Judging

• Panel of Judges will consist of experts from both academia (majority of judges from outside of host institution) and industry. Each team of judges need to have equal number of judges from academia and industry. It is highly recommended to have 8 – 10 teams of judges with 4-member in each team – 2 judges from industry and 2 judges from academia in each team
• Project scoring will have following distribution

                                                              i.      Degree of Innovation (20%)

                                                            ii.      Potential Impact on local industry and economy (20%)

                                                          iii.      Readiness for commercialization (prototype, business plan) (50%)

                                                          iv.      Presentation (10%)