IIT Kharagpur Hosts SIH 2025 Hardware Finale, Celebrating 75 Years

• The grand finale of the Smart India Hackathon (SIH) 2025 Hardware Edition commenced on December 8 at IIT Kharagpur.
• The event, running from December 8-12, marks IIT Kharagpur's Platinum Jubilee and 75th anniversary.
• Launched in 2017, SIH is the world's largest open innovation platform, empowering students to address real-world challenges.
• This edition saw significant participation with 72,165 idea submissions, 68,766 student teams, and 271 problem statements.
• Over 826,000 students from 2,587 higher education institutions participated in internal hackathons, making it a highly inclusive national innovation engagement.

Why It Matters: This hackathon empowers students to innovate solutions for national challenges.