Monday, 06 December 2021 | PNS | Kashipur
Toy Tales 2021 was conducted at Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kashipur. The Toy Tales 2021 is an interesting concept of challenging India’s creative minds to develop unique Toys and Games based on our civilization, history and culture. The event was supported by the Ministry of Education (MoE) and organized by ‘नवाशय’ Design Innovation Centre (DIC), IIM Kashipur. The competition had several broad themes like Environment, Fitness and Sport, Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning, Indian heritage, culture, mythology, history, ethos, technology, and ethnicity catering to different age groups. Over 40 teams participated in the event and results had been declared in November 2021. The winning Team was from National Institute of Design (NID), Andhra Pradesh with a toy named ‘Kendra’ followed by Team from NID, Gandhi Nagar with a toy named ‘Build a Farm’ as the 1st Runner up and a startup named Cultech Wave Pvt. Ltd with toy ‘Cultre’ with the 2nd Runner Up position. A Special Jury Award and Consolation Prize was awarded to St. Mary’s School, Kashipur for presenting the ideas named ‘Parikrama’ and ‘Wonders of Uttarakhand’.Prof. Kumkum Bharti, Coordinator DIC IIM Kashipur said,” The platform provided by नवाशय will help new minds of the Nation to develop Toys and Games based on India’s Ethics, Culture and Technology which will take us one step more near to Aatmanirbhar Toy Industry.”
