Students of Army Institutes of Technology Pune Triumph at Smart India Hackathon 2024
Pune: The Army Institute of Technology’s (AIT) Students displayed their exceptional talent and innovative skills and created history by emerging as First-Prize winners in two problem statements in the prestigious Smart India Hackathon 2024. The Grand Finale of this Hackathon was recently held across 51 nodal centers nationwide.
The Smart India Hackathon (SIH), a flagship initiative by the Government of India, continues to inspire innovation and problem-solving among youth. Renowned as the nation’s largest open innovation platform, SIH allows students to address real challenges faced by ministries, industries, and organizations.
Two teams from AIT, Team Black Syndicate & Team Carbon Daters showcased their projects in the Hackathon. Chetan Singh (team lead) along with Yash Pathak, Dharjinder Singh, Roshnee Gouda, Aditya Pratap, and Rajat Singh represented the team Balck Syndicate & jointly won the first position and cash prize of Rs 100000/- at Noida Institute of Engineering and Technology, Greater Noida. They have developed a solution of ‘Creating a Cyber Triage tool to streamline Digital Forensic Investigation’, a challenge sponsored by the National Investigative Agency (NIA).
The project created a user-friendly digital forensics tool that streamlined evidence importation and analysis. Team Carbon Daters, consisting of Kaushal Vyas (team lead), Nikhil Dhariwal, Riya Kumari, Shubham Kumar, Ayush H, and KBV Kishore, jointly won the first position and cash prize of Rs 100000/-, at IIT Tirupati for making a ‘Portal for Innovation Excellence Indicators’. The team created a user-friendly portal that measures and showcases innovation in educational institutions. This problem statement was sponsored by the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), Department of the Ministry of AYUSH.
Prof. Vaishali Ingale and Prof Kuldeep Hule have provided valuable guidance for both teams. Maj Gen KK Chakrabarti, Chairman of AIT, Brig Abhay A Bhat, Director of AIT, and Dr. B.P. Patil, Principal of AIT, congratulated both teams for this outstanding achievement.
