Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 27: National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar today bagged 1st place and a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh in the Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2022 software edition which was held at Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT) Aurangabad.
SIH is a nationwide initiative to provide students with a platform to solve some of the pressing problems we face in our daily lives, and thus inculcate a culture of product innovation and a mindset of problem-solving.
It was being jointly conducted by the Union Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell, All India Council for Technical Education, Persistent Systems, and i4c at MIT Aurangabad Nodal Centre. Around 26 teams participated from different parts of the country with various problem solutions.
‘Team Wheel AI from NIT Srinagar’ which was led by Basar Munim Qari (Final Year Metallurgy and Material Engineering Department) bagged the first prize. He was accompanied by team members Tanveer Gulzar, Manick Showkat (Mechanical Engineering Department) and Hina (CSC-III Year). Dr Dinesh Kumar Rajendran of SPOC, SIH NIT Srinagar and Dr Dinesh W Rathod were the mentors of the team.
The competition was of three rounds and the team from NIT cleared all the rounds in online and participated in Grand Finale organized at MIT Aurangabad, Maharashtra. The participants received a certificate of appreciation and a cash prize of rupees one lakh from the organizers.
On securing 1st position and Rs. 1 lakh cash prize, Director NIT Srinagar, Prof Rakesh Sehgal congratulated the entire team of ‘Wheel AI’ and said that it was a joint effort and all have performed well.
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