About the program
InUnity LLP in Association with Waste Impact Trust, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board & Comedkares Innovation Hub organised a REimagiNEWaste Hackathon.
The 6th season of this immersive hackathon and an incubation program pioneered to co-create innovative inclusive solutions for various aspects of the waste problem. Each year REimagiNEWaste focuses on tackling one aspect of the multifaceted waste problem.
The hackathon combines solving day-to-day waste
issues while being inclusive in technological innovations. The top teams shortlisted in the Hackathon get into a 45-day mentorship program that brings together mentors to guide the teams to take the
idea to an MVP or Startup stage.
WASTE IMPACT TRUST
Foundation and Purpose
Founded in 2014 is a trust that incubates partners who build environment management services that preserve the environment, and are financially sustaining. Waste Impact aims to take innovations to grass roots level and improve the livelihoods of the waste pickers and other communities.
Mission
The Trust aims to reduce waste in India, create sustainable urban environments, and engage economically challenged communities in environmental solutions.
Beneficiaries
The initiatives particularly benefits marginalized communities, such as waste pickers.
About InUnity
InUnity is derived from the combination of two words Innovation and Community that contributes to
this mission by nurturing compassionate, competent, engineers. We believe that educational
institutions should be the epi-centre of Community Development by driving the faculties and
students to contribute to it through innovations.
- Building the mindset and fundamental skill sets of internal stakeholders
- Right partnership with the regional communities and
- Infrastructure that creates an environment for building impactful innovations.
These efforts ensure success stories in the short term attracting capable talents while ensuring
sustained innovations over the long term.