NGOs walk away with top honours at Opportunity Hack'16

City based non-government organisation Gramium won the 'Opportunity Hack 2016' organised by online payment provider PayPal, bagging Rs 1.20 lakh grand prize.
The NGO Gramium won the hackathon for its simple and innovative solution.
The team for non-profit organisation 'Child' was declared the runner-up, while another NGO 'Surabi Trust' walked away with the Best Use of Technology award, a PayPal statement said.
The two-day event was held recently which saw participation from 15 NGOs focusing on economic empowerment of underprivileged sections of the society, it said.
"Over 150 developers participated in the hackathon to create tech-based solutions for the challenges faced by non-profit organisations", it said.

"Opportunity Hack brings together our vast base of enthusiastic employees and engages the larger developer community in the country to help non-profit organisation overcome most pressing real world problems with executable and results oriented tech-based solutions", PayPal, GM (Technology and Head of Engineering), Guru Bhat said.
"This year, we once again witnessed the enthusiasm and tremendous collaborative spirit such a platform can engender, with highly innovative prototypes being created..", he said.