Grand finale of Hackathon to be held on March 30, 31

The grand finale of the Smart India Hackathon 2018 (Software Edition) will be held on March 30 and 31 at 28 nodal centres across the country, an official release said today.

Twenty-six teams have shortlisted for the event which will try to find solutions for seven software problems related to the HUA ministry.

Around 1,300 teams would find solutions for 340 software problems related to various ministries and departments, the release said.

The hackathon includes 2 sub-editions -- the software edition which is a 36-hour software product development competition. The second is the hardware edition, involving building of hardware solutions will be held later this year, it said.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is a premier partner' in this initiative.

HUA minister Hardeep S Puri will be the chief guest during the valedictory session of the event of the Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry to be held on March 31 at RMK Engineering College, Chennai.

Launched on October 16, 2017 in Pune, the Hackathon harnesses creativity of students, builds funnel for Startup India, Standup India' campaign, crowdsources solutions for improving governance and quality of life, and provides opportunity to citizens to provide innovative solutions to daunting problems.