Amplus Miles

Definitions

Challenge name	The MILES (M⁺ Innovation Lab for Energy and Sustainability) Challenge
Management	Amplus Solar (A member of PETRONAS group), and run by GoMassive Earth Network
Jury	A group of persons appointed by Management to determine the shortlisted participants and winners
Participant	Any Organisation that participates by submitting an application form for the MILES Challenge
Terms and conditions (“T&C” or “Terms”)	These terms governing the MILES Challenge, as may be amended from time to time
Website	https://miles.gomassive.in/
Green List	The final shortlisted participants that will receive mentorship facilitated by the Management and give a detailed pitch presentation to the Jury.

These Terms & Conditions are applicable to and govern the “The MILES (M⁺ Innovation Lab for Energy and Sustainability) Challenge” organized and conducted by Management.
By participating in the MILES Challenge, Participant agrees to abide by and be bound by these terms. These terms may be modified without any prior notification. Participant is advised to regularly review these terms. If participant does not agree with any of the terms and any amendments thereto, participant must not participate in the MILES Challenge and withdraw its application.
MILES Challenge Objective
- The MILES (M⁺ Innovation Lab for Energy and Sustainability) Challenge aims to identify and provide a platform to early-stage start-ups with ready to deploy solutions in the Clean Energy ecosystem in India.
- The MILES Challenge is more than just a start-up accelerator for Energy pioneers; it aims to provide them with mentorship as well as give them access to resources in the clean energy landscape.
- Amplus is committing to support the winners of The MILES Challenge through a seed equity investment that will help these start-ups to scale up. The seed equity investment is at the discretion of the Management.

The MILES Challenge - Focus Areas

Sr.	Name	Description
1	Distributed Clean Energy for Residential and Commercial & Industrial consumers	Any idea/solution that helps to fasten the pace of adoption and/or adds economic and process efficiencies in the design, construction and maintenance of distributed clean energy plants.
2	IoT Applications in Energy	Sensing and analysing data has significant, but not yet fully commercialised, use-cases in the Energy industry. Any idea/solution that builds on the IoT stack to enable such unlocking is sought here.
3	Battery Storage	Given the infirm nature of renewable power sources, storage technologies are needed to increase adoption further. We are looking at solutions in the domain of storage integration with renewables which can be commercialised.
4	Electric Mobility	Any idea/solution which has a focus on adding value to the EV mobility space – can be IoT applications, battery integrations, financial inclusion models etc.

The MILES Challenge focus areas may be changed/modified/split/merged/increased or cancelled by the Jury based on the number and quality of entries received in each focus area.
In the event that no participant in an area is found to be worthy of inclusion by the Jury, the MILES Challenge focus area may be cancelled by the Jury. The decision of the Jury in this regard will be final and non-contestable. The MILES Challenge management will not entertain any queries in this regard.

Who can participate?

Indian Start-ups with ready to deploy solutions;
An entity shall be considered a Startup if it fulfils the following conditions:
- Up to a period of ten years from the date of incorporation/ registration, if it is incorporated as a private limited company (as defined in the Companies Act, 2013) or registered as a partnership firm (registered under section 59 of the Partnership Act, 1932) or a limited liability partnership (under the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008) in India;
- Turnover of the entity for any of the financial years since incorporation/ registration has not exceeded one hundred crore rupees;
- The business is working towards innovation, development or improvement of products or processes or services, or if it is a scalable business model; and
- The Innovation entered must be the original work of the applicant and a true innovation and/or a significant improvement on an existing technology, product, service, and production method or business model.

Eligibility Criteria for participation in the MILES Challenge

The initiative/ project entered for the MILES Challenge must be ready to deploy solution or working prototype stage and should not be in a planning or idea stage.
Employees and immediate family members of the Management, sponsors and partners of the MILES Challenge are not allowed to participate in the MILES Challenge.
An organisation cannot participate on behalf of its sister units, parent organisation or other organisation under the parent organisation.
The Jury may modify the eligibility criteria from time to time with retrospective effect hence the final eligibility of the participant will be subject to the discretion and approval of the Jury.
The Jury holds the right to disqualify any application which does not meet the eligibility criteria without assigning any reason whatsoever.
Participation in the MILES Challenge is subject to defined terms and conditions available on the website https://MILES.gomassive.in/
The final eligibility of the participant will be subject to the discretion of the Management and approval of the Jury.

Timelines

Efforts will be made to adhere to the defined timelines. However, the defined timelines are subject to change based on the decision of MILES Challenge Management.
The MILES Challenge Management and its partners and associates shall not be held accountable/liable for any disruptions/stoppages/interruptions or cancellation of the MILES Challenge or its ceremony or any part of its processes on account of any factors beyond its control.

Call for Entries & Participation

The call for entries for the MILES Challenge will be announced on one or more media platforms and / or by direct communication with potential participants, and that shall be construed to be adequate notice for the call for entries.
If multiple partners apply for the same initiative/project, then they should agree amongst themselves who would be the rightful owner of the initiative/project. The MILES Challenge Management or any of its partners will not be involved in deciding the same.
Entries will be accepted in English language only.
The Jury has the right to re-classify application forms from one focus area to another or reject the application form, at its discretion. Jury also have a right to change/modify the eligibility criteria at any step of the MILES Challenge. This is not contestable in any manner whatsoever.

Application Process

A participant can apply for the MILES Challenge by signing up on to the website https://MILES.gomassive.in/. The interested participants have to fill the application form from the MILES Challenge dashboard page, and fill it as instructed. Upload your deck on the website along with the supporting documents, then click on Submit button to complete the application process.
Last date for receiving completed application forms is 23:59 hrs. on 15/02/2021.
Receipt of application forms after last date of receipt specified may be permitted only at the discretion of the MILES Challenge Management.
MILES Challenge Management will not be responsible for application forms that are damaged / lost due to lack or lapse in any communication on account of internet failure.
Participation in the MILES Challenge in any manner will be construed as an acceptance to the terms and conditions stated herein (as amended from time to time).

Completeness of Entries/ Disqualification

All sections of the application form are mandatory. Participant would not be able to submit the form unless all sections are filled, all the fields of the application form needs to be complete in all respects; else it may be disqualified from participation.
Organisation can provide up to 3 supporting materials to assist the Jury in evaluating their application such as photos, articles, accolades and material under “Attachments” section (Maximum size that can be uploaded is 2 MB per attachment).

Additional Information

Participants may be contacted for any additional information or / and MILES Challenge Management may conduct field visit(s) to verify the information provided. Such information sourced from the participants and/or filed visit(s) will become part of the original application.
MILES Challenge Management has the right to ask for additional documentary proof. If such a request is made and the participant does not comply within 5 working days from the date the request is made, the Participant may be disqualified from participation in the MILES Challenge.
Information provided by the participant will be confidential and will be used only for the limited purpose of evaluating the participant’s entry to the MILES Challenge.
MILES Challenge Management or team appointed by MILES Challenge Management will try to contact the participant on best effort basis using the contact information provided in the application form.
In the event it is not possible to contact the participant to obtain additional or missing information, interview them, etc., such participant may be disqualified from further participation.
The participant hereby irrevocably authorizes the MILES Challenge Management to use the data gathered during the MILES Challenge in the application form and AMPLUS shall be entitled to use the same in its communications including marketing promotions and advertisements along with/without AMPLUS’s brand. Further, MILES Challenge Management shall not be liable in any manner for any loss, damage, theft, or any other mishap caused during the MILES Challenge.

Validity and Correctness of Information

If at any time, including after the conclusion of any of the MILES Challenge ceremonies or processes, any information provided by any participant(s), is found to be incorrect in any manner, then the participant will be liable to be disqualified and / or return the MILES Challenge and the monetary emoluments provided to the participant under this MILES Challenge, if any. MILES Challenge Management may also take penal action against the participant for providing false information to participate in the MILES Challenge.
Determination of whether information provided is fair and accurate rests with the Jury and the MILES Challenge Management.

Short-listing finalists for each MILES Challenge focus area from applications received

Application forms received would be collated under each MILES Challenge focus area for evaluation by Jury.
Determination of the Challenge focus area to which an application belongs is at the discretion of the Jury.
MILES Challenge Management reserves the right to make the final judgment in case of any ambiguity in rules and regulations / disputes over suitability.
The Prelim Presentation Jury will select top finalists per focus areas based on pre-defined evaluation parameters who will qualify for the final round.
Short-listed finalists will be a part of the Green List and will contacted by Miles Challenge Management to inform them of their shortlisting. Post shortlisting, the shortlisted finalists there will be a mentorship session held by the management for guiding the participants in presenting their initiative in a better manner to the grand jury. Participants will be provided with the presentation format in which they would be required to present their application and case study to the Grand Jury.
The decision of the above short-listing is binding and final on all participants.

Selection of the Winners

The Jury will score / rank / vote for the Green List Participants on predefined evaluation parameters, based on the application form, supporting materials and presentation made by such participants.
Only senior level management or someone authorized by the senior management would be required to make the presentation in front of grand jury virtually. The grand jury round this year will be a virtual meet, hence the participant has to be available to present their initiative/ project on the day of jury round. The details of the virtual jury round will be shared by MILES Challenge Management prior to the grand jury round.

There could be one or more winners in each MILES Challenge focus area, at the discretion of the Jury.

The determination of who should be a finalist for any MILES Challenge focus area rests with the Jury.

The Jury’s decision is final and binding on all finalists and winners.

Participant is competent (i.e. Participant are of legal age and sound mental capacity) and eligible to enter for the MILES Challenge.

General

Participant’s Content

Each participant represents and warrants that any information, analysis, compilations, studies, plans, projections, estimates, designs, presentations, correspondence, documents or content of any nature whatsoever (tangible or intangible, oral or in writing) ("Content") provided by the participant for the purpose of participation in the MILES Challenge is: (a) wholly their original work/idea; and (b) that respective participant has all necessary rights, title, interests and licenses to make it available to MILES Challenge Management (and/or the affiliates, employees, representatives, consultants and advisers of AMPLUS) for its use in relation to the MILES Challenge, without violation of any applicable laws or incurring any liabilities to any parties. MILES Challenge Management shall not be liable for the same in any manner whatsoever
Each participant represents and warrants that any Content (including any personal information) provided by you at any time during the MILES Challenge, is accurate, current, and complete in all respects, which accuracy and completeness shall be maintained throughout the process. If you provide (or MILES Challenge Management has reasonable grounds to believe that you provided) any information that is inaccurate, not current, or incomplete, MILES Challenge Management may suspend or terminate your application, grant or participation in the MILES Challenge and seek refund of monetary emoluments provided to you under this MILES Challenge, if any, in addition to exercising all rights and remedies permitted by law, without being liable to you in any manner whatsoever.
Each participant acknowledges and agrees that you shall have sole ownership of any existing patent rights, copyrights, trademark, trade secret and other similar rights ("Intellectual Property Rights/ IP Rights") in the Content as well as any IP Rights that you may develop during the MILES Challenge, provided however, if MILES Challenge Management chooses to sign-off on a deeper partnership with you, then ownership of the IP Rights shall be re-visited to arrive at a mutually beneficial outcome.
Each participant agrees not to upload, post, or otherwise transmit to MILES Challenge Management, any Content that is or could appear to be: (a) defamatory, obscene, invasive to another person's privacy or confidential information; (b) infringing upon any third party's IP Rights; (c) containing any software viruses or any other harmful computer code, files, or programs, including any designed to interrupt or destroy the functionality of any computer software, hardware, or telecommunications equipment; or (d) in violation of any applicable license, law, or contractual or fiduciary duty of any party.
In addition to the above, each participant acknowledges and agrees that we may retain their Content indefinitely and disclose it for any purpose pursuant to our privacy policy/s or applicable law.

AMPLUS’ Content

Each participant undertakes that any Content shared with you by MILES Challenge Management, if any, shall be treated with utmost confidentiality, shall not be disclosed to any third party and/or copied or reproduced by you (or your representatives) at any time, except with prior written consent of MILES Challenge Management and that you shall be solely liable for any breach or anticipated breach of such confidentiality obligations.
Each participant understands and agrees that all IP Rights in or to the Content of AMPLUS or any information shared with such participant by MILES Challenge Management, if any, shall belong to MILES Challenge Management at all times and except as expressly provided, such participant shall have no right to use the same. Further, such participant shall have no right to use AMPLUS trademarks or product names, logos, domain names or other distinctive brand features associated with AMPLUS, without its prior written consent.

Reservation of Rights

Each participant acknowledges and understands that its submission of an application for the MILES Challenge does not guarantee acceptance. MILES Challenge Management reserves the right to accept or reject all or any participant/s without assigning any reason whatsoever.
MILES Challenge Management reserves the right to select the winning participant on the basis of merit and other factors, including but not limited to, strength of the business idea/plan, team capabilities, relevance to focus areas, demonstrated success and potential, etc., at its sole discretion.
Each participant acknowledges and agrees that selection as the winning participant does not guarantee any investment. AMPLUS or GoMassive (as the case may be) may, at its discretion, provide equity investment to the winning participant/s subject to such winning participant having cleared the due diligence process of AMPLUS or GoMassive (as the case may be) to the satisfaction of the respective investor and only upon a mutual consensus on commercial terms and documentation with such winning participant.
MILES Challenge Management reserves the right to amend, vary, correct and/or withdraw or do anything else in respect of any or all of its selection process, criterion, timeline, terms and conditions in relation to the MILES Challenge at its discretion at any time during the entire process, without being liable for any consequences, even if any participant has already taken action based on it.

Limitation of Liability

MILES Challenge Management make no representation or warranty, express or implied, and shall have no liability to any person, including any participant, under any law, statute, rules or regulations, tort, or otherwise for any loss, damages, cost or expense which may arise from or be incurred or suffered on account of anything in relation to participation in the MILES Challenge or otherwise.
Neither AMPLUS nor any of its employees, officers, directors, representatives, agents, consultants, advisors and the MILES Challenge Management, shall be liable to any participant or third party under any circumstances, for any indirect, special, consequential exemplary or punitive damages or for any loss of business, revenues, profits, goodwill, Content or data.
All costs associated with or relating to the preparation and submission of the application including but not limited to preparation, or submission of any demonstrations or presentations which may be required by MILES Challenge Management or any other costs incurred in connection with the participation in the MILES Challenge shall be solely borne by the participant and MILES Challenge Management shall not be liable for the same in any manner whatsoever, regardless of the conduct or outcome of the MILES Challenge.

Indemnification

Each participant agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless AMPLUS, its employees, officers, directors, representatives, agents, consultants, advisers and third parties, MILES Challenge Management, from and against any and all losses, damages, claims, liability and costs of every nature incurred by any of them (including but not limited to litigation costs and attorneys’ fees) in connection with any claim, damage or loss related to the personal information and Content of the participant, arising out of its participation in the MILES Challenge and/or breach by the participant of any of the terms & conditions herein.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or in connection with the Terms and conditions herein shall be governed by the laws of India and the courts at New Delhi shall have the exclusive jurisdiction to deal with any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or in connection with the Terms and conditions herein. Participants acknowledge that their participation and/or their provision to us of any Content or information, as part of the MILES Challenge, constitutes their agreement to the Terms and conditions herein (as amended from time to time).
In the event these terms do not cover any question or complaint in relation to the MILES Challenge, the same will be concluded on by the MILES Challenge Management (for all other issues) or an independent body or legal team as appointed by the MILES Challenge Management as deemed necessary.
The Participant agrees to give full consent unconditionally for MILES Challenge Management to share any information provided by the Participant with agencies working with them with regards to the program, its recording and broadcasting and related activities including agencies involved with AMPLUS.
The decision of MILES Challenge Management in relation to the interpretation of any of these Terms shall be final and binding on the participants
If Participants are unclear as to the Terms or any element of the MILES Challenge or have any queries/concerns pertaining to the MILES Challenge, they can email their queries or concerns to the following address:

Name Pankaj Mohanpuria
Designation: Manager - Marketing
Ph.: +91 8447734158
Email: mileschallenge@Amplussolar.com
MILES challenge Management shall endeavor to the best of its ability to respond thereto.

Website

The website is only an informational website (https://miles.gomassive.in/) (the “Website”) for the MILES Challenge. Amplus or its subsidiaries or holding entities are not liable or responsible for any action or decision taken by Participant or anyone acting on Participant’s behalf or under Participant employment or under contract with Participant. MILES Challenge Management shall not be under any obligation to Participant and Participant shall have no claims whatsoever against the MILES Challenge Management relating to the selection process or the running of the MILES Challenge.
Amplus/ MILES Challenge Management shall not be responsible for:
Any delivery, failures relating to the registration or submission of videos/ presentations;
Any SPAM generated messages as result of Participant accessing the Website;
MILES Challenge Management not receiving or rejecting any data;
Any lost, late or misdirected computer transmission or network, electronic failures of any kind or any failure to receive entries owing to transmission failures or due to any technical reasons;
Other conditions/situations or failures beyond its control.

Disclaimers

MILES Challenge Management has no obligation to screen the entry material in advance and is not responsible for monitoring entries for the purpose of preventing violation of intellectual property ownership rights, or violations of any law, rule or regulation. The MILES Challenge Management has no liability or responsibility to Participants or other users of the Website for performance or non-performance of activities mentioned above

About The Challenge

Focus Areas

Why Clean Energy?

Jury

H.E. Mr. Upendra Tripathy

Dr. Barbara Buchner

Dr. Amit Jain

Dr. Anne Olhoff

Dr. Amit Garg

Ms. Paula Mariwala

Selection Parameters

Process and Timeline

Prizes

Meet the Green List

Delectrik Systems Private Limited

Battery Storage

Virya Batteries P. Ltd.

Battery Storage

Wenergie Ecoworks Private Limited

Battery Storage

Inoviea ventures private limited

Distributed Clean Energy

DeyHaat Connect LLP

Distributed Clean Energy

AHAsolar Pvt. Ltd.

Distributed Clean Energy

Upgrid Solutions Pvt Ltd

Electric Mobility

MinionLabs India Private Limited

IoT Applications in Energy

LEDsafari Innovation Pvt Ltd

IoT Applications in Energy

Ushva Clean Technology Pvt Ltd

IoT Applications in Energy

Vecmocon Technologies Private Limited

IoT Applications in Energy

Frequently Asked Questions

About Amplus Solar

Why Clean Energy?

Jury

Selection Parameters

Process and Timeline

Prizes

Meet the Green List

Battery Storage

Battery Storage

Battery Storage

Distributed Clean Energy

Distributed Clean Energy

Distributed Clean Energy

Electric Mobility

IoT Applications in Energy

IoT Applications in Energy

IoT Applications in Energy

IoT Applications in Energy

Frequently Asked Questions

Terms & Conditions

Definitions

The MILES Challenge - Focus Areas

Who can participate?

Eligibility Criteria for participation in the MILES Challenge

Timelines

Call for Entries & Participation

Application Process

Completeness of Entries/ Disqualification

Additional Information

Validity and Correctness of Information

Short-listing finalists for each MILES Challenge focus area from applications received

Selection of the Winners

General

Limitation of Liability

Indemnification

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

Website

Disclaimers