SHABD, Delhi Air, February 25: The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation is set to launch a data-visualization hackathon named Innovate with GoIStats. The theme of this hackathon will be Data-Driven Insights for Viksit Bharat. The hackathon aims to inspire young minds like students and researchers to utilize the vast official statistics generated by the National Statistics Office (NSO) for creating innovative data driven insights.
The Hackathon will take place on the MyGov platform, from today onwards till 31st March. Students pursuing undergraduate, postgraduate or doing research can participate.The top 30 entries, selected by a panel of expert evaluators from the industry and academia will get prize money, with one first prize of Two Lakh Rupees, followed by two second prizes of One Lakh Rupees each, two third prizes of fifty thousand rupees each and twenty-five consolation prizes of twenty thousand rupees each.
