PM Narendra Modi addresses Smart India Hackathon 2022 grand finale: A glance at the top projects
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Like every year, PM Narendra Modi addressed students at the Smart India Hackathon 2022 grand finale. Here's a glance at the top projects that grabbed the PM's attention.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Smart India Hackathon 2022 grand finale via video conferencing on Thursday. The Prime Minister interacted with the participants and discussed the projects they were developing.
SIX_PIXELS from Kerala was asked by the PM about their project of translation of text in ancient temples into Devanagari.
The all-girl team described the findings, benefits and process of the project. They said that their work is in response to the PM's call from Red Fort.
Team Actuators from Tamil Nadu were given a challenge regarding persons with disability. They worked on the problem of bow-legged or knock-kneed people.
Their actuator ‘Prerak’ helps such people. PM Modi stressed the need to be self-reliant in the field of medical devices.
Viraj Vishwanath Marathe, the winner of SIH Junior from Gujarat, developed a mobile game application called HCam for people suffering from dementia after realising that dementia is a global health issue.
It involves the discussion of previous events and props such as photographs and videos. The app consists of art therapy, games, music and videos which will help in cognitive improvement of dementia patients while providing an outlet for self expression.
