Climate Smart Innovation Exhibition & Award (CSI) 2024
We invite industry innovators to apply for CSI and get an opportunity to show their products and solutions that address climate change mitigation or adaptation relevant to the building industry. The CSI exhibition and pitch presentation, which are part of the SDI Finals event, are attended by potential investors, real estate developers, asset managers, leading industry professionals as well as faculty and students leading the work on climate change in the buildings sector.
Benefits of participating
- Exhibit your product and present your innovation to potential investors, real estate developers, leading practitioners, and faculty and students.
- Refine your product pitch.
- Be a part of the Career Fair and hire SDI participants and Alumni
In the 2024 edition, we had 44 applicants, of which 25 were shortlisted to exhibit their products at the SDI Finals 2024.
The exhibition was followed by pitch presentations were 8 finalists presented to the jury comprising Aruna Newton, VP- Global Head- Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, ESG Governance and Reporting – Infosys; Guruprakash Sastry, AVP Head, Climate Action – Infosys, and Dr. Chaitali Bhattacharya, Principal Science Officer – IUSSTF.
Hexpressions Megatech Pvt. Ltd. and VayuJal Technologies Pvt. Ltd. were declared joint winners of the Climate Smart Innovation Award 2024.
Participant Testimonials
Met some great leaders from Infosys, leading architects to whom our product raised lots of interest and surprise, as we were the first company in the world to do a zero energy, zero water wastage purifier and that too any sizes stating from standalone 15 litres to as large as 2500 litres. Many promised CSR work from Infosys foundation as well. Looking forward for another great event this year!
A great showcase for startups in green and energy efficiency sector. The platform gave us a great networking and visibility opportunity. We are thankful to the organisers.
The Solar decathlon team did a marvelous job at hosting and orchestrating this event seamlessly. The energy and the excitement of the students was amplified by the inspiring location at Infosys campus which is an epitome of sustainably planned township. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience of pitching our product alongside industry colleagues!
The conference and events we attended has helped us a lot specially in terms of outreach marketing and business connects. Also thanks for the efforts taken by the organising teams.
