Care Tech Challenge 2026

Event: Care Tech Challenge 2026 – innovation competition, KrupaNucon 2026
Organised by: Krupanidhi College of Nursing, Bengaluru
Date: 19th August 2026
Time: 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Theme: “Innovations for Intelligent Healthcare”

Krupanidhi College of Nursing, Bengaluru, organised the Care Tech Challenge 2026 as part of KrupaNucon 2026 on 19th August 2026, on the theme “Innovations for Intelligent Healthcare.” The challenge was an innovation competition that encouraged participants to develop creative, technology-driven solutions for contemporary healthcare problems. It was open to undergraduate and postgraduate students of healthcare streams, nursing officers and faculty, with interdisciplinary teams of two to three members allowed.

With the approval of the Principal, Rev. Sr. Martha, St. Philomena’s College of Nursing was represented by a student team and a faculty team. The student team consisted of Ms. Jothika (VI semester), Ms. Abhiya (IV semester) and Ms. Alina Biju (II semester). The faculty team consisted of Ms. Sneha Treesa Sebastian, Ms. Aleena Elizabeth and Ms. Prathima Flynel Renjal.

The competition was conducted in three rounds. In the first round, a ten-minute challenge brief, each team received a healthcare problem statement. In the second round, the teams spent ninety minutes working together to design an innovative solution addressing patient care, clinical practice, healthcare management or public health. In the final round, each team pitched its innovation in ten minutes, seven minutes of presentation followed by three minutes of questions. The entries were judged on understanding of the healthcare problem, innovation and originality, clinical relevance, feasibility and practicality, scalability and sustainability, potential impact on healthcare, and presentation and communication. Participants were also required to declare and validate any AI tools used in their innovation.

The faculty team of Ms. Sneha Treesa Sebastian, Ms. Aleena Elizabeth and Ms. Prathima Flynel Renjal was declared one of the Best Innovators of the Care Tech Challenge 2026 and received the award on behalf of St. Philomena’s College of Nursing. The challenge also offered expert mentoring on funding and entrepreneurship and a chance to participate in KrupaNuspark.

The challenge gave both the students and the faculty valuable exposure to innovation, teamwork and the use of technology in solving real healthcare problems. The college congratulates the faculty team on this achievement, appreciates the student team for their enthusiastic participation, and thanks the management for its encouragement and support.