1. Info Session on
Hackathons
Connect | Learn | Grow
CVR College of Engineering

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What is a Hackathon?
A hackathon is an event where people engage in rapid and
collaborative engineering over a relatively short period
of time such as 24 or 48 hours.
The goal of a hackathon is to create functioning software or
hardware by the end of the event.
hack + marathon = Hackathon

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Benefits of
Hackathons
Team Work Prizes and
funding
Networking
Exposure to
new ideas
Resume
building
Demonstrate
your abilities

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Some Popular Hackathons

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Where to find hackathons?

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Mutual friends College technical clubs
LinkedIn Other Hackathons
Where to find teammates?

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Teamwork and Roles
• Effective teamwork is crucial.
• Assign roles to based on skills.
• Clear communication and coordination: essential for integration.
• Tools and version control systems.
• Well-coordinated teams ➜ productivity boost and project success.

8. Smart India
Hackathon
CVR College of Engineering
https://www.sih.gov.in/
Innovative Solutions
Recognition And Visibility
Out-Of-The-Box Solutions
Innovation Movement Opportunity

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What is SIH?
Smart India Hackathon 2023 is a nationwide initiative to
provide students a platform to solve some of the
pressing problems we face in our daily lives, and thus
inculcate a culture of product innovation and a mindset
of problem solving.
One of the world's largest hackathons, fostering creativity
and technical expertise among students.

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Who organizes SIH?

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Guidelines
• Mandatory 6 members per team (including team leader)
• At least one female team member.
• No inter-college teams are allowed.

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Timeline / Deadline
Idea Submission for College Internal Selection 19th September 2023
Registration and Idea Submission Deadline 30th September 2023
Idea Evaluation Period 1st to 16th October 2023
Announcement of Finalists 16th October 2023
Hackathon Center Announcement 16th October 2023
Training Period for finalists 21st to 31st October 2023
Grand Finale of Hackathon 3rd November to 7th November 2023

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Picking problems statements
• Identify Your Interests and Expertise: determine the domains or industries
• Prioritize Problem Statements: prioritize statements based on impact, alignment
with your skills.
• Stand Out: uncommon and not something everyone else is likely to pick.
• Helps People: Try to solve a problem that will make things better for people or
businesses.
• Validate the problem statement: prior implementations, need, cost, etc.

14. Raghavender Reddy Gajjala
SIH 2022 Finalist
Project: Abstractive Text Summarisation
Domain: NLP, Deep Learning, Transfer
Learning
Areas of Interest - Big Data, Data Science,
DevOps, AI

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Google Solution
Challenge
The mission of the Solution Challenge
is to solve for one or more of the
United Nations' 17 Sustainable
Development Goals using Google
technology.

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What is Solution Challenge?
The Solution Challenge is an annual event conducted by
Google with the mission to address one or more of the
United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals by
leveraging Google technology to create innovative
solutions.
The Solution Challenge is open to members of Google
Developer Student Clubs (GDSC)

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Timeline

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United Nations 17 SDGs

19. https://tinyurl.com/gdsc-cvr-community ➡️
Join GDSC CVR Chapter today! ➡️

20. Reach out to us:
https://linktr.ee/gdsccvr

21. Any Questions?