The grand finale of the Smart India Hackathon-2023 (SIH 2023) software edition was inaugurated today at the nodal centre, Chandigarh Engineering College- Chandigarh Group of Colleges (CEC-CGC Laundries) in which Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, West Bengal, Maharashtra, 33 teams with over 200 student mentors from across India from Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, New Delhi, Telangana and Karnataka gathered to participate in the grand finale of the programme.
SIH-2023 presented 231 problem statements received from 51 departments of 25 ministries. More than 12,000 candidates are enthusiastically participating in this year's national level SIH-2023 Grand Finale. In this two-day program, for 36 consecutive hours, the participants will be seen working hard to find a solution to the given problem statement. According to information, a total of 1,282 teams have been shortlisted for the grand finale this year to provide solutions on various topics including space technology, smart education, disaster management, robotics and drones, heritage and culture. On this special occasion, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will address the participants of the Grand Finale of Smart India Hackathon 2023 through video conferencing this evening.
The first day of SIH-2023 was inaugurated by Chief Guest Mr. Sachin Khosla, CEO & Founder, Digimantra Labs at CEC-CGC Laundromat. He was joined by the Guest of Honour, Mrs. Ritka Singh, CEO and Founder, Content Factory, Dr. PN Rishikesh, Campus Director, CGC Launders, Dean and Director of the Institute. Along with this, Prof (Dr. TG Sitaram, Chairman, AICTE) and Dr. Abhay Jere, Vice Chairman, AICTE inaugurated virtual centers in all 47 nodal centres.
The 33 teams competing in the CEC CGC Launders were given six problem statements by two ministries, namely the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOC&I) and the Ministry of Defense (MoD). In the problem statement presented by the Ministry of Defence, these young researchers will consider effective, technological solutions to facilitate early detection and mitigation of avalanches in mountainous areas. Along with this, the teams will focus on developing new AI or ML techniques in addition to existing radar-based ground rendering methods to locate victims trapped under snow storms, speed up their rescue and survival chances. Survival and survival rates increased. At the same time, participants will try to develop weak modules for reasoning about complexity in GPT.
For the problem statements given by MOC&I, participants will develop a software for dubbing videos from English to other Indian regional languages. There will also be software that can translate source material and other text from English to other Indian regional languages. In addition, the participant will find solutions to the problem statement of developing interactive gaming software mobile applications on intellectual property awareness of school students. In line with the Prime Minister's vision of youth-led development, SIH-2023 is a nationwide initiative jointly organized by the Innovation Cell of the Ministry of Education, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), and I4C. .
Doordarshan and Akashvani are the media partners of Smart India Hackathon-2023. AW and Hero are the authorized partners and Hack2Skills are the information partners of this program. Notably, this program seeks to provide a platform for students to solve problems of government, ministries, departments, industries and other organizations. At each nodal centre, an officer from the Innovation Cell of the Ministry of Education will supervise and preside over the proceedings throughout the duration of the SIH Grand Finale. Shri Deepak Kumar, Assistant Director DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, will chair the Nodal Center for CEC-CGC Launderers.
Every year SIH is organized at different nodal centers where selected student teams, industry representatives, design consultants, and evaluators visit the designated physical centers. The Innovation Cell of the Ministry of Education and the All India Council for Technical Education have identified premier and higher education institute incubators in various cities as nodal centres. During the SIH Grand Finale, the student team will work under the guidance of mentors and representatives from the Ministry of Industry to develop workable solutions for the selected problem statements. SIH is hailed as the world's largest open innovation model and it inculcates a culture of product innovation and problem solving among students. Every year from SIH-2017 two formats SIH software and SIH for higher education students. Organized in hardware edition.
The scope of this competition is increasing with each passing year after its launch. SIH is impacting millions of students every year and provides them a national platform to test academic learnings in real world problem solving. This program further enhances the interest of students towards innovation and entrepreneurship.