Smart India Hackathon 2020 is a nationwide initiative to provide students a platform to solve some of the pressing problems we face in our daily lives, and thus inculcate a culture of product innovation and a mindset of problem solving.The last edition of the hackathon saw over 5 million+ students from various colleges compete for the top prize at 65+ locations.In SIH 2020, the students would have the opportunity to work on challenges faced within various Ministries, Departments, Industries, PSUs and NGOs to create world class solutions for some of the top organizations including industries in the world, thus helping the Private sector hire the best minds from across the nation. It can help to:
- Harness creativity & expertise of students
- Spark institute-level hackathons
- Build funnel for 'Startup India' campaign
- Crowdsource solutions for improving governance and quality of life
- Provide opportunity to citizens to provide innovative solutions to India's daunting problems
The first three editions SIH2017, SIH2018 and SIH2019 proved to be extremely successful in promoting innovation, out-of-the-box thinking in young minds, especially engineering students from across India.
- World’s Biggest Hackathon and Open Innovation model, an initiative by Ministry of HRD 4th edition of highly successful.
- Smart India Hackathon initiative Involves 2 Lakh+ students with 57,000+ ideas from 2200+ institutions against 530+ problem statements provided by 120+ organizations from across India.
- Students across India compete creatively to solve problems of Ministries, Departments and Industries to give solutions Harness.
- Technology Students across India compete to creatively solve problems and offer technical solutions
- Harness expertise of students from AICTE/UGC approved institutions, IITs, NITs and IISc.
Why join SIH 2020?
- Get innovative solutions to your problems in cost effective ways Opportunity to be a part of Nation Building Opportunity to brand your company.
- Nationally Recognition and visibility for your company across all premier institutions in India
- Talented youngsters from all over the country offer out-of-the-box solutions to your problems
- Be part of World’s biggest Open Innovation Movement Opportunity to work with some of the best talents in the country