Hack2Help social innovation Hackathon award won by Rajalakshmi Engineering College

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The second prize was secured by students on IIT Madras who gave the idea of an “Ultrasound Wireless Power Transfer (UWPT)” that can Improve the battery life of Implantable Medical device (IMD). US Consul General Deborah Robinson awarded the winners with Rs 25,000, 15,000 and 10,000 each for the first, second and third place.

The theme of the hackathon was “Hack2Help”. Students in the 24 teams that took part were asked to build “novel solutions addressing social issues like education, health care, citizen services, agriculture and farming, smart technology, disaster management, clean and green energy.”

The event was supported by the US Consulate in Chennai, Learning Links Foundation, IIT-M Incubation Cell and IIT-M RTBI. Civil societies, innovation and hacker communities, academia, start-up ecosystem and government organisations also had a hand in the event to promote innovative thinking among the youth to solve “real world problems”.

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