Smart India Hackathon 2023 finale inauguration at Manipal Institute of Technology tomorrow
Anu Parthiban | December 18, 2023 | 06:13 PM IST | 1 min read
SIH 2023 Grand Finale: Participants who win each problem statement will win a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh. The event will conclude on December 23.
NEW DELHI: Manipal Institute of Technology has been selected as one of the nodal centers to facilitate the Smart India Hackathon - Hardware edition. The ministry of education will inaugurate the event at 9 am tomorrow, December 19.
The ministry and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has announced 47 higher educational institutes as nodal centers for Smart India Hackathon.
A total of 24 teams having 179 participants will be competing against 4 problem statements. The institute will be hosting problem statements from the Government of Gujarat and Kerala government and ministry of Ayush. Participants who win each problem statement will win a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh.
The institute will monitor the finale. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, like previous years, is expected to interact with the students.
Over 12,000 participants will participate in this year’s SIH grand finale at national level. These SIH teams along with over 2,500 mentors will travel to the assigned nodal center and will work on these problem statements during the grand finale of SIH 2023.
The grand finale is scheduled from December 19 to 23. “Smart India hackathon has witnessed huge participation from Ministries, departments, PSUs, and private organizations in providing problem statements. SIH 2023 has offered 231 problem statements received from 51 departments of 25 ministries,” the official statement said.
The ministry launched SIH in 2017 and is being conducted in two formats - SIH software and SIH hardware editions for higher education students. In 2022, the SIH-Junior was introduced for school students.
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