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Bengaluru: Quest Global, the world’s largest independent pure-play engineering services company, concluded the 14th edition of Ingenium, its flagship engineering competition, in Bengaluru recently.

The grand finale was held at Novotel, ORR, Bellandur, where the top finalist teams presented their innovative solutions before an eminent panel of judges.

Reinforcing Quest Global’s commitment to nurturing engineering talent and fostering innovation, Ingenium provides a unique platform for students from engineering colleges across India to showcase their creativity, technical expertise, and problem-solving capabilities while addressing real-world challenges.

The event was attended by several distinguished guests such as Veit Thurm, Partner and Managing Director, Drees & Sommers, and Dr. Jens Cattarius, Associate Partner, Drees & Sommers, who joined as chief guests for the grand finale.

The 14th edition of Quest Global Ingenium witnessed 5,361 registrations and 3,714 teams representing 50 colleges across the country.

The competition featured a diverse range of projects spanning multiple engineering disciplines, reflecting the ingenuity, technical depth, and innovative thinking of India’s emerging engineering talent.

The winning team from Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, impressed the jury with their project titled “Sepsis AI: Edge-Based Early Sepsis Risk Prediction for Resource-Constrained Intensive Care Units.”

Their solution is an edge-based early warning system designed to detect sepsis risk in ICU patients before critical deterioration occurs.

By analyzing real-time vital signs from existing bedside monitors, the AI model identifies early physiological patterns and generates interpretable risk scores ahead of time.

The system operates on a local hospital server, eliminating the need for high-end infrastructure. The team received Rs 2,00,000 prize money and will also gain valuable exposure by visiting the offices of Drees and Sommer and other facilities in Germany.

The team from PSG Institute of Technology and Applied Research, Tamil Nadu, secured the first runner-up position with their project on Low-Cost Edge AI Driver Fatigue and Collision Prevention System for Heavy Vehicles, while the team from New Horizon College of Engineering, Bengaluru, secured the second runner-up position with their entry on Deprescribing Clinical Decision Support System.