India, June 30 -- ANNAM.AI, India's First Artificial Intelligence Centre of Excellence in Agriculture, hosted by IIT Ropar under the Ministry of Education, Government of India, has introduced HACK CORE 2026, an AI hackathon for the nation. The hackathon has been arranged jointly by Syngenta and Google, to promote innovative AI solutions to benefit agriculture.

Through this initiative, innovative ideas would emerge for crop health monitoring, pest control, soil intelligence, climate-resilient farming, and widespread use of biological products in India. Students, researchers, developers, startups, innovators, and early-career technologists passionate about Artificial Intelligence, data science, agriculture, and sustainable innovation are i...