Smart India Hackathon: Young minds at work

CVR College of Engineering held the inaugural ceremony of ‘Smart India Hackathon’17’ at its campus in Ibrahimpatnam over the weekend. The nationwide event was inaugurated by Human Resource Minister Prakash Javedekar through a video conference across all the nodal centres in India.

The ambience was quite aesthetic as all the focused minds were gathered to present their innovative ideas to combat real time challenges of India. The energy and enthusiasm portrayed by one and all was contagious and overwhelming.

The inaugural function hosted by the college witnessed domain experts, senior professionals from IT industries and people from different ministries as judges for Hackathon’17. Professor A Venugopal, Vice-Chancellor, JNTU-Hyderabad; BV Ram Kumar, Deputy Director, DEPWD, NIEPD; Bala Murugan, South Central Regional Officer, AICTE and Yogesh Deshpande, Practice Head, GS Lab were present at the event.

The Chairman of the college Dr CV Raghava briefed about Hackathon as the beginning for providing solutions to make a better future. He told the students that they should take pride in being a part of the Grand Finale of the Hackathon.

Prof Reddy stated that Smart India Hackathon’17 was a great event for the country. He complimented NASSCOM and AICTE who encouraged young minds to gear up to go for the innovative applications.

The principal of the college, Dr KS Nayanathara welcomed all the participants and appreciated the active participation of the students and the young talent to support the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities.

Winners stand to get cash prizes and a chance to be part of the NASSCOM’s 10,000 startups programme.