India, Aug. 25 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Union Minister of Coal and Mines Shri G. Kishan Reddy today launched the Critical Minerals Innovation Hackathon 2026 (CMiH 2026), aimed at strengthening the objectives of the National Critical Mineral Mission by encouraging students, researchers, academic and R&D institutions, start-ups, and innovators to develop innovative technical solutions to identified challenges in the critical minerals.
The hackathon provides a platform for participants to showcase their ideas, receive expert mentorship, and contribute to building a secure and self-reliant critical minerals ecosystem in India. It focuses on two problem statements: Mineral Prospectivity Mapping from Open Data, which inv...