New Delhi: The India Innovation Initiative (i3) National Fair held at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D) showcased scientific innovations and inventions by several students from all over India.

The fair was organized in association with Agilent Technologies, Department of Science and Technology of the government of India and the Confederation of the Indian Industry.

The first prize at the fair was won by Shwetank Jain, a 25 year old, whose project while pursuing B.Tech at IIT Kharagpur helped him to gain entrepreneurial success. Jain's project was an Intelligent Power Conditioner with Hybrid System Integrator.

Brainchild of Jain and his friends, the project called the P2 Power Solutions had the aim to provide innovative engineering solutions while focusing specifically on energy efficiency and power quality enhancement. The second prize at the fair was won by Nandan Kumar, Sudarshan Rajagopal and Sankamesh Ramaswamy for developing an automated machine that manufactures three-dimensional non-woven fibrous structures that have application in the medical field.

Kumar, a textile engineer, informed that the cotton used in medical applications have short fibers that may be transferred to the surface of the wound and cause infection. "The fibers that we have created are hollow from inside and provide more space to absorb bodily fluids," he said.

Over 50 innovators showcased their creations at the fair. They had been chosen from around 1000 entries from all over the country.