Dare to Dream 5.0 Contest by DRDO - Open for individuals, students, startups - Prize pool of ₹45 lakh
Eligibility
- Indian Individuals: Should be Citizen of India above 18 years of age.
- Indian Start-ups : Start-ups controlled by Indians and recognized by DPIIT (formerly known as DIPP).
- Indian Micro & Small Enterprises: MSEs controlled by Indians and registered with Ministry of MSME and having latest UDYAM registration certificate.
- PAN Card details will be needed to avail award money.
Non-Eligibility
- Participants should not be an employee of DRDO nor family member of DRDO employee.
- Participants should not debarred from participating in Dare to Dream 4 or any similar contest by law or government order..
- Participants should not be in receipt of any financial grant/aid for the similar proposal submitted from any government sources.
- In case, participant has received any financial grant/aid or an employee of PSUs for the same/similar proposal from any government sources will not be given -Cash Award, only Certificate of Merit (CoM) will be awarded.
How to apply
- Register on the plaform by submitting basic details and change in participant names will not be entertained once it is registered under any circumstances
- An individual, Start-up or MSE can apply for not more than three different challenge areas.
- Applications to be submitted through online mode only and in one of the either category individual or startup/MSME.
- Maximum of 04 members including one defined Team leader can participate under individual category.
- An individual having Start-up or MSME may apply in the capacity of either Individual or as Start-up/MSE for one challenge area.
- Provide a write-up (Max. 200 words) for each challenge selected either in English or Hindi language. You can also submit attachments (PDF format, less than 5 MB) with more details for the submission.
Selection Process
- The entries received will be judged by a two stage process:
- Screened by Domain Expert Committee and
- Short-listing and ranking by Independent Expert Committee.
- The entries will be checked for completeness. Any query found incomplete will be summarily rejected. The participant has to ensure that the entry is complete in all respect. Entries will be evaluated by two level of expert committees and the committee may contact the applicant on need basis.
- Only Winners shall be intimated by DRDO/Organiser through e-mail and website.
- Award Money will be credited to registered Team Leader only. However, team member name(s) will be mentioned in Certificate.
- All prizes will be awarded and paid in INR to winners through Cheque or ECS only.
- Taxes on prize money are the sole responsibility of the winners receiving prizes. Prizes may be subject to tax reporting and other purposes. Applicable winners agree to supply organizers with any necessary information to affect the same and to fully cooperate in fulfilling all applicable legal requirements.
- Applicants, by submitting an application, grant DRDO/Organiser and its affiliated units/ ministries all rights to reproduce, distribute, display for the purposes of evaluation of the proposal and to publish applicants name or alias in connection with this challenge.
Contest Areas/Topics
| Individual category | Startup/MSME |
|---|---|
| Anamloy and point of interest detection in streaming data (No prior data distribution) | Contact less power transfer using resonant coils in Underwater Vehicles |
| Brain conputer interface for deciphering intention | Energy autonomy for autonomous surface platform |
| Compact Solid State based non-lethal Active Denial System (ADS) | Ensuring Data privacy using Searchable Symmetric Encryption |
| Development of ML/AI module for rocket motor design | Firefighter helper Robots |
| Innovative applications of blockchain | Metamaterial base cloak for evading detection/recognition |
| Large metallic object proximity detection using permanent magenet array | Optical beam Foming Network for Active Phased Array Applications |
| Measures/solutions of Internet intervention in emergency/disaster/civil unrest/critical events situation | Pilot safety for helicopter related emergency situation |
| Non Destructive Evaluations technique(s) for ceramics matrix composites | Quantum sensing and its application for magnetic, Mass and Radar |
| Space debris removal | Use of virtual machines in cybersecurity |
| Open Challenge: Exploring the Unthinkable and Unimaginable | Open Challenge: Exploring the unthinkable and Unimaginable |
Awards/Prizes
Cash Prize + Certificate of Merit to position holders 1, 2 and 3
| Rank | Individual | Startup/MSME |
|---|---|---|
| First | ₹6 lakh | ₹12 lakh |
| Second | ₹5 lakh | ₹10 lakh |
| Third | ₹4 lakh | ₹8 lakh |
Official link: Official link
Direct apply link: Apply here
Last date to apply: 03-March-2025
Terms and Conditions
- It is strongly advised not to wait till the closure time for submission of entries. DRDO/Organiser shall not be responsible for late/ non receipt of entries on account of server errors/ traffic.
- DRDO/Organiser may decide to associate with the proposer for further development of the proposed Concept/ Idea. Terms and conditions for such further development, if any, shall be decided by DRDO/Organiser.
- The decision of the Domain Expert Committee/Independent Expert Committee will be final. No communication will be entertained into with any person in relation to any decision of the committee or process
- By making a submission in the contest, all applicants warrant and represent that to the best of their knowledge, their submission is original and does not violate or misappropriate any third-party trade secret, “know-how”, copyright, patent or other intellectual property right.
- Applicants also warrant and represent that there are no obligations of any nature, legal or otherwise, which would prohibit, restrict, or interfere with their participation in the Contest or submission of their proposal, and agree to obtain any necessary clearances, authorizations and/or approvals prior to participation.
- Applicants, by submitting an application, grant DRDO/Organiser and its affiliated units/ ministries all rights to reproduce, distribute, display for the purposes of evaluation of the proposal and to publish applicants name or alias in connection with this challenge.
- While DRDO/Organiser shall take all possible measures to ensure protection of intellectual property, applicants should not include technical details to a level which might affect their capacity to protect and, at some future point, exploit their Intellectual Property through registered rights.
- DRDO/Organizers assumes no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or alteration of entries.
- Applicants represent, warrant and covenant that the submissions do not:
- Infringe on any third-party intellectual property rights and further do not violate any confidentiality obligations of the Applicant;
- Contain material that may be considered as defamatory, libellous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, threatening or harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation;
- Violate any statutory provisions.
- No liability: DRDO, Organizers, members of Evaluation Panel, Selection Committees, supporting organizations or any employee or agent of DRDO shall not be liable for:
- Any costs incurred or loss or liability suffered by the applicant in relation to the challenge.
- Any loss in expectation of profits by applicant.
- Any failure by applicant to understand the rights in relation to Intellectual Property, or the rights of Organizers, IR, supporting organizations or any third party in relation to Intellectual Property; or
- Any other benefit the applicant may expect to gain by participating in the challenge.
- Applicant agrees to defend, indemnify, and hold Organizers, DRDO, members of Evaluation Panel, Selection Committee, supporting organizations harmless against any loss, cost, liability, and expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from any action or claim brought or threatened against Organizers, DRDO or members of Evaluation Panel, Selection Committee, supporting organizations or its customers alleging that any of the applications submitted, short listed and or selected, infringe any patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, or other intellectual property rights of any third party, and or if Organizers, DRDO or members of Evaluation Panel, Selection Committee, supporting organizations suffers any injury, loss or damages by breach of the warranties mentioned above.
- All the information received during this Challenge including but not limited to scores, business plan summaries etc. shall remain confidential and shall not be disclosed to any person or entity by any party thereto and cannot be disclosed outside the Program organizers, supporting organizations of DRDO.
- DRDO/ Organizers may change the Terms and Conditions of participation at any time without prior notice. The amended Terms and Conditions will be effective immediately upon being posted on the website. It is applicants’ sole responsibility to regularly visit the website to read any changes to the Terms and Conditions of the Challenge.
- DRDO or any of the supporting organizations will not incur any costs for applicants participating in the Challenge nor entertain any claims for the same except specified above.
Termination and Disputes
- Disqualify a applicant from the Challenge for breach of any terms & conditions of the Challenge.
- Discontinue the Challenge by posting a notice to that effect on the Website.
- Disputes, if any, are subject to the jurisdiction in the courts of Delhi only.
Summary of FAQ
- Candidate can submit up to three entries in three different challenge areas however candidate is allowed to submit one entry only against one challenge area.
- Candidate may need to travel to a specific place on certain time period for presentation/discussion once their idea is selected and no change will be there in that.
- The evaluation committee on their discretion may ask for additional information to carry out complete evaluation of the entry.
- The entry should be as comprehensive as possible. Presence of model or prototype helps in better understanding of the solution.
- The entries in the contest for Open Category must have direct application / utility in defence or aerospace domain for consideration in the contest.
- OCI cardholders are not eligible to participate.
- If a minor has a startup, then the startup needs to be registered with DPIIT with contestant being an Indian citizen with more tha 51% shareholding of the startup.
- The Micro and Small Enterprises duly registered with Ministry of MSME and having latest UDYAM REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE. Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) who are holding valid Udyam Registration & give specific confirmation to this effect at the time of submission whose credentials are validated online through Udyam Registration website of Ministry of MSME.
- Employees of Private companies may participate as per terms of their employement
FAQ link: Read here
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