Udaipur, Dec 2 (PTI) To ease the day-to-day life ofpeople, students and coders will develop tech solutions injust 24 hours for the Rajasthan government's flagship schemesin the third edition of hackathon here.
A 24-hour coding hackathon, on the lines of marathon,began this morning. It is aimed at identifying individuals orteams who can develop tech solutions and help the stategovernment in solving citizen-centric problems, Akhil Arora,principal secretary at the Department of InformationTechnology and Communication said.
The platform gives an opportunity to various individualsfrom the field of IT and e-governance to showcase their skillsand innovation.
The coders will offer digital and sustainable solutionsto solve real-time challenges on platforms like Bhamashah, e-Mitra and artificial intelligence, among others.
The event includes workshops for startups and the launchof latest citizen-centric projects by the government.
The two-day event, Digifest 2017, was inaugurated todaywith the theme 'Hackathon 3.0' where over 1,500 IT experts,coders and students will be displaying their innovations.
"The Rajasthan Hackathon is a 24-hours, multi-topic,innovation marathon for coders, developers, designers,inventors and all-around creators," he added.
Jaipur and Kota had hosted the first and second editionsof the hackathon respectively.
The winners of the state hackathon competition will getincubated by the government.
The top three winners will also earn a contract with thestate government's Department of Information Technology andCommunication worth Rs 15 lakh, Rs 10 lakh and Rs 7.5 lakh.
On the second day, people from the corporate worldincluding startups will speak on how technology is impactinglife. PTI SPABM.
This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.