3 Student Entrepreneurs’ Team Wins TiE Grad Plus Regional

Hyderabad: The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) announced the winners of its Grad Plus Regional Finals 2024, in the city on Tuesday. Green Fusion emerged as the winner taking home Rs 1 lakh prize money.

TiE Grad Plus is an entrepreneurship programme introduced for students. Twelve teams participated in the competition, out of which, three teams were recognised. The winner team is an energy monitoring startup for industries from Vishnu Institute of Technology, Bhimavaram.

G-Eye, a compact and affordable eye examination device from G Narayanamma Institute of Technology & Sciences claimed the 1st runner-up position with a prize of Rs 50,000. Red String, an affordable, tailored talent solutions platform for startups to showcase, source, and scale from Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering & Technology won the 2nd runner-up position with Rs 20,000. A special People’s Choice Award for the best Elevator Pitch went to Green Fusion, securing an additional Rs 10,000.

An official TiE release said that the TiE Grad Plus Regional Finals 2024 witnessed a display of young entrepreneurial talent, as student teams from various colleges competed for the opportunity to advance to TiE Global Summit (TGS) 2024 in Bangalore, and the Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC). Addressing the participants, the Chief Guest, Joginder Tanikella, CEO, T-Works shared his experiences with startup innovators who bring their prototypes to life at T-Works, including WCB Robotics, a past TiE Grad startup. He encouraged students to move their ideas forward, offering T-Works as a resource for prototype

development and guidance.