Smart India Hackathon 2023 for School Students from Classes 6 to 12 [Junior Category; Prizes of Rs. 25k]: Register by Oct 31!

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Registrations are invited for the Smart India Hackathon 2023 for School Students from Classes 6 to 12 [Junior Category]. Register by Oct 31, 2023!

About Smart India Hackathon Junior 2023

This year SIH-2023 moves to its next level and welcomes the participation from schools (6th to 12th Class students) to contribute in the nation building initiative. This is an Open Innovation Student category in which students can give ideas against the pre-defined 16 Themes. The SPOC can nominate school student teams against various themes available on the official website of SIH-2023.

Themes for the Hackathon

Renewable/sustainable energy
Blockchain and CyberSecurity
Smart Education
Disaster Management
Smart Automation
Heritage and Culture
Med tech/biotech/health tech
Agriculture, food tech and rural development
Smart vehicle
Transportation and logistics
Robotics and drones
Clean and green energy
Tourism
Smart Vehicle
Toys
Miscellaneous

Mode of Hackathon

Pre-screening and final evaluation will be organized through Online Mode.
Winning Teams will be felicitated at the physical Nodal Centers across India.
Tentative dates for the grand finale in online mode will be in January 2024 and felicitation will happen in the 3rd/4th week of January 2024.

School Registration

School REGISTRATION is open on the website till October 31, 2023, any school can nominate their teams through the portal. This SIH Junior hackathon is for Class 6th to Class 12th students
SPOC (Single point of contact) is the person (Principal/Vice Principal/Registrar/Any senior faculty nominated by the principal) who will represent the school and carry out the registration process. They can nominate a maximum of 10 teams per school under any 16 Themes (displayed on the website).
Each team nominated by the SPOC can have a minimum of at max 3 members (including the team leader). Each team can have their max 2 team mentors (optional) (These could be teachers/parents/industry experts).

Team Formation

A team can be formed of 1 student to 3 students (at max); 2 Mentors (optional) (can be teachers/parents/industry experts).
It is recommended to have at least one female member to be part of the team.
All students should be from the same school. Inter-school teams are not allowed.
Team Name should be unique and not contain the name of their institute in any form.

Working on Problem Statement

Open innovation: Teams can work on any Problem Statements of their own & lie in any of the 16 themes available on the website. Students can come up with their own model based on these themes.
Submission of Ideas: The SPOC have to register the selected teams on the SIH portal along with the following details:
- Team Name
- Name, gender, email ID, Mobile No. of team leader and all other Members
- Chosen Problem Statement and its proposed solution with a title, description & presentation PDF.
- The school authorization letter.

Process and Timeline

Idea Submission: August 23 to October 31, 2023.
Pre-Screening Evaluation: From November 1, 2023.
Grand Finale Evaluation: November 2023 (tentative) – ONLINE.
Felicitation of Winners at Nodal Centers (Valedictory): January 2023 (tentative) – OFFLINE at nodal centres PAN India.
The proposed solutions are evaluated by experts on points like the novelty of the idea, complexity, clarity, detailed document, feasibility, practicability, sustainability, scale of impact, user experience, and potential for future work progression.

Mentoring and Evaluation Sessions

During the mentoring session the team members interact with the judges and representatives from the organizations gaining valuable feedback on the progress of their work and how can it be improved.
The evaluation session in the evening is the time when the teams give a presentation of their application/ prototype or solution and answer the jury’s questions. Each team had a scheduled time slot of approx. 10-20 min for each of these sessions conducted via web conference. For the final evaluation session, the teams had to give a complete walkthrough of their application/prototype developed during this hackathon and also submit a final presentation document.

Prize

Five winning teams will be selected per theme and the results will be published on the portal.
The Prize Money of Rs. 25,000/- will be felicitated at the allotted nodal centre.
The number of winning teams can be less than five depending on the idea’s productivity, feasibility, novelty and acceptance by the evaluators.