Introduction

The national-level hackathon, ‘STATATHON – A Data Journey for Viksit Bharat’, concluded successfully, fostering youth participation in developing data-driven solutions to tackle challenges in official statistics.

Event Highlights

Organized by NSO, India in collaboration with the Innovation Cell of the Ministry of Education, the event featured 25 teams competing across five categories.

Key winners included: - **Category 1**: Airavata Technologies (1st), Sri Sairam Engineering College (2nd) - **Category 2**: Bharat Institute of Engineering & Technology (1st), Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science (2nd) - **Category 3**: Institute of Technical Education & Research (1st), R.M.K. Engineering College (2nd) - **Category 4**: Bhagwan Parshuram Institute of Technology (1st), Chennai Institute of Technology (2nd) - **Category 5**: Jai Parkash Mukand Lal Institute (1st), Kongu Engineering College and Matrix Labs (joint 2nd)

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