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Mangaluru, Sep 28: Team HearWell from St Joseph Engineering College (SJEC), secured the 5th place at the 17th edition of Manthan – Innovation and Business Plan Presentation 2025, organized by the Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI) in Bengaluru on September 16. The team was awarded a cash prize of Rs 75,000 by Dr M C Sudhakar, minister for Higher Education, Government of Karnataka, in recognition of their innovative concept.

The team comprising Deric Jojo (CSE), Evion Prem Cutinha (CSE), Hanil Akish D’Souza (CSE), and Dheeraj Othenichalil (ICBS), developed HearWell—an adaptive audio enhancement platform that transforms regular earbuds into affordable hearing aids, making hearing support more accessible to individuals with hearing loss.

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