Smart India Hackathon 2017 launched
Q. The world’s largest digital national building initiative will be hosted in India. What is it called?- Published on 14 Nov 16a. Digital India Hackathon
b. Smart India Hackathon
c. National India Hackathon
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Smart India Hackathon
Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar on 10th Nov 2016 inaugurated
Smart India Hackathon 2017, world’s largest digital national building initiative- Government of India has also launched the first set of 250 problem statements that students will be required to solve during the Hackathon which will take place in early 2017
- Smart India Hackathon 2017 aims at reaching out to the technology institutions in India and challenge students to offer innovative solutions for problems faced by the nation
- All India Council for Technical Education, University Grants Commission 14c, MyGov, NASSCOM , Rambhau Mhlagi Prabhodini and Persistent Systems have organised the initiative under the Ministry of HRD
- The Hackathon will have nearly 500 problem statements, all of which will be published on innovate.mygov.in
- An all India 36-hour nonstop digital programming competition, it will take place in more than 20 centres simultaneously
- Each participating college will nominate up to three teams, each having six team members that can belong to different courses or semesters within the same college
- The team will also need to have one female team member, to encourage women coders
- Some ministries and departments participating in the Hackathon include Railways, External Affairs, Defence, Civil Aviation, ISRO, DAE etc
- It will help to find digital solutions to problems in areas of power, education, finance, health, water, agriculture, energy, urban and rural development, aviation, transport, sanitation, sports, law and justice
- It will help to institutionalise a model for harnessing creativity and skills of the youth for nation building
