Smart India Hackathon 2022 software edition at IIT Kanpur from Aug 25 to 26

While the Smart India Hackathon 2022 hardware grand finale is scheduled from August 25 to 29 and the Smart India Hackathon 2022 software grand finale is scheduled from August 25 to 26.

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur will host the Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2022 today, i.e. August 25. The Ministry of Education (MoE) will centrally inaugurate the programme of IIT Kanpur at 9 am. Smart India Hackathon 2022 is jointly organized by the MoE’s Innovation Cell, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Persistent Systems, and i4c Doordarshan and All India Radio are the media partners, while Shell and AWS are the sponsoring partners.

Smart India Hackathon 2022 software grand finale from August 25 to 26

While the Smart India Hackathon 2022 hardware grand finale is scheduled from August 25 to 29 and the Smart India Hackathon 2022 software grand finale is scheduled from August 25 to 26. This year, Smart India Hackathon - Junior has also been introduced for school students to build a culture of Innovation and problem-solving attitude right from the school level.

Every year, the authorities conduct SIH at various nodal centres, where selected student teams, industry representatives, design mentors, and evaluators travel to the assigned physical centres. The premier and prominent higher educational institutes and incubators are identified as nodal centres by the MoE’s Innovation Cell and the AICTE in different cities. During the SIH grand finale, the student team works round the clock under the guidance of mentors and industry or Ministry representatives to produce the working solutions for the selected problem statements.

Prizes up to INR 75,000 for winners

IIT Kanpur was selected as one of the nodal centres to facilitate the Smart India Hackathon Software edition. 150 participants from 27 teams are competing against 27 problem statements from 23 organizations. The IIT Kanpur is hosting problem statements given by the MoE, Government of India. Each problem statement has a winning amount of Rs one lakh. Under the student innovation category, three prizes of INR one lakh, INR 75000, and INR 50,000 will be provided to the winning teams.

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