1,300 teams participating in Smart India Hackathon at 28 centres

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New Delhi : The Grand Finale of Smart India Hackathon began at 28 centres across the country on March 30, 2018. Union Minister for Human Resource Development Praksh Javadekar declared the Hackathon open at the Delhi centre of SIH 2018. In the world’s largest innovation under Digital India, about 1,300 teams are participating to evolve software solutions to 340 problems given by the different Ministries/Departments and State Governments.

The Chairperson of All India Council for Technical Education Prof Anil D Sahasrabudhe informed that Smart India Hackathon which began only last year has shown remarkable progress in terms of involvement of students and Ministries. In the last Hackathon, the number of students was 40,000 which has risen to 1 lakh this time.

At Jaipur centre, theHackathon was formally inaugurated by Member Secretary of AICTE Prof. A P Mittal  and Senior Economic Advisor, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Shri Rohit Kumar Parmar in the presence of Judges, Faculty, Participants  and students.

At Jaipur centre in JECRC, 50 teams comprising about 400 students from all over the countryhave started coding process for evolving software solution to the 16 problem statements of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. This brain storming exercise will continue for 36 hours. Based on their performance, top 3 teams will be selected and they will be awarded by the Ministry of I& B.

Winning team will get a prize of Rs 1 lakh, first runner-up Rs 75,000 and second runner-up Rs 50,000. Total prize money at all the 28 centres is Rs 63 lakh. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is participating for the first time this year in Hackathon 2018, according to a PIB release.