PM Modi to address Grand Finale of world's largest ever online hackathon on Aug 1

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the Grand Finale of the largest ever online hackathon in the world on 1st of next month through video-conference. Human Resource Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said that the Grand Finale of Smart India Hackathon-2020 (Software) will be held till 3rd of August.

 

Mr. Nishank chaired a high-level meeting on Smart India Hackathon (SIH) and discussed achievements of the already conducted hackathons. He said



that considering the COVID-19 pandemic, the Grand Finale for SIH-2020 will be organized online by connecting all the participants throughout the nation together over a specially-built advanced platform.

 

This year, over 10,000 students will be competing to solve 243 problem statements from 37 Central Government departments, 17 State Governments and 20 industries during the online Grand Finale.