MSMEs Outreach: White Paper Writing Competition
Understanding technological requirements of MSMEs, and Exploring opportunities of joint projects with MSMEs
Organized by: Chitkara University, Punjab
Anchored by: DST Sponsored Chitkara University Technology Enabling Centre
Submissions Due by September 30, 2022 October 30, 2022
Submit Your White Papers, and Stand a Chance to Win
Cash Prizes of upto
INR 3 Lacs!
Background
Chitkara University has a Technology Enabling Centre (CU-TEC) that was set-up by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India in the year 2019.
CU-TEC is working with the MSME industries in the region to explore the opportunities of carrying out joint projects with them for solving the real world problems.
In order to do joint projects with the MSME industries, it is important that we understand their technological requirements, needs, challenges etc. To do needs assessment of the MSME industries, CU-TEC announces ‘MSMEs Outreach: White Paper Writing Competition’.
Please read the details of the competition and submission instructions very carefully before making an entry to the competition.
Overview of the Competition
We have a large number of manufacturing MSMEs in the region from different industry verticals. There exist tremendous opportunities for the academic institutions to work on joint projects with the MSMEs, after understanding their technological requirements, challenges and needs. This is precisely the objective of the MSMEs Outreach: White Paper Writing Competition.
Applicants may choose any manufacturing MSME verticals including (but not limited to) Agro, Automotive, Biotech, Chemicals, ESDM, Healthcare, Machinery, Pharmaceuticals, Renewable, Science and Technology etc. in order to write white papers for this competition.
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What is a White Paper?
- As per Wikipedia, A white paper is a report or guide that informs readers concisely about a complex issue and presents the issuing body's philosophy on the matter. It is meant to help readers understand an issue, solve a problem, or make a decision. A white paper is the first document researchers should read to better understand a core concept or idea.
- As per HubSpot, A white paper is a persuasive, authoritative, in-depth report on a specific topic that presents a problem and provides a solution.
You can get some insight into how to write a white paper on https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/what-is-a-whitepaper-examples-for-business
White Paper Writing Guidelines
Definition of a white paper varies from application to application, industry to industry etc. For MSMEs Outreach: White Paper Writing Competition being organized by CU-TEC, a white paper should include the following:-
- Detailed description of the application areas, technology areas etc. in which the MSME vertical or the MSME unit that you have chosen for your study operates.
- Specific technical details about those technology areas.
- Description of the challenges being faced by your chosen MSME industry in these technology areas.
- Description of the technological needs of your chosen MSME industry.
- Identify other MSMEs who may be facing the same sort of technical challenges (or those who may have same technological needs) and include them in your report to make it more inclusive.
- Discuss about the possible solutions for solving these technical/technological problems. Do not propose any new solution for the problems. Only discuss about those solutions that you can support with literature.
- Discuss the expertise available at your disposal for providing solutions to some of the technical problems being faced by your chosen MSME vertical or unit. You may discuss about the resources and infrastructure available at your institution etc.
- What should not be included in the White Paper –
- Do not include any operational, financial, revenue details etc. of the MSMEs that you have chosen for your study.
- Do not propose any new solution to the technical problems that you have discussed in the report.
- Do not make claims and recommendations that are not backed by literature
Submission Instructions
- Prepare your white paper in MS word format in single column with 1” margin, 1.5 line spacing, Times New Roman Font (12 Pts BOLD for Title, 10 Pts Bold for Headings, and 10 Pts for Text)
- Write the details of all members of your team on the top underneath the title (including their designations, affiliations and contact information). Also, include short biographies of your team members at the end of the report.
- Include pictures, graphs, tables, illustrations to make your white paper more interactive. All illustrations should be of high resolution. Illustrations should have proper captions and they must be cited and discussed in the text of your white paper.
- Include good references in your report, and all the references must be cited in the text (use numbers in square brackets for in-text citations e.g. [1], [2] etc.). Include the list of references at the end of your report.
- The length of your white paper must be between 4000 to 8000 words.
- There should be no plagiarism in the content of your white paper
- Along with your white paper, you must also upload team members’ agreement duly signed by all the members of your team. (CLICK HERE to download the content of the team members’ agreement)
- Submit your white paper on this link, on or before
September 30, 2022October 30, 2022 – Click here
Copyright Clause and Declarations
By submitting your entry to the MSMEs Outreach: White Paper Writing Competition being organized by CU-TEC, all members of your team agree to the following copyright clause and also give the below mentioned declarations –- Copyright Clause - I/we understand that once my/our white paper gets shortlisted in the competition for any one of the cash prizes, the copyright of my/our work will be automatically transferred to CU-TEC. I/we will not have the right to withdraw my/our white paper from the competition once it is shortlisted. Additionally, I will have no right to publish this work (in parts or in entirety) in any other forum. CU-TEC has full authority to publish (or not publish) my/our work in any forum, platform, publication at its discretion.
- I/we declare that all the information that has been included in the white paper has been rightfully obtained within the scope of the competition. I/we declare that I/we have not used this competition to obtain any confidential information from anybody.
- I/we declare that all the information that we have reported in this white paper is correct to best of my/our knowledge and we have not fabricated any information to gain any sort of advantage in the competition.
- I/we declare that all the members of the team have given their consents for including their names in the white paper and they have read the final draft of the paper before we sent it to the competition for consideration.