Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in association with FICCI FLO Pune, Robotex international announces ‘Hack the Crisis – India. Online hackathon’

We are in the search for ideas, with special focus on containment of coronavirus (COVID-19) with intent to develop solutions to deal with its aftermath!

Ministry of Electronics and IT, MeitY Startup Hub (MSH), FICCI FLO Pune, APJ Abdul Kalam Centre, Science and Technology Park, Pune (Ministry of Science and Technology, Govt of India initiative), Garage48, Accelerate Estonia, Robotex International (India Initiative) have gotten together to take a lead in India on the movement, that has gotten global in less than couple of days- #hackthecrisis #hackthecrisisindia

Now is the prime time to design, test and launch innovative ideas that will either help to tackle the crisis or position India in a softer spot in the aftermath.

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Timeline:
Submit your idea! Idea submission closes on 2nd of April, 12 noon IST.

- Top Ideas selection 2nd of April. All the participant will receive either “declined" or "approved" email message by the end of the 2nd of April
- Hackathon begins 3rd of April, 3:30PM IST

Awards & Recognition:

• 10lakhs grant support to each winner for developing physical products from working prototype

• 3 winners pan India receive a prize of up to 5 lakhs each to further develop their working prototype into an implementable product/solution

• Mentoring of top 15 teams and winners by industry experts from India and Europe for global competition

• Winners of top 15 teams participate at Hack the Crisis - World Online Hackathon championship 9th to 12th April 2020

‘Hack the Crisis - India has been successfully concluded.
Application for Global Hack are open https://theglobalhack.com