Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati selected as one of the nodal centres

Smart India Hackathon 2022 Grand Finale

GUWAHATI: The Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati has been selected as one of the Nodal Centres for Smart India Hackathon 2022 which is being organized by Ministry of Education's Innovation Cell (MIC).

Prof TG Sitharam, Director of IIT Guwahati, will grace the event as the chief guest along with Prof. Sashindra K. Kakoty, Deputy Director, IIT Guwahati, and Ramadhi Sen, General Manager Emami, as the guests of honor.

Smart India Hackathon (SIH) is a nationwide initiative by the Ministry of Education's Innovation Cell to provide students a platform to solve the pressing problems of the government, ministries, departments, industries and other organizations. Acclaimed as the world's biggest open innovation model, SIH inculcates the culture of product innovation and problem-solving among students.

Smart India Hackathon 2022 will be conducted in two formats – SIH Software edition and SIH Hardware edition for higher education students. IIT Guwahati has been selected as a nodal center to facilitate SIH 2022 Software edition. A total of 25 teams having 178 participants are competing against 7 Problem statements. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati is hosting problem statements given by Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Each Problem statement has a winning amount of Rs 1 lakh. Under the student innovation category three prizes of Rs. 1 lakh, Rs. 75,000, and Rs. 50,000 will be provided to the winning teams, stated a press release.

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