Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell (MIC) has launched the Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2024. It's a non-stop product development competition, where certain problem statements are given to the students for finding innovative solutions. In order to select and recommend the teams for National Level Smart India Hackathon-2024, IGNOU is organizing Smart IGNOU Hackathon-2024 as an Internal Hackathon during September 2024. Interested IGNOU students are invited to participate in the Smart IGNOU Hackathon-2024.
The last date for registration and submitting a proposal for Internal Smart IGNOU Hackathon-2024 on the selected problem statements provided on the Website of Smart India Hackathon SIH-2024 (https://www.sih.gov.in/sih2024) is September 15, 2024.
Send your entries to us, using the Idea template available at the link: Idea template for SIH-2024
Ministry of Education’s (MoE’s) Innovation Cell (MIC) and AICTE have launched the Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2024. It's a non-stop product development competition, where problem statements are posed to students for innovative solutions. SIH 2024 is a nationwide initiative to provide students a platform to find innovative solution to some of the pressing problems faced by our society. For details about Smart India Hackathon, students can visit SIH Website https://www.sih.gov.in/sih2024 .
First an Internal Smart IGNOU Hackathon-2024 will be organized in IGNOU in September, 2024 to shortlisted the suitable Teams, then the selected Teas will be to participate in the National SIH-2024.
In order to select the Teams for SIH-2024, IGNOU is organizing an Internal Hackathon named as Smart IGNOU Hackathon-2024 at University level. Internal Hackathon will be organized during September 2024 at IGNOU in Virtual Mode. Smart IGNOU Hackathon-2024 is a gateway for IGNOU Students to participate in the National Smart India Hackathon-2024.
All IGNOU students can participate in the Smart IGNOU Hackathon at IGNOU. However, it is suggested that the each team may have students from different disciplines having members from computer science background, i.e. MCA and BCA, etc. It is a good opportunity for IGNOU students to be part of such a mega event at the national level. The students participating in Internal Hackathon will get Certificate of Participation.
The interested students can choose any problem statement given on the SIH Website under the sectors Smart Automation, Fitness and Sports, Heritage and Culture, Meditech/Biotech/Healthtech, Agriculture, Foottech and Rural Development, Smart Vehicles, Transportation and Logistics, Robotics and Drones, Clean and Green Technology, Tourism, Renewable/Sustainable Energy, Block Chain and Cyber Security, Smart Education, Disaster Management, Toys and Miscellaneous.
Several problem statements for Hackathon-2024 purpose are provided on the Website. Interested students of IGNOU have to form a team as per the norms of SIH and come up with own ideas against the problem statements and submit the same to the Coordinator (SIH) IGNOU at latest by September 15, 2024. The selected teams will be invited to participate in the Internal Hackathon at IGNOU during last week of September 2024 in Virtual Mode.
Last year three Teams of IGNOU Students participated in the national Level Smart India Hackathon-2024. One of them was Winner and one Team was first Runner Up.
Interested students may submit their details in the following format through email at ncide@ignou.ac.in :
Team Name
Choose Problem Statement for the SIH Website
Idea Title
Idea Description
Idea PPT in PDF Format
Name of Team Leader and other five Team Members along with Email and Mobile Number of each member.
After teams are selected in the Internal Hackathon, their registration will be done through SIH Website and hand holding will be done by National Centre for Innovation in Distance Education (NCIDE) with the help of other Experts.
Smart IGNOU Hackathon-2024 is a gateway to participate in the National level Smart India Hackathon-2024. The teams selected at the University level Hackathon will be recommended to participate in the SIH-2024. The selected best three Teams will be given Certificate of Merit and all other participants will get Certificate of Participation.
Participation in such a National level event will be a matter of pride. The winning teams at the National level Hackathon will be awarded with cash prize up to Rs. One Lakh by the MoE based on complexity level of the problem and further they will be supported financially as well as academically and technically to develop the end product by the SIH team.
For any clarification, you may contact Dr. Sujata Santosh, Assistant Director, NCIDE at 29573070/ 29572968 or email sujata.santosh@ignou.ac.in. NCIDE will facilitate the selected teams in registration and submission process as IGNOU’s Single Point of Contact (SPOC).
Last Date of Registration and Submitting the Proposal for
Smart IGNOU Hackathon-2024 is September 15, 2024