IIT Delhi hosting a hackathon on AI

NEW DELHI: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi is hosting a week long hackathon on artificial intelligence starting Friday (July 28 – August 4). The main objective of the hackathon is to bring together young talent in the AI space. This hackathon is being led by Anshul Bhagi, an MIT/Harvard alumnus who is also the co-director of OpenEd.ai, a non-profit organisation committed to developing and promoting open-source AI for education. Among other partners for the event are Niti Aayog, Omidyar Network (venture capital firm), IBM, Amazon Web Services, Google Developer Groups, Bhagi shared. "The grand prize is of $6000 sponsored by Omidyar. These organizations are offering a total of $17,000 as prize money for participants," Bhagi said.