By Syakir NizamÂ
GOMBAK, 12 July 2018: The “Teh Tarik” team consisting of five students from Kulliyyah of Architectural and Environmental Design (KAED) won the grand prize in the Pitch Your Product (PYP) IIUM River Innovation Competition for open category. They received RM2000 and certificates of participation.
One of their teammates, Hiqmal Nurhakim Bin Roslizam said, “We were shocked and did not expect to win. Among the factors that contributed to this winning was cooperation among team members.”
As their pitch project was focusing on usage of filter in the river to filter garbage, the team had hoped that their idea to save the IIUM river would be implemented by the authority in the future.
In addition, for the school category, Sekolah Menengah Integrasi Sains Tahfiz Maiwp (SMISTA) was announced as the winner. SMISTA was represented by  Muhammad Danish Zairizam, M. Haziq Haikal Abdul Latif, Ahmad Ikhwan Hafidzi Hafez Faisal, Arif Najmi Sharul Mizan and Irfan Haqim Mohd Hafizal. They received RM300 and certificates.
Pitch Your Product (PYP) IIUM River Innovation Competition was held on 24 April this year. As this competition was focusing on how to save the river, the participants needed to present their proposal paper and the prototype. The prize giving ceremony was officiated by Deputy Rector (Research and Innovation), Prof. Dr. Rahmah Ahmad H. Osman. ***
Here the list of the winners:
| PITCH YOUR PRODUCT (OPEN CATEGORY) | |
| PITCH YOUR PRODUCT (OPEN CATEGORY) | 5TH PRIZE
THE EVERGREENS ·     Aida Nabila Jamaluddin (Team Leader) ·     Nor Shakira Zainuriah Binti Sakhifuddin ·     Ainun Sorfina Binti Rasidi ·     Najihah Hakimah Binti Abdullah ·     Siti Khadijah Binti Abu Bakar |
| Â | 4TH PRIZE
IIUM ROBOTEAM ·     Sayyid Hamizan Bin Rusli (Team Leader) ·     Shamim Ahasan Hridoy ·     Muhamad Adi Muqri Bin Saiful Azmi ·     Khairul Naim Bin Kamarudin ·     Nur Aina Farahana Binti Abdul Ghani  |
| 3RD PRIZE
MV TRIO ·     Nuramirah Binti Albukhary (Team Leader) ·     Dayang Qurratuaini Binti Awang Zaaba ·     Nur Ain Binti Alias ·     Muhammad Syafiq Bin Mohd Yusof ·     Muhammad Adli Bin Abdullah |
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| PITCH YOUR PRODUCT (OPEN CATEGORY) | 2ND PRIZE
CLEVER ·     Hazim Bin Omar (Team Leader) ·     Zeno Michael ·     Noor Atikah Nazura Binti Abd Razak ·     Muhammad Adeeb Syafiz Bin Amizan ·     Nur Aainun Mardhiah Binti Jaafar |
| Â | 1ST PRIZE
TEH TARIK ·     Hiqmal Nurhakim Bin Roslizam (Team Leader) ·     Nik Muhammad Ifwat Bin Nik Zulkipli ·     Hilman Idris Bin T.Noorshahrani ·     Muhammad Asyraf Bin Mohd Ashari ·     Muhammad Faiz Hakim Bin Mohd Fisal |