KRITAGYA Hackathon 2022

KRITAGYA 2022 will provide an opportunity to students/faculties/entrepreneurs/innovators to showcase innovative approaches and technology solutions to promote innovation for crop improvement.

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KRITAGYA Hackathon- Relevance for UPSC Exam

GS Paper 3: Indian Agriculture: e-technology in the aid of farmers; Technology missions.

KRITAGYA 3.0 Hackathon in News

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) with its National Agricultural Higher Education Project and Crop Science Division is organizing Hackathon 3.0 ‘’KRITAGYA” on promoting ‘speed breeding for crop improvement’.

KRITAGYA 3.0 Hackathon 2022

About: KRITAGYA 3.0 Hackathon is an initiative to promote use of technology in development and promotion of agriculture.
- KRI-TA-GYA explains, KRI for Krishi (Agriculture), TA for Taknik (Technology) and GYA for Gyan (Knowledge).
Objective: KRITAGYA Hackathon will provide an opportunity to students/faculties/entrepreneurs/innovators and others to showcase innovative approaches and technology solutions to promote innovation for crop improvement.
- KRITAGYA Hackathon also takes forward the vision of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi through National Education Policy-2020.
Organizing Body: KRITAGYA Hackathon is organized by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).
Importance: KRITAGYA Hackathon will give impetus to the desired rapid results in the crop sector with the ability to learn, innovation and solutions, employability and entrepreneurship.
- It will also encourage greater adoption of technology enabled solutions in the country.
- This event is also extending the support to winners for further development in their concept propositions, its scalability and future plan in collaboration with Agri Business Incubators, MSMEs and other investors through support of ICAR.
Participation: In the KRITAGYA 3.0 Hackathon, students, faculty and innovators/entrepreneurs from any university/technical institute across the country can apply and participate in the program as a group.
- The participating group shall consist of maximum 4 participants, with not more than one faculty and / or more than one innovator or entrepreneur.
- Participating students can collaborate with local start-ups, students from technology institutes and can win up-to INR 5 Lakhs.

Previous KRITAGYA Hackathons

During 2020-21 and 2021-22 NAHEP in association with Agricultural Engineering and Animal Science Divisions of ICAR organized Hackathon 1.0 and 2.0 to promote the innovation in Farm Mechanization and in Animal Science, respectively.
The events witnessed immense participation across the country where more than 784 teams i.e., 3,000 participants actively participated in hackathon 1.0 and more than 269 teams participated in hackathon 2.0.
At national level, 4 teams were awarded by Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Tomar with a cash prize of Rs. 9 lakhs.

About National Education Policy (NEP) 2020

It is the third education policy of our country. The earlier two was launched in 1968 and 1986.
- This national policy came after a gap of 34 years.
It is based on the recommendations of Kasturirangan committee.
It renames the Ministry of Human Resource Development to Ministry of Education.
It proposes a 5+3+3+4 curricular and pedagogical structure.

Stages	Years	Class	Features
Foundational	3-8	3 years of pre-primary and 1-2	Flexible, multi-level, activity-based learning
Preparatory	9-11	3-5	Light textbooks, more formal but interactive classroom learning
Middle	12-14	6-8	Introduction of subject teachers for learning of more abstract concepts, experimental learning
Secondary	15-18	9-12	Reading in-depth, critical thinking, greater attention to life aspirations