Kovai college runner-up in smart hackathon

The first runners up in the competition was Karpagam College of Engineering, Combatore, Tamil Nadu and the second runners up was Zakir Husain College of Engineering& Technology, Aligarh Muslim University(AMU), UP.

The Smart India Hackathon 2019 was held at the IIT Kanpur from July 8 to 12 and the results were announced on Friday night.

The winner’s Subterranean Rescuers team of Ramrao Adik Institute of Technology, Mumbai, which won Rs one lakh in cash was led by Ajit Mutalik which used robotics and drones for underground coal mine mapping system.

The first runners up, teamed named Collective Challengers of Karpagam college of engineering Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, led by Ammu J Shajan, who have won Rs 75,000 cash, showcased on Healthcare and Biomedical devices with a title Smart helmet and health care monitoring system.