Bhubaneswar, February 2023: AIC-Nalanda and Karkhana Makerspace organized ‘Innovate Odisha’ at AIC-Nalanda Incubation Centre, Bhubaneswar on 19thand 20th February 2023, which lights up the bright and innovative ideas of creative thinkers. Innovate Odisha is a platform for engineers, non-engineers, students & professionals to collaborate and build innovative solutions for various challenging problems.
This 24-Hours Hackathon is based on themes of futuristic technology like the Internet of Things, Cloud, AI, Future Mobility, Applied Robotics, Metaverse, and Web 3.0. Founder’s Talk, Music Nite, and Community Talk are also part of the program. Renowned guests from the Government and Corporate world will share their valuable thoughts and experiences with the young and enthusiastic innovators.
From over morethan300participants,80 were selected under 20 finalist teams. More than 15eminentspeakers and 30+ corporates were also a part of the program. Exciting cash prizes for Winners & Runners Up will make Innovate Odisha a most sought-after event for innovators.
President of Vedanta Aluminium Limited (Odisha and Chattisgarh) Dr.Tapan Kumar Chand in his address to the gathering said “We must encourage such product hackathons as that will speed up implementation of Industry 4.0 products & services”. He further added that the list of all innovations made during this hackathon should be shared with the Industry Associations & other relevant bodies to ensure seamless integration between innovations done at Business Incubators & Industry.
CEO of AIC-Nalanda Shri Devjyoti Mohanty delivered the welcome address to the gathering and said that “We at AIC-Nalanda have strongly believed that fresh minds create better innovation which is why we as an incubator have always practiced encouraging students across all levels of education.”
The Founder & CEO of Karkhana Makerspace Shri Siddharth Bhatter delivered the vote of thanks.
Innovate Odisha is going to prove itself as an extraordinary platform for students from various Colleges& Universities across the State. It will enable them to use their creativity to innovate and explore new ideas. This Hackathon focuses on Learning than winning and shall be an exciting opportunity for all creative thinkers to meet and develop impactful solutions to re-write India’s true growth story.
