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Smart India Hackathon

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A team of B.C.A students with the innovative project titled ‘Public Transport Tracking System’ was shortlisted among 37000 ideas submitted from 2235 institutions and 2,08,839 students and participated in the Grand Finale of *SMART INDIA HACKATHON 2019* (SOFTWARE EDITION) under the Student Innovation Category held at Guru Nanak College, Kolkata on 2nd and 3rd March 2019.

Name	Class
A. Balkis Begum	III B.C.A. – A(2018-2019)
Bella Grace	III B.C.A. – A(2018-2019)
Sivagami	II B.C.A. – B(2018-2019)
P. Yoga	I B.C.A – B(2018-2019)
P. Pavithra	I B.C.A – B(2018-2019)
B. Nivetha	I B.C.A – B(2018-2019)

Mentors

Dr. K. Juliet Catherine Angel, Asst. Prof., PG Dept. Of Computer Applications

Dr. P. Revathi, Asst. Prof., PG Dept. of computer Science,Holy Cross College(Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli

The team was the only Arts & Science College as well as only girls team among the 30 Engineering Colleges who participated in the Grand Finale at the Nodal Centre

Name	Class
Carolyn Kavya S	III B.C.A – A (2019-2020)
Farzana Begum A	III B.C.A – A (2019-2020)
Bavetra B	III B.C.A – A (2019-2020)
Kavi Priya K	III B.C.A – A (2019-2020)
Ranganayaki R	III B.C.A – A (2019-2020)
Rubi G	III B.C.A – A (2019-2020)

Mentors

Ms. Arokiya Mary & Dr. K. Juliet Catherine Angel ,Assistant Professors,Department of Computer Applications, Holy Cross College(Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli

The team was the only girls team as well as the only Arts & Science College team which participated in the Grand Finale final under this domain. The judges commented the team as a team of hard work.

Tamil Nadu Student Innovators (TNSI) & Other Competitions

Team : Smartified Dustbinology

Name	Class
Pauline Monisha P	B.C.A (2018 – 2021)
Yogalakshmi S	B.C.A (2018 – 2021)
Sagaya Mary J	B.C.A (2018 – 2021)
Udhayadharshini D	B.C.A (2018 – 2021)

Mentors

Dr. P. Revathi, Asst. Prof., PG Dept. of Computer Science & Dr. K. Juliet Catherine Angel, Asst. Prof., PG Dept. Of Computer Applications ,Holy Cross College(Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli

The student team ‘Smartified Dustbinology’from B.C.A won the Tamilnadu Student Innovators TNSI 2019 with a Fellowship Award of Rs.1,00,000. The winning team comprising of students from BCA. Out of 270 ideas !! 10 months of work, the team crossed 4 levels - Abstract level selection, Design Thinking Workshop, Ideation Camp & Boot Camp !! Team stood 4th place with a cash fellowship award of Rs.1 lakh in Tamil Nadu Student Innovators 2019 organized by Tamil Nadu Entrepreneurship Development & Innovation Institute (TNEDII).

Bagged the first place with the cash award of Rs.25000 in Jumpstart 2020 organized by Nativelead Foundation of angel investors and Young Indians Thoothukudi Chapter among 150 ideas.

Team : Swachata Sewormtricity

Name	Class
Hafila Khairun S	B.Sc Chemistry (2018 – 2021)
Alphin Punitha A	B.Sc Chemistry(2018 – 2021)
Charithra Iswarya D	B.Sc Chemistry(2018 – 2021)

Mentors

Dr. J. Felicita Florence & Dr. J. Amala Infant Joice, Asst. Prof.,PG & Research Department of Chemistry ,Holy Cross College(Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli

The Team Swachata Sewormtricity comprising of students from III B.Sc. Chemistry ‘A’ participated in the Startup Mania 5.0 organized by Native Lead, Young Indian, Technology Business Incubator at Kongu Engineering College & Confederation of Indian Industry and won a cash award of Rs. 10000 out of the 150 ideas registered, 25 ideas were shortlisted to take part in the prelims and top 10 ideas were shortlisted for the finals held on 19th December 2020.

Won a Cash fellowship award of Rs. 1,00,000/-in the Tamil Nadu Student Innovators 2020 on 10th August 2021 among 147 finalist teams in the Trichy Zone organized by Tamil Nadu Entrepreneurship Development and Innovation Institute for converting their innovative idea into Prototype.

The Team Registered a Startup Company “HAC Biodigestor” under Ministry of Micro, small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) and have received a grant-in-aid of Rs.2,00,000/- through the Innovation Voucher Program : Voucher A from Entrepreneurship Development & Innovation Institute(TN-EDII), Department of MSME, Govt. of Tamil Nadu for the development of the product along with a Company contribution of Rs. 61,000 on 30th September 2021.

Received a grant support of Rs. 5,00,000 with Incubation Linkage Support in the National Innovation Contest (NIC 2020) on 18thNovember 2021 among the 45 selected teams from 131 registered teams Nationwide organized by Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell, AICTE and IIC, New Delhi.

Team : Fledged Griffin

Name	Class
Infant Nivesha C	B.A. Economics (2018 – 2021)
Shafrin Sulthana S	B.A. Economics (2018 – 2021)
Lavanya T	B.A. Economics (2018 – 2021)

Mentors

Dr. Yashodha Jagadeeswari Asst. Prof. of Economics, Dr. L. Cresenta Shakila Motha Asst. of Prof. of Rehabilitation Science, Holy Cross College(Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli

Bagged the 2nd Runner Up Shield with a Cash award of Rs. 10,000/-among 358 registered teams in YUTRY 2.0, Yi Trichy Entrepreneurship & Innovation organized by Young Indians (Yi) in collaboration with Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on 13th November 2021.

Won the 2nd Runner Up Award along with a Cash Prize of Rs.20,000 among 33 National Teams in the Startup Mela 4.0 organized by St. Joseph’s Institute of Management on 8th April 2022

Won the 2nd Prize with a Cash Award of Rs.30,000 among 27 teams in “INNOVATHON” - a National Level Innovation Fest organized by St. Joseph’s College, Tiruchirappalli on 20th April 2022.

Team : Luminous Falcon

Name	Class
Hempooja K	B.C.A (2018 – 2021)
Hajira Bathool S	B.Sc Computer Science (2018 – 2021)

Mentors

Ms. J. Arockia Mary, Asst. Prof. of Computer Applications & Dr. P. Revathi , Head & Asst. Prof. of Computer Science , Holy Cross College(Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli

Won the Best Contestant Award with shield and Prize Books among 30 teams from various Colleges in the South Zone in the Science Exhibition organized by Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor, Govt. of India, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India, in association with Tamil Nadu Science & Technology Centre, Tamil Nadu Astronomical Science Society jointly with Bishop Heber College(Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli and Ariviyal Palagai in commemoration with National Science Week Celebration held from 22nd Feb to 26th Feb 2022.

Team : Domain : Renewable Energy

Name	Class
Sherlin Dona	B.C.A (2019 – 2022)
Sushma George	B.C.A (2019 – 2022)

Won a cash prize of Rs. 5000/- in the Heber Hackathon, a State Level Hackathon organized by Bishop Heber College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli among nearly 40 Engineering and Arts & Science Colleges across the State.

Ms. Hempooja. K of I BCA ‘A’(2020 – 2023) participated in the events of Women’s Day Celebration organized by CARE Business School, Tiruchirappalli on 4th& 5th March 2021. She won the ‘Best Leader Award’ among 100 Students who participated from various Colleges. She was also offered a Gift Voucher of Rs. 1000 in Family Restro Cafe and a Free Entrepreneurship Certificate Program Enrollment worth Rs. 10000.

Four faculty members Dr. L. Cresenta Shakila Motha, Asst. Prof of Rehabilitation Science &Dr. K. Juliet Catherine Angel, Asst. Prof of Computer Applications, Dr. P. Revathi, Assistant Professor in Computer Science and Dr. J. Emima Jeronsia, Assistant Professor in Physicsare certified as Certified Chief Innovation Officers (CCIO) on qualifying the CCIO Examination conducted by Rocheston LLC, New York.