Seven Teams from Dronacharya College of Engineering, Gurugram participated in the Smart India Hackathon 2024 at different locations of India on 11th – 12th December 2024.

Priyanshu Aggarwal (Team Leader), Deepanshu Kandwal, Krish Kapoor, Megha, Lakshit and Yuvraj Kumar under the mentorship of Dr. Ritu Pahwa and Ms. Pankaj Kumari participated in the SIH 2024 at Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore. The team FUSION AI for their project A cloud-based AI model automating Feature Extraction for Rural Transformation {SIH1705: Problem statement by Ministry of Panchayati Raj (Software Domain)} focussed on developing a cloud-based AI model to automate feature identification and extraction from drone imagery with 95% accuracy.

Ujjwal Aggarwal (Team Lead), Narender Dhariwal, Ayushman , Yash, Ujjwal Verma, Shaarvy under the mentorship of Dr. Ashima Mehta and Prof. Vimmi Malhotra participated at SIH 2024 at M. S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore. The team AGROBUDDIES for their project Use of Digital Technology to Calculate Water Footprints for Different Agricultural Products {SIH 1689: Problem Statement of Ministry of Jal Shakti (Software Edition)} designed app using AI-based image recognition and prediction models to calculate the water footprint of various agricultural products.

CLARIONS (Team Name) having Anup Kumar Pandey (Team Leader), Himanshu, Parth Sharma, Kartik, Aarushi Bhatiya and Arpita under the mentorship of Mr. Ashwani Kumar participated in the SIH 2024 at Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Koovappally, Kerala. {SIH1578: Video call intercom based on analog/IP system with vibration sensor (Software Domain) problem statement given by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

DHEEMAHI (Team Name) having Aditya Kher (Team Leader), Utkarsh Jha, Kushagra Singh, Ayush Sharma, Pooja Bansal, Mukul Dahiya under the mentorship of Ms. Renu Narwal participated in the SIH 2024 at KIET Group of Institutions, Ghaziabad for problem statement SIH1577 given by Ministry of Power for the problem statement titled Development of co-electrolyzer : which would synthesize organic chemicals like methanol and inorganic chemicals like ammonia in a single stage (Hardware edition.)

Ritika Singh (Team Leader), Chavvi, Saurabh Singh Parmar, Shivam Sharma, Vishal Phore and Jatin of the team EXCEPTIONALS participated in the SIH 2024 at National Institute of Technology, Karnataka. They tried to solve the problem statement by Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports: SIH1721(Intelligence and Investigations - Enhancing Anti-Doping Efforts.) The team delivered a functional UI design with foundational React.js implementation.

SINCHAI SATHI (Team Name) having Tashu Sansanwal, Tpander Kumar, Nikhil, Roshan, Milan and Kriti Kumari participated in the SIH 2024 at IES University, Bhopal under the guidance of Ms. Shipra Arora. Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare proposed the problem statement SIH1554: Smart Irrigation System for Precision Farming.

SMARTINSPECT (Team Name) having Raghav (Team Leader - Roll No: 25465), Priyanshu (Roll No: 25464), Sapana (Roll No: 26547), Vikrant (Roll No: 25193), Tanya (Roll No: 25480) and Harsh (Roll No: 27507) under the mentorship of Ms. Jyoti Yadav (Faculty, DCE) and Ms. Megha Goel (Faculty, DCE) participated in SIH 2024 at Noida Institute of Engineerigng and Technology, Greater Noida and emerged as winners for their project titled SmartDoc – A Blockchain-Based Digital Certificate Storage and Verification System for problem ID SIH1709 given by Ministry of Power for problem statement titled Comprehensive Automated Document Verification System for Official Documentation.

Team SMART INSPECT (Software Edition) won the Grand finale of Smart India Hackathon 2024 and received Cash prize of INR 1 Lakh along with participation certificates and mementos.