DSC KIIT powered by Google Developers group and supported by Training & Placement Department organized “The Garage Hackathon 2019” at School of Computer Engineering, KIIT DU.
Coders and Non-Coders were allowed to form groups to pitch ideas and tackle real-world challenges, Skillenza teamed up with DSC to conduct their very first Hackathon in Bhubaneswar.
The event kick started after the participants were briefed about DSC (India) Community, which has over 200 leads around India. After the stipulated time, Judges went on a progress check and marked each group on the basis of Innovation, Creativity, Feasibility, Scalability and Future Aspects.
Mr. Ajit Mishra, COO of Booking Jini & Ex-Microsoft Business Lead judged the top seven teams on the same criteria. After the completion of the process, two teams were selected based on their overall performance, one of the Team created a smart glove to translate gestures to text to speech and other one created a Sensor to ascertain the quality of Milk products. The Hackathon concluded with a resolve to organize more such events in future.