Visakhapatnam will host the first women Hackathon for smart cities in India on August 19 and 20.

Students from Tech Foundation and US Consulate General Hyderabad will be organising the event in collaboration with IBM and Wave Labs. Collaborative governance, improved accessibility to physical infrastructure, eco-friendly solutions for smart city and empowering women are the focus areas of the event.

Each team will be supported by a mentor, an industrial expert and corporate professionals will assist the teams and present their work to a panel of judges.

Engineering students with computer application background and web technologies knowledge can participate in the hackathon. Last date to apply for the participation is August 12. Registrations can be done at www.shebuildstech.com.

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