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| Two Teams from MIET Win at Smart India Hackathon | | | 
Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 3: Two teams from Model Institute of Engineering and Technology (Autonomous) won the First Prize at the Grand Finale of the Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2022 organized by Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell between 25-26 Aug 2022. Both the teams were rewarded with a cash prize of Rs. 1 Lakh each and emerged winners in their respective problem domains. The problem statements are defined by various Govt. Ministries and each year over 3 Lakh students participate in the hackathon to devise innovative solutions to the stated problems. In this context, the achievement of the student teams from MIET, Jammu assumes significance and the teams have brought laurels to the region and the institution.
MIET is the only institute from JK UT to have two teams winning the first prize at the Smart India Hackathon, which is officially the largest hackathon in the world. It is pertinent to mention that a total of four teams from MIET made it to the finals of the SIH-2022 and participated at various nodal centers ar Kanpur, Coimbatore, Hubli, and Chandigarh respectively among thousands of teams.
The first winning team named “DSC” was led by Ms. Dhvani Gupta from CSE at the designated nodal centre at Coimbatore. The team developed an app for screening the possible mental health issues in adolescents and persons-with-disabilities, using conversational AI and emotion detection. Other team members were- Rishabh Jamwal, Muhammad Tabish Khanday, Ayush Bhat, Manan Rafiqi and Raghav Sharma along with faculty mentor, Assistant Prof. Shafalika Vijayal.
The other winning team named “Smile” was led by Mr. Ishav Verma from CSE at Hubli, Karnataka. Team “Smile” worked on an app for well-being surveillance, assessment & tracking among children using a virtual cartoon character to interact with children and using AI to determine overall well-being. Other team members were Lavanya Sharma, Archit Prasar, Ananya Gupta, Tanisha Gandhi and Ratinder Pal Singh along with Faculty Mentor Assistant Prof. Arjun Puri from the CSE department.
Prof. Ankur Gupta, Director MIET mentored all the student teams to deliver an innovative solution towards the problem statements posted in SIH-2022. The student participation from MIET was coordinated by Mr. Parveen Kumar Abrol, Convenor IIC at MIET. Dr. Renu Gupta, Chairperson, MIER Group congratulated the students for their stellar performance and encouraged them to think big. |
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