Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with the grand finale participants of Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2022 today, August 25. The Prime Minister will address the finalists through a video conference at 8 pm. Union Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar said, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been interacting with the student participants of the Smart India Hackathon every year since its inception and he is expected to interact with the students even this year at 8 pm on August 25.”
The Smart India Hackathon 2022 has two editions -- SIH Hardware and SIH Software. SIH Software grand finale will be held from August 25 to 26 while hardware grand finale from August 25 to 29. The winners will be awarded a prize money of Rs 1 lakh, the runner up will get Rs 75,000 and the third winning team will get Rs 50,000.
As per the reports, a total of 476 problem statements were received from 53 government organisations for the SIH this year. "The winning teams of institute level hackathon organised under SIH 2022 comprising of more than 15,000 students will participate at the national level in this year's SIH grand finale. These teams will visit the designated nodal center and work on these problem statements during the grand finale," Mr Sarkar added.
The Smart India Hackathon was first held in 2017. Hackathon is a nationwide initiative that provides a platform to the students to solve some of the problems they face in daily life, and thus inculcate a culture of product innovation and a mindset of problem-solving.
