The Grand Finale of 7th edition of the Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2024 will begin at 51 centres across the country tomorrow. Union Minister for Education, Dharmendra Pradhan, will virtually inaugurate the event.
Over 1300 student teams will participate at the Grand Finale. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the gathering and will interact with young innovators at the Grand Finale via video conferencing tomorrow.
SIH is a nationwide initiative to provide students with a platform to solve some of the pressing problems we face in our daily lives and thus inculcate a culture of product innovation and a problem-solving mind set.
This year, more than 250 problem statements have been submitted by 54 Ministries, Departments, State Governments, and Industries. More than 86,000 teams have participated in SIH 2024 at the institute level and around 49,000 student teams (each consisting of 6 students and 2 mentors) have been recommended by these institutes for the national level competition. A 150 per cent increase has been recorded in internal hackathons at the institute level, making this the largest edition so far.
