Kakinada, Sept. 3 -- An internal hackathon was conducted at the University Engineering College of Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada (JNTUK) here on Thursday to select student teams for the national-level Smart India Hackathon (SIH)-2026.

The internal hackathon was organised as part of the preparations for SIH-2026, being conducted under the joint auspices of the Central Government's Innovation and Incubation Centre (IIC) and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).

The University said the Smart India Hackathon provides an ideal platform for students to develop innovative software- and hardware-based solutions to real-world problems identified by public sector undertakings and various ministries of the Centra...