{"id":82650,"date":"2017-01-05T06:03:27","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T06:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/?p=82650"},"modified":"2017-01-05T06:03:27","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T06:03:27","slug":"smart-india-hackathon-2017-organized-guru-nanak-dev-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/82650","title":{"rendered":"Smart India Hackathon 2017 organized at Guru Nanak Dev University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-82651\" src=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/PPN0401201719.jpg\" alt=\"ppn0401201719\" width=\"900\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/PPN0401201719.jpg 900w, https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/PPN0401201719-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amritsar,\u00a0 January 4 (Punjab Post Bureau) \u2013\u00a0Awareness Workshop on Smart India Hackathon was organized in the Guru Nanak Bhawan Auditorium of the Guru Nanak Dev University, here today.\u00a0\u00a0 A large number of students and teachers were participated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This programme was oraganized by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), under the aegis of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India in association with Inter Institutional Inclusive Innovation Center (i4c), and Persistent Systems. The objective of &#8216;Smart India\u00a0Hackathon\u00a02017 is to identify new and disruptive digital solutions for solving the challenges faced by our country as per the vision of Hon\u2019ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi.\u00a0\u00a0Prof. Rajneesh Arora, former Vice Chancellor, IK Gujral Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar was the guest of honor. Dr. R. S. Rathore, Director &amp; Regional Officer. All India Council For Technical Education, North Western Regional\u00a0Office, Chandigarh welcomed the chief guest and others. Dr. Abhay Jere, Organizing Secretary, Smart India Hackathon-2017 introduced the audience about Smart India Hackathon. Dr. K. S Kahlon, Dean Student Welfare and Coordinator presented vote of thanks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Prof. Arora said that Hon\u2019ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, envisages the &#8216;Digital India&#8217; initiative to bridge the digital divide in our country and further promote digital literacy in order to make development a comprehensive mass movement and put governance within everyone\u2019s reach. He also believes that, to ensure development youth should be involved in large numbers as they are capable of offering new, innovative solutions for some of the daunting problems faced by our nation e.g. water management, sanitation, affordable healthcare, sustainable environment, etc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Dr. Rathore said that\u00a0Hackathon\u00a0is a 36 hrs non-stop digital programming competition during which student teams compete simultaneously at 25 different centers across India to offer innovative digital solutions for any given problem. Our Smart India\u00a0Hackathon\u00a02017 will be the biggest\u00a0Hackathon\u00a0initiative in the world.\u00a0Shri. Prakash Javadekar, Hon\u2019ble Minister for HRD is the Chief Patron who has officially launched this initiative on 9<sup>th<\/sup> November 2016. Prof. Anil Sahasrabudhe, Hon\u2019ble Chairman, AICTE is chairing the Organizing Committee.\u00a0Another USP of Smart India\u00a0Hackathon\u00a0initiative is that about 500 problem statements have already come directly from different Government departments and ministries based on their requirements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amritsar,\u00a0 January 4 (Punjab Post Bureau) \u2013\u00a0Awareness Workshop on Smart India Hackathon was organized in the Guru Nanak Bhawan Auditorium of the Guru Nanak Dev University, here today.\u00a0\u00a0 A large number of students and teachers were participated. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This programme was oraganized by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), under the aegis of Ministry &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-english"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Smart India Hackathon 2017 organized at Guru Nanak Dev University | Punjab Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/82650\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Smart India Hackathon 2017 organized at Guru Nanak Dev University | Punjab Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Amritsar,\u00a0 January 4 (Punjab Post Bureau) \u2013\u00a0Awareness Workshop on Smart India Hackathon was organized in the Guru Nanak Bhawan Auditorium of the Guru Nanak Dev University, here today.\u00a0\u00a0 A large number of students and teachers were participated. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This programme was oraganized by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), under the aegis of Ministry &hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/82650\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Punjab Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-01-05T06:03:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/PPN0401201719.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"550\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ppadmin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ppadmin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/82650\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/82650\",\"name\":\"Smart India Hackathon 2017 organized at Guru Nanak Dev University | Punjab Post\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/82650#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/82650#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/PPN0401201719.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-01-05T06:03:27+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/#\/schema\/person\/e389e50e8970b30f10352199927e8693\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/82650#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/82650\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/82650#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/PPN0401201719.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/PPN0401201719.jpg\",\"width\":900,\"height\":550},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/82650#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Smart India Hackathon 2017 organized at Guru Nanak Dev University\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/\",\"name\":\"Punjab Post\",\"description\":\"Daily Online Newspaper &amp; Print Media\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/#\/schema\/person\/e389e50e8970b30f10352199927e8693\",\"name\":\"ppadmin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7de9dc8774d44f6f6d7f7356a7a2363a4bd97c4f20720cdf463fc758fe348441?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7de9dc8774d44f6f6d7f7356a7a2363a4bd97c4f20720cdf463fc758fe348441?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"ppadmin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/author\/ppadmin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Smart India Hackathon 2017 organized at Guru Nanak Dev University | Punjab Post","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/82650","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Smart India Hackathon 2017 organized at Guru Nanak Dev University | Punjab Post","og_description":"Amritsar,\u00a0 January 4 (Punjab Post Bureau) \u2013\u00a0Awareness Workshop on Smart India Hackathon was organized in the Guru Nanak Bhawan Auditorium of the Guru Nanak Dev University, here today.\u00a0\u00a0 A large number of students and teachers were participated. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This programme was oraganized by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), under the aegis of Ministry &hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/82650","og_site_name":"Punjab Post","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/","article_published_time":"2017-01-05T06:03:27+00:00","og_image":[{"width":900,"height":550,"url":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/PPN0401201719.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"ppadmin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ppadmin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/82650","url":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/82650","name":"Smart India Hackathon 2017 organized at Guru Nanak Dev University | Punjab Post","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/82650#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/82650#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/PPN0401201719.jpg","datePublished":"2017-01-05T06:03:27+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/#\/schema\/person\/e389e50e8970b30f10352199927e8693"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/82650#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/82650"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/82650#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/PPN0401201719.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/PPN0401201719.jpg","width":900,"height":550},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/82650#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Smart India Hackathon 2017 organized at Guru Nanak Dev University"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/#website","url":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/","name":"Punjab Post","description":"Daily Online Newspaper &amp; Print Media","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/#\/schema\/person\/e389e50e8970b30f10352199927e8693","name":"ppadmin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7de9dc8774d44f6f6d7f7356a7a2363a4bd97c4f20720cdf463fc758fe348441?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7de9dc8774d44f6f6d7f7356a7a2363a4bd97c4f20720cdf463fc758fe348441?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"ppadmin"},"url":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/author\/ppadmin"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82652,"href":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82650\/revisions\/82652"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}