Meghalaya Police Hackathon Event 2019 conducted at NIT

A Correspondent

SHILLONG: Meghalaya Police in collaboration with NIT, Meghalaya and St Anthony’s College Shillong conducted the 2nd round of 1st Meghalaya Police Hackathon Event 2019 at NIT Meghalaya here on Saturday. The theme for this event was “Technology for Safety And Security” with an aim to associate young innovators from various fields to develop practical applications that would help to tackle crime, manage law and order and to ensure safety and security of the people.

A total of 16 teams participated in the event and presented their concept papers in front of an expert panel. The technical solutions proposed by the participants include tackling crime against women and children, traffic management, parking management in Shillong, database for the purpose of investigation and monitoring of fake news. The emerging areas such as “Internet of Things” and “Machine Learning” were also discussed during the event.

The event was inaugurated by Herbert G Lyndoh, MPS (SP-CID). The panel members comprised of Priyanshu Pandey, (Additional SP-SF 10), Giri Prasad (SDPO Sohra, East Khasi Hills), Dr Yogita (Head of the computer science department – NIT Meghalaya), Arjun Chetry (Assistant Director IT – North Eastern Police Academy) and Dr Probidita Roychoudury (Head of Computer Science Department, St Anthony’s College). Officers from CID Meghalaya Police and faculties from NIT Meghalaya were also present during the event.

The final round of hackathon will be held in February 2020 where the participants will showcase the applications developed by them after which the winners will be selected by the panel of experts. The winners will be given a cash prize and commendation trophy by the Director General of Police, Meghalaya. It is to be noted that Meghalaya Police is one among the few State police forces to conduct the hackathon with the vision of collaborating with young engineers to tackle crime ensuring safety and security of the people.

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