Hexagon Capability Center India, Country Head Navneet Mishra announced today Hexagon has signed an MoU with IT industry body Nasscom and will partner Telangana government for the facility, which is expected to open in the first quarter of 2020, in Hyderabad. It will cover 350 students, in batches, in a year., he said, adding even those familiar with AI will find the facility useful. The finer details, including the selection criteria for identifying the beneficiaries, were to be worked out.
He revealed this at the presentation of prizes to winners of ‘Hexathon’, a 24-hour hackathon held over the weekend in Hyderabad. Over 250 teams across 800 individuals comprising 500 students, 60 External corporate participants and 250 internal employees submitted their ideas for the same. Out of that, Top selected 136 teams battled it out for to claim the “Winner” position and 3 “Distinctive Ideas” positions.
The proposed centre while listing student engagement of HCCI, which included setting up of labs at academic institutions such as NIT Warangal and CBIT to help students familiarise with Hexagon technologies.
Here are the list of winners
- YODHA, Winner – Malla Reddy Engineering College for Women, Theme Smart City – Idea Smart voting system using Blockchain, where a voter can do online voting
Followed by distinctive ideas prizes for 4 others teams
- City HATS – Hexagon Capability Center India, Theme – Smart City –Integrate data from different sources like hospitals, wellness centres etc and generate actionable insights for taking proactive steps for preventing breakout of diseases like Malaria , dengue and other diseases.
- Geeks 3.0 – Hexagon Capability Center India – Theme Smart Agriculture Smartphone assisted crop damage and timely diagnosis of the disease to save the farmer from the agricultural losses.
- Middle Benchers– Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology,Theme – Water Management Water management system for the neighborhood through connected pipes and monitor usage through dashboard , a channel between buyer and seller for sewage treated and harvested rain water.
- Hawk’s Eye –Hexagon Capability Centre -Theme Smart City – Idea scrutinize live camera feed to identify suspects in crowded public places based on historical crime data to help minimise crime in cities.
Claudio Simao, group Chief Technology Officer, Hexagon AB, who flew down to the city, to co-judge the event said, “I am constantly impressed with the quality of talent this city exhibits, and their focus to solve societal problems.” He added, “College grads showed exceptional IT skills with a clear understanding of problems and how they want to address them”. He attributed the talent levels to be the core contributor in Hexagon’s fastest-growing R&D center in Hyderabad–the single largest R&D center of Hexagon in the entire world.
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