a2i wins three awards at ITEX in Malaysia

Access to Information (a2i) Programme of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has won three awards in the 'International Invention Innovation & Technology Exhibition' (ITEX)-2018, reports UNB.

For the very first time, a2i participated in the exhibition, ITEX 2018, held on May 10-12, and won two Gold Awards and one Silver Award in three different innovation categories, said a press release on Wednesday.

a2i received Gold Awards for innovation project 'Centralised Nebulizing System' in the 'Biotechnology, Health and fitness' category; and the project 'Fuel from Plastic' in the 'Environmental, Renewable Energy' category.

It received the Silver Award in the 'Special care and Child care' category for a project called 'Portable Infant Incubator'.

ITEX is organised by the Malaysian Invention and Design Society (MINDS) every year.

This year's ITEX was held in Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre with one main goal in sight: Empowering entrepreneurs to systematically make transition from scientific discovery to commercial application.