Hackathon to find Indian solution for global application: Modi

Chennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the country encourages hackathon to make life not only easy for Indians but also to find an Indian solution for global application.
Modi also proposed a Hackathon event with ASEAN countries with the support of the Government of Singapore and the Government of India.
Speaking at the prize distribution function of the Singapore-India Hackathon 2019 at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M) Modi said an ecosystem is being created to encourage innovation and incubation.
According to Modi, India is trying to give exposure to the machine learning, artificial intelligence to its students as early as sixth grade.
Modi said the country encourages such hackathons, firstly to make life easy for the people of India. The other purpose is to provide Indian solutions for global application.
“This is our goal,” Modi said.