VVCE is one of the five nodal centres chosen from Karnataka for the Software Edition of SIH 2025, representing the Mysuru region.
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The Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering (VVCE), Mysuru, has been selected as a nodal centre for the Smart India Hackathon (SIH 2025) conducted by the Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell (MIC), Government of India.
The event will be held on December 8 and 9 at the H. Kempegowda Indoor Sports Complex, VVCE campus, and will be inaugurated at 8.30 a.m.
A major highlight of the event will be the virtual address by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 8, reaching young innovators across the nation, according to a release.
SIH 2025 is jointly held by MIC, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), and i4C (Inter-Institutional Inclusive Innovations Centre), the release added.
VVCE is one of the five nodal centres chosen from Karnataka for the Software Edition of SIH 2025, representing the Mysuru region.
Incidentally, VVCE has hosted SIH in 2023 and 2024 as well and at the national level SIH 2025 will be conducted across 60 nodal centres, including 42 Software Edition centres and 18 Hardware Edition centres, said the release.
At the VVCE nodal centre, 20 teams with around 140 participants from premier institutions across India will compete to develop innovative solutions to real-world challenges based on problem statements provided by AICTE, New Delhi.
The Smart India Hackathon, now in its 8th edition, is one of India’s largest national innovation platforms, encouraging creativity, problem-solving, and entrepreneurial thinking among the youth, the release added.
Published – December 04, 2025 08:04 pm IST
