Question – In July 2021, IIT Madras Promoter Technologies Foundation (IITM-PTF) in association with which company organized a National Hackathon SAMVEDAN 2021?
(i) Wipro India Pvt. Ltd.
(ii) Sony India Software. Pvt Ltd
(iii) Infosys India Pvt. Ltd.
(iv) none of the above
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(a) only (i) and (ii)
(b) only (ii) and (iii)
(c) only (ii)
(d) only (iv)
Answer—(c)
related facts —
- National hackathon(SAMVEDAN 2021 – Sensing Solutions for Bharat) organized by IIT Madras & Sony India encourages citizens to come up with solutions using IoT Sensor Board.
- Registrations for this Grand Challenge Competition have commenced on July 1st, 2021, and are open to all Indian nationals residing in India.
- It is being organized jointly by IIT Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation (IITM-PTF), along with Sony India Software Centre, and is based on the Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation’s SPRESENSE™ Board, which participants can use for this challenge.
- It is notable that th future is all about a tight convergence of physical systems with communication, computing, information and data gathering, machine sensing, autonomous decisions and actions and control. Thus sensors of all sorts will play a vital role in the Cyber-Physical Systems.
- IITM-PTF —
- It 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).
- Implementation —
- A team with maximum of three members can register for the grand challenge, which will be held in three stages — quarterfinals, semi-finals and finals. A total of 75 ideas will be selected for the quarter-finals, and among them, 25 best ideas will be chossen for the semi-finals.
- There will be seven finalists with prizes for every finalist. Prizes worth 3 Lakhs will be awarded to the best teams.
- Apart from the prize money, the winners will be eligible for an entrepreneurial support scheme by IIT Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation.
- Further, each quarter finalist will be provided with a SPRESENSETM board free of cost by Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation through IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation.
By — Pankaj Pandey.
Link:
https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1734357