SMART INDIA HACKATHON 2022 INTERNAL INSTITUTE LEVEL HACKATHON HELD AT DBCE

Smart India Hackathon 2022 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 2022, 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.

Don Bosco College of Engineering organised an Internal Institute Level Hackathon to shortlist the teams to participate in the national level competition. The hackathon was open to students of all years and  branches.

The Internal Institute Level Hackathon was held on  March 23,  2022 , at Don Bosco College of Engineering , Fatorda. A total of 19 teams participated in the event. The teams comprised of students from Mechanical, Computers ,Electronics & Telecommunication and Civil Engineering. The jury members for the event were Mr. Mangirish Salelkar, Founder President-Goa Technology Association and CEO-UMANG , Mr. Thejus Joseph, COO- FiiRE  , Mr. Sachin Kale, Founder Stanza Infotech and SK Group and Mr. Sachin Turi, Assistant Professor from Dept. of Mechanical Engineering ,DBCE. The jury panel was very much impressed with the innovative ideas presented by the students. The judges provided valuable inputs and feedback to the student participants. The event was also graced by the presence of  Dr. Neena S.P. Panandikar, Principal, DBCE ,Dr. Suraj Marathe, President, IIC ,Dr Shreyas Simu, Assistant TPO, DBCE ,Dr Amrita Naik , Assistant Professor from Dept. of Computer  Engineering, DBCE Goa and Mr Sudip Faldesai, Project officer  Goa State Innovation Council who motivated all the participating teams and gave valuable suggestions.

The following 10 teams were shortlisted : Solutionism at its finest, Green Ribbon Army, Team Apogee, Team Aether, The MVP’s, Team Eagle, Void Mains, Brain Drain, Dynamites and Grey Space. The following 5 teams were placed in waitlist category: Mind Plug, Syntax Terminators, Abyuday, Unknown Variables and Team Explicit.

The event was organized by Mr. Swapnil Ramani , Assistant Professor from Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, DBCE Goa & SPOC-SIH 2022 and Mr. Selvyn Fernandes, Assistant Professor from Dept. of ETC Engineering & Co-Ordinator-Internal Hackathon SIH 2022.