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The Team Safety Guardians from Chalapathi Institute of Technology, IIIT Nuzvid, and IIT Bombay were awarded with first prize for their Bike Safety Enhancement System at the IIT Madras Road Safety Hackathon 2023. Read more here!
New Delhi: The Centre of Excellence for Road Safety (CoERS) at Indian Institute of Technology Madras' (IIT Madras) has successfully organised the Road Safety Hackathon 2023 with support from HL Mando Anand India Limited and Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
As per IIT Madras, the national-level hackathon was held to develop India-specific Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) solutions. The event recorded participation from students from various colleges across the country who presented their innovative ideas and solutions.
The key outcomes of the IIT Madras Road Safety Hackathon 2023 include the identification of areas of in-vehicle systems that require automated intervention and the promotion a co-creation ecosystem for the development of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS).
IIT Madras Road Safety Hackathon 2023 Winning Teams
The Team Safety Guardians from Chalapathi Institute of Technology, IIIT Nuzvid, and IIT Bombay were awarded first prize for their Bike Safety Enhancement System at the IIT Madras Road Safety Hackathon 2023.
The first runner-up prize was awarded to Team Safety Sentinels from IIT Roorkee for Real-Time Lane Departure Warning System and the second runner-up prize was awarded to Team Tons of Tech from Prince Shri Venkateshwara Engineering College for Assistance for First Responders.
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Speaking on the occasion, Prof. V. Kamakoti, Director of IIT Madras, said, "At IIT Madras, we focus on solving problems in our local areas as we believe that local relevance will bring us global excellence. India stands out because our entrepreneurs look out to solve social problems. I am sure this hackathon would have given the participants great insights into solving practical problems”.
Addressing the participants, Mr R. Sudhakar, Additional Commissioner (Traffic), Greater Chennai Police, said, "An accident can completely change the life of a family. Deaths on our roads are no longer viewed as merely a statistic and this has led to a lot of changes and innovations such as this hackathon. It is not just the numbers that matter but what these developments can do to serve a family. I hope the prototypes developed here can hit the roads soon so that there will be fewer fatalities on the road.
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