The IndiaAI Mission has shortlisted 20 applicants against the IndiaAI Cyberguard AI Hackathon for stage 2 floated under the IndiaAI Application Development Initiative of the IndiaAI Mission.
With the aims to leverage AI to drive efficiencies in the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of cybercrime, thereby enhancing citizen welfare.
IndiaAI and I4C launch strategic hackathon
IndiaAI in collaboration with I4C has announced the IndiaAI CyberGuard AI Hackathon. This strategic initiative seeks to utilize advanced technologies,particularly AI, to enhance cybersecurity and address the escalating threat of cyber fraud and crimes.
With approximately 6,000 cases reported daily through the NCRP, the hackathon aims to develop robust AI-driven solutions capable of managing and mitigating these threats.
A total of 263 submissions were received from reputed Academic Institutions, Start-ups, Research Organisations and Civil Society. A multi-stakeholder committee was created to provide technical expertise for the evaluation of the proposals, resulting in the shortlisting of shortlisted 20 applicants for the stage 2 of hackathon.
The details of the shortlisted 20 submissions as below
| Sl. No. | Name of the Team Lead | Names of the Team members | Affiliated Organization |
| 1 | Shivanshu Dwivedi | Datti Sai Kumar, Chavala Srikanth, Sai Prashanth and Abhishek Kumar | Predulive Innovations Pvt. Ltd. |
| 2 | Harsh Raj | Kalpitha S Naik, Priyanshu Sachdeva, Khushi DK and Rajatha | Ramaiah Institute of Technology |
| 3 | Santhosh Kumar.R | Sakthivel.R, and Rishi Kumar.A | Anna University |
| 4 | Govind Dubey | Ankit Kumar and Parmeet Sandhu | Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar |
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5 |
Meet Bisht | Rohit Ganaka, Monika Chand and Yukta Chauhan | Voldebug Innovations Pvt. Ltd |
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6 |
Lasya Ippagunta | Apurv Singh, Shubham Luharuka, Puneet Hegde, Sravanthi Pillalamarri, Faizah Feroz and HS Manoj Kumar | CloudSEK Information Security Limited |
| 7 | Rina Mishra | Shreya Singh and Khushi Verma | IIT Jammu |
| 8 | Aditya Singh | Mohak Gupta | Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering |
| 9 | Nisarg Gandhi | Darshan Patel and Kevin Bhensdadiya | S4AI Technologies LLP |
| 10 | Devanshu Sharma | Vineet Bhandari | National Forensic Sciences University, New Delhi |
| 11 | Jagannathan Arumugam | Kaushambi Chandel, Ebin Jose Mathew. Yakkanti Tulasi Kishore Reddy and Ankit Birla | mFilterIt |
| 12 | Pranav Venkatesh Jambur | Nikita S Raj Kapini, Nischal R E and Poturi Anirudh Sai | R. V. College of Engineering |
| 13 | Chirag Aggarwal | Vaibhavee Singh and Yajnaseni Dash | Bennett University |
| 14 | Sanya Arora | Vibhavasu Bhardwaj | National Forensic Science University |
| 15 | K N S Sri Harshith | Keshav Memorial Institute of Technology | |
| 16 | Suman Samui | Agnivo Ghosh, Rahul Dey and Sankalpa Das | National Institute of Technology Durgapur |
| 17 | Shivam Pal | Simran Titoria, Vijay Lohani | Athenian Tech |
| 18 | Suriya E | Amadeus Software Labs | |
| 19 | Arjun T. D | Srinivas, Siddharth and Dr Anand Kumar M | National Institute of Technology, Karnataka |
| 20 | Aditi Singh | Riva Jain and Palak Garg | Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology |
Advancing India’s leadership in AI through the IndiaAI Mission
This initiative aligns with the Government of India’s vision of leveraging AI for inclusive growth. IndiaAI, an IBD (Independent Business Division) under the Digital India Corporation (DIC) of the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), is the implementation agency of the IndiaAI Mission, which aims to democratize AI’s benefits across all strata of society, bolster India’s global leadership in AI, foster technological self-reliance, and ensure ethical and responsible use of AI.
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