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IndiaAI shortlists 20 top teams for CyberGuard Hackathon, representing leading universities and tech firms

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CyberGuard AI Hackathon, advancing MeitY’s (Ministry of Electronics and IT) vision of inclusive and ethical AI for cybercrime prevention

The IndiaAI Mission has shortlisted 20 applicants against the IndiaAI Cyberguard AI Hackathon for stage 2 floated under the IndiaAI Application Development Initiative of the IndiaAI Mission. With the aims to leverage AI to drive efficiencies in
the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of cybercrime, thereby enhancing citizen welfare.

IndiaAI and I4C launch strategic hackathon

IndiaAI in collaboration with I4C has announced the IndiaAI CyberGuard AI Hackathon. This strategic initiative seeks to utilize advanced technologies,particularly AI, to enhance cybersecurity and address the escalating threat of cyber fraud and crimes.

With approximately 6,000 cases reported daily through the NCRP, the hackathon aims to develop robust AI-driven solutions capable of managing and mitigating these threats.

A total of 263 submissions were received from reputed Academic Institutions, Start-ups, Research Organisations & Civil Society. A multi-stakeholder committee was created to provide technical expertise for the evaluation of the proposals, resulting in the shortlisting of shortlisted 20 applicants for the stage 2 of hackathon.

The details of the shortlisted 20 submissions as below

Sl. No.	Name of the Team Lead	Names of the Team members	Affiliated Organization
1	Shivanshu Dwivedi	Datti Sai Kumar, Chavala Srikanth, Sai Prashanth and Abhishek Kumar	Predulive Innovations Pvt. Ltd.
2	Harsh Raj	Kalpitha S Naik, Priyanshu Sachdeva, Khushi DK and Rajatha	Ramaiah Institute of Technology
3	Santhosh Kumar.R	Sakthivel.R, and Rishi Kumar.A	Anna University
4	Govind Dubey	Ankit Kumar and Parmeet Sandhu	Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar
5	Meet Bisht	Rohit Ganaka, Monika Chand and Yukta Chauhan	Voldebug Innovations Pvt. Ltd
6	Lasya Ippagunta	Apurv Singh, Shubham Luharuka, Puneet Hegde, Sravanthi Pillalamarri, Faizah Feroz and HS Manoj Kumar	CloudSEK Information Security Limited
7	Rina Mishra	Shreya Singh and Khushi Verma	IIT Jammu
8	Aditya Singh	Mohak Gupta	Bharati Vidyapeeth University College of Engineering
9	Nisarg Gandhi	Darshan Patel and Kevin Bhensdadiya	S4AI Technologies LLP
10	Devanshu Sharma	Vineet Bhandari	National Forensic Sciences University, New Delhi
11	Jagannathan Arumugam	Kaushambi Chandel, Ebin Jose Mathew. Yakkanti Tulasi Kishore Reddy and Ankit Birla	mFilterIt
12	Pranav Venkatesh Jambur	Nikita S Raj Kapini, Nischal R E and Poturi Anirudh Sai	R. V. College of Engineering
13	Chirag Aggarwal	Vaibhavee Singh and Yajnaseni Dash	Bennett University
14	Sanya Arora	Vibhavasu Bhardwaj	National Forensic Science University
15	K N S Sri Harshith		Keshav Memorial Institute of Technology
16	Suman Samui	Agnivo Ghosh, Rahul Dey and Sankalpa Das	National Institute of Technology Durgapur
17	Shivam Pal	Simran Titoria, Vijay Lohani	Athenian Tech
18	Suriya E		Amadeus Software Labs
19	Arjun T. D	Srinivas, Siddharth and Dr Anand Kumar M	National Institute of Technology, Karnataka
20	Aditi Singh	Riva Jain and Palak Garg	Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology

Advancing India’s leadership in AI through the IndiaAI Mission

This initiative aligns with the Government of India’s vision of leveraging AI for inclusive growth. IndiaAI, an IBD (Independent Business Division) under the Digital India Corporation (DIC) of the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY), is the implementation agency of the IndiaAI Mission, which aims to democratize AI’s benefits across all strata of society, bolster India’s global leadership in AI, foster technological self-reliance, and ensure ethical and responsible use of AI.