For every 2000 pounds of paper (1 ton) recycled, we save 7,000 gallons of pure water.
Only 50% of Nairobi's water supply actually reaches the customer!The other half is lost through leakages and illegal connections
The snow and ice in The Eastern Himalayas have shrunk by an astonishing 30% since the 1970s!
Pesticide usage worldwide has quadrupled over the last 40 years, from an average of 0.5 Kg per hectare in 1961 To 2kg per hectare in 2004!
It is estimated that up to 1 trillion plastic bags are consumed worldwide each year, more than one million per minute.*
2% of the household batteries in the UK are collected for recycling. Councils involved need to step up their efforts to reach their target which is 25% by 2012 and 45% by 2016.
The creative mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift".
--Einstein
Kriya takes pride in honouring the most creative and most irrational minds. Ladies and gentlemen , Let us introduce to you "The Ig Nobel Awards".
There are some unanswered questions that everybody ponders about and yet no one thinks finding the answer to that question is worth the time. But we see that there is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly. So we give you the chance to take up one such question and answer it in your own style.
The following are sample questions: 1. Why do dogs lift one of their hind legs when they are in the process of expulsion of the unnecessary liquid substances from their body? 2. Why woodpeckers dont get headaches? 3. What is the average light intensity in a Mani Rathnam movie?
These are just sample questions. Please do not let them hold you from thinking out of the box. So pick a question,come up with a complete analysis of the problem and a solution.
1. The event will have two phases. 2. The first phase will involve submission of abstracts, evaluation of the abstracts and short listing. 3. The abstracts can be 2-3 pages long. 4. Send the abstracts to ignobel@psgkriya.org 5. The second phase is the presentation of the your analysis in front of other Ignobelites at PSG TECH on the Kriya day. 6. Make sure that your analysis can be presented within 10 minutes.(And also that it lasts atleast for 7 minutes) 7. Team size: Maximum 3, Minimum 1.
Phase 1: Last date for submission of abstracts : 28.01.09.(Extension of the last date is highly improbable) Announcement of shortlisted abstracts: 29.01.09.
Registrations Closed!
1. Creativity 2. Originality 3. Depth of analysis 4. Clarity of presentation 5. And also how crazy your topic is
1. Any form of vulgarity will result in immediate disqualification. 2. The judges'decision is final.
