Tata Steel Announces the Winners of Its Campus-Connect Competition TomorrowLAB

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Source: Tata Steel

“We believe this platform will help us identify and nurture the next generation of talent to create solutions of tomorrow. Congratulations to the winners as well as the participants who presented some truly innovative ideas that will help shape the future of India.” - Dr. Debashish Bhattacharjee, Vice President, Technology & New Materials Business, Tata Steel

April 2023 : Tata Steel announced the winners of its first-ever TomorrowLAB competition for B-school, design school, and engineering school students. The competition aims to proliferate entrepreneurial DNA for the future of India and provide support in generating breakthrough consumer-led innovation ideas.

The competition had two tracks: the B-plan contest and the Design contest. The B-plan contest had three broad themes: innovation for smarter living, innovation for the bottom of the pyramid, and innovation for a better way of life with some focus areas such as: Waste to Wealth, Last Mile Solutions, Sustainable Packaging, Smart City Solutions etc. This competition is driven by the Innovent department of the Company which works towards fostering a culture of innovation across the organisation. Under this department, the business concepts are developed after thorough market research and successful pilots are subsequently taken up for scale. ‘Steel the Show’ team from IIM Shillong emerged as the winner of the B-Plan contest while ‘KHEL’ team from NID, Madhya Pradesh bagged the top slot in the Design contest.

Dr. Debashish Bhattacharjee, Vice President, Technology & New Materials Business, Tata Steel, said: “TomorrowLAB is a unique opportunity for students to innovate, build their entrepreneurship skills and gain valuable experience. We believe this platform will help us identify and nurture the next generation of talent to create solutions of tomorrow. Congratulations to the winners as well as the participants who presented some truly innovative ideas that will help shape the future of India.”