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IIT Kanpur has been selected as one of the nodal centers to facilitate the Smart India Hackathon (SIH) software edition. Smart India Hackathon-2022 Hardware Grand Finale will be held from 25th August to 29th August 2022. This finale will be centrally inaugurated on 25th by the Ministry of Education. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also expected to address its inaugural session.
Awards will also be given
Under Smart India Hackathon, a total of 27 teams with 150 participants are competing to create solutions for 27 problem statements from 23 organizations. Each problem statement carries a prize money of Rs 1 lakh. Under the Student Innovation Category, three prizes of Rs 1 lakh, 75 thousand and 50 thousand will be given to the winning teams.
More than 15 thousand students are involved
Smart India Hackathon has seen huge participation from Ministries, Departments, PSUs and Private Organizations in providing problem statements. Smart India Hackathon-2022 offered 476 problem statements received from 62 organizations. 2033 winning teams of campus level hackathon organized under Smart India Hackathon-2022 involving more than 15000 students.
Participants are engaged in preparing the solution
Under this, a total of 27 teams with 150 participants are competing to create solutions for 27 problem statements from 23 organizations. IIT Kanpur is hosting the problem statements provided by the Ministry of Education. This year’s SIH will participate in the Grand Finale at the national level. These teams will visit designated nodal centers and work on problem statements during the Grand Finale of SIH-2022. Each problem statement will carry a prize money of Rs 1 lakh. Under the Student Innovation category, three prizes of Rs 1 lakh, 75 thousand and 50 thousand will be given to the winning teams.