Monigogai
  • Co-Convener: Kiran Rawat
  • Members:
    Hema Patel, Unnishankar, Bhaskarbhai, Himanshu Taunk, Nita Patel, Kishore Kallta, Urvi Gupta, Lata Iyer, Jigna Trivedi, Vivek Kumar
  • Tasks:
    • Preparing list of invitees
    • Drafting of letters
    • Invitation of Quotations for Printing Invitation Card
    • Designing and Printing of invitation cards
    • Label Preparation for cards, Letters
    • Mailing / Delivering the cards
    • Letters to special invitees along with invitation card
    • Invitation to awardees
    • Receiving and escorting the special invitees
    • Trophy with citation
    • Certificates for Awardees
    • Drafting of citations
    • Preparations of identity cards
    • Designing and arrangement of badges
    • Arrangement of kits to be distributed
    • Arrangements of position of the awardees for group photos
    • Arrangements of position of the awardees in award function
    • Rehearsal of the awardees for receiving awards
    • Escorting Awardees to receive awards
    • Tropies and certificate arrangements in the back stage
    • Trophy and certificates to be taken to the dais

(B) Reception and Hospitality Committee

  • Convener: Mahesh Patel
  • Co-Convener: Ramesh Patel
  • Members: Vijay, Soniya Sooryavanshi
  • Tasks:
    • Receiving and escorting the special invitees

2. Registration Committee

  • Convener: Falguni Shah
  • Co-Convener: Deepa Sharma
  • Members: Dhara Bhavsar, Sonali Pethani, Vaishali Rawal, Jayshree Patel, Sumitra, Lata Iyer, Anamika De
  • Tasks:
    • Banners for the registration desk
    • Hangings for the registration desk
    • Registration form preparation
    • Packing of the kits in alphabetical order
    • Food coupons
    • Collection of the required things at the registration desk e.g. stamp pad, pen, copy of the list etc.
    • Preparing cards, badges for organizers, awardees and other delegates
    • Preparing and distributing the registration kits to delegates

3. Accommodation Committee

  • Convenor: Sandeep sharma
  • Co-Convenor: Kamal Dave
  • Members: Sweta Jain, Rakesh Maheshwari, Nitin Morya, Ramesh Patel, Mahesh Patel, Pratik, Vijay Villala, Baskarbhai, Sonali Pethani, Jigna, Falguni Shah
  • List of tasks
    • To organise accommodation for delegates, innovators, awardees, special invitees, GC members, experts, celebrities etc.
    • To take care of the hospitality at the place of stay (one person assigned to stay with guests at each location).
    • To look at some special need, if any, of elderly people/guests/innovators.
    • To ensure full coordination with Transport Committee so that delegates reach the venue in time.
    • To arrange for welcome kit for guests.

4. Hall Arrangements and Exhibition Committee

  • Convener: Dr Vivek
  • Co-Convener: Rakesh Maheshwari
  • Members: Manoranjan Kumar, Himanshu Taunk, Hiren Prajapati, Sunita Mallik, Devshibhai, Nadim Shaikh, Utsav Patel, Niranjan Prajapati, Urvi Gupta, Raj Kishore, Kishore Kallta, Jaydeep Mandal
  • Tasks:
    • To make arrangements for dais; sitting and presentations
    • Stage decoration with flower arrangement, lamps, oils, cotton, match stick etc.
    • Preparation of banners, signage etc,
    • Arrangement of Sound System
    • Digital Display
    • Arrangement of mineral water, glasses etc for the chief guest and dignitaries in the dais
    • To get posters and other exhibits for display
    • Organizing arrangement of panels, providing display materials etc at the exhibition venue
    • Transportation of models/prototypes to the venue
    • Multimedia display
    • Selection of the site and direction of stall etc – Entry – Exit / emergency exit (Possibility of giving total contract of organizing the exhibition)
    • Arrangement of stall - Use of cloth ( Samiyana or plastic panels )- Gandhi / Labh / Vishal etc
    • Conference room etc
    • Electrification etc / Provision of Mike/s to announce imp matters
    • Stands / panels
    • Prototypes
    • Posters
    • Big size Hoardings at the entrance
    • Tables
    • Chairs
    • Counters / registration desk etc / inquiry office
    • No of stalls - About 75
    • Backlight display ( Like – UTI)
    • Provision of KIOSK
    • Stock room for prototypes
    • Loading and unloading facility – crane / labour etc
    • Budget and payment systems
    • Involvement of NID for designing the exhibition
    • Provision for transport within exhibition site ( Small trailer / load carrier)
    • Small crane for loading and unloading the heavy prototypes
    • Presence of labour for helping innovators for prototype handling
    • Leaflets
    • Provision for Fire distinguisher and fire brigade
    • Space for working demonstration
    • Idea Box
    • Suggestion Box
    • Banners
    • Electric equipment
    • Instruments like camera / LCD projector / Recorder
    • Thermocol sheets for urgent requirement
    • Stall for breakfast etc
    • Provision for toilets etc
    • First Aid
    • Exclusive vehicles for Exhibition
    • Stall for subscription and sale of publication of SRISTI INNOVATIONS
    • Continuous display of video
    • Plants/ small trees and watering
    • TCI/Patel Roadways, Contact with local transporter having offices in all India basis (Patel road ways etc) and Negotiation to provide total facility (Ease of documents etc), Negotiation for to & fro transport from innovators place to IIMA and back, Local facility of vehicles to take the goods from Rly Station or from transporter’s place.

5. Transport Committee

  • Convener: Hardev Chaudhary
  • Co-Convener: Nirmal
  • Members: Amaresh Sarkar, Durairajan, Chetan Patel, Ganpatbhai, Ravindra Prajapati, Niranjan Prajapati, Vaishali Rawal, Vishnu Mathur, Ramjibhai, Paresh Pandya
  • Tasks:
    • To obtain the list of “invitees” from Reception/Invitation committee
    • To ensure reservation of invitees through respective collaborators (for innovators) wherever possible and doing it ourselves for the remaining
    • To ensure reservation of “VIPs” and “VVIPs”, if requested.
    • To obtain schedule (to-fro)of the visitors (invitees, attendants, VIPs) so as to arrange vehicle
    • Setting up an information/reception desk at the Railway station & Bus Stand
    • Transportation to-fro of guests from station/Bus stand to the place of accommodation
    • Transportation to-fro of guests/ invitees from the place of accommodation to the venue
    • Vehicles arrangement
    • Monitoring members (at the time of emergency and responsible for EVC’s vehicle)

6. Food and Refreshment Committee

  • Convener: L. Chinzah
  • Co-Convener: Sadhna Gupta
  • Members: Sandeep Sharma, Vipin Kumar, Punit Ghelot, Balaram Sahu, Piyush Sharma, Ruchit , Pogula Ganesh, Vijay Villala, Rajeev Pandey
  • Tasks:
    • To make arrangements for breakfast / lunch / dinner and refreshments during the award function

7. Press and Publicity Committee

  • Convener: Vipin Kumar
  • Co-Convener: Nitin Maurya
  • Members: L. Chinzah, Lalit Sati, T. N. Prakash, Natbar, Unnishankar, S.F. Ahmed
  • Tasks:
    • To organize media coverage for the occasion
    • To prepare press releases and submit them for publicity Video coverage, interviews etc.
    • Arrange media room
    • Prepare Press Kit
    • Data entry in Gujarati or Hindi as and when required
    • Briefing the Press about specific technologies during the function

8. Publication Committee

  • Convener: Nitin Maurya
  • Co-convener: Punit Ghelot
  • Members: Unnishankar, Nita Patel, Utsav Patel, Lalilt Sati, Vivekananad, Piyush Sharma
  • Tasks:
    • Brochures ready for tech transfer, MVIF/ product query related information for inclusion in profiles/NIF update, review of prepared profiles
    • Preparation of the draft of Agri/herbal technologies, review of prepared profiles
    • All tasks related to layout, printing/publishing of Award Book not covered by V Nagarajan/to be revised, in
    • Providing photographs of innovations & innovators
    • Designing of posters/ printing/dealing with vendors, quotations from vendors related to printing of posters/books and other materials in coordination with Purchase Committee members
    • All translation work (Hindi) related with profiles/ brief profiles/ posters, coordination for translation in Gujarati if required
    • Award book profiles, short summaries, poster text, updation of NIF note, talking points, press note/release, over all coordination

9. Purchase Committee

  • Convener: Vipin Kumar
  • Co-Convener: L. Chinzah
  • Members: Sweta Jain, Vivek Kumar, Hardev Chaudhary, Mahesh Patel, Ramesh Patel
  • Tasks:
    • Purchase for various committees as per the requirements submitted.

10. Finance Committee

  • Convener: RPS Yadav
  • Co-convener: Sewta Jain
  • Members: Vipin Kumar, Huzzaffa, Rajeev Sharma, Bhoomi, Jigar
  • Tasks:
    • TA / DA reimbursements to participants
    • Cost of models /prototypes, posters etc

11. Emergency Task Force Committee

  • Convener: Vipin Kumar
  • Co-Convener: L. Chinzah
  • Members: Mahesh Patel, Ramesh Patel, S. F. Ahmed, T. J. James
  • Tasks:
    • To provide the necessary back up support during the function
    • Response to sudden eventualities Coordination of communication among different committees, guests, innovators, other delegates

12. Coordination with Collaborators / innovators for Prototypes Committee

  • Convener:
  • Co-convener:
  • Members: Piyush Sharma, Vishnu Mathur, Kishore Kallta, Natwar, Ruchit, Himanshu Taunk, Ramesh Patel, Ranjansingh, T. J. James, G. M. Bhatt

13. Security Committee

  • Convener: Mahesh Patel
  • Co-Convener: L. Chinzah
  • Members: Devshibhai

14. Cultural Committee

  • Convener: L. Chinzah
  • Co convener: Sandeep Sharma
  • Members: Gaurav Soni, Deepa Monigogai

15. Advisory Committee

  • Convener: Riya Sinha
  • Co-Convener: Vipin Kumar
  • Members: Balaram Sahu, Raj, HBN Colloborators