BIRAC in association with Wetskills Foundation has invited Masters, PhD students and entrepreneurs to apply for a new Wetskills event in Delhi, India. A unique event with a focus on establishing Water Innovation in the Delhi City, aligned to a water experience lab at the Barapullah Drain in Delhi will be organized at Delhi.

This event will be organized during the Royal State Visit of the King and Queen of The Netherlands to India and a visit of large business delegation focusing on innovative solutions in the field of water, agriculture, health and key enabling technologies from The Netherlands in presence of several Dutch ministers.

In the Wetskills programme, the participants will work in mixed and multidisciplinary teams of four to five people, to develop innovative concepts to the challenges provided by the water sector during an extensive two-week program. The program will start with team building activities for the first few days to allow participants to get to know each other. This includes field trips to water-related and cultural sites. An intensive period will follow that will focus on working on the assigned challenge. International Wetskills and local experts will guide you during the weeks and facilitate your team to find its own innovative concept.

Finally, the teams will pitch their results during a special Wetskills seminar aligned to the Tech Summit (Delhi, 15-16 October2019). The winning teams will be announced and awarded then as well. Theme: Stimulating Water Innovation in the City – Development of a Water Experience Centre at the Barapullah Drain in Delhi (aligned to the new Research and Experience WETLAB).

Application (online) deadline: 25th September

Afterwards every week a selection of the new applications till the program is full. (First Come, First Served)

Finals at Tech Summit in Delhi

For any queries: email to Dr. PKS Sarma (spakala.birac@nic.in) or Dr. Shilpi Gupta (sgupta.birac@nic.in)

BIRAC in association with Wetskills Foundation has invited Masters, PhD students and entrepreneurs to apply for a new Wetskills event in Delhi, India.