Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik felicitated hackathon winners and gave away cash awards.
With the collaboration of Department of Skill Development and Technical Education and Biju Patnaik University of Technology, a 36-hour Smart Odisha Hackathon was organised in the College of Engineering and Technology (CET).
Around 4,038 students from various colleges and universities across the country participated in the event.
A total of 84 teams from 12 States, including participants from Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, New Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal were there. There were 45 teams from Odisha whereas 35 teams were from other States.
Besides, 1,418 participants were from Odisha whereas 2,622 were from outside of the State. In agriculture 92, in ecology and environment 159, in education 189, in health 198, in house and urban 58, inindustry 46, in skill and entrepreneurship 34 and in other sector 306 participants were there.
In each category an amount of Rs 1lakh, Rs 80,000 and Rs 75,000 were awarded as the first, second and third prize respectively.
Moreover, from each of the eight sectors, the best group from Odisha and outside Odisha received a Special Prize amounting to Rs 75,000 separately.