21 teams consisting of 126 students and mentors worked for five days continuously to provide solutions on 5 problems given by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police from August 25 to 29 at the grand finale of Smart India Hackathon (SIH)Hardware edition held at the Centurion University here.
The event concluded with six teams being declared as winners.
Vice President, Centurion University Prof DN Rao handed over the prize money of Rs 1 lakh each to the winner teams during the concluding function amidst presence of winners and the panel of judges both internal and eminent experts of Indo Tibetan Border Police.
Vice Chancellor of the university Professor Supriya Pattanayak and other faculty members were also present.
All hailed the innovative ideas of participating students at SIH. A total of 23 judges including internal judges and Indo Tibetan Border Police carried out many rounds of evaluation of the prototype/models of the participants who took part in the event.
The event was organised by the Innovation Cell of the Union Ministry of Education.