MANTHAN-2021

Context:

• Manthan- 2021 is organized by Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) in coordination with the Innovation Cell of the Ministry of Education and AICTE.

Process of Challenge:

MANTHAN 2021 will have two phases.

Phase-1

• In the first phase, participants are expected to submit their concepts against the problem statements which they wish to solve on the portal.
• These submitted ideas will be evaluated by group of experts in the field and only the innovative ideas will be selected for the Grand Finale.

Phase-2

• During the Grand Finale, selected participants are expected to build the solution to demonstrate their concepts and prove to the juries that their ideas are technically feasible and more importantly implementable.
• Best ideas will be declared winners.

About the Challenge:

• selected youths from education institutions across the country and registered start-ups will participate to offer strong, safe and effective technology solutions using their technical expertise and innovative skills.
• Total Prize money worth Rs. 40 Lakh is announced for the winning teams.
• Participants are expected to develop digital solutions under 6 themes for20 different challenge statements released today using new technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Augmented reality, Machine Learning, etc. for ever-changing security related challenges, which include photo/video analysis, Fake Content Identification along with the information of creator, predictive Cyber ​​Crime data analytics, etc.