AICTE to Organise Smart Hackathon in West Bengal to Promote Innovation Spirit

With an aim to promote innovation spirit in students, All India Council for Technical Education has decided to organise a smart hackathon in West Bengal next year. AICTE’s smart hackathon will be on the lines of Smart India Hackathon 2017. Director of SWAYAM (AICTE), Mr. Manpreet Singh Manna revealed that they had successfully conducted smart hackathon in Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh. West Bengal is considered as one of the knowledge hubs in the country and organising a smart hackathon will help in reaching out more number of students, he added.

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Mr. Manpreet Singh said that AICTE is ready to collaborate and assure full support & assistance for the smart hackathon. He explained that hackathon is a platform for devising solutions to different challenges and problems. Hackathon enables the students to have a holistic approach towards the subject. Students must not confine to classroom-based learning and they should involve in activities that enhance their scope of career in a respective field or domain, he opined.

Mr. Manpreet Singh was of the opinion that future engineers know the problems and solutions. However, many of them are unaware of implementing the solutions. Therefore, hackathon will help the students to find ways for implementing the solutions in a right way, he explained.

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Giving his opinions on ‘sustainable energy’, Mr. Manpreet Singh pointed that the state universities and institutes should organise seminars, workshops and screen short films to bring awareness about the necessity to shift from conventional to non-conventional energy use, he concluded.

More details about the smart hackathon will be announced soon.