Farmers’ Kids Win India’s Largest AI, Blockchain Hackathon
Farmers’ kids win India’s largest AI, Blockchain hackathon organized by Icertis a leading provider of enterprise contract management in the cloud, and they have created unique Blockchain- Artificial Intelligence (AI) based applications to solve real-life problems.
Icertis announced the winners of its AI/ML and Blockchain Hackathon held in Pune over the last weekend. The team have won India’s largest AI and Blockchain hackathon, grabbing an all-paid trip to Seattle along with Rs 5 lakh grand prize.
The winning team named Blockchain Megaminds utilised Machine Learning (ML) models to build an app that can analyse crop distress and weather patterns.
Company continued to say that the team then harnessed blockchain-enabled smart contracts for instant and automated claim settlements to those adversely affected by crop failures and natural disasters.
Dattatray Jadhav one among the winner of the team said that, We all hail from farming families from remote parts of India and are delighted that they could combine our understanding of farming, to build a solution using the latest AI and Blockchain technology.
Apart from winning team we also have the first runners-up Saraniyaa Shrii N from team Boopalan from Coimbatore has won 3 lakhs and the second runner-up Laisha Wadhwa from Team Heuristic has won Rs 2 lakh.
Monish Darda, CTO and Co-Founder, Icertis, said that they were amazed by the range and depth of submissions and the sheer quality of talent on display.
