<p class="title">Dr Mahima Mishra from Manipal College of Dental Sciences (MCODS), Mangaluru, and her team won the National Innovation Contest (NIC) conducted by the Central Ministry of Education.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Her interdisciplinary team included Soumik Roy and Ruchit Bhaktan, BTech students, MIT Manipal; Dr Arun Shanbhag, Chief Innovation Officer, MAHE and Dr Dilip G Naik Pro-Vice-Chancellor MCODS, Mangaluru, served as mentors. </p>.<p class="bodytext">NIC began with 9000+ prototypes scouted from more than 900 institutes across India.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After multiple rounds of evaluation, mentoring, training and business plan development and pitching, 45 teams were shortlisted for funding and incubation linkage support. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Dr Mahima Mishra is currently a NIDHI-EIR Fellow (MUTBI) and conducts her innovative work at the Innovation Centre.</p>.<p class="bodytext">MAHE Vice-Chancellor Lt Gen (Dr) M D Venkatesh said, “Students of MAHE have been an asset and we will always support them in their future innovations.”</p>
<p class="title">Dr Mahima Mishra from Manipal College of Dental Sciences (MCODS), Mangaluru, and her team won the National Innovation Contest (NIC) conducted by the Central Ministry of Education.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Her interdisciplinary team included Soumik Roy and Ruchit Bhaktan, BTech students, MIT Manipal; Dr Arun Shanbhag, Chief Innovation Officer, MAHE and Dr Dilip G Naik Pro-Vice-Chancellor MCODS, Mangaluru, served as mentors. </p>.<p class="bodytext">NIC began with 9000+ prototypes scouted from more than 900 institutes across India.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After multiple rounds of evaluation, mentoring, training and business plan development and pitching, 45 teams were shortlisted for funding and incubation linkage support. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Dr Mahima Mishra is currently a NIDHI-EIR Fellow (MUTBI) and conducts her innovative work at the Innovation Centre.</p>.<p class="bodytext">MAHE Vice-Chancellor Lt Gen (Dr) M D Venkatesh said, “Students of MAHE have been an asset and we will always support them in their future innovations.”</p>