MyGov Smart India Hackathon 2018

Organisation : MyGov
Competition Name : Smart India Hackathon 2018
Contest Last Date : 15-12-2017
Terms & Conditions : https://innovate.mygov.in/sih2018/
Website : https://www.mygov.in/node/271661

Smart India Hackathon :

Our Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, envisages a Digital India to bridge the digital divide in our country and further promote digital literacy in order to make development a comprehensive mass movement and put governance within everyone’s reach in India.

Related : MyGov Global Cyber Challenge Peace-a-thon 2017 : www.contest.net.in/27804.html

In order to work towards our PM’s vision, MHRD, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Inter Institutional Inclusive Innovation Center (i4C), and Persistent Systems organized Smart India Hackathon 2017, a unique initiative to identify new and disruptive digital technology innovations for solving the challenges faced by our country.

The initiative was a huge success. To reiterate the efforts towards our PM’s vision, MHRD, AICTE, i4C, and Persistent Systems is proud to propose the 2nd edition of this initiative – Smart India Hackathon 2018.

Smart India Hackathon 2018 is a non-stop digital product development competition, where problems are posed to technology students for innovative solutions. It:
** Harnesses creativity & expertise of students
** Sparks institute-level hackathons
** Builds funnel for ‘Startup India’ campaign
** Crowdsources solutions for improving governance and quality of life
** Provides opportunity to citizens to provide innovative solutions to India’s daunting problems

Smart India Hackathon 2018 will have 2 sub-editions – Software as well as Hardware:
** Software Edition will be 36 hour software product development competition, similar in concept to Smart India Hackathon 2017
** The new Hardware Edition will be a hackathon where teams will be work for 5 straight days and build their hardware solutions. This competition would be limited to only 5 nodal centers with 20-25 teams each.

What are the prizes to be won?
Prizes for the top winners under different categories are
** 1st prize – Rs.1,00,000/-
** 1st runner up – Rs.75,000/-
** 2nd runner up – Rs.50,000/-

Last date of submission is 15th December, 2017

Eligibility for Student Team Members :
** Only technology students studying in AICTE/ UGC/ IIT/ NIT or other government approved institutions.
** A team of 6 students is mandatory (Note: Maximum of 10 teams per allowed college/ institute).
** All team members must be currently studying in same college.
** Team members may be from different academic levels.
** Students studying under any of the technology streams/BCA/MCA/streams like Computer Science, MSc Electronics or equivalent may
** participate.
** Once teams have registered, changes in team members will not be encouraged.
** While selecting between 2 similar ideas, preference will be given to the team with maximum girl members.

Eligibility & Expectations from Mentor Teams :
** Register under the Mentor section of MyGov link to be provided.
** Accomplished software techies (preferably industry professionals) with 6-8 years of hands-on experience in product development.
** Self-motivated and passionate about technology challenges.
** Mentor and guide teams via skype/phone/video chat or in person before the Grand Finale to help convert ideas of teams into digital prototype using appropriate architecture, UI design, technology stack, etc.
** Each team will be assigned 2 mentors therefore we encourage mentors to apply in group of 2 so that the pair can be allotted one student team.
** Participate and work collaboratively with the allotted student team during the 36-hour Grand Finale to build a working prototype (need to be personally present at the hackathon nodal center).
** Out-station travel will be necessary to participate in the Grand Finale. Mentors may indicate their 1st, 2nd and 3rd preference city while registering.

Registration of College SPOCs :
** Register under the College SPOC section of innovate.mygov.in/sih2018-spoc/ SPOC can be Principal/ Dean or faculty nominated
** by Principal/ Dean will register as College SPOCs
** Will be responsible for verifying the team registrations from their institutes.
** Will be single point of contact for all communication addressed to their institutes

Selection Criteria :
** Team Applications will be undergo a first round of evaluation, where evaluation criteria will include novelty of the idea, complexity, clarity and details in the prescribed format, feasibility, practicability, sustainability, scale of impact, user experience and potential for future work progression.

** While selecting between 2 similar ideas, preference will be given to the team with maximum girl members.
** Shortlisted ideas will be communicated via email/ Smart India Hackathon SIH App. These teams will be eligible to appear in the SIH2018 Grand Finale.