DBT Smart India Hackathon

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DBT participated in Smart India Hackathon initiated spearheaded by MHRD.
Seventeen problem statements were posed.
Student teams from engineering institutions were requested to provide digital solutions.
Thirty student teams selected problems posed by DBT.
Student teams provided web-based, android-based apps for manpower management, detecting impersonation in exams linked to aadhar card, key-word based searching to avoid duplication of projects in different funding agencies, segregation of lectures by nobel laureates, Padma awardees, ted talks, biotech history app, marine resources and utilisation etc.
Three awards were given by DBT, one award was given by persistent systems and 11 awards were arranged by Host College through sponsorship.
Top 8 teams have been contacted for refining the digital solutions for use by the department.

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