IIT Madras and Sony India jointly host national-level hackathon ‘SAMVEDAN 2021’

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The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras & Sony India have collaborated to jointly organise a National-level hackathon called ‘SAMVEDAN 2021 – Sensing Solutions for Bharat’.
The main purpose of this hackathon is to inspire the citizens of India to participate in solving societal problems of national importance, using IoT Sensor Board.
The hackathon is being organized by IIT Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation (IITM-PTF), jointly with Sony India Software Centre.
IITM-PTF is a Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) for Sensor, Networking, Actuators, and Control Systems (SNACS) area supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS).
Participants will be provided with Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation’s SPRESENSE™ Board, free of cost through IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation, to participate in this challenge.
SAMVEDAN 2021 will provide a platform to successful start-ups that could solve India-specific problems of societal interest.