NTU Singapore announces the winners of Singapore-India Hackathon
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), today announced the winners of the first Singapore-India Hackathon, a fast-paced 36-hour competition to develop creative and innovative solutions focused on the theme "Smart Campus".
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Singapore’s Education Minister Ong Ye Kung presented prizes to the winners of the Singapore-India Hackathon at the Fullerton Hotel this morning. Also in attendance was NTU President Subra Suresh.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Singapore’s Education Minister Ong Ye Kung presented prizes to the winners of the Singapore-India Hackathon at the Fullerton Hotel this morning. Also in attendance was NTU President Subra Suresh.
The winners are:
Singapore:
1st Prize: Team Vandhe (NTU Singapore), comprising Lim Sheng Rui Varick, Dhea Mariesta, and Mandy Wong Suping, proposed a community-based learning platform that encourages student collaboration and mutual learning, and offers professor-approved answers to solution sets for past year papers.
2nd Prize: Team ZPJ (NTU Singapore), comprising Liew Yi An Jordan, Tan Zhi Wei, and Tan Pin Da, came up with an app for users to find their way on campus by offering optimised walking routes and recognising locations based on landmarks.
3rd Prize: Team Rakshacam (Singapore University of Technology and Design), comprising Nagaraj Lakshmana Prabhu, Rahul Parthasarathy and Rahul Bhattacharjee, presented a video analytic solution to track vehicles in carparks, and potentially provide users information regarding where their vehicles are located.
India:
1st Prize: IIT Kharagpur Team2, comprising Pranjal Shankhdhar, Madhav Datt and Anurag Bharadwaj, came up with an Augmented Reality navigation app for users to find their way indoors, and which can also be integrated with Google Maps.
2nd Prize: Team NIT Trichy comprising Kartik Venkataraman, Deep Bhattacharyya and Arutselvan D, presented a smart solution that offers students a holistic learning experience by leveraging on mind mapping, keyword extraction and concept analysis. The system can also link students to external resources and subject experts.
3rd Prize: Team KillerKode (MIT College of Engineering, Pune) comprising Kunal Atul Khadilkar, Akanksha Surendra Kale, and Rahul Yashwant Barhate, proposed a novel parking management system that uses geotagging and "Sound QR" technologies.