Mysuru: Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering (VVCE), Mysuru, an autonomous institute affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU),  has been selected as nodal centre for Smart India Hackathon (SIH 2025), now in its 8th edition. The event will be held on Dec. 8 and 9 at Kempegowda Indoor Sports Complex, VVCE, Gokulam.

A major highlight will be the virtual address by Prime Minister Modi on Dec. 8  reaching young innovators across the nation.

SIH 2025 is jointly organised by the Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell (MIC), Government of India, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), and i4C (Inter-Institutional Inclusive Innovations Centre).

VVCE is one of the five nodal centres chosen from Karnataka for the Software Edition of SIH 2025, representing Mysuru region. After its successful hosting of SIH in 2023 and 2024, VVCE has once again been entrusted with this responsibility.

Nationally, SIH 2025 will be conducted across 60 nodal centres, including 42 Software Edition centres and 18 Hardware Edition centres.

At VVCE nodal centre, 20 teams with 140 participants from premier institutions across India will compete to develop innovative solutions to real-world challenges based on problem statements provided by AICTE.