‘Hackothsav’ – National level Hackathon

National-level hackathon- ‘Hackothsav’ was inaugurated at Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management, Bantakal on 9 July, 2021. Dr. Sudheendra Koushik, Innovation Director, Volvo Group was the chief guest. In his inaugural address he motivated the participants and urged them to understand problems by identifying the underlying causes before solving them. He suggested for them to utilise the opportunity of Hackothsav to learn from industry experts and peers.

Shri Rathnakumar, Secretary, SSVMET, presided over the function. In his presidential address he applauded the participants and organisers. Prof. Thirumaleshwara Bhat, Principal, SMVITM, addressed the gathering with motivational words. Dr. Vasudeva, IEEE Student Branch Counselor welcomed the gathering and Ms. Navya proposed the vote of thanks. Mr. Ashutosh Kumar gave in-depth information about the event. Ms. Chaithra introduced the Chief Guest. Mr. Raunak Choudhary announced the problem statements for the competition. Ms. Aninditha and Ms. Avanti from the CodeTroopers club hosted the event.

The Vice Principal, Deans, HoDs, faculty and staff members, students, evaluators, sponsors and participants were part of the event which was held in online mode and streamed on YouTube. The Hackathon is being jointly organized by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IEEE Student Branch and CodeTroopers Club. Tetherfi Technologies, Robosoft Technologies, Prueba India Software, IEEE Mangalore Subsection and IEEE CAS chapter sponsored the event.

The valedictory ceremony of Hackothsav was presided over by Parama Poojya Shri Vishwa Vallabha Theertha Shreepadaru, President, SSVMET. In his presidential address, Shripadaru explained how enthusiastic people can do wonders by citing a verse “just as the burning of wood kindles fire, as digging the entrails of the earth springs water, so is the spirit of enthusiastic individuals evergreen and nothing is impossible for them”. He encouraged the participants to take further action on their projects in the future. He appreciated the organizing team for making this event a grand one.

Prof. Thirumaleshwara Bhat, Principal, SMVITM, welcomed the gathering. Mr. Siju V Soman, Faculty Coordinator of CodeTroopers Club, presented the Report of ‘Hackothsav’. The Vote of Thanks was proposed by Ms. Kirthi Nayak. Ms. Aninditha and Ms. Avanti were the masters of ceremony of the valedictory event. The Deans, HoDs, faculty and staff members, students, evaluators, sponsors and participants were part of the event which was held in online mode and streamed on YouTube. 

Representatives from different sponsor companies- Mr. Karthik K from Robosoft Technologies, Mr. Nishchith Shetty from Tetherfi, Dr. Pushparaj Shetty, Chair, IEEE Mangalore Subsection, Mr. Dinesh Karnik from Prueba India Software Pvt. Ltd and Dr. Nagaraj Bhat, Head, Department of Computer Science and Engineering announced the runners and winners of different categories.

The prize winners:

Winners: Canara Engineering College, Mangalore (Business Oriented section), Amity University, Noida, UP (Societal Impact section)

Runners: MIT, Manipal (Business Oriented section), SMVITM, Bantakal (Societal Impact section)

Consolation prize: SMVITM Bantakal. RV Institute of Technology And Management, Bengaluru (2 prizes), University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bengaluru, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Mysore, Punjab Engineering College.