Event Report GDG LNMIIT Jaipur Hackathon 2015 Together We Code To Spread a Smile
SUMMARY Android Development Hackathon was organized by Google Developers Group LNMIIT Jaipur. The event was structured around coding for a social cause. Commenced on 30 th January, 2015, this was a 48 hour, non-stop android development event. The participants were under the excellent guidance of our mentors:- 1. Mr. Rohit Gupta, Associate, Google 2. Mr. Nishant Patni, IIT Bombay and Kellogs School of Management Alumunu, cofounder Alley The applications developed were in association with "Smile Foundation" and "Culture Alley (Jaipur based android application Development Company)" who gave the problem statement to compete upon. We had one winning team for each problem statement. These 2 problem statements were evenly distributed among the teams. OBJECTIVE The objective was not only to build outstanding android application only for winning but for contributing to the society also. It mainly aimed at involving young and enthusiastic android developers as well as designers in exhaustive android development for 48 hours for a social cause. The event was divided into 2 parts, Prototype Development for 4 hours, followed by Application Development for the rest. Through Prototype Development round, this event also focused on getting participants familiar with principles of rapid prototyping, brainstorming and prioritizing the most important as well as the creative features for new application development that would make their application outstanding.
DEMOGRAPHICS There were a total of 36 participants from LNMIIT, JECRC & MNIT from Jaipur, IIIT, UIT Bhopal, JAYPEE University (Guna) & SRM University, Delhi, constituting 10 teams with 3 participants each. These 12 teams were again divided into 2 pools Gingerbread & KitKat. These 2 pools with 6 teams each were given 2 different problem statement. Team Gingerbread got problem statement given by Smile Foundation & Team KitKat got problem statement given by Culture Alley. PROBLEM STATEMENTS Problem statement by Smile Foundation: - Design & develop a creative android application for NGO Smile Foundation. This app would be informative yet not a replica of their website, making it usable for both, NGO as well as other users like individuals, partners etc. Problem statement by Culture Alley: - Design & develop a real time multiplayer creative and addictive gaming application to teach English to adult Indians. This app would be creative, addictive and of course have an impact on a large non-english using population. EVENT TIMELINE Participants checked in at 03:30pm on 30 th Jan 15, Friday. At around 03:45pm, we were joined by Smile Foundation, Mr. Nishant Patni, Director, Faculty and teams. The opening ceremony began at 04:00pm with an introductory talk by Mr. Nishant Patni and NGO followed by the disclosure of their respective problem statement. Next we had an interactive hangout session with Mr. Anudeep, Google, followed by motivational words from The Director, LNMIIT, Jaipur. At 6:30pm, the teams started developing a prototype for their project after the first lavish high tea. After submitting their presentations by 10:00pm on Friday, participants programmed nonstop till Sunday. After the prototyping session, participants were mentored and guided upon their ideas and the applications.
This was followed by non-stop coding, debugging, fun and food. It was an overwhelming experience to see the competitively dedicated coders, who coded 40 hours straight almost without any sleep. Presentations and judging wrapped up by Sunday evening. Prizes were immediately distributed. Food and beverages were served throughout the event, in order to keep the students active, and IT staff were present through the event to provide technical support. HIGHLIGHTS OF SUCCESS The event turned out to be a great success. 1. 26 teams registered. Out of them 15 were shortlisted. While 12 were present for the event. Teams were selected through a form, asking details about their experience in android development. All the forms were initially judged by Mr. Vikas Bajpai, Head, GDG LNMIIT Jaipur, on the basis of their experience. 2. Developers, due to high competition, tried the latest APIs with accompanying wrappers to make their app different and more functional from others. 3. After the event, we followed and successfully encouraged folks to use Github to collaborate and complete unfinished projects. Link for the app of the winning teams: https://github.com/lnmiit-hackathon/willow https://github.com/lnmiit-hackathon/rango [We are awaiting link from other teams as well] SPONSOR GDG was our main sponsor of the event and. We partnered with Culture Alley for the first problem statement and they awarded prizes of INR 12,000/- and INR 3,000/- to the best applications developed for their problem statement during the Hackathon. PRIZES Culture Alley for the first problem statement awarded prizes of INR 12,000/- and INR 3,000/- to the best applications developed.
We gave INR 9000/- to the SRM University team who made the best android application for Smile Foundation. JUDGING CRITERIA Our mentors judged the android applications on the basis of these 3 criteria:- 1. Innovative: How new is this idea? 2. Impact: Does this app has the ability to meet the requirements of the end users? 3. Functionality/ Application: How well the features are added by the team and how well does the app execute those? WINNERS 1. Smile Foundation app, Pool Gingerbread: We have SRM University, Delhi as our winner. Team Members: Ramankit Singh Sajal Gupta Manish Chaurasiya 2. Gaming app, Pool KitKat: We have JAYPEE University, Guna as our winner Team Members: Siddharth Verma Siddhant Shwetank Singh Special Appreciation: Dhruv Dangi Saurabh Verma Shashank Shrivastav ORGANISING COMMITTEE We are thankful to all the members of GDG LNMIIT team. Their full support, hard work and dedication made this event a huge success. +Aditi Agarwal +Shreya Mehrishi +Abhinav Johri +Kartik Singhal +Pranjal Successena+Raja Massand +Aman Sharma +Piyush Sharma
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS Here are some snaps of our event.