Avail Smart India Hackathon platform, students told

Bhimavaram: Smart India Hackathon will provide a chance to engineering students to prove their mettle in world technology revolution, opined Adikavi Nannaya University rector Dr Suresh Verma.

He participated as chief guest at Smart India Hackathon national event organised by the SRKR Engineering College here on Monday.

Speaking on the occasion, he said that the students should make use of the opportunity provided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi by proving their talent at national-level.  

Students from Dr Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University from Pune stood first in the competition. The Wonderland Company awarded the Ameya team from Pune with a cash prize of Rs one lakh. 

The SKF Company presented Rs 75,000 prize to the Dheeraj Kumar team from the same college. Harish team from the Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore was awarded Rs one lakh prize by the SKF Company.