19 teams of GyanGanga Group shortlisted in grand finale of Smart Indua Hackathon 2018 to be held on 30th and 31st March at different venues- Kolkata, Guwahati, Hubli, Chennai, Nagpur,Hyderabad ,Bhubneshwar,Pune and Noida. This is the highest number in the region.36 hours Contest started at 10am after formal Inauguration by AICTE members and Ministries Senior officials. Out of these 19 teams 3 teams made to top 5-
1. Techyons team secured 5th Rank with Cash prize of 50000/- in Smart India Hackathon 2018 Grand finale at Bhubneshwar. AICTE director Dr. Manna presented the trophy and cash prize to team members of Techyons.
2. Neuromancers of GGITS Jabalpur bagged 4th rank in SIH2018 held at Indore
3. Codebusters team was selected in top 10 projects of Govt. Of India in Smart India Hackathon held at Bangalore.
After tough Power Judgement round by panel of judges that included personnels from respective Ministry, Scientists and Industry Experts these teams stood in top5 in SIH2018.
According to the AICTE, Central Govt. has decided to give up to Rs. 25 lakhs to the 1200 engineering students who have secured positions in TOP 200 teams (each team having approx. 06 students) in SMART INDIA HACKATHON 2018 to establish their own START-UP COMPANY.
These teams have been selected on the basis of their BEST INNOVATIVE IDEAS given by them to the various Ministries of India. To begin with, these teams would be given Rs. 3 lakhs each to further develop their ideas as a Test Sample. Govt. will observe the problems and difficulties which would come across during its implementation and learning, then gradually on the basis of which other students would also be given such opportunities.
TOP 200 teams are selected from various IITs, NITs, Govt. Engg. Colleges and Private Engg. Colleges. In these TOP 200 teams,
08 teams are from the state M.P., out of which 03 TEAMS are from Gyan Ganga Group of Institutions, Jabalpur.
The details of the 08 teams from the state of M.P. are:
*Position 005* – *Gyan Ganga Institute of Technology & Sciences, Jabalpur*
*Position 011* – *Gyan Ganga Institute of Technology & Sciences, Jabalpur*
*Position 033* – *Oriental College of Technology, Bhopal*
*Position 052* – *Sagar Institute of Research & Technology, Bhopal*
*Position 109* – *Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore*
*Position 110 – Oriental Institute of Science & Technology, Bhopal*
*Position 149 – Gyan Ganga Institute of Technology & Sciences, Jabalpur*
*Position 150 – Lakshmi Narain College of Technology (LNCT), Bhopal.*
Congratulations to the team members, Mentors and the department for keeping the flagship of GyanGanga high at National Front.
