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The first place team made an app called Ayurvedic Chef that won based on the market attractiveness and business readiness of the project, the innovation and quality of the technical design and development, and on the quality of connection with Maharishi Ayurveda.
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by Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, Iowa, USA, The Review
24 February 2016
Over winter break 85 Computer Professionals students from Maharishi University of Management participated in a seven-day competition to develop Maharishi AyurVeda* apps, with the top three apps winning cash prizes ranging from $300 to $1,000.
The goal of the competition, called DevFest, was to give students a learning experience that will be useful in their careers and to generate engaging tools to promote Maharishi AyurVeda worldwide, said Anil Maheshwari, one of the organizers.
"We're delighted that the students not only learned valuable health-giving knowledge about Maharishi AyurVeda, but also developed new technology-based tools to deliver perfect health for all mankind, and in the process won significant prizes," Dr. Maheshwari said.
The students worked in 14 teams, with the top prize of $1,000 going to the team that developed an Ayurvedic Chef web application that lets users plan a diet based on Maharishi AyurVeda.
The second-place prize of $600 was awarded to the AgriVeda team, which developed a web app that connects organic farmers with Ayurveda dealers. And the third-place award of $300 went to the Our Vedic Life team, whose app connects people with Maharishi AyurVeda centers and gives insight regarding health issues.
The DevFest was a structured, mentored, on-campus event, with activities such as education in Maharishi AyurVeda, generating project ideas, developing solutions using teamwork, and presenting the results for evaluation.
The projects addressed Maharishi AyurVeda from many perspectives, including educating about diet, herbs, and crops, and addressing life situations such as pregnancy and diabetes.
The audience for the apps is both the general public and wellness consultants. The apps included interactive websites, mobile apps, and Facebook apps.
The projects were judged by an eminent panel of three judges who reviewed the presentations according to predefined evaluation criteria: market attractiveness and business readiness of the project; innovation and quality of technical design and development; and quality of the connection with Maharishi AyurVeda.
The projects will now be pursued by the Ministry of Health of the Global Country of World Peace.
The first prize was sponsored by the International Maharishi AyurVeda Foundation based in Holland and headed by Rainer Picha, the minister of health for the Global Country of World Peace.
The winners were: first place, Ananda Subedi, Riwaj Rimal, Bibek Karki, Regan Rajak, Pradeep Basnet, and Dheeraj Pandey; second place, Sanjay Paudel, Adam Manandhar, Samir Karki, Surendra Maharjan, Hari K. Chaudhary, and Shyamu Neupane; third place, Shailesh Singh, Shree Raj Karki, Samrat Bhusal, Rikesh Karkee, Yubraj Pokharel, Tara Prasad Adhikari, and Dharma Kshetri.
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* Maharishi Ayurveda is an ancient system of natural, prevention-oriented Vedic healthcare known to create balance in mind and body by detecting and eliminating underlying causes of disease.
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