3<sup>rd</sup> Urja Shakti

Write-up Competition of 3^rd Urja Shakti is open from February 01, 2025 for Submission || Deadline: March 03, 2025 ||

“Daughters are considered as Lakshmi in our culture. Can’t we facilitate daughters in our society by holding public programmes? There are several daughters, daughters-in-law who are doing exceptional work... Many are serving as doctors,engineers, scientists... as lawyers they are helping in the delivery of justice. The society can identify such daughters and honour them across India.”

Shri Narendra Modi
Hon’ble Prime Minister, India

About RGIPT, Jais

Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT), Jais, is an autonomous institution established by the Government of India. The Institute has been accorded the status of "An Institution of National Importance" along the lines of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) under an Act of Parliament ("Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology Act 2007").

Institute's prime objective is to provide world-class education, training, and research to roll out competent human resources to meet the growing requirements of the Petroleum & Energy sector. The aspiration is to develop India as a global manpower hub for the entire Petroleum and Energy Sector. The Institute offers B.Tech., IDD and M.Tech. programs in various Engineering disciplines along with an MBA program. Ph.D. programs in basic sciences, humanities, engineering, and management are also offered at the Institute.

The Institute received a rank for the first time in 2020 in the NIRF assessment conducted by the MHRD, Govt. of India. The Institute received 134th rank in the category of Engineering Institutions.

To supplement its on-campus academic offerings, the RGIPT has established two centers at Sivasagar, Assam, and Bengaluru, Karnataka. Assam Energy Institute, the center of RGIPT at Sivasagar, Assam, is envisaged to offer education programs and training of skilled technical manpower at the diploma and advanced diploma level courses. The Energy Institute, Bengaluru center, is mandated to provide academic programs and conduct cutting-edge research in the energy domain.

About URJA SHAKTI

The “Urja Shakti” event is an initiative by RGIPT to promote female presence in the Energy Sector. It is started in 2021 and now this year we are celebrating the third edition of Urja Shakti. The name “Urja Shakti”, itself tells about the idea of this event, “Urja” represents the theme of the event - Energy and “Shakti” represents Feminine Power. This event will provide young girl students an opportunity to understand the various dimensions of the energy sector and strengthen confidence in them to plan their careers as leaders and entrepreneurs in this sector by enhancing their knowledge in prevalent energy technologies, markets and policies. The ideas that will be presented in the forum can serve as an effective tool to facilitate women empowerment in the energy sector. In order to promote gender equality in the energy sector, events like this will help female participants to develop sound, comprehensive and convincing solutions for modern-day problems.

The event is a national-level write-up competition for female undergraduate engineering and postgraduate engineering students in two separate categories. The winners of the event will be rewarded with cash prizes.

A candidate can participate under the following themes:

AI, ML, IoT application in Petroleum industry/ Cyber Security in Energy Sector /Automation in Energy Sector
Unconventional / Renewable Energy Sources

Waste to Energy/ Zero waste energy
Energy Storage & Utilization/ Grid Modernization
Energy Policies & Climate Changes

Emerging Energy Technologies/ Strategies for CO₂ capture and utilization/ Hydrogen Energy/ Nuclear Energy

It is an opportunity for participants to share their novel and innovative ideas in front of experts in the field.

Urja Shakti is also taking this opportunity to honour a leading woman working in the Energy Sector by honouring one female working professional with “Urjashakti Lifetime Achievement Award”

Requirement for Participation

UG Category: Female Engineering undergraduate students (First Year to Final Year) from any stream.

PG Category: Female Engineering postgraduate students (MTech or PhD First Year to Final Year) from any stream.

Important Instructions

The write up should not exceed 1500 words (A4-size with 2.5 cm margin on all sides, single column, Times New Roman font for English & font size 12, 1.5 line spacing written in MS Word) will be accepted for further scrutiny. The pages should be numbered.
The write–up should contain an introduction, current state of theme/area, challenges, and your point of view covering ideas/solutions/perspective/recommendation and References/Bibliography.
The bibliography will be excluded from the word limit.
Only one write-up per student is allowed.
The PDF shall be mailed to urjashakti@rgipt.ac.in. The subject of the mail shall be the theme of the write-up.

Download Write-up Template

Submission Details

Online Submission Starts: 01^st February, 2025
Last Date of Write-up Submission: 03^rd March, 2025

Where to submit the concept note and/or idea: The write-up of concept notes and/or ideas in PDF format shall be mailed to urjashakti@rgipt.ac.in. The subject of the mail shall be the category and theme of the write-up.

Evaluation Criteria

All the entries shall be evaluated based on its originality, scalability and applicability in real conditions.
The write-up must be original and plagiarism is strictly prohibited.
The entries should convincingly answer the questions such as how it will be helpful in solving energy-related issues/problems.
An Expert Panel constituted by RGIPT, will evaluate the submitted write-ups.

Award Ceremony

The winners of the contest will be awarded on a physical award ceremony. The award ceremony is scheduled on April 05, 2025.

Winners Announcement: Winners will be informed through E-mail after closing of the contest. The winner’s names will be also uploaded on WEBSITE

Awards & Cash Prizes

In each category 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd prizes will be awarded. In addition two consolation prizes will be awarded for each catagory. E-certificates will be given to all participants.

UG Category

1^st Prize: Rs. 30,000/-
2^nd Prize: Rs. 20,000/-
3^rd Prize: Rs. 10,000/-
Consolation Prizes: Rs. 5,000/-

PG Category

1^st Prize: Rs. 40,000/-
2^nd Prize: Rs. 30,000/-
3^rd Prize: Rs. 20,000/-
Consolation Prizes: Rs. 5,000/-

Along with Cash prize, 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd winner in UG category will also get an opportunity of 2-3 months internship at RGIPT in their field of interest. The travel and accommodation expenses for internship will be borne by RGIPT.