BPR&D collaborates with AICTE to launch India’s first hackathon on national security – MANTHAN 2021

BPR&D collaborates with AICTE to launch India’s first hackathon on national security – MANTHAN 2021

• The Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) in collaboration with the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) have launched a unique national Hackathon named ‘MANTHAN 2021’.
• The basic objective of this hackathon is to identify innovative concepts and technology solutions for addressing the security challenges of the 21st century faced by the intelligence agencies of the country and empower these enforcement agencies.
• The Hackathon is scheduled to be held from November 28 to December 01, 2021, in an online mode.
• The winning team will receive an amount of worth Rs. 40 Lakh.
• The Hackathon will be held under 6 themes for 20 different challenge statements using new technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Augmented reality, Machine Learning among others.

Points to Remember:

1. The national Hackathon named ‘MANTHAN 2021’ has been organised by which organisations?
2. Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) has collaborated with which agency to launch MANTHAN 2021? AICTE
3. MANTHAN 2021 hackathon has been organised for AI based security solution for which field? Intelligence Agency