⇒ Union Minister Shri Piyush Goyal launched a three-day “Grand Hackathon” on Agriculture domain to promote open eCommerce network on 01 July 2022.
Organized by:
The “Grand Hackathon” was organized by the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) in collaboration with NABARD.
ONDC is a Government of India initiative that aims to build an open network for buyers and sellers to democratise the current e-commerce ecosystem in the country. It is also very crucial in democratizing the agri-value chain and ensuring the digital transformation of agri sector.
Categories:
The “Grand Hackathon”, was subdivided into two categories; Agri Grant Challenge and Agri Innovation Hackathon that will showcase the innovations to aid the adoption of eCommerce in the agricultural sector.
Key Points:
- This was a hybrid event with the physical event held at the Bombay Stock Exchange in Fort, Mumbai.
- About 700 participants participated in the “GRADE Hackathon”, which thoroughly studied the hackathon challenges, technical requirements and presented their solutions for large-scale future application.
- As one of the first drives, the focus of this event was on the agricultural domain to solve agri domain needs.
- It brought various agricultural stakeholders, including individuals, organisations and promising start-ups, onto one accelerator activity.
- The flagship event was backed by many credited national initiatives/organisations like Start-Up India, Atal Innovation Mission, Beckn & Protean.