SMART INDIA HACKATHON 2020 INTERNAL CAMPUS HACKATHON

Smart India Hackathon 2020 is a nationwide initiative to provide students a platform to solve some of the pressing problems we face in our daily lives, and thus inculcate a culture of product innovation and a mindset of problem solving. In SIH 2020, the students would have the opportunity to work on challenges faced within various Ministries, Departments, Industries, PSUs and NGOs to create world class solutions for some of the top organizations including industries in the world, thus helping the Private sector hire the best minds from across the nation.

In order to shortlist the teams for the Hardware and Software edition of SIH 2020 an internal hackathon was conducted in the college campus on 27^th January 2020. A total of 22 teams comprising of 6 members each participated in the hackathon. The teams comprised of students from Mechanical, Computers, Electronics & Telecommunication and Civil Engineering. They presented their innovative ideas in front of a two member jury panel comprising of Mr. Aaron Miranda Colaco, Software Consultant, working with Blockchain and Mr. VenuGopal, Corporate relation Manager at FIIRE.

In the Hardware edition teams APOGEE and Electrovert emerged as the finalists. In the Software Edition teams INS , Haystack , Bazinga , Innovative Geeks and Mind Benders were declared the finalists . Teams Focus, Rekrete and Squadron-7, Technocrats were placed in the waitlist category in the Hardware Edition and software edition respectively.