October 10, 2018
Chief Ministers Award
Confederation
of Indian Industry organized the 17th edition of connect 2018. The theme of this year connect conference was
Accelerating Progress: Inclusive Digital
Growth. It was two day event
conducted during 9th and 10th October 2018 at
Chennai. As part of connect 2018, CII
conducted a state wide Hackathon on the theme of Accelerating Progress:
Inclusive Digital Growth. Totally 150 +
teams participated from all over the state of which 36 teams were shortlisted
for the finals with 4 teams in SREC in the final rounds.
All
the 36 teams presented the concept along with the proof in 3 different domains -
artificial intelligence, mobility and data analytics. A, 3 member team consisting of AravindaKumar.R.C,
Bharath.K and Gowtham.P of Third Year Electronics and Communication Engineeringfrom
Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College were declared as the winners for their
project Tamil Handwritten Character
Recognition using CNN through Combinational Approach.
This
award was distributed by the Honourable Chief Minister of TamilNadu in the
presence the Honourable Minister for Information Technology and the Vice Chair
of Confederation of Indian Industry Shri. Sanjay Jeyavardanaveluand, Chairman
CII – Southern RegionTamilnadu State Council Mr.Ponnuswamy. The award carries a citation and a cash prize
of INR 2 lakhs. The team was mentored by
Dr. S. Jayanthy, Professor, Electronics and Communication Engineering.