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NEW DELHI: Bharati Vidyapeeth's College of Engineering's Hackathon HACK@BVP 2.0 was celebrated recently. In the Hackathon around two hundred team registered, out of which,
twenty-two teams were selected in this 24-hour event where the participants had to come together to build functioning mobile apps that tackle environmental and social issues. These
twenty-two competitive teams pitched and demoed their new ideas to five judges: Mr.Ashok Yadav, Mrs. Dolly Bhasin, Mr. Varun Hasija, Mr. Vikas Kumar Tiwari and Mr. Rajesh. Team Arjuna, was
awarded the first prize and their project name was UMEED. The made a smart and optimised procedure using Machine Learning Algorithms to distribute the funds collected in a transparent and
authentic way possible using Blockchain. Their solution was unique because the relief providing body either the NGO or any governing body in that case will not be able to do corrupt
practices as the entire blockchain will be notified when a transaction takes place between any two blocks of the blockchain. And because of Machine Learning algorithms, complete funds will
be redirected to the identified clusters in a smart and optimized way. They implemented their whole system. Another note able application was Suraksha app, developed by Bellatrix, which was
an all-girls team from IGDTU and they implemented an app which works to make sure that a woman is safe at any place, at any time. The features included in their app were start trip, data
analysis to predict how safe a woman is at an unknown place, scream alarm, scrutinizing the unknown place, alert Emergency Contact in time of need. Their team was awarded the best all girl
team and was provided incentives by our respected judge Mrs. Dolly Bhasin for future perspective of the app. The event was organized by the CSE Department of Bharati Vidyapeeth's
College of Engineering. A team of 18 students along with teachers working under the able guidance of the HOD of CSE Department and the convener Mrs. Narina Thakur and with constant support
from the principal of the institution, Prof.(Dr.) Dharmendar Saini, made the event a huge success. The winning team was awarded a sum of Rs. 10000, followed up by Rs. 7000, Rs. 4000 and Rs.
2000 respectively for the second, third and fourth positions. The feedback from participants in general, judges, and sponsors once again clearly indicated that this event was a huge success.