Solving the world’s hardest engineering problems.

Today’s Solutions for a Better Tomorrow

Quest Global is in the business of engineering, but what we’re really building is a brighter future. We believe engineering has the unique opportunity to solve the problems of today that stand in the way of tomorrow. For over ten years, exponentially curious young minds have floored engineering professionals across the globe by presenting their work for Quest Global’s annual Ingenium engineering competition.

Through our flagship engineering competition, Quest Global endeavors to provide a platform to the budding engineers across diverse streams of engineering. It is a prominent career launching program that helps students realize their truest potential. Quest Global Ingenium is now open for registration. Showcase your humble genius by submitting your solutions today.

Chief Guest

R Gopalakrishnan

Author and Corporate Advisor

R Gopalakrishnan studied physics at Kolkata University, engineering at IIT Kharagpur and attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. He has been a professional manager since 1967. He has served as Chairman of Unilever Arabia, as MD of Brooke Bond Lipton and Vice Chairman of Hindustan Lever, as director of Tata Sons and several Tata companies. He serves as an independent director and non – executive chairman of Castrol India and also as an independent director of Press Trust of India (PTI). He is actively engaged in both instructional and inspirational speaking. He has authored seventeen books.

Title Sponsor

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For over 10 years, Quest Global Ingenium has changed the lives of many talented students by offering a pathway to their dreams in a forum of like-minded young engineers. As Quest Global celebrates 25 years of engineering excellence, we’re turning Ingenium toward budding talent at universities across India—students like you, who are working on present-day innovations and solutions. Our values have inspired this year’s theme: solving the world’s hardest engineering problems.

As an organization with a multi-faceted approach to overcoming significant, large-scale challenges across 8 diverse industries, we bring deep industry knowledge and digital expertise to deliver end-to-end product engineering services. To share this approach with young engineers, Quest Global Ingenium offers students with the opportunity to see how their solutions can come to life with critiques from engineering leaders who can bring their talents to the forefront of the industry.

Why Quest Global Ingenium

If you have an idea that promises to make the world a better place, Quest Global Ingenium is a global forum offering you the chance to bring your unique tech solutions to life. Quest Global Ingenium is the largest tech contest in the field of engineering solutions.

Quest Global Ingenium is your chance to do something that challenges existing industry limitations to make your communities better now, creating solutions to overcome the problems of today and pave the pathways to a better tomorrow.

Eligibility criteria

The competition is open to all students pursuing an engineering degree in India (B.E. / B. Tech. 3rd/4th Year).
All you need is a passion for engineering and creativity that reflects in your project.
Students graduating in the years 2023 and 2024 are encouraged to participate with no restriction in terms of engineering disciplines.

Get a chance to:

Win mentorship opportunities from Industry experts
Network with a nationwide student fraternity
Showcase your idea to a pan-Indian audience

1st Prize

₹ 1,50,000
and an all-expenses paid foreign trip to an engineering facility

1st Runner-up

₹ 75,000

2nd Runner-up

₹ 37,500

Selection Process –

Stage 1 – Registration

Team to complete their registration by submitting an abstract. A panel of experts will review each team’s submissions after qualifying the plagiarism checks. Based on the quality of the abstracts, top 30 projects will be shortlisted.

Stage 2 – POC / Prototype Presentation (Virtual)

The top 30 teams will present their prototype / PoC to a panel virtually. Out of these top 30 teams, 10 teams will be shortlisted for the Grand finale.

Stage 3 – Grand Finale

In the grand finale, each team will have to make a presentation after their video is played to the panel, followed by a Q&A session. Based on the presentation, video and overall technical content, the top 3 teams will be selected by the panel of experts.

Quest Global Ingenium at a Glance

10 years
40,000+ teams participated
3 winners every year