SITAM bags top three prizes at Rashtriya Innovation Challenge 2026
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Each team received Rs 10,000 in cash and a certificate of recognition, bringing the total prize money won by SITAM students to Rs. 30,000.
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Members from the three winning team pose with the prizes in the district-level ‘Rashtriya Innovation Challenge (RIC) 2026’
Visakhapatnam: Students of Satya Institute of Technology and Management (SITAM), Vizianagaram, won all three top prizes at the district-level ‘Rashtriya Innovation Challenge (RIC) 2026’, organised by the Ratan Tata Innovation Hub (RTIH), Visakhapatnam, with support from the Union Bank Social Foundation.
The winning teams were Eshwar and Team for ‘Dad’s Dream’ (B.Tech. AI & DS), L. Mohan and team for ‘Solar-Powered Smart Mini Cold Storage in NER’ (B.Tech. EEE), and Ravi Teja and team for ‘Raksha Drone’ (B.Tech. EEE).
Each team received Rs 10,000 in cash and a certificate of recognition, bringing the total prize money won by SITAM students to Rs. 30,000. Ravi Eswarapu, CEO of Ratan Tata Innovation Hub, and K. Suresh Kumar, programme coordinator, RTIH, Visakhapatnam, handed over the prizes and certificates to the winning students at the RTIH centre in Visakhapatnam.
All three teams qualified for the forthcoming Andhra Pradesh state-level competition. The SITAM management congratulated the students on their achievement and appreciated their creativity, technical skills and innovative thinking.
The institution also thanked RTIH and the Union Bank Social Foundation for supporting student innovation and entrepreneurship.
