A rural Hackathon Initiative

1. Code For Gujarat
A RURAL HACKATHON
INITIATIVE
by
Ahmedabad and Sabarkantha
District Panchayat
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2. Where -When -What
• At Ahmedabad
• Last week of Mid October
• What is a Hackathon?
• Hackthon -An event ,lasting for several days, in
which a large number of people engage for
collaborative computer programing.
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3. Why
• Common Greater Cause
• Community.
• To learn & teach.
• To solve problems.
• To create something new.
• To meet like-minded people.
• To build, because building is fun and rewarding.
• To gain the respect of peers, through creative
expression.
• To collaboratively push the limits of technology as we
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4. Why
• Other these reasons:
• To help companies sell their product and/or commission free
labor.
• To launch and/or fund new or existing businesses.
• To earn money and win prizes.
• This isn’t to say that the second set of results can’t or mustn’t
happen at a hackathon.
• But it is to say that they shouldn’t be the focal point.
• This distinction is important, because hackathons have
become pervasive in communities across the globe.
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5. Rural Hackathon
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6. Villages and Technology
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7. Solution Providers
• Even as wisdom often comes from the mouths
of babes, so does it often come from the
mouths of old people. The golden rule is to test
everything in the light of reason and
experience, no- matter from where it comes.
-Mahatma Gandhi
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8. Why Rural
• India lives in its 5 lakh village
• Gujarat lives in its 18,000 villages
• Metros , Cities and Towns are smaller area and lot
of things are happening to make it smart , techno
savvy and digitized .
• On the other hand villages are in a shabby
condition and especially villages on the periphery
of big cities neither inheritate legacy of natural
rural life and nor having decent urban amenities
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9. Sector approach in rural development
• Public Health
• Drinking water and Sanitation
• Livelihood
• Agriculture,Horticulture,floriculture
• Law and order
• Renewable Energy
• eGovernance
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10. Sector approach in rural development
• Health
• Education
• Women and children development –ICDS
• Animal Husbandry
• Financial inclusion
• Skill development
• Taxation structure
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11. Partner in journey of development
• Educational Institutes
• Voluntary Organizations
• Entrepreneurs
• Government employees
• Ethical Hackers
• Data Science Enthusiasts
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12. Financial Sponsor
• Government organization
• Local self government
• Corporate houses
• Association
• Citizen Forum
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15. GTU Workshop
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21. Journey begins …..
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