New Delhi [India], December 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will work together with younger innovators on the Grand Finale of Smart India Hackathon 2024 on Wednesday by way of video conferencing. Over 1300 pupil groups will take part within the Grand Finale. Prime Minister will even handle the gathering on the event, a press launch stated on Monday.
According to the Prime Minister’s workplace, the seventh version of the Smart India Hackathon (SIH) will concurrently start at 51 nodal centres nationwide on December 11. The Software Edition will run nonstop for 36 hours, whereas the Hardware Edition will proceed from December 11 to fifteen.
Like previous editions, the coed groups will work on both the issue statements given by Ministries or departments or industries or submit their concepts within the Student Innovation Category towards any of the 17 themes linked to sectors of nationwide significance.
These sectors are – Healthcare, Supply chain and Logistics, Smart Technologies, Heritage and Culture, Sustainability, Education and Skill Development, Water, Agriculture and Food, Emerging Technologies, and Disaster Management.
Some of the fascinating downside statements of this yr’s version embrace ‘Enhancing Images of Darker Regions on the Moon’ introduced by ISRO, ‘Developing a real-time Ganga Water Quality Monitoring system utilizing AI, satellite tv for pc knowledge, IoT, and dynamic fashions’ introduced by Ministry of Jal Shakti, and ‘Developing a Smart Yoga Mat built-in with AI’ introduced by Ministry of AYUSH.
This yr, greater than 250 downside statements have been submitted by 54 Ministries, Departments, State Governments, PSUs, and Industries. A 150 per cent improve has been recorded in inner hackathons on the institute stage, rising from over 900 in SIH 2023 to round 2,247 in SIH 2024, making this the biggest version to this point.
More than 86,000 groups have participated in SIH 2024 on the institute stage and round 49,000 pupil groups (every consisting of 6 college students and a pair of mentors) have been really useful by these institutes for the nationwide stage spherical. (ANI)