Campus notes: Bhartiya Antariksh Hackathon organised

Thapar Institute of Engineering, tech

Aditya Sapra, Riya Sachdeva, Navdeep Sidhu and Mankirt Singh of Thapar Institute of Engineering, Patiala, won the first prize at the Bhartiya Antariksh Hackathon organised by the Indian Space Research Organisation at Hyderabad on August 13 and 14. The prize was given by the President of India on the National Space Day (August 23) in New Delhi. The winning team provided a solution for ‘Identification of Safe Navigation Routes on the moon using Chandrayan Images near South Pole region of the Moon’. As many as 30,000 teams, each with 3 to 4 candidates, took part in the competition. Aditya Sapra said, "It was a great learning experience to compete with strong teams. Our team is thrilled at winning the competition. President Droupadi Murmu boosted our morale with encouraging words."

Desh Bhagat University

The Department of Engineering Technology and Computing in collaboration with the Department of Business Management and Commerce celebrated National Space Day. A quiz competition was held, with four students from each team participating. Jatan, Amandeep, Simran and Preet from the Computer Science Engineering Department secured the first prize, while the second prize was bagged by Adarsh, Sukhmani, Harneed Kaur and Mehnaz’s team from the Computer Science Applications Department. After the quiz, a declamation competition took place. Athar S Kandakai, an MTech Electrical Engineering student, won the first prize. The second prize was shared by Mohd Sakib and Himansi from the Bachelor of Business Administration programme.