HACKATHON FOR WOMEN

Goa University hosted the First National Level 24 Hour Hackathon for Women organized by ACM-W India and Oracle Academy on the 23rd -24th September, 2016. The aim of the event was to provide an impetus to women students to display their innovation and coding skills.
71 teams from all over India registered for the event. For the first round, participants had to create innovative projects on the theme “Tech for Public Good”. It was an open platform application development and it was on the participating team’s discretion whether to develop a web application or mobile application. The second round was a Skype interview round held at centers Nagpur, Pune and Goa in India. The students were interviewed by an eminent panel of 5 Judges at each center. The Final round started on 23rd September 2016 at 3.00 pm and continued for the next 24 hours. For the Finale, the theme provided was Educational Technologies. The winning teams were selected by an eminent panel of judges. The prizes for the event were sponsored by Oracle Academy.
First Prize – Team from CRIT, Vashi. The team members were awarded a trophy and cash prize of Rs.24000/-.
Second Prize – Team from Sri Manakula Vinayagar Engineering College. The team members were awarded a trophy and cash prize Rs.15000/-.
Third Prize – Team from Goa College of Engineering. The team members were awarded cash prize Rs.12000/-.