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Digital India is a dream project of current Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In order to achieve this, the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD) has organized the world’s biggest ever hackathon, Smart India Hackathon.
The main aim of this initiative was is to solve the privacy issues faced by citizens in a digitally connected society. There are more than 10,000 participants from all over the country which is happening around the country at various designated government centers and offices, continuously for 36 hours.
Rajendra Sharma, an official Nodal center for the Hackathon in Delhi says that, “To ensure that solutions for change are achieved through the hackathon, we have a team of over 30 staff member and students volunteering through the 36 hours span and aiding the participants. We also have coordinators working round the clock to address issues and manage the event. This being an event of a large scale, we are trying to achieve the most we can from it. ”
“This is a unique event and while trying to bring changes that impact various sectors we are also aiming to create a world record at the same time. All of us at NDIM believe that such initiatives are key to social change and are happy to play a key role in it.”
The 29 central governement ministries will pick up three winners each and will reaward them cash prizes of 3.5 lakh to the winners. The winners will also be given a chance to convert their winning ideas into a start-ups.
A senior governemt official said that, “This is being done by MyGov in association with MHRD. The main idea behind this is to get fresh ideas for our smart cities and Digital India initiative. It is Prime Minister’s main focus area.”
Two hundred fifty engineering colleges students participated in this event. All of them were formed into 41 teams which was held at CVR College of Engineering. And the event was inaugurated by Minister Prakash Javadekar, Human Resource and Development, through a video conference.
"Students were excited about the tasks given to them and interestingly, 137 girls took part in the event along with their mentors,” said C.V. Raghava, chairman of CVR College.
The main aim of this initiative was is to solve the privacy issues faced by citizens in a digitally connected society. There are more than 10,000 participants from all over the country which is happening around the country at various designated government centers and offices, continuously for 36 hours.
Rajendra Sharma, an official Nodal center for the Hackathon in Delhi says that, “To ensure that solutions for change are achieved through the hackathon, we have a team of over 30 staff member and students volunteering through the 36 hours span and aiding the participants. We also have coordinators working round the clock to address issues and manage the event. This being an event of a large scale, we are trying to achieve the most we can from it. ”
“This is a unique event and while trying to bring changes that impact various sectors we are also aiming to create a world record at the same time. All of us at NDIM believe that such initiatives are key to social change and are happy to play a key role in it.”
The 29 central governement ministries will pick up three winners each and will reaward them cash prizes of 3.5 lakh to the winners. The winners will also be given a chance to convert their winning ideas into a start-ups.
A senior governemt official said that, “This is being done by MyGov in association with MHRD. The main idea behind this is to get fresh ideas for our smart cities and Digital India initiative. It is Prime Minister’s main focus area.”
Two hundred fifty engineering colleges students participated in this event. All of them were formed into 41 teams which was held at CVR College of Engineering. And the event was inaugurated by Minister Prakash Javadekar, Human Resource and Development, through a video conference.
"Students were excited about the tasks given to them and interestingly, 137 girls took part in the event along with their mentors,” said C.V. Raghava, chairman of CVR College.
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