News From ACM-W India

Hackathon Event for Women, HACKHER, was held on 21st April 2016 at Coimbatore.  This event was sponsored by ACM-W India and hosted by Amrita University.  The programme was conducted by GUVI, Chennai.

Forty teams registered and 29 teams, of three members each, participated in the event. The event was organized in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), Amrita School of Engineering.  The event commenced with inauguration by Dr Latha Parameswaran, Professor and Chairperson of the Department of CSE.  Dr. Sheila Anand, Chair, ACM-W India addressed the participants and interacted with the teams.

The participants were asked to come up with innovative ideas for mobile or web applications and implement the same in the allotted time. The prizes were sponsored by ACM-W India and were awarded to the best three teams. Consolation prize was also awarded to the team with the most innovative idea for an application.

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