Hackoholics - Social Innovation Hackathon at AIC RAISE Coimbatore
Channel: AIC Raise
Date: 2020-03-05

AIC RAISE has organized “Hacoholics”, a social innovation hackathon on March 2nd & 3rd 2020 at AIC RAISE Incubation Centre at Rathinam Techzone, Coimbatore. The main objective of the event is to bring up innovative ideas and solutions for various problem statements prevailing in society. 75+students, youngsters, social innovators and startups from across South India have participated in this 2 days intensive hackathon and came out with 18 different innovative product-based solutions for 18 different problem statements. 

The primary goal of this event is to raise awareness and bring startups from grad-level students into  Social  Innovation.  Talent  from  across  India  and  foster  a  competitive,  yet  cooperative,  and congenial culture for talented individuals. It also allowed participants to connect with faculty, labs, AIC  RAISE,  and  most  importantly,  with  each  other:  "We  didn't  know  each  other  before  we  did this",  said  one  team,  who  went  from  being  strangers  to  working  together  over  24+  hours  and producing  a  demonstrable  project.  These  goals  intersected  with  AIC  RAISE  initiatives  around participants preparedness and community building. 

Jury Members:
●Mr.G.Suresh Kumar, Co-Founder & CEO of MacAppStudio,
 ●Mr.Vivek Mohan, Founding Partner & CTO at Innov8 Co-Working,
 ●Mr.Raju Kandasamy, Lead Consultant, ThoughtWorks

Technical Mentors
●Sharon Sebastian -Manager Cisco Thinqbator 
●Mohammed Rafi -technical Intern Makergram.com
●Suhail -Technical Officer Aicraise

Facilitator
Ebin Ephrem Elavathingal, Senior Manager, AIC RAISE

About AIC RAISE: 
AIC RAISE is a initiative by Rathinam Group of Institutions creates a holistic ecosystem for social startups for maximising profits while maximising benefits to society and the environment established under the prestigious Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) of NITI Aayog, Govt. of India.
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