Smart India Hackathon 2020

Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2020 is a national initiative launched by AICTE and MHRD aimed at providing students with a platform to solve some of the pressing problems we face in our daily lives, and to inculcate a culture of product innovation and problem-solving mentality.

During the last edition of the hackathon, 2 Lakh+ students with 55,000+ ideas from 2000+ institutions against 500+ problem statements provided by 120+ organizations from across India involved in it. In SIH 2020, students will also have the opportunity to work on the challenges facing private sector organizations and create world-class solutions for some of the world's largest companies, helping the private sector hire the best brains from the country.

Problem statement Organization type:

• State Ministry
• Central Ministry
• Industry Personal
  

  

Problem Statement Themes:

• Smart Communication
• Healthcare & Biomedical devices
• Agriculture & Rural Development
• Smart Vehicles
• Food Technology.
• Robotics and Drones
• Waste management
• Clean water
• Renewable Energy
• Security & Surveillance
• Miscellaneous

What is SIH 2020?

• World’s Biggest Hackathon and Open Innovation model, an initiative by Ministry of HRD of India
• 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 expertise of students from AICTE/UGC approved institutions, IITs, NITs and IISc.

 

Who can Participate:

All students Pursuing degree or in AICTE Recognized institutes in India

SIH 2020 Software Edition Rules:

• College SPOC to be responsible to conduct internal hackathon in the campus
• College to finalise total best 5 teams + 2 waitlisted teams from the internal hackathon.
• SPOC to recommend the selected teams for SIH 2020 Software edition at SIH portal
• Out of the 5 selected teams per college, 4 can be chosen from blocked PSs & 1 can be chosen for Student Innovation category
• Team leaders of the selected teams to be registered at the SIH portal to submit ideas
• Submission of ideas by selected teams against PSs by college SPOC for the SIH2020 Finale
  

  For more details and registration process : https://www.sih.gov.in/