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Aligarh:
A two-day innovative programme, Hackathon, conceived by the
Planning Commission of India and the National Innovative Council
to assess the common understanding of the Twelfth Five Year Plan
was organized successfully at the Aligarh Muslim University node
also.
AMU, being one of the node among eighteen such institutions of
higher studies including IITs and IIMs participated in the
Hackathon with active attendances of its students and teachers in
the highly innovative exercise.
It gave the students an opportunity
to showcase their talent, scientific creativity and an objective
understanding of the structural framework of the Twelfth Five Year
Plan and its merits and demerits.
Montek Singh Aluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission of
India and Sam Pitroda, Chairman, National Innovation Council
addressed the students and participated in the live interactive
sessions with the students and teachers sitting in their nodal
centres through videoconferencing.
There were three types of entries in
the event namely short films, mobile apps and Visualization
(Poster Presentation and Power Point Presentation).
More than 3000 people participated
from all over India including 46 teams from AMU in all the three
categories.
The topics were broadly distributed
in seven categories i.e. Agriculture and Rural Development, Urban
Development, Education and Skill Development, Water and
Environment, Energy, Health and Macroeconomic Framework.
Team KAYA of Zakir Husain College of Engineering and Technology,
AMU bagged first prize in visualization by presenting a creative
poster in a cartoon form depicting MGNREGA.
The team included Kanika Agarwal,
Final Year Mechanical, Anas Hussain Qadri, Final Year Mechanical,
Yasir Askari, Final Year Computer and Abhishek Sharma, Third Year
Civil.
Team Faraz Ahmad won second prize for developing a mobile app. Two
consolation prizes were also given to students of ZHCET for
developing website and mobile app.
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