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Smart India Hackathon 2022

Four teams from Pillai College of Engineering were selected to compete in the Grand Finale of Software Edition. Two teams: “Team Homebrew” and “Team SARBOT” were winners with First Prize Rs. 1,00,000/- and Rs. 75,000/-.

Team Homebrew provided a solution for the problem statement “Extraction of Data including voice and images from various social Media platforms from Disaster struck areas”, which was floated by NDRF. Nodal center for the team was Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU). Team was headed by Om Surve and team members were Shreya Mohan Belanekar, Hitesh Lukesh Meta,Kunal Kishor Wagh, Yash Ramdas Wakekar and Tanishq Parkar. Prof. Jinesh Melvin was mentor of the Team.

Team SARBOT was a Hardware team under the Student Innovation category. They worked on “Design an amphibious spherical robot for search and rescue operations”. Problem statement was selected by students by themselves. Nodal center for the team was Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. Team was headed by Aakash Shenil and team members were Sejal Pandey, Mayur Patil, Mrunal Gangurde, Utkarsh A. Shinde and Saurav Singh. Team was mentored by Prof. Salim Jafri.

Winners of Grand Finale of Software Edition

Team Homebrew

Virtual Hackathon: MIT COVID-19 Challenge Hackathon, ‘India: Turning the Tide

Proud to share that Mr. Siddhesh K Shivdikar (team name The Viral Truth) , A student of Computer Engineering Department, Pillai College of Engineering, New Panvel, Won the Virtual hackathon: MIT COVID-19 Challenge hackathon, ‘India: Turning the Tide Organized by Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The Hackathon was conducted during 28th to 30th August 2020.

He, alongwith his team worked on Track: Highlighting and communicating COVID-19 information that is scientifically accurate.

Source of problem statement:
People forward misleading information over social medias or in person which cause chaos.

Solution provided:
Developed an AI Assistant Mockup (With proof of concept) which is platform independent identifies the information with single tap supports multiple language Including voice queries. With gamification features that makes checking facts before forwarding message a habit.

Rewards:
$500 per winning team along with the reward, the team will receive organizational support, computing resources, and direct access to key partners to further develop, validate and implement solutions developed.

Congratulations Sidhdhesh!!!
We wish you all the very best for all your future endeavours


Smart India Hackathon 2020

Two of our Teams have won National Level Smart India Hackathon, SIH 2020

PCE has winners in all the episodes of SIH since inception of this competition. This is 4th Edition of SIH.

The details of winning teams of SIH 2020 are as below:

Team Name: CipherCops
Team Name: Status200
Members
Srishti Singh, B.E. Comp.
Athira P. V., B.E. Comp.
Siddhesh Shivdikar, B.E. Comp.
Vaishnavi Shetty, B.E. I.T.
Ritesh Kudalkar, B.E. EXTC
Mansi Sawant, B.E. Comp.
Members
Tejas Choudhari, B.E. I.T.
Abhay Gupta, B.E. I.T.
Shailesh Gupta, B.E. I.T.
Rahul Chavan, B.E. I.T.
Sahil Kadu, B.E. I.T.
Arya Gopinath, B.E. I.T.
Faculty Mentor for the Project
Prof. Amol Kharat
Faculty Mentor
Prof. Dhiraj Amin
Problem Statement Extract Geo Location / Criminal Navigation using Mobile / Email based Tracking SystemProblem Statement
Transparency and Safeguard Measures in HR Management
Nodal Center
Bureau of Police Research and Development
Nodal Center
Parul University
Organisation Name
Govt. of Sikkim

Congratulations to Both the Teams and their Faculty Mentors.

Congratulations Prof. Varunakshi Bhojane for facilitating all the teams with a strong support as SPOC.

Smart India Hackathon 2019

Smart India Hackathon 2019 was a nationwide initiative to provide students 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 mindset of problem solving. 1500+ teams were competing in various 48 nodal centers nationwide in the grand finale of software hackathon on 2nd and 3rd March, 2019.

In SIH 2019, the students also had the opportunity to work on challenges faced within the private sector organisations and create a world class solutions for some of the top companies in the world, thus helping the Private sector hire the best minds from across the nation.

Six teams from Pillai College of Engineering were selected for this mega-endeavour for software edition. And two teams: “Team Status200_OK” and “Team Code_Crunch” got first prize of Rs. 1,00,000/- in complex category. Team Status200_OK provided a solution on problem statement “Information Management System”, which was floated by Min. of Statistics and PI at nodal center Girijananda Chowdhury Institute of Management & Technology, Guwahati, Assam. Team was headed by Tejas Chaudhari and team members are Abhay Gupta, Sahil Kadu, Rahul Chavan, Anindita Bhajan, Ronak Karani. Prof. Dhiraj Amin was mentor of the team.

Team Code_Crunch provided a solution on problem statement “Online Adaptive Assessment Platform”, which was floated by SSEPL Skills Pvt. Ltd. at nodal center CGC – Chandigarh Engineering College, Landran, Mohali, Panjab. Team was headed by Mahesh Gopal Mahajan and team members are Pranali Ramesh Sawant, Sajida Begum, Soham Sandeep More, Preetam B. A., Karan Nair. Prof. Ninad Gaikwad was mentor of the team.

Team Coding Predators proposed a solution for problem statement floated by AICTE, “AICTE Event / Activity (Workshops, Talks, FDP, Meeting etc.) management system” at Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab. Team was headed by Ketaki Barde and team members were Shweta Achary, Kritika Shah, Shrayesh Kanade, Salman Mapkar, Ankush Bari. Prof. Aju Palleri was mentor for the team.

Team #the_brainiacs# proposed a solution for problem statement floated by ThermoFisher Scientific, “Integrated Health Care App / Portal”, at nodal center Sree Buddha College of Engineering, Alappuzha, Padanilam, Kerala. Team was headed by Nimje Mansi Kishor and team members were Zagade Pooja Valmik, Shetty Akshay Puranjay, Sagar Govind Patel, Dixit Abhishek Ratan, Dhekane Abhishek Jaywant. Prof. Jinesh Melvin was mentor for the team.

Team #Ciphers proposed a solution for problem statement floated by CDK, Global, “Ambulance Services”, at nodal center Sree CMR College of Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana. Team was headed by Gupta Vinod and team members were Irfat Kapde, Saqiuzzaman Hossain, Pooja Ingle, Balraj Singh, Nachiket Sonawane. Prof. Amol Kharat was mentor for the team.

Team Code_Brainiacs proposed a solution for the problem statement floated by Ministry of External Affairs, “Application to show process ID and Remote conn.”, at nodal center Pranveer Singh Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Team was headed by Prathamesh Patade and team members were Kalpaj Chaudhari, Shravan Nambiar, Karan Shah, Kritika Singh, Himanshu Kaloni. Prof. Smita Kadam was mentor for the team.

Smart India Hackathon 2018

Smart India Hackathon is a non-stop digital product development competition, where problems are posed to technology students for innovative solutions. To make development a comprehensive mass movement and put governance within everyone’s reach in India, Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, envisages a Digital India to bridge the digital divide in our country and further promote digital literacy. In order to work towards our PM’s vision, MHRD, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Inter Institutional Inclusive Innovation Center (i4C) and Persistent Systems organized Smart India Hackathon 2018.

Smart India Hackathon 2018 was conducted in two editions: Software and Hardware. Two teams from Pillai College of Engineering were selected for this mega-endeavour for software edition. TEAM-Turing Revival participated in the Smart India Hackathon 2018 under CSIR in Pune. And TEAM The Iterators created Face recognition based attendance app for Government of Delhi, Dhiraj Amin and Aju Palleri were mentors for these teams.

Team 1: The_Iterators
Problem Category: Face recognition based attendance app, Government of Delhi, Software

NameGender
MentorAju PalleriMale
Team LeaderPrathamesh PatadeMale
Team MemberTejas DesaiMale
Team MemberBrijesh GiriMale
Team MemberHimanshu KaloniMale
Team MemberKhushabu AgarwalFemale
Team MemberSachin NairMale

Team 2: # TuringRevival
Problem Category: Mechanism for prescribing drug in hospitals and its or its substitute availability in the medical shops of the area / city, CSIR, Software

NameGender
MentorDhiraj AminMale
Team LeaderRohan LondheMale
Team MemberRaghav MishraMale
Team MemberPrafulla MhatreMale
Team MemberHardi RathodFemale
Team MemberMansi SawantFemale
Team MemberRitesh KudalkarMale

In Hardware Hackathon 2018 Team Prayaas was selected for grand finale in IIT Guwahati. Their problem statement was for Government of Sikkim. Team Prayaas won 1st runner up in Smart India Hackathon 2018 Hardware version. The Team was working on reducing burden of head load for villagers, their domain was rural development. Prof. Shridhar Deshmukh was mentor for this team.

Team 3: Prayaas
Problem Category: Reducing burden of head load for villagers, Government of Sikkim, Hardware

NameGender
Team LeaderRushikesh ShirkeMale
Team MemberPallavi AherFemale
Team MemberAshish TomarMale
Team MemberSamiksha YadavFemale
Team MemberVaishnavi TardeFemale
Team MemberPratyoosh SharmaMale

Smart India Hackathon 2017

To make development a comprehensive mass movement and put governance within everyone’s reach in India, Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, envisages a Digital India to bridge the digital divide in our country and further promote digital literacy in order. In order to work towards our PM’s vision, MHRD, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Inter Institutional Inclusive Innovation Center (i4C) and Persistent Systems organized Smart India Hackathon 2017, a unique initiative to identify new and disruptive digital technology innovations for solving the challenges faced by our country. The initiative was a huge success.

Pillai College of Engineering contributed in this event in 2017. In Smart India Hackathon 2017, three teams, Team Stature, Team Sierra and Team Innovate were selected for Grand Finale. The departments of the problem statements were (National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, Government of India) NCPCR and Ministry of Earth Science.

Following is the details of the team

Team 1: Team Innovate:

NameGender
Team LeaderSiddhesh Pravin PatilMale
Team Member 1Kishor Balasaheb ManeMale
Team Member 2Nimish Kishor MhatreMale
Team Member 3Parth Ketan RajputMale
Team Member 4Tejas Rajendra RahateMale
Team Member 5Kritika Anil ShahFemale
MentorProf. Blessy VargheseFemale

Team 2: Team Sierra Coders:

NameGender
Team LeaderChetan Rattanlal KalraMale
Team Member 1Shailey Rajesh KadamFemale
Team Member 2Vijeta Vaman NayakFemale
Team Member 3Riya Bikash DasFemale
Team Member 4Queeny Priyangel SrivastavaFemale
Team Member 5Ketaki Satish BardeFemale
MentorProf. Dhiraj AminMale

Team 3: Team Stature

NameGender
Team LeaderPrathamesh LokeMale
Team Member 1Rahul Govind KumarMale
Team Member 2Nidhi N. MenonFemale
Team Member 3Shrey JakhmolaMale
Team Member 4Kiran M. NambiarMale
Team Member 5Quasim RizviMale
MentorProf. Aju PalleriMale

The Centers for grand finale were Chennai and Bhopal. Blessy Verghese, Dhiraj Amin and Aju Palleri were mentors for these teams. Team Stature was on 8th rank in NCPCR.