GST Analytics Hackathon 2024 – Win Cash Prize Upto Rs. 25 Lakhs !

GST Analytics Hackathon 2024 Details:

About the Job:

The purpose of this Hackathon is to engage Indian students, researchers, and innovators in developing advanced, data-driven AI and ML solutions based on given data set. Participants will have access to a comprehensive data set containing approximately 900,000 records, each with around 21 attributes and target variables. This data is anonymized, meticulously labeled, and includes training, testing, and a non-validated subset reserved specifically for final evaluations by the GSTN.

Participants are encouraged to use this dataset to design and implement innovative artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) algorithms to tackle the stated challenge.

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Additionally, this initiative aims to foster collaboration between academia and industry professionals, driving the development of effective and insightful solutions that strengthen the GST analytics framework.

Program: GST Analytics Hackathon

Degree Required: Any Degree

Experience Required: Freshers/Experienced

Cash Prizes Up to: Rs. 25,00,000/-

Last Date: 26 September 2024

PARTICIPATION

Indian students or researchers associated with educational institutions, or working professionals associated with Indian startups and companies can participate in the Hackathon. The participant must be the citizen of India. Indian students or researchers associated with educational institutions, or working professionals associated with Indian startups and companies can participate in the Hackathon. The participant must be the citizen of India.

LOGIN AND REGISTRATION

All participants must register at Janparichay. A registered user can directly login at https://event.data.gov.in and submit required details to participate in the Hackathon. It is expected that the participants would submit accurate and up-to-date details and they have to confirm this before submission.

Steps for Login and Registration:

1. Access challenge Page – https://event.data.gov.in/challenge/online-challenge-for-developing-a-predictive-model-in-gst/
2. Click on ‘Login to Participate’.
3. User is redirected on the ‘Janparichay’ site. Participant can login using credentials in following ways:
   • Username – Participant can login with username and password.
   • Mobile – Participant can login with mobile and password.
   • Others – Participant can login with email id and password.
4. After login, user is redirected on the event site (https://event.data.gov.in) from Janparichay.
5. New User Login -> Participants who are new to Janparichay, have to register first on Janparichay.
   • Janparichay account primarily takes mobile number in registration process.
   • It is advised that participants update their email id in janparichay account before proceeding to event site(https://event.data.gov.in). Steps for doing so are mentioned below –
     • Step 1 – After login on Janparichay site. Go to edit profile page – https://janparichay.meripehchaan.gov.in/v1/pehchaan/editprofile.html
     • Step 2 – In the ‘VERIFICATION DETAILS’, select ‘Primary Email Id’ in the ‘Select Verification Parameters’ dropdown.
     • Step 3 – Enter email id in the text field and click on ‘Verify’.
     • Step 4 – Fill in the OTP sent to the mentioned email id and click on ‘Submit’.
     • Step 5 – Logout from this service and re-login via mobile number or emailid to access the same.
6. Old Janparichay User with no email id in Janparichay account -> These participants are advised to update their email id in Janparichay account first. Steps for doing so are mentioned above.

STRUCTURE OF THE HACKATHON

• The Hackathon would be organised as an online event with processes for registration of participants, accessing the datasets to be utilized for each problem statement, and submission of developed prototypes. There would be an offline event with the shortlist participants for the finale/second round.
• Indian students or researchers associated with educational institutions, or working professionals associated with Indian startups and companies can participate in the Hackathon. The participant must be the citizen of India.
• The participants are expected to form teams of up to five members including at least one team lead. A participant may only register as a member of a single team.
• The Hackathon would take place over 45 days from the start of registration to the final date for submission of developed prototypes.
• Participants would receive a dataset containing 9 lakh records with around 21 attributes each. The data is anonymized and labelled, including trained, validated, and non-validated datasets.
• Before submission of solution prototype, participants have to upload their code in GIT (https://www.github.com) repository and an optional demo/product video on YouTube.
• For online submissions, following required/optional fields are to be shared for evaluation:
  • Idea/Concept
  • Project Description
  • Source Code URL (github.com)
  • Video URL
  • GitHub Unique Source Code Checksum – Steps to create checksum are mentioned in later steps.
  • Project Report

• The evaluation process of the Hackathon would be overseen by a distinguished panel of jury members comprising experts from the fields of machine learning, data science, and tax administration. The jury would rigorously assess each submission based on predefined criteria to ensure a fair and comprehensive evaluation.

Apply Before the link Expires for GST Analytics Hackathon 2024 .

Apply Link- Click Here to Apply for GST Analytics Hackathon 2024

Note: Shortlisted candidates will receive an email/call for the further interview process.