Hackathons
PM Modi to interact with Smart India Hackathon participants on Dec 11
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with young innovators at the grand finale of Smart India Hackathon - 2024 via videoconferencing on Wednesday, his office said. The seventh Smart India Hackathon will run concurrently at 51 centres nationwide, a statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office said. Modi will interact with the young innovators at the grand finale via videoconferencing around 4:30 pm on Wednesday. More than 1,300 student teams will participate in the grand finale and the prime minister will also address the gathering. The Software Edition will run nonstop for 36 hours while the Hardware Edition will run from Wednesday to Sunday. Like past editions, the student teams will work on either the problem statements given by ministries, departments or industries or submit their own ideas in the Student Innovation Category against any of the 17 themes linked to sectors of national importance. These sectors are -- health care, supply chain and logistics, smart ...
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Banks tap hackathons for ideas to compete in digital world
Banks are opening up their platforms and data to people with ideas to improve their business in a digitally disruptive environment.Unlike in the past, banks such as State Bank of India, RBL and Axis Bank are organising hackathons to welcome youngsters to innovate digital solutions.Axis Bank held a similar event last year for technical and business roles across their offices. Hackathons help banks attract talent instead of recruiting people first and then putting them through extensive digital transformation.SBI's Code For Banks which concluded last week was a month long event with over 1000 participating teams. Based on this success, the bank is working towards conducting quarterly hackathons in the future with specific themes to increase speed of innovation. "When we had conducted hackathons earlier for our own employees we would typically see 25 to 30 teams. A public event like this increases the level of engagement with young talent and also brings a host of new ideas from ...
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