IIIT-H and Pravaha Foundation organised Hackathon on ‘Sustainability through Technology

February 03, 2023, Hyderabad: International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIITH) in collaboration with the Pravaha Foundation carried out a PAN India Hackathon for college students between the ages of 10-17 years.

A complete of 55 groups(3-4 college students in every) registered in two classes from totally different cities in India. There have been 3 levels of filtration within the hackathon and the ultimate stage was carried out bodily on the IIITH campus

The subject of the Hackathon was ‘Sustainability through Technology’. The goal of the Hackathon was to construct options utilizing know-how for Climate Change points and to attain the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) no.10 and 13.

For the ultimate part, the first class(10-13yrs) tried to seek out options for the issue assertion on Automated water management- Monitor and management utilization of water. The 2nd class (14-17 years) tried to construct options round Automated Disaster administration (together with forest hearth, litho-disaster, and water-borne disasters). Participants labored on their answer mannequin for two days of their respective groups on the IIITH campus utilizing Robotics, IoT, and App Development combos to execute the options.

For the finale, 3 school members from IIITH (Prof Ramesh Loganathan, Prof Hari Ok, and Prof Prakash Yalla), 2 school members from Mahindra University and economists(Asst Prof. KeertiPendyal and Asst Prof. Anjali Rajan), Environmentalist/Founder of The rainwater projectKalpana Ramesh, and Advisor, Agustya International Foundation- M G Subramanian have been invited to guage the groups primarily based on their options and displays.

On the final day, the panel members not solely evaluated the mannequin options introduced by youngsters but additionally gave them recommendations/alternatives to use the prototype and prolong it to real-life implementation.

Everyone together with mentors, judges, and the organizing crew was impressed by the enthusiastic, revolutionary, and acutely aware younger mindset of the members. It gave us a ray of hope for constructing a sustainable world sooner or later.

The Hackathon developed problem-solving talents, design considering functionality, presentation and entrepreneurial abilities, and environmental consciousness among the many college students. Winners and runners-up within the Finals acquired mementos, money prizes of as much as 25,000/- and certificates. They can even be supplied with the chance to take part within the subsequent worldwide Hackathon organized by Pravaha.