Gear-UP Season 2: Your Gateway to SMART INDIA HACKATHON -2023

Department of Student Research and Project Cell under the aegis of Student Welfare Wing
presents Gear-UP Season 2, 2023: Your Gateway to Smart India Hackathon 2023. SMART
INDIA HACKATHON (SIH) 2023 is a nationwide initiative to provide students a platform to
solve some of pressing problems we face in our daily lives, and thus inculcate a culture of
product innovation and a mindset of problem solving. The last edition of the hackathon saw
over 5 million+ students from various engineering colleges compete for the top prize at 35+
locations. In SIH 2023, the students would also have the opportunity to work on challenges
faced within the private sector organizations and create world class solutions for some of the
top companies in the world, thus helping the Private sector hire the best minds from across the
nation.

Registration link-
http://tiny.cc/LPU-SIH2023

Last date for registration – 20th September,

2023

Event Date (Hackathon): 27th September

To complete the google form prepare word file with following details-
(File must consist of Background of innovation, Problem statement, Methodology and
Outcome of the project)

The application selection schedule and procedure for nomination of LPU students.

Important Dates-
Event Date
UMS notification for the students 31st Aug, 2023
Google registration form open for entries 31st Aug, 2023
Closing of entry through google form 20th September, 2023
Internal Hackathon 27th and 28th September

Selection Teams 30th September

For more details you may visit website https://www.sih.gov.in/ and go through the content
given below-

Themes
 SMART AUTOMATION: Ideas focused on the intelligent use of resources for
transforming and advancements of technology with combining the artificial intelligence
to explore more various sources and get valuable insights.
 FITNESS & SPORTS: Ideas that can boost fitness activities and assist in keeping fit.
 HERITAGE & CULTURE: Ideas that showcase the rich cultural heritage and traditions
of India.
 MEDTECH/BIOTECH/ HEALTHTECH : Cutting-edge technology in these sectors
continues to be in demand. Recent shifts in healthcare trends, growing populations also
present an array of opportunities for innovation.
 AGRICULTURE, FOODTECH & RURAL DEVELOPMENT: Developing solutions,
keeping in mind the need to enhance the primary sector of India - Agriculture and to
manage and process our agriculture produce.
 SMART VEHICLES: Creating intelligent devices to improve commutation sector.
 TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS: Submit your ideas to address the growing
 pressures on the city’s resources, transport networks, and logistic infrastructure.
 ROBOTICS AND DRONES: There is a need to design drones and robots that can solve
some of the pressing challenges of India such as handling medical emergencies, search
and rescue operations, etc.
 CLEAN & GREEN TECHNOLOGY: Solutions could be in the form of waste
segregation, disposal, and improve sanitization system.
 TOURISM: A solution/idea that can boost the current situation of the tourism industries
including hotels, travel and others.
 RENEWABLE/ SUSTAINABLE ENERGY: Innovative ideas that help manage and
generate renewable /sustainable sources more efficiently.
 SMART EDUCATION: Smart education,a concept that describes learning in digital age.
It enables learners to learn more effectively, efficiently, flexibly and comfortably.
 DISASTER MANAGEMENT: Disaster management includes ideas related to risk
mitigation, Planning and management before, after or during a disaster.
 TOYS: Challenge your creative mind to conceptualize and develop unique toys and
games based on our civilization, history, and culture etc.
 MISCELLANEOUS: Technology ideas in tertiary sectors like Hospitality, Financial
Services, Entertainment and Retail.

Competing Rounds:
 Round 1: For Round 1 submit a proposal on the registration link with prescribed
format
 Round 2: The selected Ideas of Round 1 will compete in 36hrs hackathon where
they will prepare/execute their proposed solution.

Guidelines for Registration

1. All team members should be from same college; no inter-college teams are allowed.
However, members from different branches of the same college/ institute are
encouraged to form a team.
2. Each team would comprise of 6 members including the team leader.
3. Each team must have AT LEAST ONE FEMALE TEAM MEMBER.
4. As the software edition of the hackathon is digital product development competition,
majority of the team members MUST be well versed with programming skills. For the
hardware edition, we encourage multi-disciplinary teams – which means your team
should have a good mix of Mechanical Engineers, Electronic Engineers, Product
Designers and Programmers.
5. Select the category and Problem statement at the given link:
https://www.sih.gov.in/sih2023PS
6. The problem statement and code must be from the problem statement provided in the
attached link : https://www.sih.gov.in/sih2023PS
7. The team name should be unique and MUST NOT contain the name of your institute in
any form.
8. A team can make multiple idea submissions for different problem statements under the
same team name
9. Team members CANNOT be associated with multiple teams in parallel!
10. Idea submission must be made by the Team Leader only.
11. Submission dates should be strictly followed. No exceptions will be made.
12. Round 2 will be an Offline Competition, the registered teams must be present in
Hackathon to attend Round 2.
13. The entry of students in campus as per the COVID-19 guidelines circulated by
Government.
14. Top 30 teams from both Hardware and Software edition will be nominated for SIH
2023.
Selection criteria

1. Evaluation criteria will include novelty of the idea, complexity, clarity and details in the
prescribed format, feasibility, practicability, sustainability, scale of impact, user experience and
potential for future work progression.
2. If a team is selected for the final Hackathon, members will need to travel to the assigned
center which can be anywhere in India.
3. Teams are also encouraged to think out-of-the-box and provide creative solutions to themes
under ‘Students’ Innovation’ category.