Qarbotech Crowned as the Grand Winner of TECH PLAN DEMO DAY in MALAYSIA 2021
Leave a Nest Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. had successfully conducted the TECH PLAN DEMO DAY in MALAYSIA 2021 on 26th June 2021. The event was conducted online due to the current pandemic situation. However, it doesn’t break our finalists and judges spirits to continue exploring technologies and innovative solutions towards solving deep issues in Malaysia.
Participants and audiences also were very lucky to hear Special Remarks from the Grand Winner of TECH PLAN DEMO DAY in MALAYSIA 2020 & Grand Winner of TECH PLANTER ASIA FINAL 2020, iRadar Sdn. Bhd. It was truly inspiring to hear from Ir. Prof. Dr. Khoo Voon Chet, Co Founder of iRadar Sdn. Bhd. in delivering his message to all of the finalists.
Ir. Prof. Dr. Khoo Voon Chet from iRadar Sdn. Bhd. delivering his Special Remarks.
For this 7th TECH PLANTER in MALAYSIA, 9 passionate finalists and 3 Lightning Talk Teams have been selected from a total of 31 applications. Each team passionately presented their impactful solution to the judges towards solving deep issues circulating around various sectors such as medical technology, agriculture and food industry.
While the judges were having discussions to decide the award winners, audiences were also presented with an interesting Panel Discussion entitled ‘Turning Agricultural Waste Into High Value Products’. Dr. Lim Seng Joe, team leader of MANIS from UKM and Mr. Muhammad Imran Najeeb, researcher of team T-FEM from UPM discussed about how their technology can turned by-products from agro-resources into useful products for the benefits of our society. Critical points were shared on the uniqueness of their technology and the support that their team needed.
Panel Discussion Session With Dr. Lim Seng Joe (Left) from Team MANIS And Mr. Muhammad Imran (Right) from Team T-FEM, moderated by Ms. Ida*rahayu Ayob from Leave a Nest Malaysia.
Here are the winners of TECH PLAN DEMO DAY in Malaysia 2021:
| GRAND WINNER
Content: SGD$3,000 Cash Prize & Invitation to present at TECH PLANTER ASIA FINAL in 2021 Winner: Qarbotech Theme: Harvast Photosynthesis Enhancer |
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| CREST AWARD
Content: Minimum Viable Product (MVP) Incubation & Facilitation Support Winner: Qarbotech Theme: Harvast Photosynthesis Enhancer |
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| AERODYNE AWARD
Content: RM5,000 Cash Prize Winner: PUTRA AGROTECH SDN BHD Theme: Super Seed To Maximize Paddy Production |
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| MTDC AWARD
Content: RM5,000 Cash Prize & Marketing/Advisory Training Worth RM5,000 Winner: UM07 Theme: COVID19 Rapid Molecular Test |
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| MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC AWARD
Content: SGD$2,500 Cash Prize Winner: UTM-myThrob Theme: Intelligent Home-based Heart Rhythm Monitoring Device |
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| ROHTO PHARMACEUTICAL AWARD
Content: SGD$2,500 Cash Prize Winner: UTM-myThrob Theme: Intelligent Home-based Heart Rhythm Monitoring Device |
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| REAL TECH HOLDINGS AWARD
Content: RM5,000 Cash Prize Winner: CLIFTON FOOD ASIA Theme: Kacangma (Motherwort) Chocolate: Ladies Secret Valentine |
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| MITSUI CHEMICALS AWARD
Content: SGD$2,500 Cash Prize Winner: Qarbotech Theme: Harvast Photosynthesis Enhancer |
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| LEAVE A NEST AWARD
Content: Invitation to participate in TECH PLANTER ASIA FINAL 2021 Winner: NannoVac ZA Theme: Transgenic Microalgae for Fish Oral Vaccination |
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Congratulations to all the winners!
We sincerely hope that all the impactful technologies and innovative solutions that are being developed by our passionate researchers and startups will find their way to solve the deep issues in our local society soon.
We would like to thank all our judges and partners for making TECH PLANTER in MALAYSIA a huge success!
If you are interested in watching other TECH PLAN DEMO DAY, the next one will be:
TECH PLAN DEMO DAY in Thailand : 10th July 2021
TECH PLAN DEMO DAY in Singapore : 24th July 2021
Save the dates! Stay safe and keep solving world issues.
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