Innovative ideas from the youth will provide solutions to the new-generation problems in the country, said Kurnool Superintendent of Police Siddharth Kaushal.
To put the problem-solving capability to test at a national level, Coding Smart India Hackathon was conducted at five locations in the country, including G. Pullaiah Engineering College here. At the prize distribution ceremony, the SP asked the students to be alert to cybercrimes and find solutions for them.
Twenty-two teams solved the real-time problem statements given by different departments of the Central Government and the successful coders were given a prize money of Rs.1 lakh. There were six winners. Each team comprised six students and two mentors from the industry and academia.
Out of the 22-member jury, seven came from outside the State and 15 were internal, all nominated by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry.
In the 36-hour event that concluded on Friday night, a team from Alwar in Rajasthan, The Society Trans Workers, Team Pragathi from Bengaluru, Witchcraft from Gujarat and Siberian Coders from Pune bagged the Rs.1 lakh prize, while there was a tie between two teams, Microincivinity from Chennai and Sociolab from Pune, who shared the Rs.1 lakh prize money.
