22/12/2018
Hackathon Notification:
Geethanjali College of Engineering and Technology is organizing a national level 36hrs Hackathon in association with JHUB ( JNTUH's innovation hub) on 5th and 6th of January, 2019
The theme of the Hackathon is "Agritech and Rural development".
The Hackathon is aimed at providing engineering solutions to problems associated with rural development and agriculture.
The last date for registration is 26th December, 2018.
There is no registration fee for participation
Participants can form teams of members not exceeding three can register at https://events.geethanjaliapp.com
Teams have to prepare a 5 slide maximum .PPT presentation (a template is available to download from the website) and upload it during registrations
Students are expected to work on their problem statements overnight starting 9.00 AM on 5th of January, 2019 and extending upto 6PM next day and come with proof of concept/prototype/working model
Advantages of participation:
1) Names of top three teams members will be listed in JHub's Portal where companies can directly contact them (probably offering even higher packages compared to placements) or even take the idea to next level of creating a startup Company with JNTU's assistance.
2)Top 3 winner teams will go to the next level of competition at JNTUH again, where they will be mentored directly from Industries.
3) Merit certificate from JHUB for the top three teams - in each of the 15 Hackathons being held by 15 colleges.
4) Participants (and even volunteers of Hackathon at GCET) can register in JHUB's website where they become eligible for getting notifications about internships/internship offers.
5)Win exciting cash prizes
GCET is hosting a bootcamp (technical workshop) on 4th, January, 2019.
The technologies being covered are
Internet of Things (IoT)
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI and ML) to ensure that the students gain sufficient knowledge on the above technologies so as to work on their problem statements during the hackathon.
For any queries , please contact :
Convenor - Dr. Anil K. Puppala : +91 91606 24935