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Thai students win Intel global award for innovation

Thai students win Intel global award for innovation

aQuainnova, a team of Thai student entrepreneurs from Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration, have won the Emerging Impact Award at the 7th annual Intel Global Challenge at UC Berkeley, United States.

 

“At Intel Global Challenge 2011, we were able to make people realise how Genovex, our shrimp virus detection device, can minimise shrimp loss from severe shrimp viral outbreaks and thus enable more stability for local and international shrimp farmers. We’re proud to be a part of this competition as well as to have a chance to promote the Thai shrimp industry to the global arena. aQuainnova will continue our R&D on the GenovexTM device as we plan to launch the product in Thai market in 2012,” said team leader Patraporn Saenawatanakul.

The award has been presented for the team’s portable diagnostic business tool, Genovex, which can provide early detection of viral diseases in shrimp – key to preventing massive losses on shrimp farms.
The aQuainnova team is the first student representatives from Thailand to be awarded at the Intel Global Challenge, supported by Intel Foundation. 
 The Intel Global Challenge is designed to motivate young entrepreneurs to develop innovative technologies that solve real world challenges, build viable business models and move technology out of university labs and into the market. Student entrepreneurs from across the world submit their business plans, which are then judged and the most innovative ideas are awarded funding. The Intel Foundation supports the awards with over $100,000 in cash prizes. The Emerging Impact Award, worth US$5,000, was presented to aQuainnova from Thailand for their innovative idea and scalable business model. 
Supervised by professor Nick Pisalyabutra, aQuainnova team consisted of  fourMBA students from Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration School: The team leader Patraporn Saenawatanakul - 27, and Nichaboon Purnaveja - 29, Prapada Prapan - 28, and Donsiri Aromsook - 27
 

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