New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the grand finale of Smart India Hackathon on Saturday via video conferencing.
According to a statement, the hackathon is a nationwide initiative to provide students with a platform to solve some of the pressing problems people face in daily lives, and thus inculcate a culture of product innovation and a mindset of problem-solving, it said.”It has proved to be extremely successful in promoting out-of-the-box thinking in young minds,” the statement said
On Friday, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal `Nishank` had declared that the grand finale of the Smart India Hackathon 2020 (Software) will be held from 1 to 3 August.
Nishank said, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the grand finale of the largest ever online hackathon in the world, from 7 pm onwards on August 1, 2020, through video-conference.”
The first edition of Smart India Hackathon in 2017 saw the participation of as many as 42,000 students which increased to 1 lakh in 2018 and to 2 lakh in 2019. The first round of Smart India Hackathon 2020 saw participation of more than 4.5 lakh students.