Manipal Hackathon

We're excited to return with the latest edition of our annual technical fest: Techtatva'19
 
Making its first-ever appearance this year is the inaugural Manipal Hackathon powered by the Manipal Education and Management Group [MEMG].
 
The unique event revolves around 'Social Innovation' that encompasses the introduction of new ideas and practices which allows us to meet social needs like Working Conditions, Community Development, and Healthcare.

The problem statements are as follows:

1. There is a lack of quality and experienced healthcare professionals in rural India. Due to the limited availability of such professionals in these areas and that too not qualified and updated enough with the modern life problems and corresponding obtainable treatments, there is a lack of quality maternal care, delay in diagnosis and hospital overcrowding. Create a solution for this problem keeping in view its reachability such that the solution is socially economical and within the reach of every indigent individual residing even in the remotest part of the rural area.
2. The diversity of the country wherein one hand is a good thing comes along with a lot of barriers on the other hand. The language issue is one such barrier which affects the flow of information obstructing a number of day to day life activities in the fields of government and social reforms, health care, local economy, and many others. Such problems hinder the rate of social development which ultimately affects the overall development of the country. Design flexible possible solutions for such problems keeping in view it’s accessibility by the citizens of India residing in different parts of the country, it’s economic feasibility and ease of understanding by all kinds of citizens of the country.
3. Since the rural people do not live in concentrated masses, the availability of specialized services to them is minimal. This is true for education, market, banking, transport, communication, and many other necessary services for modern living. This has a major impact on the development of such people. Where few people are well equipped with such a lot others are unaware of its availability. Device a solution to solve such multi-dimensional problems faced by people in rural areas.
4. Unemployment has been an issue of concern since a long time especially in rural areas despite many efforts being put to solve the same. Where in one hand concern towards availability and provision of agricultural jobs is witnessing improvement, jobs in service sectors majorly lack quantity and quality. There are a number of opportunities available for local businesses, for example, by making use of the local specialties of different places in order to start a new business or set up a factory or by joining already existing small startups and businesses.  Device a solution which not only makes people living in the rural area aware of such opportunities but also opens the door to such kind of jobs for them.
5. Dental splints are a major requirement of orthognathic surgeries, they are custom made by the dentist for each patient. Converting raw CT data of dental splint into a readable 3D model is one thing that many dental institutes (MCODS) outsource and spend a lot of money and sometimes can take a lot of time. Develop a solution so that the entire process can happen inside the institute itself.
6. Prescription of a particular medicine is given by considering various thing including previous infections. Sometimes doctors (general physicians) tend to forget the names of each and every medicine and dosage according to the disease or allergy. Develop a solution so that it can suggest the doctor, the medicine and its dosage when the previous records and the current condition of a patient are inputted.
7. Smart City project includes city improvement, city renewal and city extension using technology and thus striving to make cities cleaner, efficient and introduce a better Coordinated system in transport and governance. This involves using technology to improve the living style of its current occupants by making the buildings better, greener etc, it also involves developing better governance systems which help of the city to live a much comfortable life. Develop suitable solutions which can be deployed in the smart cities.
8. Traffic increases pollution by increasing journey time and time spent by engines idling. Use crowd data to devise more efficient roadways, thus reducing pollution and wait time in traffic.
9. More than 3 lac crimes against women are registered each year in our country. There has been a sharp increase in reported sexual assaults in the last decade itself. This is a major setback for our society and the welfare of women, and it is the need of the hour to curb such a mentality. Research on the statistics and design a solution to tackle this issue in the urban areas of the country, such that crimes can be prevented and help can be dispatched to the people in need, in time.
10. Differently abled citizens often face difficulties in accessing essential services (services), which require mandatory physical visits (Eg. Passport Applications). Can we create smart solutions to facilitate efficient service delivery to such citizen groups?

The details for each round are as follows:

Round 1: Idea submission- The following round has 10 problem statements, each team has to work on one problem statement and develop their abstract around the solution for the problem. The abstract has to be uploaded to Google drive and a link to the drive has to be provided on the main hackathon website with access given to hackathon.techtatva19@gmail.com only. The ideas shall be judged on the basis of the judging criteria. The teams which are shortlisted during this round will move to round 2. 

Round 2: Project submission- As Manipal Hackathon is a software hackathon, the participating team needs to make their submission in a Web application or mobile application format. They must build upon the idea they submitted during round 1 and create a working application for the same. The application shall be uploaded to github.com with a PPT describing the working of their application as well as documentation containing installation and usage guides. The team must then add manipalhackathon as a collaborator on the repository. Each project shall be evaluated on the basis of the judging criteria by an expert faculty team from Manipal Institute of Technology and 20 teams shall be selected to go further. 

Round 3: 36-hour coding challenge- This shall be the final round where each shortlisted team will have to come to Manipal Institute of Technology to participate in the Hackathon. The final round shall have a set of preselected problem out of which participants have to attempt any one problem in a total time of 36 hours on spot. All forms of resources with respect to location shall be provided to the participants. The participants will continue to code for 36 hours, the participants cannot leave the building during the course of the challenge. Participants will be provided with all required necessities at the location itself. At the end of 36 hours, their program shall be evaluated by a panel of expert judges who shall be deciding the winners. 

Basic Guidelines and Eligibility Criteria-

1. Only students pursuing their undergraduate course in any field like engineering, basic sciences, medical, dental, computer application, etc. can participate in the Hackathon. Bonafide student certificate or a valid ID is mandatory.
2. A team of 4 people is mandatory to participate in the Hackathon.
3. All the members of the team must be currently studying at the same University/Institute.
4. The team members can be from different Academic levels (Years/programme).
5. Once a team has registered, changes in the team members will not be entertained.
6. A participant can only be a part of one team during the entire course of Hackathon.
7. Protection of Intellectual Property Rights and Copyright issues must be strictly followed, that is, you cannot submit content that is copyrighted, protected by trade secret or otherwise subject to third party intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights, unless you are the owner of such rights or have the permission from the rightful owner to post the content.
8. Since the aim of the Hackathon is Social Welfare, the code shall be open source so that it can be picked up and used for a social cause.
9. A small video (max 5 minutes) and proper documentation should be submitted with the code submission during Round 2. This video should include proper installation steps along with the necessary screenshots.
10. It is a purely software-based Hackathon. All the submissions must be in the form of Web applications or Mobile applications.

The Judges will evaluate each criterion on a scale of 0-10.

Uniqueness of Solution

• Do you have an impressive idea and/or a better approach than the ones already out there?
• Is the project original?

Feasibility of Solution

• How practical is it to build your product?
• Does the project address a civic need?

Impact & Sustainability of the Solution

• How inclusive is this project?
• How many lives can your solution change?
• How economical is it for a city/government to implement your solution?
• Will this project be able to reach a point of practical implementation?

Relevance to Theme

• Stay as close to the problem statement as possible.
• Your prototype should take us closer to the goal.

The judge's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

Late submissions won't be entertained under any circumstances and the host accepts no responsibility under such situations.

Note: All facilities such as Boarding, lodging, and logistics will be provided to teams reaching the final on-campus round being held at Manipal Institute of Technology.