 Good afternoon. I am Deepak Phatak, co-ordinator of the T-10KT Project at IIT Bombay. Under the ages of T-10KT Project, we are conducting this three-hour orientation program on how to participate in hackathon. I am very happy that more than 3,500 students have registered and I am sure that many more will be participating. The participation is from over 130 remote centers of our T-10KT program. I would like to begin by thanking all the remote center coordinators for arranging this at a short notice and once again welcome all the students. Very briefly, we shall have three independent sessions here. The first session shall be on experience in organizing a hackathon which will be given by a students group which has actually conducted such hackathons here. Next to me is sitting Dr. Sameer Sahasrabuddhe who in fact has been co-ordinator of this entire three-hour program. He will then be discussing with you the preparation phase for the hackathon. Subsequently, Prasarkriti Ramamrutham and his colleague Prasarkumarshan will be talking about the experience in conducting a hackathon. And finally, I will describe do's and don'ts on what to do with hackathon. But most importantly, I am very happy to welcome Professor Anil Sahasrabuddhe, chairperson of AICT, who has kindly found a few minutes time to talk to all of you because the smart India hackathon which is being conducted, he is the co-ordinator at the all India level and in this exciting endeavor we would like all of you to participate wholeheartedly. Over to you, Professor Sahasrabuddhe for brief opening remarks from you. Thank you, sir. So it is indeed a great pleasure that AICT has been organizing this smart India hackathon 2017. And for understanding the particular process of the hackathon, what needs to be done, for brief over opening remarks. Professor Deepak Spatter has agreed. Thank you, sir. And in fact, I would like to add a few words about Professor Spatter. He is living in this spontaneous hackathon 2017. Lighting the lamp is like a knowledge participant. The startups are entrepreneurial abilities developed among students. And all the colleges in the country will probably have an academic as well as entrepreneurial ambience developed out of this initiative. And some of you who do not want to become entrepreneurs but are seeking jobs for them also. There is a big need here. This particular hackathon when you even start applying for this and also say that how do you want to solve this problem in the form of your idea? You have to have communication skills. So communication skill gets developed amongst you. Next, you work in teams. And these teams are certainly interdisciplinary in nature, which is what industry is looking for. So obviously you will be involved in interdisciplinary research, interdisciplinary working and working in teams. And since the time limit is 36 hours, you know how to meet the timelines, deadlines, which again industry is looking for. I think this particular initiative will amaze you in terms of whether you want to seek jobs or those who want to create jobs. And that's why this particular part in the hackathon is only a beginning. It's one of the largest ones that has been held so far anywhere in the world. And in the years to come, problems come only of the government department. But of the projects that are taking place, private sector undertakings, even the social process which you see in and around you could be the challenges which can be thrown open to the entire student community, which is very vibrant, which is very brilliant, which is very bright. And they have a passion for doing something for the country. And with this initiative, we will certainly make India proud of all of you. Thank you very much for this opportunity which is given to AICT for handling this particular program. Good afternoon, Mr. Sahasrabudde. Thank you very much for sparing your valuable time. I understand that you have an ongoing meeting. I'm extremely grateful that you could find some time to address all the students. I'm once again very happy to report that more than 3,500 students have registered. And I think many more are actually participating. Thank you very much for your presence, sir. And we will now carry on with the detailed schedule of the hackathon session. Thank you. I'm once again very happy to report that more than 3,500 students have registered. And I think many more are actually participating to come forward to take up this as a challenge. I hope all of you heard the Chairman AICT personally speaking to you. I'm once again very grateful to him for sparing some time. He's actually having a meeting which he interrupted and came out to join all of us.