Hackathon Carnival
at the India Gadget Expo
A platform for
Hackers to pitch their prototypes and solutions
India Gadget Expo today announced the first of its kind “Hackathon
Carnival” to be organised at INDIA GADGET
EXPO (IGE) to be held in Hyderabad from 18th to 21st September 2015 at HITEX
Convention Centre.
The two day 30 hours carnival will provide a
platform for hackers to pitch their prototypes and
solutions to the industry leaders, investors, IT professionals and public at
large.
The idea of this “Hackathon Carnival” is to bring the
best of hacking community across India under one event to encourage smart and
innovative tech solutions. The hackathon will have participation from
celebrated hackers, professionals and college graduates.
Industry mentors from
some of the most celebrated startups and innovators will be sharing their
experiences and mentoring the participants all through the event.
The hackathon
is themed towards smart cities and will cover multiple aspects like health,
environment, traffic and transportation, security, public grievances etc.
The
winners will be awarded and will be given a platform to pitch their prototypes
and solutions to investors, incubation/mentoring at T-Hub.
The Hackathon Carnival at IGE is
being organized by UPTEC IDEALABS limited and Hackmania with active support
from Hyderabadhackers.in and Hyderabad4Innovation.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr.
Sanjeev Kumar, India Gadget Expo said, “In
the last few years the trend of hackathons has been growing and hackathons are
now being considered for educational ,social purposes and creating usable
software . The ‘Hackathon Carnival’ at India
Gadget Expo will provide a platform for hackers to showcase their innovative prototypes
and solutions to a wide audience that include both consumers and angel
investors. .”
About IGE 2015..!
India Gadget Expo will be India’s
premier Gadget show and will showcase 1000+ Gadgets, 300+ exhibitors from 12
countries. It is designed to promote some revolutionary gadgets for the 1st
time in India. It will serve as a platform for over 75Startups to showcase
their innovative gadgets Highly engaging agenda of seminars covering Mobile
tech, Smart Cities, Gaming, Auto tech, etc
The 4-day
event is expected to witness an enormous footfall of around 1 lakh visitors and
participants across the world from varied segments including Global Investors,
CEOs and Managing Directors, Technology Professionals and enthusiasts, Dealers/
Distributors, Government officials, Consumers and students.
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