Secretary, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs urges creative minds to come up with innovative solutions for transforming waste into toys
Applicants can register via the website https://innovateindia.mygov.in/swachh-toycathon/ during the period of 26th Sept. 2022 and 11th Nov 2022.
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is taking a step towards achieving circularity in the toy sector. Under the National Action Plan for Toys, MoHUA has launched Swachh Toycathon, a competition for new ideas to transform waste into toys.
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This competition is being launched under the ‘Swachh Amrit Mahotsav’, a fortnight of activities to galvanize action around Swachhata from 17th Sept. 2022, Seva Diwas, till 2nd Oct. 2022, Swachhata Diwas.
Secretary, MoHUA, Mr. Manoj Joshi launched the Swachh Toycathon by unveiling the online platform on the MyGov portal and releasing the toolkit. The competition seeks to explore solutions for use of waste in the creation or manufacturing of toys.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Manoj Joshi urged creative minds to come up with innovative solutions that meet the growing demand for toys on one hand and address the impacts of solid waste on the other.
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Prof. Uday Athvankar, Prof. Manish Jain from IIT Gandhinagar, and Ms. Vidyun Goel from Toy Bank spoke about toy-games design, cognitive science, and their views on the effect of the initiative on the toy industry during the occasion.
Professor Uday Athavankar, (Retired Professor and head, Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay) emphasized the enhancement of cognitive processes of children by playing games. He spoke about the need of changing the way we teach children with the advancement in technology.
Prof. Manish Jain, (Principal coordinator of the Center for Creative Learning, in IIT Gandhinagar) said that toys must remain a source of wonder and joy for children launching them on journeys of the imagination. He illustrated with examples that household waste items can be turned into toys that teach children about basic principles of science.
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