IIT Roorkee & Uttarakhand Police organize Devbhoomi Cyber Hackathon 2022- Education News

The Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) and iHUB Divya Sampark, in collaboration with Uttarakhand Police, is conducting the ‘Devbhoomi Cyber Hackathon 2022’.

The second edition of this hackathon aims to generate technology-based solutions for SMART policing as per the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A large number of contestants from all over India reached IIT Roorkee to participate in the hackathon. 810 teams had registered for the hackathon including 1700 students. Out of the total registered, only 40 teams reached the grand finale at IIT Roorkee. Guests from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), central agencies, and state police joined the event.  

Professor Ajit K Chaturvedi, Director, IIT Roorkee, said, “As a country, we have now recognized the importance of technology for solving real-life problems. As more hackathons are conducted, we as a society are growing wiser in conducting them. The experience of the working generation needs to be used in tandem with the younger generation as the younger generation is more aware of newer technologies and can adapt at a faster pace. The senior police officials here have put in a lot of effort in framing this Hackathon’s problem statements so that they are inspired from real situations.”

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