The team of Abhiram Ramachandran, Madiha Ahmed and Polisetti Likhit Sai from IIT Hyderabad won the recently concluded Accenture Innovation Challenge. They developed a gen AI-powered business intelligence solution that analyses business data to identify root causes of declining performance, helping organisations understand what went wrong, and how to address it. They received prizes worth Rs 3 lakh.The first runner-up was the team of Astha Jaiswal, Aayushi Bhardwaj and Siddha Mishra from IIT Roorkee, which developed an AI-powered manufacturing intelligence platform with a real-time digital twin, using live production data, sensor inputs, computer vision, and digital simulations. Specialist AI agents monitor operations, identify potential issues, and assess repair options, helping manufacturers anticipate defects and take corrective action.
The second runner-up was the team of Tejas Goyal, Prakhar Agarwal and Shiwang Gupta from IIT Delhi, which developed an AI-powered clinical decision-support system that helps emergency care teams prioritise patients based on the risks of waiting, while ensuring clinical judgment remains with healthcare professionals.The Accenture competition for STEM students in India is now in its eleventh edition, and drew over 5,000 registrations from 20 IITs and NITs this year.
