Manthan 2021

Subject – Governance

Context – Hackathon to find out solutions for Intel bodies.

Concept –

The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), in coordination with the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), will launch an online hackathon “Manthan 2021”, for identification of innovative concepts and technology solutions to address the challenges faced by intelligence agencies.
Manthan 2021 will be held in two phases –
- In the first phase, the participants will submit their concepts against the problem statements which they want to solve on the portal.
- The ideas will be evaluated by a group of experts and only the innovative ideas will be selected for the second round.
Total prize money worth ₹40 lakh will be given to the winning teams.
The participants will have to develop digital solutions under six themes for 20 different challenge statements mentioned in the website, using new technologies like artificial intelligence, deep learning, augmented reality and machine learning.