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Grand Water Saving Challenge for startups

In support of the Prime Minister’s Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) and the UN SDGs, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (HUL) in association with Invest India, Startup India, and AGNIi launched the Grand Water Saving Challenge. The Grand Water Saving Challenge aims to address the need for an efficient flush system in public toilets to ensure optimum usage of water while ensuring a clean and hygienic toilet. The World Economic Forum’s Healthy Cities and Communities initiative which catalyzed this Innovation Challenge aims to improve people’s well-being holistically by enabling them to live longer and fuller lives in their local environments. The Grand Water Saving Challenge is a national hackathon inviting Technologists, Inventors, and start-ups from the field of Water and Sanitation to participate.

Eligibility: The challenge is open to Startups that are registered with DPIIT and to academic institutions that may not be registered with DPIIT. Challenge is valid for Indian nationals residing in India who are eighteen years of age or above.

 Last date: Monday, May 10, 2021