KRITAGYA 3.0 Hackathon
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) with its National Agricultural Higher Education Project and Crop Science Division is organizing Hackathon 3.0 ‘’KRITAGYA” on promoting ‘speed breeding for crop improvement’.
KRITAGYA 3.0 Hackathon 2022
About:
KRITAGYA 3.0 Hackathon is an initiative to promote use of technology in
development and promotion of agriculture.
v KRI-TA-GYA explains, KRI for Krishi (Agriculture), TA
for Taknik (Technology) and GYA for Gyan (Knowledge).
Objective:
KRITAGYA Hackathon will provide an opportunity to
students/faculties/entrepreneurs/innovators and others to showcase innovative
approaches and technology solutions to promote innovation for crop improvement.
v KRITAGYA Hackathon also takes forward the vision of
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi through National Education Policy-2020.
Organizing Body:
KRITAGYA Hackathon is organized by Indian Council of Agricultural Research
(ICAR).
Importance: KRITAGYA Hackathon will give impetus to the desired rapid results in the
crop sector with the ability to learn, innovation and solutions, employability
and entrepreneurship.
v It will also encourage greater adoption of technology
enabled solutions in the country.
v This event is also extending the support to winners
for further development in their concept propositions, its scalability and
future plan in collaboration with Agri Business Incubators, MSMEs and other
investors through support of ICAR.
Participation: In
the KRITAGYA 3.0 Hackathon, students, faculty and innovators/entrepreneurs from
any university/technical institute across the country can apply and participate
in the program as a group.
v The participating group shall consist of maximum 4
participants, with not more than one faculty and / or more than one innovator
or entrepreneur.
v Participating students can collaborate with local
start-ups, students from technology institutes and can win up-to INR 5 Lakhs.
Previous KRITAGYA Hackathons
v During 2020-21 and 2021-22 NAHEP in association with
Agricultural Engineering and Animal Science Divisions of ICAR organized
Hackathon 1.0 and 2.0 to promote the innovation in Farm Mechanization and in
Animal Science, respectively.
v The events witnessed immense participation across the
country where more than 784 teams i.e., 3,000 participants actively
participated in hackathon 1.0 and more than 269 teams participated in hackathon
2.0.
v At national level, 4 teams were awarded by Union
Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Tomar with a cash prize of Rs.
9 lakhs.
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