To inspire and empower the new age developers, 10,000 Startups (a NASSCOM initiative to impact 10,000 Tech Startups by 2023) along with IBM recently hosted 24 hours Hackathon which was about building mobile applications on the Bluemix platform.
The Hackathon brought together developers, entrepreneurs and technology leaders together to explore and discuss new ideas. The event also witnessed Jonathan P. Ward- Principal Commerce Officer of American Embassy/ Consulate Kolkata and Greg Pardo – Public Affairs Officers along with Nidhi Saraf from Indian Angel Network.
Rajat Tandon, VP, NASSCOM 10,000 start-up program, said, “We received over 300 applications for this Hackathon including a mix of students from across West Bengal, developer and startups, all participants came up with interesting solutions and the IBM Bluemix platform granted them even more opportunities to develop their own ideas and present them. On the whole, the cloud-based hackathon always forces teams to think differently and at the same time gain knowledge.”
Mangesh Patankar, Cloud Technical Evangelist, IBM, said, “Hackathons are a great way to interact with so many zealous and enthusiastic professionals. We were truly inspired by the ideation and liveliness of the participants and look forward to more such hackathons and collaborations.”
“To nurture and empower the passionate entrepreneurs in the Eastern India, NASSCOM 10,000 start-up program has introduced a series of new initiatives together with our partners Google, Microsoft, IBM and Amazon Web Services,” added Tandon.
