Data for Social Good Hackathon
The Data for Social Good – Hackathon, presentred by TSIC Foundation, Government of Telangana, in collaboration with the Data analytics and Computational Social Science (DACSS) Program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, welcomes students with Data Analytics Skillsfields at various Educational Universities across India in developing insights/interpretations/conclusions from datasets. The students with prevailing data sets arrive to a conclusion in the form of findings, graphs, etc through Data visualisation, which could be further recommended to organisations for revised decisions towards SDGs’ porgress in the State of Telangana.
Telangana State Innovation Cell, and the Data Analytics and Computational Social Science (DACSS) Program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst are organizing the “Data for Social Good Hackathon“.
The 5-day hackathon aims to leverage the power of data analytics for social innovation by deploying vast data resources to generate evidence-based insights that further data-driven recommendations to Civil Societies, NGOs, and Government, and complement sustainable development. This is an outlet for current students and graduated, those who are both interested in the fields of data analytics and computational social sciences and focused on building innovations.
The focus of the hackathon would rely on the below-mentioned SDGs. The goal of the 5-day hackathon is to visualize the progress towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) using thye lastest prevailing datasets pertaining to the state of Telangana, by driving insights that could be recommended to the Government/Civil Societies/NGOs/Think Tanks/ Educational & Research Institutions, that can help in driving their decisions.
Benefits for the Participants:
1) The Data for Social Good – Hackathon winning teams will receive the unique opportunity to present their solution at a Virtual Research Symposium organized by the Data Analytics and Computational Social Science program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
2) The Top 25 teams will be provided an opportunity to present their fundings to relevant Government Departments, and help them formulate decisions and policies.
The flow of the program
