Gear-UP: Your Gateway to SMART INDIA HACKATHON -2022
Student Research and Project Cell –Division of Innovation and Entrepreneurship under the
Wings of Student Welfare presents Gear-UP, 2022: Your Gateway to Smart India
Hackathon 2022. SMART INDIA HACKATHON (SIH) 2022 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 2022, the students would also have the
opportunity to work on challenges faced within the private sector organisations 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-
https://tinyurl.com/LPUSIH2022
Last date for registration – 23nd Feb,2022
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 16th Feb, 2022
Google registration form open for entries 16th Feb, 2022
Closing of entry through google form 26th Feb 2022
Scrutiny of ideas & approval of the teams 27th & 28th Feb 2022
36hrs Hackathon 20th and 21st Mar 2022
Selection Teams 23rd Mar 2022
For more details you may visit website https://www.sih.gov.in/ and go through the content
given below-
Themes
* Smart Communication – Designing device which would help in easing communication
1channels between various communication devices and points.
* Healthcare & Biomedical devices – Designing devices that would help in managing
healthcare better.
* Agriculture & Rural Development – Designing devices keeping in mind the need to
enhance the primary sector of India – Agriculture and the lives of our Rural Population.
* Smart Vehicles – Creating intelligent devices to improve commutation facilities, quality of
travel experience and overall travel safety features hardware.
* Food Technology – Creating state of art solutions to manage and process our agriculture
produce.
* Waste management - Solutions could be in the form of waste segregation, disposal, and
improved transportation system.
* Renewable Energy - Innovative ideas that help manage and generate renewable sources
more efficiently.
* Robotics and Drones - There is a need 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 water - Creating state-of-the-art devices to improve distribution, management and
purification of water.
* Security & Surveillance - Creating state-of-the-art safety and security technologies for
India.
* Miscellaneous - Technology ideas in tertiary sectors like Hospitality, Financial Services,
Entertainment, Tourism and Retail.
Competing Rounds:
Round 1: For Round 1 submit a proposal on the registration link with
prescribed format as attached.
Round 2: The selected Ideas of Round 1 will compete in 36hrs hackathon where
they will prepare/execute their proposed solution.
Note: Round 2 will be an Offline round. The selected teams must have to present in the
university during the event
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:
http://tiny.cc/Problemstatement-SIH.
6. The problem statement and code must be from the problem statement provided in the
attached link.
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. Only those teams that are authenticated by College SPOCs are allowed to make idea
submission.
13. Round 2 will be an Offline Competition, the registered teams must be present in
Campus to attend Round 2.
14. The entry of students in campus as per the COVID-19 guidelines circulated by
Government.
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.
