Garhwal Post Bureau
Dehradun, 14 Oct: The ‘Works Locally’ team won first place at the AI-Tourism Hackathon organised at Graphic Era.
A 24-hour hackathon, titled ‘AI-Tourism Hackathon’, was organised at Graphic Era Deemed University. Addressing the closing ceremony, Chief Guest, Additional Director of Tourism, Uttarakhand, Poonam Chand said that AI can help improve the management of tourist destinations and make tourism more organised and sustainable while protecting natural resources. Vice Chancellor Dr Narpinder Singh also addressed the gathering.
The Works Locally team, comprising Archita Dayal, Vaishali Awasthi, Vansh Goyal and Ayush Roy, secured first place. The Wanderers team, comprising Chirag Sharma, Vedant Budakoti, Ayush Nawani and Debadrita Das, secured second place, while the Coding Ninjas team, comprising Harsh Inderwal, Piyush Batra, Prateek Dixit and Jiwan Singh, secured third place. The winning teams received cash prizes. The Technotronix team, comprising Agastya Purohit, Chinmay Chaudhary, Ashutosh Chand and Sarthak Thapliyal, received the Best Pitch Award.
The hackathon was jointly organised by the Department of Hospitality Management and the Technology Business Incubator (TBI) of Graphic Era Deemed University.
