The third and final day of India’ largest hackathon Hack-A-BIT 2019 concluded on a high note on Sunday.
During the session all the teams presented their idea and explained how it can be useful for the society.
The judges including Nimesh Ghelani (Machine Learning Engineer at Bloomberg LP), Kaustubh Karkare (Senior Software Engineer and Tech Lead at Facebook), Mayank Garg (Machine Learning Consultant- Strategy and Operations at Google), Aaquib Reza Khan (Engineer at Qualcomm) and Dharmen Dhulla (Senior Solution Architect at Tech Mahindra) cross questioned the teams about their idea and the possible shortcomings.
The technology used in the project was explained and a live demo was also presented. The Chief Guest for the evening was Manoj Kumar Gupta who is currently working as the Senior General Manager in Dainik Jagran. Gupta started his career in 1990 as a management trainee in the Hindalco Company.
He completed his B Tech in Metallurgy from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Banaras Hindu University (BHU).Addressing the gathering, Gupta said that there numerous ideas came up during the programme. He said that media houses should focus on generating new ideas for the public through the coverage of such programmes. Rajeev Kumar Gupta was the Guest of Honour for the evening.
He is Chief Executive Officer of Ranchi Mall. Speaking on the occasion, Rajeev said young minds bring a lot of creative ideas. “Large scale work is being done on such topics, but the work has to be simplified,” he added. The panel of judges comprised Aaquib Reza Khan (Engineer at Qualcomm), Dharmen Dhulla (Senior Solution Architect at Tech Mahindra), Kaustubh Karkare (Senior Software engineer and Tech Lead at Facebook), Mayank Garg (Machine Learning Consultant- Strategy and Operations at Google ) and Nimesh Ghelani (Machine Learning Engineer at Bloomberg LP). Faculty Advisors Vijaya Laxmi, DK Upadhyaya, and Sumit Srivastava also graced the occasion with their presence. The top 10 teams were selected after rigorous evaluation. The closing ceremony of Hack-A-Bit 2019 in the CAT Hall was hosted by Prashanta Purkayastha and Muskan Srivastava.