Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has
announced that the much awaited Smart India Hackathon 2017 Grand Finale is
scheduled to be held on April 1 & 2, 2017 simultaneously at 26 different
nodal centers across India. ICMR is a ‘Premier Partner’ in this
initiative. Launched on Nov 9, 2016 in New Delhi, Smart India Hackathon 2017
harnesses creativity & expertise of students, builds funnel for ‘Startup
India, Standup India’ campaign, crowd sources solutions for improving
governance and quality of life, and extends/ give opportunity to citizens to
provide innovative solutions to India’s daunting problems.
Here is a quick snapshot of details pertaining to
ICMR department:
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Problem Statements proposed
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Ideas received
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Shortlisted
Teams for Grand Finale
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No. of Youngsters Competing in
Grand Finale
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Nodal Center for Grand Finale
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ICMR, MoHFW
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28
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238
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37
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296
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Kolkata, West Bengal
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Overall Event
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598
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7531
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1266
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10000+
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Dr SoumyaSwaminathan, Secretary, DHR & DG, ICMR
said this was a wonderful experiment to tap young minds to solve the country’s
problem.
Smart India Hackathon 2017
is expected to become the ‘world’s biggest open innovation model’ that other
countries can replicate: Since Hackathon as a concept is new to India, AICTE arranged 26
awareness workshops across India to sensitize students about Smart India
Hackathon 2017. These workshops helped connect students to the problems of our
nation. Out of the 7531 idea submissions received for the 598 problems posted
by 29 govt. departments, 1266 ideas have been shortlisted for the ‘Grand
Finale’ on April 1 & 2, 2017, during which these teams will work nonstop
for 36 hours to build products based on their ideas, across 26 locations in
India. For the first time, 10,000+ youngsters (6 students & 2 mentors per
team) will work non-stop for 36 hours to develop products for our nation. To
ensure the success of Smart India Hackathon 2017, multiple online training
sessions have been organized for training 30,000+ students.
About Smart India Hackathon 2017
All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) under the aegis
of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and in collaboration with i4c,
My Gov, Persistent Systems, NASSCOM and RambhauMhalgiPabodini is conducting a
unique initiative ‘Smart India Hackathon 2017’. For
the first time ever, 29 different government ministries and departments came
together and posed 598 problem statements to 30 lakh technical students from
India. During the 36-hour Grand Finale scheduled to be held on April 1&2,
2017, teams of thousands of
technology students will build innovative digital solutions for problems posed
by different central govt. ministries/ departments.Smart
India Hackathon 2017 would be the first massive scale hackathon initiative in
India; unprecedented in the nation’s history. Winners stand to get cash prizes
and a chance to be part of the NASSCOM’s 10,000 Startups program.
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MV/SK